Chapter 12

Chloe stared coldly at Ethan, enunciating each word with emphasis, "Ethan, if something happens to my dad, I won't forgive you!" Ethan touched his left cheek, where she had slapped him, and sneered, "So, what's your plan?" Chloe didn't respond. She just quietly stepped back to her original spot, continuing to gaze at the operating room. Suddenly, Ethan noticed that Chloe was still wearing high heels. His eyes darkened for a moment. Glancing at his watch and then at the operating room, he took a step forward, grabbed her arm, and asked, "Are you planning to stand here until the surgery is over? What about your feet?" Chloe forcefully shook off Ethan's hand, "I don't need you to worry about it." Ethan's face darkened, and he directly picked her up, placing her on a nearby chair. The two sat in the chairs, still in their unchanged clothes. To an uninformed observer, they might appear to be a newlywed couple. After an unknown amount of time passed, the lights in the operating room finally went out. A doctor came out, and Chloe hurriedly approached. "The patient's condition has stabilized, but he still need to be transferred to the ICU for some time." Saying this, the doctor handed Chloe a payment bill. "Settle the bill first, and you don't have to worry too much about the rest." Chloe took the bill, and the amount on it surprised her. two thousand per day for the ICU. With such a substantial cost, she couldn't afford it with her current financial situation. Stepping forward, Ethan took the bill from Chloe's hand, examined it carefully, and then spoke suddenly, "You might want to reconsider the job I offered last time." Chloe snatched the bill back, saying, "No, thanks!" Ethan's lips curled slightly, "With such an incident, even if Aiden is still willing to marry you, the Tinsley family won't allow you in anymore. Now, there's no one who can help you except me." Finishing his words, Ethan squinted slightly, his expression turning dangerously serious, "Or do you want to become Aiden's mistress?" Chloe stared at Ethan in disbelief, never expecting him to utter such words. She clenched her fists tightly and spoke coldly, "I will never be anyone's mistress!" Ethan's expression remained unchanged, as if he had already anticipated Chloe's response. But he wasn't impatient at all because he knew that sooner or later, Chloe would come begging to him. —— After arranging her father's hospital room, Chloe took a taxi back to the hotel. By this time, the people from the Tinsley family and the guests had long dispersed. She changed back into her own clothes, picked up her luggage, and left the hotel. Returning to the house where her father and mother lived, Chloe calculated the money she had left in her hands, only about eight thousand. Among them, more than fifty thousand had to be used to repay debts... Chloe hugged herself tightly, feeling a sense of helplessness spreading from the depths of her heart. In the next few days, she focused on promoting her artwork drafts, hoping to receive more commissions. With both her father and mother in the hospital, she needed to take on more projects. —— In the Blackwood family's living room. These days, the entire Middleton was buzzing with rumors about Ethan suddenly leaving the wedding banquet and rushing to the scene of the Tinsley family's wedding. Skylar sat beside Ethan's mother, Zoey, her face filled with tears of grievance and sadness. Ethan glanced at her, feeling irritated. Ethan's father looked at his son with an angry expression, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do!?" "If the Kenyon family feels insulted, they can cancel the wedding," Ethan replied casually. He was about to leave, but he was suddenly grabbed by Skylar rushing up to him, holding onto his clothes. "Ethan, I don't want..." Ethan glanced at the place where Skylar was holding onto him, furrowing his eyebrows slightly. He calmly removed her hand and spoke without much emotion, "If you don't mind her existence, you are still Mrs. Blackwood."