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.”

reflecting quietly, slowly lifted his gaze towards Cicely. She 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 tightening

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

taken aback, quickly rolling the window

more, and although confused,

seemed to

car was parked not too far away. Through the window, his

*

her grandfather was in. The hospital had reported that his condition

high-end sterile room, with top-notch nursing

saw her grandfather, an old man with gray hair, lying quietly in the center of the large sterile room, surrounded

her eyes well up with tears. Her hand on the doorknob turned white with tension as guilt and remorse enveloped her. She struggled to breathe under

by the loss of her father and Issac, the

he feel disappointed

for years, and finally had to be heartlessly abandoned by his own granddaughter, whom he had spoiled

it was being squeezed by an iron claw, gnawed on by countless worms

what was your self-righteous pain worth? What were you thinking, losing the people you loved most and hurting another just as dearly? Cicely, the

streamed through her fingers as she

had been wrong, so very wrong. All her

I ask who you

voice came from beside her. Cicely paused, wiping away her tears,

was a young nurse. The nurse paused when she saw the redness in her eyes and the tear stains

her knew her

reassuring nod, her young face 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 been three years, and

Cicely froze. “Tomorrow’s surgery?”

Thanksgiving, Mr.

kind of surgery?”

terms, it’s a blood transfusion. With his age, his organs are failing. Mr. Erik has a severe case of hematopoietic dysfunction. The annual Thanksgiving surgery involves removing the ‘bad’ blood and infusing new, fresh blood. It’s a high-risk

High risk?

as if drained of blood. She leaned weakly against the hospital room

she managed to ask, “And where does the blood for the surgery come

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

to the point

“Mr. Erik’s granddaughter.”

His granddaughter…

her, it

*

was stopped by four bodyguards. “No visitors allowed

“Isn’t that Danielle

stoic.

a brief

Danielle!” The assistant and two nurses hurried to stop her. “You can’t

door, her gaze icy. “Do you really think

here to see me. All I have to do is open this door. Do you think those four

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

In the midst of their hesitation, Danielle had stepped forward and pulled the door

She turned and

turned, sealing the

laugh, her eyes mockingly fixed on Cicely outside, who was visibly perplexed. “Isn’t

respond, Danielle spoke up. Cicely glanced at the three people behind

and a flash of coldness crossed Cicely’s eyes. “I came to ask about grandfather’s condition and to thank you for whatever you’ve

be the one who knows best? You’re

Cicely remained silent, waiting for the visibly upset

three years, Seth had me fooled.” Mentioning Seth brought a wave of sorrow to Danielle’s voice. She 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

voice rose sharply. “To make you hate him less,

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

on the morrow, the importance of Danielle’s blood was clear. If Danielle truly wanted to save

as her eyes swept over

a hunch. “Danielle, he’s your grandfather

forehead. “Enough, I’ve had enough. It’s all so infuriating.”Books Chapters Are Daily Updated

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