Peter, who she once lost her heart to, had been Lily's nightmare for the past five years. The day he broke up with her, she managed to nod calmly, say goodbye politely, and walk away from him forever. A part of her was dead by then. However, he came back to her and sealed her unspoken grievance with a passionate kiss. He would try his best to heal her broken heart with deep love. No matter what it would cost, he had made up his mind. She belonged to him and nobody could change that very fact.
In the quiet and empty corridor of the hospital, the cracked floor tiles shone under the dazzling ceiling light.
The silence was broken by the door being pushed open. Urgent footsteps came from the half-opened door with a gust of cold wind, which seemed to make the rows of pale lights sway.
Sweat trickled down Lily Gu's forehead. She was out of breath. As her hand supporting the gurney slipped, she fell heavily to the ground.
Her toes were bloody as she didn't realize when the shoe on one of her feet had disappeared. Her wounds were caked in mud. She had endured the pain for so long that she had become numb.
A nurse came running towards her and helped her up. "Are you all right, Dr. Lily?" Lily Gu pushed her away fiercely!
Her eyes were as red as a manic rabbit. Biting her lower lip, she looked at the nurse and yelled, "Forget about me! Take my father to the emergency room. Hurry up!"
The nurse nodded in panic. After hesitating for a while, she pushed the gurney away, leaving Lily Gu behind her.
With her hands on her knees, Lily Gu lowered her head and her hair fell over her face, concealing her expression. The only sign of her distress was her quivering shoulders, which, in turn, made her hair shake as well.
"Dad...,"
she murmured. Her nose twitched. The tears that she had been imprisoned in her eyes for a long time finally poured out like a flood.
She thought she was a very terrible daughter.
It was true.
Her father did not understand her and forced her to take over the family business, but that was no reason for her to say those vicious words to him.
Absolutely not.
He was her father, after all! They depended on each other.
Lily Gu didn't come to her senses until the nurse came back to her.
"Dr. Lily? Oh my God! Why are you still sitting on the ground! Get up. Mr. Jacob has been taken to the operating room. He will be fine!" With her help, Lily Gu slowly sat on the chair in the corridor.
Her face was as pale as the light above her.
She moved her lips and said hoarsely, "My father... Will he be okay?"
"Of course! Mr. Jacob has such an excellent doctor as her daughter. God will bless him! Dr. Lily, you have hold on for him right now, okay?"
Lily Gu nodded and suddenly felt a lump in her throat.
'An excellent doctor?' she thought to herself.
Yes, she was very good at her profession. Many patients' families specially asked for her to perform operations as she had a reputation for pulling back dying patients from the clutches of death. That sense of accomplishment was incomparable to anything.
However, her father never shared their opinion nor did he feel proud of having a daughter who was a doctor.
For him, she was born to take over the huge YS Group in the future and she had no say in the matter.
Leaning against the back of the chair, Lily Gu gently rubbed her eyebrows with her fingers, but the wrinkles on her forehead could not be smoothed.
She was very tired.
She knew very well that she had to make a choice between the hospital and the company. This caused a lot of conflict between the father and daughter. If it went on like this, she would end up sending her father to his grave with the stress.
The nurse held her hand and kept her company.
By the time the operation ended, Lily Gu had fallen asleep on the nurse's shoulder. Suddenly, she felt something warm wrapped around her and then opened her eyes in a trance.
"Dr. Joe..." rubbing her sore eyes, she murmured to the man, who was bent over, about to drape a coat over her frail figure.
Joe Zhou stood up awkwardly and coughed self-consciously. "You can sleep in my duty room. It's cold out here. If you catch a cold, I will have to treat you."
Seeing him, the nurse smiled knowingly and sneaked away.
Lily Gu casually lifted his coat, stood up gingerly with the help of a chair, and handed it back to Joe Zhou. "Come on. Are you so kind as to treat me? You have been teasing me all day long. Do you still care about me?"
Hearing this, Joe Zhou frowned and said in an aggrieved tone, "Lily, do you have any conscience? We are both pitiful people who share the same problem. When did I tease you? Anyway, I won't quarrel with you. What happened to Mr. Jacob? Did you piss him off?"
Lily Gu rolled her eyes at him and said nothing.
"Oh, you really did piss him off?" Joe Zhou was just pulling her leg. He didn't expect his guess to hit the mark. Lowering his head, he said, "Actually, I admire you very much. When I told my father that I wanted to be a doctor and wouldn't take over the company, he didn't argue with me at all and went straight to the duster. Well, well, Lily. You are something."
She was at a loss for words so she punched him lightly on the shoulder.
"Don't talk nonsense. Don't you see how anxious I am?"
Joe Zhou patted her on the back and said, "It's okay. Don't worry. I just went to the operating room to check. It's not a big deal."
Hearing this, Lily Gu breathed a sigh of relief. She put one hand on her forehead and closed her swollen eyes, offering a silent prayer of thanks.
Just then, a figure stormed into the hospital like a whirlwind and before anybody could react, a light flashed in Lily Gu's eyes.
Crack!
Lily Gu staggered from the force of the slap. If it hadn't been for Joe Zhou's quick response and agile actions, she would have fallen on the ground.
