Chapter 15 Call to Action

On the way to the hospital, Jasmine clung desperately to Ethan's shirt, as if grasping for threads of safety.

Her attempt in fleeing from that the room had been akin to a drowning person clinging to a lifeline.

Ethan's frown deepened as he looked at Jasmine. Her delicate face was as pale as paper.

The first time he saw her at the Douglas family gathering, she was like a blooming gardenia.

"Mr. Douglas... maybe, maybe I could take her, so you can go home and change?" Suggested his assistant nervously upon arriving at the hospital, reaching to take Jasmine.

Ethan shot his assistant a cold glance and strode past him, carrying Jasmine towards the ER.

The assistant inhaled sharply; Mr. Douglas was acting really out of character today. "Don't... don't touch me..."

In her semi-conscious state, Jasmine's struggle was becoming increasingly desperate, her face growing paler by the second.

Anyone could see she had been through a harrowing ordeal.

"Don't touch me! Don't... you all stay away from me..."

The nurse tried to examine Jasmine, but her frantic struggles were too intense.

"Dr. Ryan, the patient is uncooperative."

was on duty. Once he stepped into the examination room with his stethoscope, he caught sight of the stern-faced

frown still carved on

the youngest son of the Ryan

followed by the Wilsons, the Ryans, the Browns, and the Taylors families. In a bid to align with the Douglas', the Wilsons had their daughter, Jasmine, engaged to Daniel Douglas, elevating the Wilsons standing

turned out to be a farce. Scandalous rumors of her indiscretions surfaced after the engagement party, and the birth of an illegitimate child had tarnished the reputations of

out to Ethan precisely because of his uniqueness. As the heir to the Ryan Family, William had defied expectations. Rather than showing interest in the family business, he faced opposition

of a joke in business circles

and now, she's on the brink of starvation-quite the oddity," William remarked with a sardonic chuckle

counterfeit heiress, had managed to cross the

the obvious suspect for mistreating Jasmine, but was Ethan

Ethan's eyes darkened with

home only

as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr.

part of the elite circles was their obsession

status.

pride lost in the past? William despised such

air heavy with

engaged to your brother," William added, glancing at Jasmine's

everyone feared Ethan, everyone sought to curry favor with him, but

where did Jasmine's injuries come from? Usually tight-lipped, Ethan couldn't

An officer entered the hospital room. "Sorry to intrude, but we need to confirm a few details. The hotel staff

did this

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