The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Chapter 2085

Seth’s eyes twinkled with a hint of sardonic amusement, but hearing Damon’s words, he couldn’t help being a tad surprised. The always composed and suave CEO Damon, who was the very epitome of a gentleman, had his moments of wanting to curse someone out.

However, considering it was because of Chloe, it wasn’t that surprising after all.

With a smirk tugging at his lips, Seth’s gaze softened, concealing the emotions in his eyes. “I don’t remember the last time I saw your lady flustered like that.”

Damon didn’t bite, instead, he changed the subject. “Is everything set for tomorrow’s surgery?”

A crease formed between Seth’s brows as he looked up at Damon. “What, you’ve been running a background check on me?”

“I haven’t got that kind of hobby,” Damon replied coolly, his gaze drifting towards the direction Chloe had left. “Grandma mentioned it earlier today.”d2

Even though Seth wasn’t sure how much they knew, he didn’t plan on hiding anything from him.

“It’s taken care of.”

Damon’s expression darkened slightly at Seth’s confirmed suspicion. “So you’re just going to keep things like this?”

Seth chuckled, shaking his head. “One last time.”

Damon gave him a pointed look. “It better be. Handle your own messes without dragging others into them.”

Seth’s eyes flickered, holding Damon’s gaze for a few silent seconds, but Damon said no more and walked past Seth, chasing after Chloe.

Seth stood motionless, lost in thought.

Charlie, who had been eavesdropping, was thoroughly confused. Although he knew that Mr. Diaz and Mr. Harper had a good relationship, they never meddled in each other’s affairs. So the fact that Damon was clueless about Erik’s surgery was to be expected.

Damon’s sudden mention of the surgery, and his seemingly informed demeanor, had taken Charlie aback.

Their conversation had been terse and cryptic, but that last line about not always troubling others with personal issues was particularly puzzling.

“Mr. Diaz.” Charlie hesitated, looking at Seth, who hadn’t moved an inch.

Was it time to leave, or should they stay?

*

When Damon reached the emergency room, Chloe was pacing outside, her anxiety barely concealed. Seeing him, she glanced over his shoulder. “Did he leave?”

Damon wrapped his arm around her waist, guiding her to sit on a nearby bench.

“Seems like it.”

Chloe’s expression turned serious. “Lucky for us, Cicely’s call didn’t go through.”

She had been so nervous bumping into Seth; she couldn’t imagine how Cicely would have reacted. Moreover, if Cicely had shown up here, Hugo’s secret would’ve been impossible to keep.

“Let nature take its course. She can’t hide it from him forever.”

Damon gently rubbed the spot on her arm where Hugo’s shoe had hit, his tone flat.

Chloe had no counterargument, only taking a deep breath as she leaned into Damon’s embrace. “Seth seems smart enough, so why does he act just as foolhardy as Nathan in situations like this?”

Damon had no immediate answer, only managing to offer, “Different circumstances.”

Chloe looked up at him. “Also, you have too many bastards running around.”

Damon: “I tend to agree.”

A quiet laugh escaped Chloe, and Damon felt her relax against him, a smile playing on his lips.

*

Outside the hospital, a taxi came to a slow stop.

Cicely paid the fare and stepped out, looking up at the imposing hospital entrance. Her feet seemed rooted to the spot, and she didn’t move for the longest time.

Charlie, driving by, spotted her from a distance. Cicely was standing there, staring at the hospital, lost in thought.

“Mr. Diaz, it’s Ms. Cicely.”

was still there, her tall, slender figure like a statue. If not for her right hand, which was tightly clutching her purse strap, relaxing and then suddenly

lowered the window a few inches, ready to greet her, but Seth’s stern voice stopped him.

taken aback, quickly rolling

more, and

there for another two minutes before she seemed to muster the courage to walk

far away. Through the window, his dark

*

and which room her grandfather was in. The hospital had reported that his condition was stable, which was

in a high-end sterile room, with top-notch nursing

the observation window and saw her grandfather, an old man with

well up with tears. Her hand on the doorknob

how much they had loved her. But back then, overwhelmed by the loss of her father and Issac, the desire to hurt Seth,

years… Did he feel disappointed in her, angry,

the assistant he had nurtured and trusted as a family for years, and finally had to be heartlessly abandoned by

it was being squeezed by an iron claw,

thinking, losing the people you loved most and hurting another just as dearly? Cicely, the person you

streamed through her fingers as she covered

so very wrong. All her choices had been

may I

from beside her. Cicely paused,

she saw the redness in her eyes and the tear stains on her lashes. “You’re here

that the nurse in front of her knew her grandfather, so

showing a touch of inexperience. “He’s stable for now, and if all goes well, tomorrow’s surgery should go smoothly. After all, it’s

Cicely froze. “Tomorrow’s surgery?”

every Thanksgiving, Mr. Erik

of surgery?” Cicely asked,

has a severe case of hematopoietic dysfunction. The annual Thanksgiving surgery involves removing the ‘bad’ blood and infusing new,

High risk?

if drained of blood. She leaned weakly against the hospital room door, staring blankly. Her mind was a

“And where

bone marrow and blood type match will undergo the procedure simultaneously, transferring their blood

doorknob tightened almost to

“Mr. Erik’s granddaughter.”

His granddaughter…

her, it

*

hospital room, Cicely was stopped by four bodyguards. “No visitors allowed

frowned. “Isn’t that Danielle

remained stoic. “Visitation is

hesitated for a moment. After a brief silence, Danielle

assistant and two nurses hurried to stop

her gaze icy. “Do

hesitated, Danielle spoke again, “Someone’s here to see me. All I have to do is open this door. Do you think those four bodyguards outside can’t

her recent conversation with Mr. Diaz, as women, they

midst of their

unexpectedly swung open. She turned and found herself face to face with Danielle, whom she hadn’t

turned, sealing the

let out a cold laugh, her eyes mockingly fixed on Cicely outside, who was visibly

the three people behind Danielle, puzzled by the scene before her. But she sensed Danielle

returned to Danielle’s wrist, wrapped in a bandage, her brows furrowed, and a flash of coldness crossed Cicely’s eyes. “I came to ask

Seth be the one who knows best? You’re here to

pressed together, her gaze cold. Cicely remained silent,

clenched her fists, her perfectly manicured nails digging into her palms, painless against the torment in her heart. “Do you feel victorious? You hurt him so ruthlessly, yet he never gave up on you. For three

rose sharply. “To make you hate him

grip on her purse tightened at the sight of Danielle’s injured wrist. “So you’re not a

Danielle’s blood was clear. If Danielle truly wanted to save him, how could she afford to

filled the room as her eyes swept over the nurses, the assistant, and the bodyguards. “What do

a hunch. “Danielle, he’s

touched her forehead. “Enough, I’ve had enough. It’s all so infuriating.”Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books

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