Alle Kapitel von A Diamond in Her Own Right: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 10

Dean Blake stared up at me from the operating table."Eve, I knew you're not dead… You've finally returned."I looked down at him with a blank look on my face."Mr. Blake, please let go. I'm Evelyn Chance, your surgeon today, and not your Eve."After a stunned pause, Dean chuckled. "Are you still angry? It has been five years, and your temper is still so short. I only sent you to Loasia to teach you a lesson. It's your fault for hurting Laura's hand, wasn't it?"You can still be Mrs. Blake as long as you admit to your mistake."Even now, he thought that title was an honor.The medical staff around me held their breaths as they exchanged looks.I picked up the hemostatic forceps and clamped the edges of his bleeding wound."Aah!"He let out a shriek of agony as his body violently jolted."Evelyn, you've gone mad!"He stared at me in disbelief, breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain."Mr. Blake, you're bleeding. If you don't want to die from blood loss, you'll shut your

Dean's pupils dilated as shock flashed across his face.He had likely never heard me speak to him in that tone of voice before.Evelyn of the past was a punching bag who always cowered and groveled behind him, too afraid to even breathe loudly."W-What did you just say?" he spat out through a clenched jaw, speaking like every word was forced through sheer force of will."I said, you're disgusting," I clearly and loudly repeated my declaration.Laura was the first to fly off the handle. "Evelyn, you bitch! How dare you speak to Dean like that!"She charged over to push me.I leaned to the side and dodged her, seizing the chance to trip her up with a foot as well."Aah!" She let out a shriek as she tumbled tail over teakettle, slamming her head against one of the bed's legs. Her head soon swelled with a large bruise."Laura!"Dean tried to sit up in his panic, but ended up gasping in agony as the movement aggravated his wound."How dare you attack her, Evelyn!" he roared in hi

When Jason looked at me, the icy chill in his eyes melted into love."Dear, why are your hands so cold? Did that wretched thing there scare you?"Dean's hand froze, hanging in mid-air, while the proud look on his face shifted to shock."M-Mom?"He stared at Candice's face. His voice was trembling as he noticed how similar she looked to me."Dear?" He glanced at Jason. "Evelyn, what is going on? Who is this bastard? Who is that man?"He looked so much like a man who had caught his wife cheating on him.How absolutely hilarious."You'd best watch your tongue." Jason shot him a glare, grabbing the finger Dean used to point at us. He flexed his wrist lightly, causing a snap to echo through the room."Aah!" Dean screeched in pain as his finger was bent at a horrifying angle. "My hand!"His face was covered in sweat from the pain as he shook from the pain."Dean!" Laura shrieked and darted over while staring at Jason with terror. J-Just who are you? How dare you injure the CEO of

Dean froze once more.He dazedly stared at me with eyes so blank that it seemed like his soul was stolen away."I-Impossible… You still loved me when you went to Loasia. How could you have fallen for someone else so soon? I don't believe it! You're lying to me, aren't you? You're only saying that to get back at me!"Jason walked over and kicked at the hand that was reaching out toward me. "Mr. Blake, don't think so highly of yourself."He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and caressed my cheek lovingly as Dean watched in disbelief."When I first met Eve in Loasia, I swore I would treasure her for life. I vowed never to let her suffer. I won't be like a certain someone who refused to realize just how lucky he was and would throw away something precious."Dean slammed his hands against the ground in despair.Fresh blood gushed out of his wound, staining his gown bright red."Throw him back on the bed." Jason turned to bark out orders to the bodyguards after giving Dean a look of

Dean's words did not make me pause. I did not even bother to spare him a backward glance.…Jason was sitting in my office chair as he read a document. When he saw me return, he placed his file aside and gazed at me with grave eyes. "What is it?"My heart sank, thinking something terrible had happenedHowever, he shook his head, reassuring me as he handed the file to me.I could tell at a glance that it was a DNA paternity test report.According to the data, Laura was pregnant, and the baby was Dean's."That's..."I was quite shocked.Didn't Dean claim he didn't marry Laura, nor did he have a relationship with her?"Men truly are liars."Jason curled his lips into a mocking smile."Anyway, that's not what I wanted to discuss. It seems that she told Old Mr. Blake that you caused Dean's accident and broke her fingers. He then declared that you would be blacklisted in a fit of rage. "He also stated that he was stealing Candice away as compensation."When I heard they wanted