After Divorcing my Captain Husband

Chapter 583 Facing Fears Together

Chloe placed the book aside and sat by James' bed. "James, it is normal to be scared before surgery. You do not have to hold it in. If you are afraid, you can talk to me. I will be here with you the whole time." That was why she came here in the first place, not to see him suffer and resort to torturing himself with books. "I am a man. How can I admit I am scared in front of a woman like you?"

After speaking, James turned his head away, acting proud.

Chloe responded by pinching the inside of his arm hard. "Ouch! Why did you do that?"

"See? It does not matter if you are a man or a woman. We all feel pain and fear. It is not about gender, and I would not laugh at you."

James had said the same thing to her before at the hospital. Now she was returning the favor.

James pursed his lip. "Smith never wanted me to have the surgery because he is afraid I will die on the operating table. I have known this all along."

Even though he had told Chloe that Smith just wanted to control him, that was a lie.

Smith was the best brother and friend to James' father, but he died right in front of Smith, and there was nothing Smith could do.

Smith was terrified that James might suffer the same fate.

would not die

if neither she nor James knew what

God will bless all

knew that people

does make me feel a lot

I actually know

shocked, and a bit nervous, not knowing if he

is sick,

and then she saw James turning to look

soldier, trusting someone

though he had not placed a tracker in Chloe's phone, he still had some idea of what she was

the Minister of Defense. There was no way James would not have any information upon returning

Mythica were not freeloaders

this level of clarity made Chloe's

"I am sorry, I..."

thinking he is doing everything for my sake. I am not a kid anymore." James complained about Smith's high-handedness, but his smile persisted, and his eyes were a