All Chapters of Ninety-Nine Wishes, One Broken Marriage: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

In the city of Greenvale, Jeremy Cooper had just finished checking on one of his patients at Hope Hospital when he received a text message. He checked his phone."Your reservation for a deluxe double room at Seascape Resort is now confirmed. The room will be held until noon tomorrow. Should there be a change in plans, please contact us promptly."He knew without a shadow of a doubt that his wife, Camilla Sloan, had made the hotel booking. They'd been giving each other the cold shoulder for ages now, though.Jeremy stared at the message without the slightest change in expression, as if he'd seen this coming. As it was, he'd already heard Camilla's conversation with Zachary Larson in the hospital room yesterday."Camilla, for my 90th wish, I want to go to the seaside with you for a few days. Could you take three days off?""I can, but your health…""Don't worry. I know my own body."Evidently, Camilla had agreed to Zachary's request.Jeremy tapped out of the message and opened hi

When Camilla arrived at the nurses' station, she found Charlotte hunched over her laptop, typing away furiously. Her eyes shifted to the counter, where the lunchbox was left untouched.Walking up to Charlotte, she asked, "You didn't give him the food?"Charlotte's eyes lit up the moment she saw Camilla. She immediately started grumbling."You have no idea how condescending he was to me just now! If you ask me, you've spoiled him rotten. He even has the nerve to talk back to me now! If I weren't in a rush to finish my thesis, I would've given him a piece of my mind right on the spot. You know what? I can't let this slide. I'm going to tell Mom about this when I go home tonight!"Camilla frowned. "He didn't want the food?"Charlotte nodded. "Yeah. He took one look at the food and probably thought it wasn't worth eating. Then he started saying a bunch of nonsense to me, too! But hasn't he always eaten our leftovers back home anyway? He never threw a fit over that before."Camilla pu

Just as Jeremy turned to head back to Daniel's room, his eyes flitted past the hallway window, and something caught his eye. Camilla's car was still parked outside.Before he could dwell on that, a loud crash rang out from somewhere down the hallway, followed immediately by a young woman's scream.Jeremy's expression changed at once. The sound had come from Daniel's room. Although it was a double room, the other bed was unoccupied.Daniel had already completed all of his scheduled treatment for the day, so why would someone go into his room—and a young woman, no less?…Inside the room, after recovering from her initial shock, Charlotte snatched away the phone and shouted, "This is a hospital, not some kind of sleazy joint! How dare you watch this kind of stuff here?"Daniel's face was deathly pale. Cold sweat covered his forehead, but he still forced out the words, "I'm... sorry..."But Charlotte refused to drop the matter."What, you think saying you're sorry fixes everything

Camilla spotted Jeremy as well. She had just stepped out of the elevator when she heard someone criticizing the Sloan family. As the eldest daughter of the family, it was her responsibility to protect the family's image and reputation, so she immediately rebutted icily.She never expected Jeremy to be the person speaking ill of the Sloan family behind their backs. No wonder the voice had sounded familiar earlier.Charlotte turned around as well. The moment she saw Camilla, she could no longer hold herself together. She ran toward her and threw herself into her arms, bursting into tears."Camilla…"Only then did Camilla notice Charlotte and look her over. From her swollen eyes and tear-streaked face, it was clear just how aggrieved she felt.Had Jeremy really been mean to Charlotte?Zachary had also heard what Jeremy said just now. With a half-teasing smile, he remarked, "Looks like Jeremy has always been very dissatisfied with the Sloan family. Not only did he bully Charlotte, bu

A person's will to survive played a crucial role in their hope of recovery. This was especially true for patients approaching the final stages of their disease. Both their physical and psychological states would undergo tremendous changes."This matter was indeed your fault," Camilla slowly said. "But people aren't machines. Everyone makes mistakes. The hospital has enough equipment and plenty of staff. Even if the patient ended up in a sudden critical condition, there would have been enough time to provide treatment."Jeremy still shouldn't have said such harsh things to you."Charlotte's eyes gradually lit up. She wiped away her tears, declaring, "That's my point, Camilla! I already apologized to him so many times, but he still blew up at me. I think he's just taking advantage of this situation to give me some attitude because I keep making him do things for me."With Camilla backing her up, Charlotte's confidence visibly returned. Her tone changed from aggrieved to indignant.A