"I realized this truth too late; otherwise, Sienna Johnson, that wench, wouldn’t have taken Adrian Desmond away from ."
Paige Desmond looked sympathetically at the obstinate lanie Carpenter in front of her and mocked, "lanie, I don’t understand where you get the confidence to think you can steal my brother from my sister-in-law?"
"..."
"In terms of looks and figure, you two are worlds apart..." Paige sized up lanie, whose appearance was already not as good as Sienna’s and had noticeably aged over the years.
lanie countered, "Yes! She’s prettier than I am. But aside from being a little prettier, what other strengths does she have?
She’s got a bad temper, isn’t gentle or considerate, and even wants to monopolize Sixth Brother, not letting him marry another wife.
That’s not all; she even dares to show her face in public and do business...
Where exactly is this kind of woman better than ?"
Towards the end, lanie’s words turned into an unwilling complaint. In her eyes, Adrian chose soone so undeserving over her.
"She might seem worthless to you, but in my brother’s heart, she’s a treasure."
lanie looked at Paige and laughed, "Soon she won’t be anymore..."
"lanie, you’re a foolish woman. If my sister-in-law were more ruthless, dealing with a woman like you would be a piece of cake."
"Oh, is that so? But I’m still living well, while Sienna has been taken away by Xavier Young. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Xavier is now a drug dealer," lanie boasted.
Paige looked at the foolish woman before her with pity, "...lanie, you’re so stupid it’s laughable."
"..."
"lanie, do you leave your brain at ho when you go out? Do you really think my sister-in-law is so kind to risk her safety to save your father?"
lanie knew about Sienna’s cunning ways and, thinking about the bet she had with her, began to feel unsure.
"What do you an?"
"Let tell you, this ti my brother won’t help your Carpenter Family for the sake of my sister-in-law!" Paige looked lanie up and down, noting her noticeably aged appearance, "The Desmond Family, probably won’t welco you again."
"Why do you say that?"
"Don’t you understand what my sister-in-law intends to do?"
Seeing that lanie was hopelessly ignorant even after everything was laid out, Paige had to make it clearer,
"My brother could sacrifice his life to save your father, but not if it ans choosing him over my sister-in-law!
If it’s your father or my sister-in-law, my brother will undoubtedly choose her."
lanie laughed, "...Hasn’t Sixth Brother already made his choice? He chose my father.
Didn’t Sienna initially try to stop their interaction? The two even had a cold war over it. Do you really think I know nothing?"
"My brother may appear cold but he’s warm-hearted; he feels indebted to your father, hence his indulgence of you."
"..."
"lanie, I know you don’t believe now. Just wait and see. When my brother wakes up, if your Carpenter Family causes any more trouble, you’ll see if he helps you anymore!"
The surgery room light turned off; Adrian’s surgery was finally over.
Adolph nervously said, "Miss, the surgery is finished."
Paige, no longer in the mood to bicker with lanie, focused her attention on the surgery room door.
The door opened, and a weary doctor walked out. Adolph stepped forward to ask,
"Dr. Blake, how is Sixth Master?"
"The blood in the abdominal cavity has been cleaned up. There’s no imdiate danger, but if Sixth Master continues to be willful, don’t co to again," Dr. Blake warned.
Dr. Blake was a renowned surgeon in Abyanabad. This ti, Adolph had pulled many strings to drag the vacationing doctor from ho to operate on Adrian.
"Yes, yes, Dr. Blake, this ti I swear on my old bones that I won’t let Sixth Master behave recklessly."
Adrian was wheeled out then, still unconscious from anesthesia. lanie cried and tried to run towards him but was blocked by Paige.
"Get lost!"
Tearfully, lanie glared at Paige, "Paige, mind your own business!"
"Listen up, both of you, do not let this woman near my brother’s ward!" Paige instructed Adrian’s new bodyguards.
Ferguson and Maxwell acknowledged her command.
lanie demanded, "Paige, on what grounds?"
"On the grounds that my last na is Desmond, and I’m Adrian’s sister!"
"But I’m Adrian’s cousin!"
Paige ignored lanie and proceeded to push Adrian’s bed towards his ward.
...
This ti, Paige thought her brother would remain unconscious for a long ti, but he unexpectedly woke up by evening.
Paige had been keeping vigil by his side, lightly dozing. Feeling movent, she opened her eyes to see Adrian struggling to get out of bed.
"Brother, you’re finally awake, you scared to death. I thought you’d be unconscious for a long ti again," Paige said, her eyes turning red.
"How long was I out?"
"About five hours!"
"Brother, what are you doing?" Paige stopped him from getting out of bed.
"I need to go to Himakati," Adrian said coldly.
"In your condition, can you rescue my sister-in-law in Himakati?"
"..."
"Do you even know? Dr. Blake said, if you keep ssing around, next ti he won’t be able to save you."
"I have to find Sienna!"
"Brother, I know you’re very worried about my sister-in-law, but can you calm down? In this state, even if you go, you won’t be able to rescue her and you’ll be in danger."
"..."
"Brother, we need to plan this carefully. Heal first, and then we can..."
Adrian wasn’t listening to Paige at all. "Where’s my phone?"
"I haven’t seen it either. Who do you need to call? Fine, use my phone."
In the past, Adrian would approach Walter Klein with many things, but Walter repeatedly disobeyed orders. After this serious incident, Adrian had lost trust in him.
Adrian used his sister’s phone to call Brandon Potter. Once connected, Adrian said,
"It’s Adrian. I’m at Central Hospital, co see imdiately!"
With that, Adrian hung up. His overbearing nature extended to phone calls too!
Sienna’s number was imprinted in Adrian’s mind; he tried calling her again, but her phone was still off.
Undeterred, he didn’t bother with sweet nothings and just left a simple ssage:
Wait for , I’ll co and save you!
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