Chapter 115 Just Let Me
Go Home
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Susan stepped out, leaving just Ethan and Lillian alone in the <b>room</b><b>. </b>
Lillian nced at Ethan, guilt in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make <b>you </b>worry.”
Ethan pulled over a chair and sat beside her bed with <b>a </b>sigh. “Why did <b>you </b>sneak out! Do you have any idea how worried everyone was–especially Madam Susan?”
Lillian <b>lowered </b>her head as tears rolled down her cheeks. “I just… I can’t take the smell anymore, Ethan. You don’t know how hopeless <b>that </b>disinfectant makes me feel. The moment I walked into this hospital, it felt like the whole world shut down. I can’t feel <b>the </b>sun. It’s like I’m cut off from everything. I don’t want to stay here. I just can’t
Only someone who’d been seriously ill–who’d spent long stretches confined to a hospital room–could understand how hopeless that felt.
Lillian’s life hadn’t been easy to begin with.
She didn’t <b>want </b>Stell:
Ste to have it good… But the truth was, she wasn’t doing any better herself
Hearing her break down, Ethan’s brow tightened. “Even so, you can’t just run off like that.”
“What choice did 1 have? Would you have let me leave! Of course not, she snapped.
“You’re in no condition right now. Even if you do leave, we have to prep everything. The team, the equipment–everything has to be ready”
They’d need a full medical team, the necessary equipment, and ess to immediate testing–everything had to be in ce. That was why Ethan <b>had </b>been trying to buy Verdant Vi. Lillian’s current care involved almost twenty medical staff. The estate was big enough to hold them all <b>and </b>still make space for a dedicated treatment room.
Lillian looked <b>away</b>, her voice trembling “So what–you think I’ll ever make it out of here? That I’ll just… die in this ce?”
“Don’t say <b>that</b>,” Ethan snapped, his voice low and sharp
Lillian went quiet immediately.
Her Eyes welled
up again, <b>and </b>Ethan’s heart
see several strandse loose in his handled even more. He sighed, <b>reached </b>over, and gently ruffled her hair–only to
Lillian <b>saw </b>it, too. Her body began to shake. “Ethan…” Her voice cracked. “My <b>hair</b>.
He held back the pain in his chest. “It’s okay. Once you’re better, it’ll grow back.”
-wille “Will it?” she asked, her voice barely holding together.
To her. losing hair wasn’t just about appearance–it felt like her body was giving up. When it started falling out from illness, it was like <b>a </b>warning sign that things were only getting worse.
“I’m really scared,” she whispered.
Ethan said nothing
“I want to leave the hospital,” she said, broken. She never mentioned the real reason she’d run away–and Ethan didn’t press
her
Looking at her pale, devastated <b>expression</b>, Ethan let out a quiet breath and gently pulled her into his arms. “Okay. We’ll get
you out. Soon.”
“Ethan ”
“I promise.” he said “I <b>have </b>you discharged within a week. Deal?”
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Chapter 115 Just Let Me Go Home
And for the first time in <b>days</b>, she felt a little peace settle in her chest.
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She really didn’t <b>want </b>to stay in the hospital. The smell of disinfectant filled her with endless dread. It terrified her. She j wanted out. And she was terrified she wouldn’t make it in time.
Back at S
Ste’s side.
Abraham <b>had </b>returned. The two of <b>them </b>sat across from each other, and Ste felt a little uneasy
under <b>his </b>gaze.
“What’s <b>with </b>that look?” she asked, ncing at him.
<b>Abraham</b>, a little buzzed from the wine, smirked. “So you like old men now? nning to inherit <b>someone’s </b><b>fortune</b>?”
Ste <b>was </b>speechless. Great, Just great. Seriously, when did he even get back Of all the things to overhear, of course it had to be that part.
<b>“</b>Come on, I was just messing with Ethan! He said the owner of Verdant Vi was some 66–year–old man–I was just trying to get under his skin, that’s all.” She rushed to exin. Especially with Abraham. If she didn’t clear this up fast, she’d be the one paying the price.
Ste had no interest in paying the price for a misunderstanding.
Abraham chuckled at her exnation, then pulled her into his arms. His fingers, warm and steady, traced along her jaw. “Ethan really hasn’t figured it out yet<b>, </b><b>has </b>he? Still clueless <b>about </b>who actually <b>owns </b>Verdant Vi?”
Ste huffed. Clearly not.”
With Abraham, she never held back–she alwaysid things out in. But with Ethan? Yeah, she <b>had </b>no patience left.
He <b>and </b><b>his </b>family were always <b>so </b>full of themselves–cutting off her credit cards, threatening to <b>shut </b>down her business, doing everything they could to block her path forward.
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