Chapter 76

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Although Chris only got a few hours of sleep, he showed up looking fresh. Since Ethan wasn’t around, he told Olivia, “Mrs. Miller, your husband really cares about you. Look at how he arranged all these checkups for you.”

Olivia wanted to scoff at Chris‘ assumption. Ethan only wanted her to undergo the checkups to keep her healthy and to suffer from his punishments.

She was somewhat curious about Ethan’s expression if he knew she had stomach cancer. Anyway, she did not have much of a choice at the moment. She croaked, “Yeah, let’s do it.”

There was a dizzying amount of checkups to be completed. Endoscopy wasn’t on the list because the procedure was more complicated. The patient would need to take laxatives after midnight to clear the bowels and go under anesthesia.

put through the bowel prep. On top of that, she had stuck to a regular daily routine ever since marrying Ethan. Chris assumed that her digestive system was healthy and did

after starving for the

attire that commanded authority–a pressed suit and a black and white striped tie–he must have rushed over

had bought him the tie, and the visual reminder brought back sweet memories from long ago.

why she always presented herself in a

not think of killing myself too.” She broke the silence and took another mouthful of soup. The back of her hand was all swollen from the

angry after a night

of the results, she put her spoon down and looked into his

you…‘

cut her off. “What will

if I caught a terminal disease, for example.” She stared straight

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