Xu Chenyao's eyes widened in shock as she stared at Ilya, her mind racing with the implications of his words. She had never thought that she would have to make such a difficult choice.
She realized he was hell bent on frustrating her.
"But... but why can't I have both?" Xu Chenyao asked, smiling with desperation. "You can find my mother and still run my clinic. We can make it work."
Ilya chuckled, his eyes glinting with amusement. "You can't be this naive, Chenyao," he said. "You think you can just balance your duties as a doctor with the demands of finding your mother in a foreign country? It's not that simple. And why should I make things easy for you."
Xu Chenyao's face fell as she realized the truth in Ilya's words. She had been so focused on finding her mother that she hadn't thought about the practicalities of it all.
Was she really ready to give up her job just because she wanted to find a mother she had never seen.
