The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Seth was rushed into the ER, where the battle for his life began behind closed doors.

Cicely stood outside, her gaze fixed on the sterile door, motionless as if frozen in time. When Damon arrived, she was still in the same stance, her face ashen, lips pale, and her eyes glazed over with shock.

She seemed outwardly calm, but a closer look would reveal that her hair, her eyelashes, even the fabric of her clothes were trembling almost imperceptibly.

Damon spoke up, his voice casual yet carrying a weight of concern, “What did he say to you, Cicely?”

Her eyelashes fluttered as she slowly turned to look at him, “He said that he wanted to give his life back to me. Damon, do you think he’ll make it?”

“I don’t know.” Damon didn’t offer false comfort, “But you’ve got to admit, it’s kind of impressive how you got him to choose this way out.”d2

Cicely watched him quietly, her hands clenched into fists, “You knew all along?”

“Mad at me? I gave him three years of borrowed time. Without me, he would’ve paid his dues to them three years earlier.”

Cicely’s breath hitched, and after a few silent seconds, she spoke softly, “He wouldn’t have done that, not even for my grandfather.”

“So you knew he stayed for your grandfather too? Your granddad fell ill two months after you were locked up. Beyond what Charlie said, a lot can happen in two months, and a lot more decisions can be made. Nobody’s got it easy. Living for the dead is the height of folly.”

Cicely closed her eyes briefly, “Easy for you to say, spouting lofty principles. Who doesn’t want to live free and easy?”

Damon looked at her with a distant gaze, his tone detached. “Yeah, if he dies, he’ll be free, alright.”

Cicely staggered slightly, “He won’t. Damon, don’t scare me. You got there with the ambulance ahead of time. You knew what was going to happen, and you wouldn’t let anything happen to him.”

“I’m not all-powerful. Not all his requests are within my reach. It’s like bargaining with the Grim Reaper. Getting one favor is already a stretch, and expecting two is just being greedy.” After a pause, Damon added, “Funny thing is, up until now, he’s only ever asked me for two things. Wanna know?”

Cicely looked at him steadily, her fists trembling slightly with anticipation. Given Damon’s question, she knew it had to be about her.

“The last thing he asked was for me to save him. Not because he’s afraid of dying, but because, he said that you loved your father, and you also loved him. You had already lost the father you cherished most; He can’t let you lose him.”

“Though he claims not to fear death, he sure clings to life.” Damon’s voice was heavy, and he felt an unexpected twinge of discomfort as he spoke. He and Chloe had never exchanged such intense declarations of love.

Suddenly, Cicely felt as though it was her own heart that Seth’s knife had pierced.

“And the other thing…” Before he could finish, the ER doors burst open, and a doctor rushed out, urgency etched on his face.

Cicely’s eyes flickered, but she lost sight of the person as the doctor carried a stack of blood bags back into the room. Her face turned deathly pale.

All those bags of blood…

had indeed seen

surgery had been going on for over six hours with no end

was too long, and Chloe showed up as well. Nathan, Kane, and others

the likelihood of a stab to the heart

the heart and major vessels, such a patient might survive a while longer, but without immediate medical

small amount of blood can leak into the pericardium, preventing the heart from expanding, leading to cardiac arrest due to tamponade. The key is to keep blood out of the pericardium, as just a few milliliters are enough to be lethal. Of course, the heart’s pericardium is its outermost

shred of hope eroded with the doctor’s

lands peddling fake potions? After hearing this, what’s the point of saving him? Should’ve just dug a hole and buried him on the spot.” Kane couldn’t

go ahead and buy the burial plot?” Nathan sighed with a

engrave

arrange the funeral,” Nathan

the cremation costs,” Kane said, wiping the

…

on her lap, fingers white, her knuckles

by Nathan and Kane’s heartless banter, Damon remained indifferent. Chloe, however, glanced over with a frosty look. Nathan and

She had half a mind

ached. Before this, Lana had harbored some

woman shouldn’t make choices just for her child. But how many mothers in this world

and Hugo. He won’t let himself be harmed. You have to believe

ER door, her voice

said, her voice quivering as if the chill of her words could freeze the very air around her, “I saw it with my own eyes, Seth plunged the knife right into his chest. He said he was paying back a life debt

void of expression, drained of

she spoke, she seemed to be thinking of Seth sticking a knife into his own chest right in front of her. The tremble in her voice resonated

intended to repay those lives, how could he just perform such a

was momentarily at a loss for words. If he were really okay, this crowd wouldn’t be lingering here in

trusted so easily, then there wouldn’t be such a thing as life or

truly in danger… A knot tightened in Lana’s stomach. She glanced again at the peacefully sleeping Hugo and whispered, “Cicely,

the sleeping child and bit her lip, shaking

Lana was taken aback.

will blame me. If something happens to Seth, Hugo will definitely think I drove his father to

do I do? He can’t be in trouble. Hugo will hate me. Why did it all turn out this way…” She could never have foreseen the situation spiraling into

hours passed. Finally, the operating room doors swung open, and two nurses emerged, supporting a

success, but he’s not out of the woods

cap, his clothes soaked as if he had been baptized in his own perspiration. Just a

heart constricted. Seth really had

to have collapsed from nothing more serious than fatigue and over-concentration, everyone breathed a collective

that’s a relief. Saved me a

No need to debate whether to

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