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."

examination room with his stethoscope, he caught sight of the stern-faced man by the

a frown still carved on

remembered him, the youngest son

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 in

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 both the Wilsons

heir to the Ryan Family, William had defied expectations. Rather

joke

on the brink of starvation-quite the oddity," William remarked

counterfeit heiress, had managed to cross the Douglas family, leaving her

the obvious suspect for mistreating Jasmine,

Ethan's eyes darkened

home only

it's none of my business, but as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr. Douglas, that five

part of the elite circles was their obsession with

status.

a woman over pride lost in the past?

the air heavy

the way, just a reminder, she was once engaged to your brother," William added,

to curry favor with him,

women, where did Jasmine's injuries come from? Usually

police?" An officer entered the hospital room. "Sorry to intrude, but we need

"She did this to herself, and ended up critically

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