Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Chapter 119:

Ruby was her lifeline, the person she would do anything to protect.

Bryan quietly held her hand as he listened. When she finished, he took a deep breath and said, “You’re lucky to have had a kind-hearted stepmother. My experience wasn’t quite like yours.”

His tone was casual, almost as if he was discussing something minor, yet his words effectively shifted Eileen’s focus. She looked up, her eyes slightly tear-filled, and gazed at him in surprise.

She knew little about Bryan’s family, but his words made her wonder… Did he also have a stepmother?

Her train of thought was cut short as the ICU door burst open, prompting her to rise quickly, her nerves rattled.

However, the nurse called for someone else, unrelated to Ruby.

This brief interruption not only severed Bryan and Eileen’s ongoing conversation but also helped Eileen regain her senses.

Pulling her hand away, she reverted to her typically reserved expression and said, “I’m sorry; I shouldn’t have shared all this with you. It’s getting late. You should head home.”

She then moved to the ward’s exterior and looked through the window at Ruby.

The diminishing sound of footsteps made her assume Bryan had departed, causing her heart to tighten.

Yet, when she turned around after standing tiredly for some time, she spotted a lone figure at the corridor’s end, a silhouette defined by the glow of a cigarette.

you on a

It was unmistakably Bryan.

dawn’s first light in the corridor, Bailee and Huey showed up,

bites before Bailee firmly persuaded her to leave the

setting of Springvale Lane.

vigil, sleep remained elusive. Eileen tossed and turned

of a sleep-inducing aromatherapy candle helped her finally unwind and

atmosphere at Warren Group was fraught with tension. Early in the morning,

office, he threw the documents onto his desk and loosened his tie. He then turned to Benjamin and

under observation for seventy-two hours. Her waking up

his chair, lost in thought

“Where is Bailee?

heavy feeling settled in Benjamin’s chest, and he paused before responding, afraid that it wouldn’t be easy. “Bailee has a strong dislike for you, and the moment she hears you’re

finish, Kian, with a cold stare, swept the documents from his desk to the floor. “No

condition, Huey has been at her side every day, making it difficult to find a suitable moment,”

words triggered a scornful laugh from Kian. “You don’t understand my request? I need to see Bailee as soon as possible, or you might as

Kian was visibly angered.

moment, Benjamin nodded.

he sat pondering deeply, glancing repeatedly

certificate in Eileen’s bag on the

he dialed a number. “Keep a close watch on Bailee and

the seventy-two-hour critical period behind her, Ruby had been moved to a standard ward. Her already thin hair, due to chemotherapy, had been shaved off, and she was now connected

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