The sterile white corridor of St. Jude’s intensive care unit was dead silent. Dr. Ted Warren stood frozen, the arrogant, patronizing smirk completely wiped from his aristocratic features. He stared at Ethan in stunned disbelief, the color draining rapidly from his face until he looked like a ghost. "You... you bought the hospital?" Ted stammered, his voice cracking with sudden, unadulterated panic. "That's impossible! The acquisition board takes months to review—" "The acquisition board works for me, Doctor," Ethan interrupted, his voice a low, effortless purr of absolute authority. Without breaking eye contact with the trembling surgeon, Ethan casually pulled out his sleek, encrypted smartphone with his left hand, never loosening his protective grip around Emma’s waist with his right. With a single, fluid motion, he tapped the screen on speakerphone. "Marcus," Ethan commanded smoothly. "Yes, Mr. Johnson?" Marcus’s crisp, immediate voice echoed clearly down the quiet hospital hall
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