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.”

had been 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 again, she might have been mistaken

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

aback, quickly rolling the window

and

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

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

*

was in. The hospital had reported that his condition was stable, which was why she had allowed herself such undutiful procrastination,

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

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 room, surrounded by

Her hand on

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

disappointed in her, angry,

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

an iron claw, gnawed

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

streamed through her fingers

wrong, so very wrong. All her choices

I ask

from beside her. Cicely paused, wiping away her tears, and

young nurse. The nurse paused when she saw the redness in her eyes and the tear stains on her lashes. “You’re here to

that the nurse in front of her knew her grandfather,

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 the

Cicely froze. “Tomorrow’s surgery?”

every Thanksgiving, Mr. Erik has

surgery?”

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

High risk?

her face paling as if drained of blood. She leaned weakly against the hospital room door,

“And where does the blood for

type match will

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

“Mr. Erik’s granddaughter.”

His granddaughter…

it wasn’t her,

*

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

frowned. “Isn’t

remained stoic. “Visitation is

moment. After a brief

nurses hurried to stop her.

at the door, her gaze icy. “Do you really think I

to see me. All I have to do is open

but after her recent conversation with Mr. Diaz, as

looked at each other. In the midst of their hesitation, Danielle had stepped forward and pulled the door to

turned and found

turned, sealing

mockingly fixed on Cicely outside,

respond, Danielle spoke up. Cicely glanced at the three people behind Danielle, puzzled by the scene before her. But she sensed Danielle

her gaze 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 about grandfather’s condition and to thank you for whatever you’ve done. About

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

her gaze cold. Cicely remained silent, waiting for the visibly upset woman before her to

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

him less, he turned himself into

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

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

the room as her eyes swept over the nurses, the

“Danielle, he’s your grandfather

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

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