Mag-log inRegardless of whether Alice was ashamed or not, Jenna gave a damn. Alice struggled as she saw the woman tear the bandage off her bandaged left leg.
The temperature in the ward fell to below zero all of a sudden.
Jenna scoffed as she observed Alice's leg being watched.
“Wow, it's so terrible that not even a drop of blood is running out. If I arrived a little later, I'm worried that your ‘wound’ will totally heal.”
“Jenna! You... Rex, it's not like that... It's only that I'm feeling weak right now and will recover better with a blood transfusion.”
The man turned to look at Alice. As she frantically explained, her heart raced.
Four to five times a month, you get hurt. You're attempting to drain my blood, in my opinion. You won't have another chance like this in the future. “Jenna added in a chilly tone. Arrange for Rex to wed another fool to become your new mobile blood bank.
Jenna snorted after that and walked out of the ward without turning around.
Jenna collapsed on a bench in the hallway as she slammed the door to the ward shut, feeling depressed and as like the entire world had abandoned her.
Tears streamed down Jenna's eyes as she pulled out her phone and mumbled, "I'll try my hardest to make a call," her voice choking with exhaustion.
“Big brother….”
Only hearing her voice, the other person sighed quietly. His tone was gracious. “I'll come get you, where are you?"
A few minutes later, the unconscious woman was gently carried out of the hospital by a noble and elegant man who was in the company of a group of enigmatic men dressed in black.
With a dejected expression, Rex dragged the attending physician out of the ward. He was furious, as seen by his black eyes.
“Is this the quality of professionalism in your hospital? A serious leg injury?! Is a blood transfusion really necessary for scraped skin?”
Rex delivered a chilling performance. He felt guiltier and more intensely experienced that peculiar feeling in his heart every time he remembered Jenna's frail condition following her blood donation.
The doctor trembled and no longer dared to keep the truth from him.
"Mr. Hidalgo, we will never dare to do this again. It was Ms. Florence's command. It has nothing to do with our hospital. She said you agreed to all of the blood transfusions. Every time Ms. Jenna contributed blood, you were also there.”
‘Alice Florence Did I treat her too kindly? Just because of that picture, Jenna insisted on getting a divorce. Has she been misinformed about my friendship with Alice?’
Rex reasoned that he could simply explain it to her in that situation. Despite not feeling any passion for his wife, he had always been devoted to their union and was content with the way things were. He therefore had no problem continuing in this manner for the rest of their lives.
He had never considered getting a divorce since they got married, at least.
If Jenna wasn't happy with his connection with Alice, he may separate himself from Alice.
Rex believed that if they resolved this minor issue, their marriage would still be salvageable.
When he tried to call Jenna on her phone, it was off.
Rex drew the security who was standing at the door, his brows furrowed furiously. A little while later, the nervous bodyguard was in front of him.
"Mr. Hidalgo, the hospital's security footage was suddenly compromised ten minutes ago, and despite searching the entire facility, we are unable to locate the young madam anywhere.”
Rex scowled, even more, his thin lips curled into a tight line. He experienced an unexplainable emotion surge in his chest as he recalled Jenna signing the divorce agreement without hesitation. His deep, dark eyes had an unfathomable, impenetrable quality.
"Where can she go now that the divorce is final? She is financially disadvantaged.
His heart felt exceedingly uneasy, and the unpleasant feeling that usually dogged him became more severe at the notion of her leaving so abruptly.
"Get someone to look for her, and let me know as soon as you do."
"How could she switch off her phone in such a manner? She certainly stepped out of line! '
I agree, sir.
Rex did not want to admit that this woman, who was no longer his wife, had caused him to experience a moment of anxiety.
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The lavishly adorned room's limited-edition expensive Italian furniture felt familiar to Jenna. Her tears began to fall as soon as she opened her eyes and saw the lavish chamber that she had not seen in a while.
"This is my bedroom,"
It's simply a divorce; why are you crying? Do you believe the Anderson family won't be able to support you?
Her ears were filled with a wise and stern voice. Jenna cried even more and looked over with pained eyes.
Marcus Anderson, the fabled Chairman of the Anderson Empire, who had the power to quake New York City with the sole of his foot, was standing in Jenna's room, appearing regal and haughty.
"Dad..."
