Kneeling for a Second Chance (Sebastian and Valeria) novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20

“A doctor, huh? That young?” Lucy commented

Sebastian ignored her and asked, “Do you have a blood pressure monitor?”

“Yes.” Valeria snapped back to attention, took it out of the drawer, and handed it to Sebastian.

Lucy cooperated and let him measure her blood pressure. He asked a few more questions about her current condition, such as if she felt any tightness in her chest, headaches, dizziness, or any other discomfort.

“I have a bit of asthma,” came her reply. “It’s a recurring condition. My blood pressure isn’t that high.”

He glanced at the numbers. “Your systolic is at 168, and that’s not high? Then, how high are you expecting it to be?”

Lucy fell silent.

Valeria looked at Sebastian.

The man squatted there, his hair falling slightly over his forehead. He didn’t look as sharp and strict as he had during the day. His gray-blue shirt was loose and had its top two buttons

undone.

He could be pretty biting when he spoke. Despite his cool and refined appearance, his words cut deep without mercy.

Selena didn’t understand what high blood pressure meant, so she held on to Lucy’s hand. She was frightened when Lucy had suddenly collapsed and struggled to breathe. “You have to

listen to Mr. Doctor.”

Lucy patted Selena’s head. “Okay, I will.”

Sebastian glanced at the little girl, thinking that he must have lost his mind.

He saw Valeria’s number calling, and when he answered, a young girl was crying on the line, saying her grandmother had collapsed and asking if he could save her.

It just so happened that Sebastian was visiting a senior medical professor in the Uptown District that night and drove over right away.

He took less than ten minutes to arrive.

…

Sebastian finished checking Lucy over. As he was about to leave, Lucy looked at Valeria. “Walk

Dr. Grant out for me.”

Valeria nodded.

Even though she tried her best to avoid any further entanglement with Sebastian, he had come over to help Lucy, and she owed him that courtesy.

They headed downstairs, and the motion-sensor lights flicked on, one by one.

From the corner of his eye, Sebastian glanced at the woman next to him. Her long hair was

casually tied back with a hair tie, the loose strands falling behind her head. Her forehead was clear and well-shaped.

Ever since they met the first time, he couldn’t explain why she gave him a strange yet familiar

feeling. It was like a thin veil of resilience separated them, just like her name-Valeria Neal.

Valeria stayed silent the entire way down, following behind Sebastian. All he had to do was glance slightly to see her soft, fair face. She had soft and gentle features that had a touch of quiet scholarly bearing.

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