My Wife Wasn't There on the Night of My Surgery, So I Turned Around and Married My Female Boss

"Where are you? The surgery is about to start." Lying in my hospital bed, I stared at my phone, my fingers tense. There was a pause of two seconds on Li Xinyin's end before she replied, "Something came up. I'll be there later."

"What is it?"

"Zhenquan got drunk. I'm taking him home first."

I stared at the words, my heart feeling as if someone had pressed down on it hard.

"I'm at the hospital," I sent again.

She didn't reply. The nurse was already wheeling the bed over, her tone brisk. "You're about to go into the operating room."

When I handed over my phone, the screen was still dark. The end of the corridor was empty. The seat where someone should have been sitting