Part 2Reborn to Avoid the Fatal Surgery

I suppressed the pain in my heart and refused again.

“I also have a general practitioner skills competition to prepare for recently. I can’t participate in this surgery!”

The reason they were so keen on having me and Ryan perform this surgery together was that they both knew Ryan, at his skill level, couldn’t complete it without me.

And if this extremely complex surgery succeeded, it would be a significant feather in Ryan’s cap.

Seeing their skeptical gazes, I pulled a document from my folder and placed it before them.

“What? You don’t even believe what I’m saying?”

Lisa’s face instantly flushed with anger when she saw the document in my hand.

“Why didn’t you tell Ryan about such an important competition?”

“Are you perhaps afraid Ryan would steal your thunder?”

My sister’s expression also darkened.

“We’re colleagues from the same hospital. Why are you so unwilling to share? I’ve never seen anyone as selfish as you.”

I looked at them, incredulous. “Ryan and I aren’t close. Why should I tell him?”

Although we were in the same department.

Ryan was aloof, always giving me, a newcomer to the hospital, the cold shoulder.

In the past six months, I’d had no more than three private conversations with him. How could that be my fault?

Lisa became even more furious after hearing my words.

“Haven’t you learned Ryan’s personality by now?”

“As a colleague, can’t you be more proactive and foster a good relationship with him?”

With that, Lisa immediately pulled out her phone and called the organizers of the skills competition to register Ryan.

My sister, Hannah, walked out directly, intending to ask Ryan in person.

I watched the scene unfold before me, my heart heavy with bitterness.

In their eyes, I was nothing more than an irrelevant outsider.

A moment later, Lisa finally finished her call.

Because the registration was full, Ryan couldn’t sign up.

Lisa’s face was etched with urgency, and she kept muttering.

“If Ryan can’t register for such an important skills competition, his future will definitely be affected!”

“No, I have to find a way for Ryan.”

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she looked at me.

“Don’t you have a spot already? If you just give up your spot, Ryan can participate in the competition smoothly.”

Hearing Lisa’s words, my body couldn’t help but tremble slightly, and even my breathing became difficult.

“Ryan’s future is important, but isn’t mine just as important?”

Throughout our years together, I had always valued her more than my own life.

But in her eyes, I would never measure up to Ryan, a man who meant nothing to her.

Lisa glanced at me, then, unusually, began to flirt. “Ryan is older than you, so just let him have this spot!”

“You’re still young, you’ll have plenty of opportunities later!”

Watching Lisa’s utterly ingratiating behavior, a cold laugh involuntarily bubbled up inside me.

So, the woman always hailed as a strong career woman could become so delicate and charming for Ryan.

Unfortunately, I was no longer as naive as I had been in my past life; I wouldn’t be led by the nose by them again.