The Billionaire Ex-Wife and the Beggar He Became novel Chapter 406

They all raised their glasses, laughing together.

At the height of the celebration, Xander McCarthy's phone rang.

It was Felicity.

Xander, not wanting to spoil the cheerful, homey atmosphere, ignored it.

But Felicity called again and again.

Finally, he excused himself and stepped outside to answer. "Felly, are you calling about Mr. Frank's surgery? You can just come to the hospital tomorrow."

Felicity's voice was tinged with sadness. "Xander, can you come over? I need someone to talk to. I had a really awful day."

"What happened?" Xander asked.

"I'm so good to Julian! I went with him to the family estate to greet the elders even though I wasn't feeling well, and what does he do? He leaves me there and secretly takes Tiana to find his ex-wife. After everything I do for him and Tiana…" Felicity started to cry.

Xander was silent. He didn't know what to say.

While Winona and Yves had been cooking, he had been in the living room and had already heard about what happened at the buffet. As a friend to both Felicity and Winona, he couldn't take sides.

He just asked, "Are you alone right now?"

"Julian didn't eat at the estate at noon, so he took Tiana back there tonight to visit the ancestral hall. My parents, grandmother, and brother went to check on our villa, but my grandfather is shut up in his room and won't come out. It's the holidays, and I'm all by myself. Xander, can you please come keep me company? If I can just talk it out, I'll feel better."

"I'm sorry. I'm at a friend's gathering. I can't just leave in the middle of it…" Xander declined.

Just as he was about to hang up, Mia's voice called out from inside.

"Dr. McCarthy, you can't run away! You still have one more drink to finish! Mr. Prescott and Mr. Quigley both had theirs. If you chicken out, I'm telling Nona not to be friends with you anymore!"

Xander sighed.

Felicity heard every word, and it felt like a knife to the heart.

He was at Winona's house?

The surgery lasted a full ten hours.

When the green light finally came on and the surgeons emerged, they looked utterly exhausted but pleased.

A smile blossomed on Felicity's face. She rushed up to the lead surgeon. "Doctor, was the heart transplant a success?"

The doctor nodded. "A complete success."

"That's wonderful!" Felicity struggled to contain her excitement.

Once Mr. Frank recovered, not only would she have a powerful new ally, but she would also be in line to inherit his billions.

Half an hour later, Frank, still waking from the anesthesia, was wheeled out of the operating room. Seeing him covered in tubes and wires, Felicity burst into tears.

She walked alongside the gurney, sobbing. "Mr. Frank, it's Felly. Can you hear me?"

Frank's voice was faint, his words barely audible as he forced them out one by one. "Winona… I want… to see… Winona."