Betrayed In The ICU: The Wife's Awakening

Chapter 5

Word Count: 749 | Released on: 17/07/2026

rridor like a caged animal,

oom. His mind was consumed with one thought: find Chloe a

his path, informing him that visiting hours w

d only turn away in fury, convinced Chloe was just

e what he thought was a clever move: he

he channel of communication, he could bur

olved the group, his mother Carol's call came through, her

tal back to the family estate, the Bluetooth earpiece turned to

y chat? What are you trying to hide? Do

nto the private road leading to the esta

ooling around while your son was in the emergency room!

of his nose in exhaustion. "Chloe is just throwing a tantrum. She

e so sure. She's giving up all the assets for the child. That's the mo

warning you, Kurtis, if you don't handle this properly, if this affects the deal

urtis's entire body go tense. That wa

pulent mansion, a suffocating pr

different apps, even attempting to send a message via a bank transfer

shed open the heavy oak door

him, polishing an old hunting rifle. "W

wn Kurtis's forehead. "I...

t methods you use. Coax her, threaten her, whatever it takes. Make her shut up and cancel the di

led with contempt, "get rid of her. I don't want

love he had paraded so proudly was wor

resentment towards Chloe. It was all her fault. If sh

ted his personal assistant. "Fi

anger churning in his gut. His grandfather's order was clear: h

willing to negotiate. The asset division is on the t

His eyes turned vicious. Once this crisis was over, h

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Betrayed In The ICU: The Wife's Awakening

Mattie Valelly Modern

“When her five-year-old son, Leo, choked on a glass marble and turned blue, Chloe rushed him to the emergency room, fighting for his life. But her husband, wealthy heir Kurtis, ignored her frantic calls. While she waited outside the operating room in terror, she saw a live stream on Instagram. Kurtis was hosting a lavish birthday party for his mistress. What broke Chloe completely was seeing their nine-year-old daughter, Mia, clinging to the mistress and happily shouting. "Happy birthday, Mommy!" Later, when Kurtis finally arrived at the hospital, Mia confessed she had intentionally fed her little brother the marble to make him stop crying. Instead of being horrified by her viciousness, Kurtis gently patted his daughter's head. "It's okay, don't be scared. Just don't be so naughty next time." He then demanded Chloe get a VIP hospital room for his mistress's minor cold, completely ignoring his son lying in the ICU. Chloe stared at the man she had sacrificed her career for, feeling a soul-crushing chill. How could a father be so cold-blooded to his dying son, and how could the family she built be so rotten to the core? Her grief vanished, replaced by a resolve as sharp as ice. She calmly slipped an irrevocable waiver of marital assets into the mistress's hospital admission papers for Kurtis to blindly sign. Then, she recorded a video exposing his affair to the entire Jenkins family group chat. "I am filing for divorce, and I am taking my son." This time, she was going to make them pay.”