Chapter 5
All color had drained from Mason’s face.
He stood frozen as the well–trained team from the private hospital swiftly and professionally took over.
He tried to step forward, to say something, but I stopped him with just one look.
There was no warmth left in my eyes–only an icy contempt that pierced to
The crowd around us whispered among themselves. Their gazes
toward Mason were filled with complicated, unspoken judgment.
with words.
His face burned–not from the slap my mother had given
him, but because of my final words. They had sliced through his pride
like a dagger chilled in ice.
“Olivia! How dare you!” he growled at the doorway, though I was long gone.
His voice trembled ever so slightly.
Clenching his fists, he dug his nails into his palms. Then, he pulled out his phone and sent me a message: [Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to talk to the Lewis family like that?]
When the message came through, I had just helped my mom into the operating room.
Hatred flickered in my eyes.
Who was I?
What gave me the right?
Mason, you were about to find out.
I didn’t reply. I just sat in the chair outside the OR, tense and quiet, staring at the surgical lights above the door.
Back in the hospital lobby, after the fury faded, a wave of dread washed over Mason like a rising tide.
“Mason?”
Emma had appeared beside him at some point, her face showing concern–and a trace of concealed anxiety.
“Don’t be afraid. Olivia just lost her temper. She wouldn’t actually go that far.‘
Of course she had heard my words: “Terminate all partnerships with the
wis Group.
She had rushed over to calm Mason down.
He quickly grabbed her hand, trying to suppress his trembling.
“Right… Olivia just got back from studying abroad. She can’t possibly have that kind of influence. I’m just overthinking.”
He snapped himself out of it and forced down the panic that threatened to break through.
He was the heir to the Lewis family. He had to maintain appearances.
Taking a deep breath, he gave Emma a strained smile.
“It’s fine. What can she really do? The Lewis family isn’t that easy to bring down. Come on, let’s go see the baby. The nurse said he just woke up and was asking for you.”
He reached for Emma’s hand, as if her warmth could drive out the chill in his heart.
But even Emma’s hand was cold.
She turned to glance at the direction the ambulance had gone,
gaze
Chind her glasses unreadable and dark.
At the other hospital, the light above the operating room finally went off.
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I rushed forward.
The doctor gave me a reassuring look.
was no large–scale blockage.”
Thankfully, you got her here in time, so there
afterefde
strength in her left side has significantly
“Your mother had a sudden spike in emotions gered a cerebral t weakened, and her language ability is to “out there are cle
He paused, gave me another glance, then
y impaired. She’ll need long–term rehab.”
“Also… she must remain emotionally stable. Any further stress could be dangerous.”
I listened in silence, brows tightly furrowed.
Gently, I took my mother’s hand, which now lay limp and cold at the edge of the
“Mom, don’t worry. There won’t be a next time. The people who hurt you… noed.
By the time I had arranged everything, it was already deep into the night.
My phone was flooded with over a dozen new messages.
Mutual friends were telling me that Mason and Emma had viral.
Someone had filmed them comforting each other in the hospital lobby.
of them
The account belonged to a semi–popular blogger who documented life in hospitals.
With their usual dramatic tone, the blogger had turned it into
a
are getting away with it.”
stot
blew u
Someone even recognized Emma and anonymously messaged the blogger, revealing tha
Mason had been her student.
up quickly.
she used to be a university professor… and
After their identities were exposed, they publicly admitted to falling in love while at college.
It earned them a surprising wave of sympathy and praise.
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Emma’s old academic papers got dug up by netizens. Suddenly she became “the last pure scholar” and “genius girl of the ivory tower“.
I let out a cold laugh and tightened my grip on my phone.
Mason’s recklessness.
Emma’s hypocrisy and cowardice.
And the Lewis parents‘ shameless greed.
They wrapped around my heart like poisonous vines, choking the breath from my lungs.
Dignity?
I had given them dignity.
They were the ones who tore it to shreds–then had the audacity to fling those shreds in my face.
They had humiliated me, and they’d even hurt my family.
Let them enjoy their moment in the sun.
Because soon, they’d never see another one again.
Chapter 5
