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 man by the side. He

frown

the youngest son of the

bid to align with the Douglas', the Wilsons had their daughter, Jasmine, engaged

the birth of an illegitimate child had tarnished the reputations

As the heir to the Ryan Family, William had defied expectations. Rather than showing interest in

become somewhat of a joke in business

of stitches, tetanus risks, malnutrition, and now, she's on the brink of starvation-quite the oddity," William remarked with a sardonic chuckle as he

the Douglas family, leaving her with

mistreating Jasmine,

Ethan's eyes darkened

home

Ethan, he said, "Maybe it's none of my business, but as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr. Douglas, that five years behind bars

the elite circles was

status.

a woman over pride lost in the past? William despised such

silent; the air heavy with tension

was once engaged to your brother," William

Francisco, everyone feared Ethan, everyone sought to curry favor with

injuries come from?

officer entered the hospital room. "Sorry to intrude, but we need to confirm a few details. The hotel staff denies any wrongdoing, claiming she inflicted the

"She did this to herself, and ended

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