The blast wave tore through the damp night air like a physical entity, hitting Daniel and the breaching team in the back before they could clear the outer gravel yard.A wall of pure kinetic force and blinding, incendiary heat hurled bodies through the rain. Concrete fragments, jagged shards of corrugated iron, and twisted metal girders rained down across the industrial bay like lethal shrapnel. Daniel slammed hard onto the wet, muddy gravel, his shoulder taking the brunt of the impact as he tumbled three times before coming to a halt against a rusted shipping container.For several long, terrifying seconds, the world dissolved into a high-pitched, ringing silence.Thick, acrid black smoke rolled across the ground, smelling of sulfur, vaporized oil, and burning rubber. Flaming debris littered the perimeter, hiss-popping as cold rain pelted the wreckage. Daniel pushed himself up onto his elbows, his vision swimming, his l
The tension in the ICU suite had shifted from the quiet fragility of a hospital room to the high-stakes atmosphere of a war room.Word of the FBI’s intelligence update regarding the Widow, the merciless syndicate leader who had financed Alice Florence’s campaign of terror, had traveled quickly up to the fourth floor. Outside the suite, heavily armed Spanish law enforcement officers maintained a strict perimeter, but inside, a different kind of storm was brewing.Rex Hidalgo, barely forty-eight hours removed from a flatline event on the operating table, was sitting up on the edge of his bed.His face was drawn, pale as chalk, and his dark eyes burned with a feverish, dangerous intensity. A wide array of IV lines had been hastily disconnected by his own hands, leaving small drops of blood blooming on his forearm. He was struggling into a dark, high-collar tactical jacket, his breath coming in shallow, agonizing
The heavy, suffocating silence of ICU Suite 402 stretched out like a fragile thread waiting to snap.The morning sun bled through the reinforced glass, casting long, pale golden shafts across the bed where Rex Hidalgo lay suspended between life and death. The mechanical hiss of his ventilator, rhythmic, persistent, and unyielding, served as a stark, sterile cadence against the unspoken history hanging between them.Rex’s dark irises, clouded with fog from heavy narcotics and sheer physical exhaustion, never wavered from Jenna’s face. His hand, pale and trembling under the weight of his failing strength, squeezed her fingers with a desperate, agonizing grip, as if letting go meant sliding back into the cold, dark abyss he had spent twelve hours fighting to escape."...can we... start over?"The question echoed through the quiet room, sounding small, stripped of all corporate arrogance, and heavy with a raw, terrifying vulnerability.Jenna froze.Her breath trapped itself in her throat,
The mechanical hiss of the ventilator seemed to soften, fading into the quiet background as that single, fragile whisper hung in the sterile air of ICU Suite 402."...Jen...na..."The sound was barely a rasp, stripped of its usual commanding resonance, but to Jenna, it sounded like a thunderclap breaking through a storm that had lasted two agonizing years.Her breath hitched in her chest. She froze, her hands clutching his limp fingers as if reaching across an abyss. For a second, she was terrified that if she moved or spoke, the moment would shatter, exposing itself as nothing more than a fevered illusion born from sheer exhaustion and grief."Rex?" she whispered, her voice trembling violently.Slowly, heavily, Rex’s eyelids fluttered once more. The thick, dark lashes raised to reveal irises that were clouded with pain, fogged by narcotics, and swimming in profound weakness. Yet, as his gaze swept slowly across the room, it ignored the harsh fluorescent lighting, the IV lines, and th
The continuous, piercing scream of the heart monitor hung in the air like a death sentence.Rain swept through the shattered window of ICU Suite 402, whipping the sterile curtains into wild, frantic shapes as the cold Madrid night air mixed with the sharp smell of ozone, blood, and burnt skin. On the bed, Rex Hidalgo lay entirely motionless, his pale chest bare, his skin cold under the harsh fluorescent lights."Charge to three hundred!" the lead cardiologist shouted, his voice cutting through the mechanical chaos. "Clear!"THUMP!Rex’s body jolted violently off the mattress, his head snapping back as three hundred joules of raw electrical current surged through his chest. He crashed heavily back onto the sheets.The green line on the display fluttered for a fraction of a second, a erratic spike rising, only to flatten out instantly back into that horizontal, relentless line.BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP."No response! No pulse! Start chest compressions!" the doctor ordered,
The quiet hum of the ICU hummed with an ominous rhythm as the digital display above the service elevator chimed, announcing Alice Florence’s arrival on the fourth floor.Disguised in stolen blue medical scrubs, a surgical cap pulled low over her matted hair, and a sanitary mask concealing her pale, twitching face, Alice blended seamlessly into the sterile environment. In her right pocket, her fingers squeezed the grip of a heavy stainless-steel surgical scalpel. Her left wrist was hastily wrapped in a blood-soaked bandage, a grotesque souvenir from her violent escape from the police transport van.She did not feel the physical pain. Her mind had completely succumbed to a manic, blinding obsession. In her warped reality, Rex’s survival meant her absolute ruin, and Jenna’s heartbreak was the only prize left worth claiming. If she couldn't possess Rex Hidalgo, then no one would. She would sever his life support, slit his throat, and force Jenna to watch his remaining blood spill across t
AliceThe bar’s atmosphere was a blend of quiet jazz and whispered ambition. Shadows clung to the velvet booths, hiding secrets in their folds. Alice Florence adjusted her dress, lifting her martini glass as she studied the woman opposite her.Veronica Duval was not merely beautiful. She was a weap
The sun rose pale over Anderson Empire, yet the shadows in Jenna's office stretched long, heavy with the weight of what almost happened the night before. She sat behind her desk, still wrapped in the faint scent of smoke and metal. Her body ached with every movement, a raw reminder of the crash — t
Jenna raised her head and gave the crowd a graceful smile, but her heart whispered, What if I weren't an Anderson? What if I were just an ordinary woman? Would they still believe me? Would they still listen? The thought stung like cold steel. If she hadn't been an Anderson—if her name hadn't come w
Alice sat quietly at the edge of the ballroom, her wine untouched in her hand. Her lips pressed tightly together, eyes following Rex from across the room. He hadn’t looked her way again, not even once. Cold. Indifferent. Detached.He’s changed, she thought bitterly. Ever since I returned from abroa







