Cheryl looked nervously at Caroline, her face paling after seeing the look on Caroline's face. An ominous feeling washed over her, and she rushed forth to support Caroline. "Don't listen to that nonsense! Let's go!" she said. Gritting her teeth, Caroline summoned all her strength to stop herself from passing out. "What did you say?" she asked. Aurora misunderstood Caroline's reaction and thought that she had succeeded in triggering Caroline. Feeling satisfied, she repeated after herself, "I said that your wedding wasn't even grand in the least—"Aurora hadn't even managed to finish her sentence when Cheryl slapped her across the face. "Shut up, you!" Cheryl warned. Horror-stricken, Aurora, who had never in her life been slapped, could only stare in surprise at Cheryl. "How dare you?" she screeched and dashed in Cheryl's direction, ready to tear the latter apart. At that moment, she had totally forgotten that Cheryl was her sister-in-law-to-be.Cheryl herself was n
"When will she wake up?" Kirk asked. For some reason, Kirk's tone made the doctor feel like he was being interrogated. "I don't know," the doctor said. "It depends on her condition."Seeing how Kirk was ready to barge in and strangle the doctor, Charles rushed forward to stop him.At the same time, he gave Cheryl a look and said, "Sir, calm down. It all depends on the madam right now. We can't do anything for her." Kirk's eyes were locked on the doctor. He didn't want to admit it, but there really wasn't anything they could do for Caroline now. "Let me go!" he roared. After a moment of hesitation, Charles finally let go of Kirk. He sighed in relief after seeing Kirk go into the ward. Kirk felt his heart break when he saw Caroline on the hospital bed. "Caroline," he muttered as he gripped her hand. The unconscious Caroline didn't respond to him. Lying on the bed, she looked beautiful yet devoid of life. Kirk tightened his grip on her hand. He felt a mix of emotions. He
"Sir, I know that you're mad right now, but please calm down."Charles was trying his best to persuade Kirk. "The madam became Hackett Group's target because they're working together with the Morrisons. They did it because it was the Morrisons' order." He added, "But we've started carrying out our plans against the Morrisons. We had overspent last time. If we continue …"Charles paused when he sensed Kirk's piercing gaze, but he forced himself to continue."Sir, I've never doubted you. But you're being too impulsive this time!" "Impulsive?" Kirk shot up from the chair.The next thing Charles knew, Kirk was holding him by the scruff of his neck. "If it hadn't been for Caroline, I would have strangled those people to death!" Sean, who had just arrived, saw this scene unfold. It didn't take him long to realize what had happened, and he rushed in to pull the two men apart. "What the hell are you two doing?" he yelled. He pretended to be pissed at the two of them and said, "
Sean and Gwen looked at each other. They could tell why this doctor had a hard time talking about it. He obviously suspected that Caroline was in a coma."Okay. Thank you, doctor. We'll discuss it with her family."After thanking the doctor again, Gwen and Sean walked toward the ward."I should let you talk to Kirk about this." Gwen didn't dare to talk to Kirk. He had been caring for Caroline and sticking close to her for the past two days. But Caroline never woke up, and Kirk had had a dark look on his face the entire time.Forget the doctor who didn't dare tell her the truth; even she didn't have the guts to talk to Kirk.Sean said awkwardly, "If we tell him this now, he'll definitely snap.""Then, are we just not going to tell him?" Gwen was about to cry. "What if Carol is really in a coma? What should we do?"Sean quickly hugged her. "Don't cry. I'm thinking of a solution. How about this? I'll try to lure him away. Then, we'll take Caroline for a check-up when he's gone."
Sean and Charles walked out of the ward. As soon as they did, Charles quickly asked, "How many days has Mr. Morrison gone by without eating or drinking? He can't keep living like this.""I know that, but if Caroline doesn't wake up, he'll continue to torture himself like this. Besides, you know him. Unless Caroline wakes up, he won't listen to anyone who asks him to eat something."After a moment, Charles lowered his head and said, "I'm really worried about his condition.""Me too!" Sean patted Charles on the shoulder and said, "All right. Let's not talk about this for now. What are you doing here? Did something happen?"Charles nodded. "Mr. Morrison planned to acquire Morrison Corp. I don't know what happened, but those shareholders suddenly backed out. "After investigating for the past few days, we found out that the Morrisons' butler discovered that we had made a move to acquire Morrison Corps' shares. "He kidnapped the shareholders' children and threatened them not to sell
"What you're saying is that we can only keep waiting.""It's not just me. Michael thinks so too.""Since Michael also thinks that …" Gwen sat down. "We can only wait."At this moment, Gwen saw Cheryl walking in dejectedly. She stood up worriedly. "What's wrong, Cheryl?"Cheryl looked up in a daze. When she saw Gwen, she smiled. "Oh, w-why didn't I see you when I dropped by just now?""We took Carol for a check-up." Gwen walked to the door and took Cheryl's hand. "What's wrong, Cheryl? You look haggard. Did something happen?""No." Cheryl shook her head, visibly upset. It was obvious that something had happened.Gwen panicked. "What on earth happened, Cheryl? Don't scare me!"With that, Cheryl couldn't hold on anymore and threw herself into Gwen's arms. "What should I do, Gwen? What do you think I should do?"Gwen was confused by Cheryl's mindless drivel. She had to wait until Cheryl was done crying before whispering, "What on earth is going on, Cheryl?"Cheryl wiped the tea
After a moment, Cheryl seemed to realize something. She let go of Gwen and walked to the bed. "How's Caroline?""She's still unconscious." Gwen's eyes landed on Caroline. "For now, we can only wait for her to wake up on her own.""This is all Aurora's fault!" Cheryl said with gritted teeth."That's right. If she hadn't mentioned the marriage, Carol wouldn't have been triggered and passed out. "Aurora must know something. I heard she tried to remove Kirk's mask when she met Caroline last time. There's no way she doesn't know anything.""I think so, too!" The hatred in Cheryl's eyes deepened."Why is life so unfair? Carol is unconscious while Aurora is happily marrying Asher," Gwen spat. "Gwen." Cheryl sniffed. "Since life is unfair, we must seek justice ourselves."Gwen looked at Cheryl with concern. "Cheryl, please don't do anything stupid."Cheryl shook her head. "I won't, Gwen. It's getting late, so I should return to the office.""Okay." Gwen walked Cheryl out. Feeling u
Silence ensued at the table.After a while, Aiden asked cautiously, "Cheryl, did you come to see us today because—""No!" Cheryl denied it without thinking.A trace of hurt appeared on Aiden's and Selena's faces. But soon, Aiden said, "It's okay. We know you can't accept us as your parents immediately. But Cheryl, we hope you'll still give us a chance to make up for the suffering you've been through for the past two decades.""I'll pass." Cheryl said with a smile, "I'm afraid that Ms. Jenner will be upset if she finds out."Aiden and Selena looked at each other, puzzled. "What does Aurora have to do with this?"When Cheryl saw that they seemed to be out of the loop, she said nonchalantly, "You didn't know?""Know about what?""Do you know that my … adoptive mother accused me of not supporting them and abusing my younger brother?""Yes, of course." They nodded profusely."Aurora was behind all of that. If I'm not wrong, the reason she targeted me was because she knew I was y