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."

stethoscope, he caught sight of

at William; a frown still carved

the youngest son of the

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 in the

surfaced after the engagement party, and the birth of an

stood 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 head-on

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

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

had managed to cross the Douglas family, leaving her with

the obvious suspect for mistreating Jasmine, but was

eyes

Daniel taken her home only

but as a doctor, I must remind you, Mr. Douglas, that five

circles

status.

lost in the past? William despised

silent; the air heavy

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

sought to curry favor with him, but William harbored only

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

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

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

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