Unfinished Business with You novel

Chapter 1404 Believe In Me

Unfortunately, Doreen's arm remained the same. Meanwhile, Olivia was able to tell from

her determined expression that she had tried hard to lift her right arm, although her effort

was futile. "What about your legs? Try moving them."

Doreen did as Olivia told her and was only able to move them a little, but in spite of the

slight movement she was able to make, it was still not enough for her to walk. Besides

that, she could not utter any syllable clearly, although she could make rattling sounds

from her throat.

Olivia sighed helplessly, unknowingly scaring Albert. "How is it, Miss Maxwell? Please don't

tell me you're at your wits' end too."

Olivia pondered for a second and replied, "Well, there is still hope, but it'll take time.

General Bleu's condition is critical and serious, so I need you to understand that it's

impossible for her to go back to normal in such a short period of time."

Albert heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Olivia's words. Deep down, he nearly had a

heart attack because he thought Olivia was going to give up on treating Doreen. "So,

you're saying you can treat her, although it's going to take time. Am I right?" he asked in

an anxious manner.

Olivia nodded and replied, "Yes. If she is going to recover and go back to her normal life,

it'll probably take more than a year before that happens, provided that she actively follows

our instructions." She then turned to Doreen and asked, "General Bleu, do you believe in

me?"

Doreen nodded with difficulty to signify her positive response. Yes, I believe in you, Olivia.

Fixing her gaze upon Olivia's face resembling Blanchett's, she somehow felt a strange

sense of intimacy, which reassured her that it was the right thing to place her faith in

Olivia. I'm not asking for a lot. I just want to recover from my disease, even if I may not

live the way I used to. In fact, I'll be more than happy if I can talk properly again.

No one could understand the hopeless feeling of lying in bed without being able to move

at all than Doreen could, let alone empathize with her. In fact, she was haunted by the

fear that she would one day wake up and realize she was no longer able to walk, talk, or

move a muscle at all. Tormented by the terror, she would do her best to move each part of

her body day by day to make sure they still worked fine.

As the doctors, who were approached to treat Doreen, came and left, her heart was

broken by disappointment with each time that happened. After all, most of them didn't

take her condition seriously, as they left shortly after a perfunctory diagnosis. Although

there were also a few doctors who wanted to cure her of her disease, they would usually

not promise anything because they barely had any confidence at all. Nonetheless, Olivia

struck Doreen differently, being the famous Doctor Bailey despite her young age. Because

of that, she had a feeling that Olivia would be an exception, and the fact that Olivia was

confident in treating her condition only added to her joy even more.

It's fate, perhaps. It's fate that brought the two of them together. Albert, who was also

excited with the news, said, "Okay, we will be sure to cooperate. What should we do?"

"Mr. Bleu, I need some peace and silence here. Now, please keep quiet and give us both

peace of mind." Olivia responded.

Upon finishing her sentence, she reached for her black bag and took it from Eugene's

hand, whereupon she took out a small white fabric bag that contained the acupuncture

needles.

"Please leave us alone, everyone." Albert immediately sent all the maids in the room

away, leaving only himself, Eugene, and Hugh with Olivia.

As everyone else didn't dare to make a sound, Eugene, who seemingly knew Olivia was

going to perform acupuncture, grabbed himself a chair and sat down like he was enjoying

a show in a relaxed manner.

At the same time, Albert couldn't take his eyes off Olivia either, not because he didn't

trust her, but because he was fascinated with what she was doing. After all, it was said

that alternative medicine had a long history, which included acupuncture that was used to

treat many diseases. Although many of the doctors whom Albert approached earlier also

knew how to perform acupuncture, most of them were old men who were in their fifties or

sixties, but even so, their techniques were not as skilled as hers. How did she manage to

locate those pressure points so accurately without even taking a closer look?

Half an hour later, Olivia had needles placed all over the pressure points on Doreen's body.

After that, she struggled to stand on her feet while holding her waist in exhaustion, her

forehead covered in cold sweat.

Meanwhile, Eugene felt sorry for Olivia as he walked closer to her and wiped the sweat off

her forehead with a handkerchief. "Take it easy. Rest if you have to."

"I'm fine." Olivia took the handkerchief and wiped her forehead by herself.

Nevertheless, Eugene couldn't care less about what Olivia said as he grabbed a chair for

her and sat her on it. Then, he brought her a freshly brewed cup of tea and asked, "Do you

have any idea why I came to you?"

Olivia responded by giving her husband a doubtful look.