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.

him, offering comfort. "She'll

and dry as he

replied, "We're friends,

looked at her, something unspoken flickering in his

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

over his heart lifting slightly.

too much. Everything's taken care of now. Just focus on helping your mom recover and keep

his gaze lingering on her with newfound

a seat on a nearby

she had just experienced a severe heart attack that nearly

was pale, and she looked

stepped forward. "Ma'am, it's alright now. Just

filled with

"Ma'am, there's no need to thank me. I'm Sidney's friend; this is what I should

should rest now. It's getting

be careful." Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting go of Aveline's

the room, Aveline turned to Sidney. "You don't need to see me off. Stay

at her intently and, without

was startled and instinctively tried to pull away.