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.”

towards Cicely. She was still there, her tall, slender figure like a statue. If not for her right hand, which was tightly

the window a few inches, ready to

rolling the window back up.

once more, and although confused, Charlie

two minutes before she seemed to

window, his dark eyes watched Cicely’s retreating figure enter the hospital with a

*

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

was staying in a high-end sterile room,

her grandfather, an old man

hand on the doorknob turned

face would remind her just how much they had loved her. But back then, overwhelmed by the loss of her father and Issac, the desire to hurt Seth, and her own turmoil,

feel disappointed in her, angry, or

he had nurtured and trusted as a family for years, and finally had to be heartlessly abandoned by his own granddaughter,

being squeezed by an iron claw, gnawed on by countless worms of discomfort and

herself. “Compared to your grandfather’s suffering, what was your self-righteous pain worth? What were you thinking, losing

streamed through her fingers as she covered

had been wrong, so very wrong. All her choices

may I ask

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

nurse paused when she saw the redness in her eyes and the tear

her knew her grandfather, so she asked. “How is

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

Cicely froze. “Tomorrow’s surgery?”

Mr. Erik has

kind of surgery?” Cicely asked,

failing. Mr. Erik has a severe case of hematopoietic dysfunction. The annual Thanksgiving surgery involves removing the ‘bad’

High risk?

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

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

type match will undergo the procedure simultaneously,

doorknob tightened almost to the point of distortion. “And who’s

“Mr. Erik’s granddaughter.”

His granddaughter…

it wasn’t her,

*

Danielle’s hospital room, Cicely was stopped by

“Isn’t that

remained stoic. “Visitation is

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

The assistant and two nurses hurried to stop her.

gaze icy. “Do you really think I could get

here to see me. All I have to

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

Danielle’s words for a moment, then looked at each other. In the midst

swung open. She turned and found herself face to face with Danielle, whom

instantly turned,

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

behind Danielle, puzzled by the scene before her.

in a bandage, her brows furrowed, and a flash of coldness crossed Cicely’s eyes.

be the one who knows best? You’re here to see my humiliation, aren’t

silent, waiting for

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

hate him less, he turned

tightened at the sight of Danielle’s

clear. If Danielle truly wanted to

as her eyes swept over

had a hunch. “Danielle,

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

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