After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Rina narrowed her eyes. "Are you threatening me?"

Aveline shook her head. "Isn't it you, Miss Johnson, who does the threatening?"

Rina let out a cold laugh. "Do you really think this will make me afraid of you?"

She stepped closer to Aveline, her eyes filled with open disdain. "Taking you down would be as easy as squashing a bug. So go ahead, wait for your end, you wretch."

With that, she turned and marched off, her bodyguards trailing behind her in a show of force.

The other patients and their families in the hospital continued to peek out from their rooms, watching the spectacle unfold.

"Mom, Mom!" Sidney's urgent voice suddenly broke through the tension.

Aveline's expression shifted, and she rushed over, only to find Sidney's mother unconscious in the hospital room.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Sidney's mother was rushed into the emergency room.

Sidney stood by the door, his posture slumped, his face noticeably paler than before.

Aveline stayed beside him, offering comfort. "She'll be alright."

voice was rough and dry as he said, "Aveline, you've

"We're friends, no need

at her, something unspoken flickering in his eyes.

need to work hard to

the dark cloud over his heart lifting

care of now.

his gaze lingering on her

and took a seat on a nearby

experienced a severe heart attack that nearly claimed her life. It took the doctors

regained consciousness, but her face was pale, and she looked incredibly weak.

forward. "Ma'am, it's alright now. Just focus on resting and getting

filled with gratitude. "Aveline, thank

no need to

now. It's getting late. I'll

careful." Ruth nodded, reluctantly letting go of Aveline's

to see me off.