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.”

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

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

rolling the window

commanded once more, and although confused, Charlie

seemed to

away. Through the window, his dark eyes watched

*

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

in a high-end sterile room,

his room, Cicely peered through the observation window and saw her grandfather, an old man with gray hair, lying quietly in the center of the large sterile

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

But back then, overwhelmed by the loss of her

years… Did he feel disappointed in her,

family 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

your self-righteous pain worth? What were you thinking, losing the people you loved

through her fingers as she covered

wrong.

me, may I ask

voice came from beside her. Cicely paused, wiping

the redness in her eyes and the tear stains on her

the nurse in front of her knew her grandfather, so she asked.

all goes well, tomorrow’s surgery should go smoothly. After all, it’s

Cicely froze. “Tomorrow’s surgery?”

Thanksgiving, Mr. Erik has

of surgery?” Cicely asked,

it’s a blood transfusion. With his age, his organs are failing. Mr. Erik has a severe case of hematopoietic

High risk?

She leaned weakly against the hospital room door, staring blankly.

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

bloodline donor. Another person whose bone marrow and blood type match will undergo the procedure simultaneously,

on the doorknob tightened almost to the point

“Mr. Erik’s granddaughter.”

His granddaughter…

it wasn’t her, it

*

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

frowned. “Isn’t that

stoic. “Visitation

Danielle hesitated for a moment. After a brief silence, Danielle suddenly stood up and walked

The assistant and two nurses hurried to stop her.

at the door, her gaze icy. “Do

“Someone’s here to see me. All I have to do is open this door. Do

circumstances, but after her recent conversation with Mr. Diaz, as women,

for a moment, then looked at each other. In the midst of their hesitation,

was confronting the bodyguards when the door unexpectedly swung open. She turned and found herself face

bodyguards instantly turned, sealing the

let out a cold laugh, her eyes mockingly fixed on Cicely outside, who was visibly perplexed. “Isn’t it

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

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

one who knows best? You’re here to see my

cold. Cicely remained silent, waiting for the visibly upset woman

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

him less,

of Danielle’s injured wrist.

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

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

had a hunch. “Danielle,

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