After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back by Riverflow

Rina narrowed her eyes. "Are you threatening me?"

Aveline shook her head. "Isn't it you, Miss Johnson, who does the threatening?"

Rina let out a cold laugh. "Do you really think this will make me afraid of you?"

She stepped closer to Aveline, her eyes filled with open disdain. "Taking you down would be as easy as squashing a bug. So go ahead, wait for your end, you wretch."

With that, she turned and marched off, her bodyguards trailing behind her in a show of force.

The other patients and their families in the hospital continued to peek out from their rooms, watching the spectacle unfold.

"Mom, Mom!" Sidney's urgent voice suddenly broke through the tension.

Aveline's expression shifted, and she rushed over, only to find Sidney's mother unconscious in the hospital room.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Sidney's mother was rushed into the emergency room.

Sidney stood by the door, his posture slumped, his face noticeably paler than before.

beside him, offering comfort. "She'll

he said,

replied, "We're friends, no

unspoken flickering in his

cut him off, "Just remember, you'll need to work hard to pay back the hospital

managed a small smile, the dark cloud over his

don't worry too much. Everything's taken care of

will." Sidney nodded, his gaze

a seat on a nearby

a severe

her hospital room, she had regained consciousness, but her face was pale, and she looked incredibly

now. Just focus on

filled with gratitude.

need to thank

should rest now. It's getting late. I'll walk

Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting go of Aveline's

to see me off. Stay here and take care of your mom. I've got

and, without warning, pulled her into

startled and instinctively tried to pull