Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
As a result, the emergency room was unusually crowded these days.
Some people suffered from acute gastroenteritis due to holiday indulgence, while others got involved in fights after drinking or car accidents during outings…
In short, Cora and other medical staff in the emergency room were incredibly busy.
Just as Cora finished examining a patient, a nurse rushed over to her.
“Dr. Lane, there’s a patient in
Room 808 in the Neurology Department requesting your attention.”
“Neurology? Alright, I’ll go over in a moment.”
Many patients were transferred from the emergency room to other departments.
Some patients still sought advice from Cora regarding their follow-up treatment after being transferred.
So Cora didn’t think much about it and quickly made her way to Room 808 in the Neurology
Department.
But she didn’t expect to find Lydia in the ward.
Moreover, Lydia was put on a drip in a hospital gown.
She looked noticeably older without all the extravagant clothing and accessories, with more wrinkles around her eyes.
“Is it Mrs. Lydia Hansen? What can I do for you?”
Cora promptly put on a professional facade and stood by Lydia’s bed. As a habit, she flipped through
Lydia’s medical records nearby.
Upon seeing the records, Lydia was slightly taken aback. Lydia had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage, arriving in a coma.
Fortunately, prompt treatment had saved her life, and she had regained some motor function.
But currently, she still required further treatment with medication to consolidate her recovery.
Despite her dangerous condition, Lydia hadn’t changed her attitude. With her aged face and acerbic tone, she sarcastically retorted,
“Why do you ask knowingly, you bitch?”
“You took so much money from me, yet you’re still entangled with Byron. What exactly do you want?”
Under the fierce glare from Lydia, Cora remained indifferent.
“I advise you not to keep accusing me with derogatory words, or else you might find yourself at life risk.”
“Are you cursing me now?”
Lydia was furious.
“If it wasn’t for you, would I be lying here?”
In fact, after sending the gold bars to Cora, Lydia had been waiting for her and Byron to break up.
But to her surprise, the private detective stated that the two were still together, with Byron spending every night at Cora’s apartment until dawn.
As for the seven thousand ounces of gold bars she gave to Cora, they had become cash and went straight into Byron’s personal account.
Feeling tricked and full of anger, Lydia had a stroke and was rushed to the hospital.
She tried to blame Cora for everything, while Cora remained composed, nonchalantly saying,
“As you age, your internal organs will still age, no matter how well you maintain your appearance. Therefore, it’s essential to have a healthy diet and exercise. Don’t blame others for your health problems and push the responsibility onto irrelevant people.”
Cora thought Lydia’s stroke had nothing to do with her, which was caused by her own negligence toward a healthy lifestyle.
“Besides, you’ve got me wrong. I already talked to Mr. Hansen about breaking up, but he refused. As a powerless woman, what else could I do?”
Cora deflected all the blame on Byron, even suggesting,
“If you feel dissatisfied, why don’t you give me more gold bars? I can mention it to Mr. Hansen again, and maybe he will agree this time.”
Lydia wanted to tear her apart, but her hand was still attached to the IV drip.
“You think too highly of yourself!”
She shouted.
Having fallen for Cora’s trick last time, losing money, and ending up infuriated with a stroke, how could she allow herself to fall into her trap again?
Facing Lydia’s wrath, Cora shrugged indifferently.
“What a pity.”
She didn’t even make a slight profit from all the gold bars she had received, which was all in Byron’s hand.
“Do you really believe you can marry into the Hansen family by playing tricks? Let me tell you, the
Hansens are ruthless and won’t hesitate to take down anyone who poses a threat to their interests! Do you think no one in the family knows about your affair with Byron? They just choose to ignore you because they don’t see you as a significant concern. But once you start interfering with their interests, do you think you can survive unscathed?
“Just wait and see. They’ll come to you soon. I want to see if you’ll be as arrogant then!”
Cora’s heart skipped a beat at her provocation. However, she managed to hide her feelings and replied calmly,
“Mrs. Lydia Hansen, control your emotions, and may you live a long life. If I can overcome all difficulties and successfully marry into the Hansen family one day, I’d like to see your expression then.
And your son should call me aunt at that time.”
After giving Lydia medical advice, Cora turned and left without looking back, ignoring the curses and objects being thrown behind her.
But just as she left the ward, she bumped into Eason, whose eyes were burning with anger. He stared at Cora and asked,
“Are you really together with Uncle Byron?”
“Yeah,”
Cora frowned but still responded.
“Cora, it shouldn’t be like this. I still love you, and I know I was wrong. You shouldn’t punish yourself or me in such an extreme way,”
Eason murmured with a hoarse voice, his agony visible. Even his chin bore a layer of stubble, making him look suddenly much older.
As Cora watched his dejected appearance, a touch of sadness crossed her eyes.
Initially, she harbored a desire for revenge against Eason, but now…
She had developed feelings for Byron, even though she knew it was bound to be futile.
So she felt confused about her own motives. What was she trying to achieve?
However, she knew one thing for sure she didn’t want any further involvement with Eason.
When Eason tried to reach for her hand, Cora withdrew her hand first, leaving him grasping at thin air, creating an awkward pause.
Eason looked at his empty hand as if realizing that he had missed something important.
Cora didn’t spare him a second glance, just coldly advising,
“You’d better visit your mother. It would be troublesome if she suffers another stroke.”
Afterward, she returned to the emergency room to continue her busy work. However, her mind couldn’t help but replay Lydia’s words.
Did the people from the Hansen family already know about her affair with Byron?
What if they came for her?
Time was relentless. Regardless of one’s worries or serenity, it flowed on unceasingly.
Soon it was the day before Christmas.
Cora packed up her work and headed to the woodcarving competition for submission.
As she stepped out of the exhibition hall, she bumped into Jane and Sara.
They were both dressed in luxury custom clothing, looking like sisters, making others envious.
Cora admired their relationship, as it was precisely the kind of mother-daughter bond she longed for.
However, thinking back to how Flora ignored her due to the bad things she had said about Jane when she delivered snacks to Flora’s ward this morning, Cora knew she could never have a relationship with her mother like theirs.
Jane and Sara seemed to notice her intense gaze and approached her.
“Dr. Lane, are you here to submit your work?”
As Jane greeted her, Cora nodded with a smile.
“Yes, Dr. Yoris and Mrs. Sara Yoris are here to submit the work as well, right?”
“Exactly. We plan to go shopping now,”
Jane said.
“It’s truly enviable. I wish I could have such a good relationship with my mother too.”
In reality, Cora hoped to seek advice from Jane on how to build a better relationship with her mother.
After all, Jane seemed to get along pretty well with both Sara and Flora.
Unexpectedly, Sara responded arrogantly,
“If you were a bit more sensible and didn’t have such unrealistic expectations, maybe your mother wouldn’t hate you so much.”
Sara had heard from Jane about the strained relationship between Cora and Flora recently.
During their conversation about Sara’s encounter with Cora, Sara also mentioned the past relationship between Flora and William. Then, Jane mentioned the affairs between Cora and Byron but found that
Sara already knew about it.
So far, Sara and Jane considered Cora and Flora equally despicable.
However, Jane wouldn’t say such harsh words in front of others, as she knew formidable women were the ones with firm hearts, not the ones more bark than bite.
Sara was different. She didn’t hide her dislike for someone, so she stared fiercely at Cora.
Cora didn’t expect that her mother’s attitude to her would become someone else’s reason to attack her.
She felt hurt and helpless.
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