My Monster Husband, My Salvation

gently on the floor and started chest compressions, the CPR training

de, but his face was white with pani

ambulance!" I yelled, not stopping the r

phone, his hands shaking. "Wha

t!" I sobbed, tears blurring m

with a chilling detachment. "You're overreacting, Ava

of pure, unadulterated hatred was

professional. They stabilized Ethan, got him on a stretcher, and rushed him out to the ambulance. I scrambled in after th

ied voices, and the sterile smell of antiseptic. They wheeled Ethan into

said, her voice kind. "A doctor wi

ined with my brother's tears and my own. I was alone. Richard and Chloe hadn't

rd had married Chloe's mother within a year. When she also passed away a few years later, it became just the four of us. Richard, blinded by his own needs, had allowed Chloe to rule the house. I became the

nally came out. He had a g

d? I'm Dr

gs weak. "My brot

te consultation room. "We managed to resuscitate him. But I h

e ran a full toxicology screen and analyzed his cur

dosage in his system is nearly three times what his prescription allows for. At that level, it doesn't r

and sharp. I stared at the screen, my m

htly increase the dosage

sn't the first time. She had been slowly, deliberately poisoning my brother. To what end? To keep Liam tethered

n and malice far darker than I had ever imagined. Liam wasn't just an unwittin

my pocket. The call

my hand shak

shed your little drama yet? Is Ethan okay? You really need to learn to con

roat was tight with a m

't be trusted with him. You're unstable. Once you're married and gone, L

ispered, the words feeli

f the line. Then Chloe laughed, a sound so

cal. You should really get some rest. You

hung

d on its axis. My family wasn't just manipulative and cruel; they w

m

and an art gallery were meaningless now. T

e me. "You said my brother's condition is serious. What does

in Switzerland, Dr. Allemann. He's pioneering a new microsurgical technique that could pote

llars. An impo

. A man rumored to be one of the riches

ust marry him. I would go to him, tell him everything, and beg for his help. I w

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