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Chapter 4

مؤلف: Teal Brewster
I let out a bitter, self-deprecating laugh.

Another violent wave of agony ripped through my stomach.

Blood suddenly dripped from my nose, staining the freshly printed divorce papers.

I grabbed a pen, signed my name at the bottom, and left the document resting on the nightstand.

When I limped back into the kitchen, Mrs. Morgan walked out holding a plate of pasta.

The moment she caught sight of my pale face and the blood smeared across my hands, she nearly dropped the plate in absolute terror.

"Oh dear! Aiden, what on earth happened to you?!"

I forced a weak smile onto my face and shook my head. "It's nothing, Mrs. Morgan. Just an old issue."

"What do you mean an old issue?! You're bleeding! No, we’re going to the hospital right now!"

Hearing the genuine worry in her voice sent a rare flicker of warmth through my frozen chest.

Even a housekeeper with no blood relation to me cared whether I lived or died, while my own biological father only wanted to march me to my execution.

"No, I'm not going."

I caught her hands, pouring every ounce of remaining strength into my plea.

"Mrs. Morgan, please. I'm begging you, don't let them take me to the hospital.

"After I finish the meal, I just want to visit my mom's grave."

I took the plate from her hands and wolfed the food down as fast as I could.

The burning heat of the pasta filled my empty stomach, dulling the sharp claws of pain just a fraction.

Mrs. Morgan chatted softly as she stood beside me.

She rattled off all the devastating changes that had torn through the household over the years, venting about how my dad treated Levi like precious gold and how Tessa had stepped in to rule the house like a tyrant.

Mid-sentence, she caught herself, her eyes widening in panic as she anxiously checked my reaction.

Before either of us could say another word, a set of tires shrieked outside in a brutal, ear-piercing halt, followed instantly by Tessa's shrill voice tearing through the air.

"Aiden! Get your ass out here right now!"

She had figured out where I ran off to.

Color drained completely from Mrs. Morgan's face, and she instinctively stepped in front of me to shield me with her own body.

I gently patted the back of her hand to reassure her, then stepped past her into the main foyer.

Tessa burst through the double doors with a mob of guards trailing behind her, her teeth bared in pure venom.

"The surgery is right around the corner. What the hell do you think you're doing running all over town?

"I'm telling you right now, even if you run to the ends of the earth, I’ll hunt you down and drag you back to give Levi your kidney!"

My dad marched in right behind her, his face twisted in rage.

"You ungrateful monster! Levi's life can't wait! You’re coming back with us right this second!"

Levi let out a pair of weak, pathetic coughs, frail fingers clutching at the sleeve of Tessa's jacket as he put on a masterclass of understanding and grace.

"Don't be too hard on Aiden, Tessa. He probably just couldn't process everything all at once.

"I'll be fine. If it comes down to it, I just won't get treatment. Let me die instead!"

Tessa stroked his cheek gently.

Then she whipped her head up, glaring at me like a cornered, furious lioness as she shrieked.

"Aiden, did you hear that? Levi is still pleading for you! How can you be so vicious and cold-blooded?"

Watching them orchestrate this sickening little performance made my stomach turn with violent nausea.

When Tessa saw that I remained completely unfazed, she turned her sharp, cruel sights straight onto Mrs. Morgan standing behind me.

"Mrs. Morgan, you're fired. Pack your things and get out of this house today!"

Hearing that, Mrs. Morgan collapsed to her knees on the marble floor in despair.

"Tessa, please have mercy. My family is still depending on me. This job means everything. I'm begging you, don't fire me."

Tessa let out a cold, mocking sneer. "Who told you to hide Aiden's location and fail to report it to me the second he showed up?"

…

The anger that had been simmering deep inside my chest for years suddenly boiled over like a volcano hit with a river of gasoline.

I could stomach Tessa’s insults and endless cruelty.

However, I would not let her destroy an innocent person who actually cared about me.

"Mrs. Morgan didn't do a single thing wrong," I roared, stepping forward. "What right do you have to punish her?

"She gave the best decades of her life to this family, taking care of me for over twenty years!

"When you first married into this family, did Mrs. Morgan ever treat you with anything but kindness?"

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