Holding her in his arms, he looked at the woman in front of him angrily. "What the hell are you doing?" How could she hit a doctor in a hospital? The mystery figure laughed sardonically and stared at Lily with venom dripping from her eyes.
Gritting her teeth, the woman screamed, "You shameless bastard! You have caused so much stress to your father that you sent him to the hospital and now here you are flirting with this man! Aren't you afraid that your father won't get up from the bed?" Red-hot rage coursed through Joe Zhou's body at this accusation.
He stepped forward to put this nasty figure in place but was stopped by Lily.
Covering the half of her face, which had been slapped red, she clenched her fist. Narrowing her eyes, she remarked snidely, "You have finally shown your true colors, haven't you? Don't think that I don't know what you are planning. You want to steal my father's property, don't you? If there is such easy money to be made, why would anybody need to work hard? Do you agree, Mom?"
Sheila had her back against the wall when her family tried to force her to marry an awful old man. In a fit of rage, she hired a gigolo to act as her husband. She thought the gigolo needed money and did this for a living. Little did she know that he was nothing like that. One day, he pulled off his mask and revealed himself to be the world's top magnate. This marked the beginning of their love. He showered her with everything she could ever want. They were happy. However, unexpected circumstances soon posed a threat to their love. Would Sheila and her husband make it through the storm? Find out!
"You're mine, little puppy," Kylan growled against my neck. A soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips brushed my skin. My mind screamed at me to push him away-the Lycan Prince who had humiliated me again and again, but my body betrayed me, leaning into him before I could stop myself. He pressed his lips against mine, and his kiss grew more aggressive, more possessive as I felt my legs weaken. What was I doing? In a split-second, I pulled away and slapped him hard across the face. Kylan's eyes darkened, but the smirk on his lips exposed his amusement. "You and I both know we can't fight this, Violet," he said, gripping my wrist. "You're my mate." "And yet you don't want me," I replied. "You told me you were ashamed of me, that l'd never be your queen, that you'd never love me. So please, accept my rejection and let me go." "Never," he whispered, his grip tightening as he pulled me closer. "Soon enough, you'll be begging for me. and when you do-I'll use you as I see fit and then I'll reject you."
My name is Katia, and I am just trying to survive until my fated mate arrives. Which may be easier said than done. Rejectection is the last straw. Whispering my acceptance of his rejection. I run through the pack house, out across the manicured lawn into the forest. "I'm sorry, my sweet girl," I say to my wolf. I'm sorry you have been stuck with me and have had to suffer everything I have. She whispers," it's not your fault, Katia. We came to a cliff with a waterfall. The hurt keeps pounding at me. I need it to stop. My sweet girl, and I just want peace, I keep running and leap off the cliff. Spreading my arms wide, with tears streaming down my face, I fall, not making a sound, waiting for sweet oblivion where we feel nothing ever again. "I love you, my sweet girl! Until we meet again, "My wolf replied just before we hit the water, "I love you too, Katia. I have never regretted a moment with you." The Snow Moon pack is having their last barbecue of the summer next to the waterfall on their land. The adults are laughing and joking while watching the pups play. The alpha, beta, and gamma are swimming with some of the older children and playing a game of Marco Polo. Someone yells, "Oh my goddess, someone just jumped over the waterfall!" Everyone is frozen as they watch what looks to be a child falling arms spread wide, no one makes a sound. The small body hits the water like a plane crashing into the side of a mountain. The alpha, beta, and gamma, spring into action, swimming towards the area the person went under. The alpha is screaming his wolf is going crazy repeating, "Find her. Find her...find her!" They dive and the beta surfaces with a small person in his arms. Alpha takes the girl from his beta, laying her on the ground. The men are shocked by what they see. She is covered in scars and injuries. Her body is twisted and broken. The Beta asks, "Who could have done this to someone so defenseless?" Alpha drops to his knees, repeating, "MATE...MATE...MATE!"
Everyone was shocked to the bones when the news of Rupert Benton's engagement broke out. It was surprising because the lucky girl was said to be a plain Jane, who grew up in the countryside and had nothing to her name. One evening, she showed up at a banquet, stunning everyone present. "Wow, she's so beautiful!" All the men drooled, and the women got so jealous. What they didn't know was that this so-called country girl was actually an heiress to a billion-dollar empire. It wasn't long before her secrets came to light one after the other. The elites couldn't stop talking about her. "Holy smokes! So, her father is the richest man in the world?" "She's also that excellent, but mysterious designer who many people adore! Who would have guessed?" Nonetheless, people thought that Rupert didn't love her. But they were in for another surprise. Rupert released a statement, silencing all the naysayers. "I'm very much in love with my beautiful fiancee. We will be getting married soon." Two questions were on everyone's minds: "Why did she hide her identity? And why was Rupert in love with her all of a sudden?"
After three loveless years, Neil's betrayal deeply wounded Katelyn. She wasted no time in getting rid of that scoundrel! After the divorce, she devoted herself to career pursuits. Rising to prominence as a top designer, skilled doctor, and brilliant hacker, she became a revered icon. Neil, realizing his grave mistake, tried in vain to win her back, only to witness her magnificent wedding to another. As their vows were broadcast on the world's largest billboard, Vincent slid a ring onto Katelyn's finger and declared, "Katelyn is now my wife, a priceless treasure. Let all who covet her beware!"
Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.