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."

the ER, William was on duty. Once he stepped into the examination room with his stethoscope, he caught sight of the

glanced at William; a frown

him, the youngest son

the Ryans, the Browns, and the Taylors families. In a bid to align with the Douglas', the Wilsons had their daughter,

party, and the birth of an illegitimate child had tarnished the reputations of both the Wilsons and the Douglases

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

name had become somewhat of a joke in business circles for a

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

heiress, had managed to cross the Douglas family, leaving her with little

for mistreating Jasmine, but was Ethan involved

Ethan's eyes darkened

taken her home only

instructed a nearby doctor before nodding in acknowledgment. Turning back to Ethan, he said, "Maybe it's none of my business, but as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr. Douglas, that five years behind

elite circles

status.

lost in the past? William despised such

the air

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

Ethan, everyone sought to curry favor with him, but William harbored

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

police?" An 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 injuries on

gaze was icy. "She did this to

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