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."

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

glanced at William; a frown still

youngest son of the

and the Taylors families. In a bid to align with the Douglas',

be a farce. Scandalous rumors of her indiscretions surfaced after the engagement party, and the birth of an

William had defied expectations. Rather than showing interest in the family business, he faced opposition head-on

somewhat of a joke in business

risks, malnutrition, and now, she's on the brink of starvation-quite the oddity," William remarked

had managed to cross the Douglas family, leaving

obvious suspect for mistreating

eyes

her home

it's none of my business, but as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr. Douglas, that five years behind bars should suffice for atonement. There's no

of the elite circles was their obsession with

status.

a woman over pride lost in the past? William

silent; the air heavy with tension around

once engaged to your brother," William

everyone feared Ethan, everyone sought to

come

intrude, but we need to confirm a few details. The hotel staff denies any wrongdoing, claiming she inflicted the injuries

gaze was icy. "She did this to herself, and ended up critically

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