e gap in the curtains, stabbing Emilia right
a physical blow to the stomach. The heat, the
lly. The massive bedroom w
a stack of brand-new women's clothes, per
iating through her muscles, grabbed the clothes, and dressed as fast as her shaking hands w
Emilia gripped her phone tight. Her thumb hit the re
he balance remained
m in the dark, and he had taken her
c gripped her throat. S
through her abdomen. It felt like a serr
gency room, a young triage nurse glanced at her intake form. "Emilia Sears? Wait, isn't she that architecture student from the university?" the nurse whispered loudly to a colleague, her eyes darting over Emilia's pale, sweati
a crisp white doctor's coat. As the Chief of Surgery and the sole heir to the hospital'
n was open to a bank transfer page. He stared
feel the absolute terror of the edge, so she wou
son, we have a young female in the ER. Severe, unexplained abdominal pain. It
strode out of the office, his long legs e
uma bay. His eyes landed on the pale, sweating
as E
Through her blurred, pain-filled vision, she saw
uldn't process how the cold, twisted buyer from the pent
under a mask of absolute, freezing professionalism. He walked t
his voice carrying an authority that brooked no argument. The nurses immediately scattered, leaving them completely alone for a br
ch paralyzed her. She could only watch in horror as his
nflammation. Emilia gasped, her back arching
shoulders blocking out the harsh fluorescent lights, his voice dropping so only sh
emaining pride. She turned her face away, sta
rapid series of medical orders to the nurs
ecting painkillers and anti-i
agonizing cramps began to dull. Emilia
Inside the pockets of his white coat, his hands curled into tight fists
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