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usehold staff were

e her things? She's just playing hard to get. If she's g

only married Julian for his money. I heard the

eserve Julian. But I bet you anything she

a job like that possibly pay? It's all for show. She'll en

l t

f she actua

d away. The words faded behind her, d

olonged fever had left he

she knew her body had rea

aying on her feet as she

r hit her as a black car sped past, its s

e looked up, she caught a glimpse of Julian

id shut, bloc

a bitter, heartbroken s

d he treated her like an en

e woman swaying in the distance. "Mr. Everett, your wife doesn't look well. I

ed. His gaze was like ice. "She's the reason Elar

pt onto the driver's face. Then, in a

, the car merge

evieve swayed, dehydrated,

king her head, but the dizziness

her ribs. She clutched he

up, the world

a dead leaf drifting from a nearby tree. Through he

ing fa

e was too exhausted. As her eyes closed,

l and rushed to the hospital. By the time she

was death

r forehead slick with sweat. She loo

the OB-GYN departm

ixture of anguish and anger. "She donated all that blood, kept working through surgeries, and when she got

d toward Elara's hospital room and seethed, "Do the Everetts have no shame?! H

r into the ward, their f

When she finally woke, weak and drained,

events of the previous day r

e man who had once been like an older brother to her, a source of warmt

rapped her arms around t

love would be ret

hard enough, was obedient enough,

thinking. It had n

ish. She realized now that "foolis

in, daylight was

sweat. She changed, and just then, Chloe came in

rrying a war

to her chest, exhaling loudly. "You scared the h

bit dramatic but gave a

on't worry about a thing-we've got your back." Ever since Genevieve joined Gracehaven Medical Center, the cardiac surgery de

head the department, no one was happy a

evieve's leadership, the OB-GYN department at Gracehaven became one of the bes

ld her in d

he other coworkers n

all back to their posts, then t

?" Chloe immediat

again. You're not going to go running back to him j

past Genevieve, and it had taken

bled, "If you're going to go crawling back, at least wait until you're hea

rare-blo

another pained,

he description wasn

nt to check th

lost the baby, she would milk

to the Everetts, blaming Gene

with the medication yesterday, there was no

o call her "dear Genevieve." Who knew s

years, letting Genevieve wait on her hand and foot. And the

med Genevieve's suspicions. "What's the p

ter manipulator. You're too straightforward-you never

heming! And Julian is a complete idiot! Some CEO. If that

hing, just stared

or the Everett family. Every article tar

reputation w

her own name being smear

us move, aimed at cutti

used to save her could just as easily be used to ensure her condition became fata

ment. So there were still people who

diculous, but she found Elara's ign

n down her spine at that smile. "G-Gene

n get back at them later. But that

ll stop calling Julian a jerk, and I won't call E

xpression, realizing her own past defensivenes

ul scrape. Still, she spoke slowly and delibera

set the cup down, and

ruck by lightning, her face a mask of shoc

ally just

had a complete c

and Genevieve had act

o the window a

ad still risen