All Chapters of Taking Out My IUD To Divorce the Mafia Surgeon: Chapter 11 - Chapter 19

19 Chapters

Chapter 11

Meanwhile, I finally drove that heavy-duty rally car onto the wilderness tracks of North America.Outside the car window was the vast and magnificent Grand Canyon. The blazing sun roasted the reddish-brown rocks as if they were on fire.I parked the off-road vehicle at the edge of a cliff and raised my long-lost DSLR camera.Click.The shutter fired.The sound of rolling film gave me the illusion of a lifetime having passed.I hadn't touched this machine in years.For Theo's so-called sense of security, I had buried my dream of being a documentary director in the dirt and even treated myself like a caged bird.But when the wild wind messed up my hair again, I realized that the passion carved into my bones had never truly been killed by that dark underground world.It was just that inevitably, there was still a lingering trace of regret in my heart.My father was no longer around.That old man who said he would carry a camera across the desert with me would never get to see a sunset thi

Chapter 12

Seeing Theo again didn't surprise me.When Jade's voice sounded a bit off on the phone a couple of days ago, I figured he would track me down.With the Family's intelligence network at his fingertips, finding someone was a breeze."I know him," I replied to Sterling, my tone calm as I looked at Theo. "He's my ex-husband."Sterling raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.Theo's jaw tightened, his brows furrowing even deeper.He took a step forward, his intense gaze locked onto me, his voice trembling. "Harper, can we talk alone, please?"Five years of marriage deserved a proper closure.I nodded in agreement.We walked toward the desert highway outside the motel.The desert night wind whipped up the sand and dust, sweeping between us.The silence weighed on us for a long time before Theo finally spoke, his voice hoarse. "Harper, I'm sorry."I smiled, my expression dripping with sarcasm. "Sorry for what exactly?"His breath hitched, caught off guard by my question.A

Chapter 13

Hearing him ask that, I found it so ridiculous that I almost laughed.I yanked my hand out of his grip and fired back."Theo, in the eyes of the almighty chief surgeon, am I really that cheap?""You prioritized another woman in the OR, and I'm supposed to pathetically beg to stay by your side? To keep being a prop for you both to manipulate?"Theo was speechless.But he had always been arrogant. Or rather, my sacrifices over the past five years had made him far too entitled.He obviously refused to believe my explanation.His gaze locked onto Sterling's face, a hostility colder than a gun barrel churning in his eyes."Let's get one thing straight. How long have you known this guy?"I had no interest in falling into his trap of self-justification. "That has nothing to do with you. We're divorced.""Divorce, divorce, divorce!" His voice suddenly spiked, his eyes turning completely bloodshot. "When the fuck did I ever say I wanted to divorce you?!"My eyes were utterly calm. "You signed t

Chapter 14

Over the next few days, the top chief surgeon turned into a full-blown, paranoid stalker.He booked the same motels, drove the same stretches of highway, and even used the exact same coffee machines at the gas stations.He was clearly using all the Family's resources in this area. Everywhere we went, I could see that familiar bulletproof SUV tailing us from a distance in the rearview mirror.Knowing full well that indifference was the best weapon, I just ignored him completely. I adjusted my camera angles as usual, and chatted and laughed with Sterling as if Theo didn't exist.But Sterling couldn't stand it."Mr. Ex-Husband." Sterling tossed his silver cutlery onto the diner table, deliberately provoking him. "A respected lead surgeon like you has switched careers to be a creepy stalker now?"Theo didn't even bat an eye. He slowly and methodically cut a piece of premium filet mignon and reached across the table to place it onto my plate.His actions were so natural, it was as if we had

Chapter 15

When I got the call from my neighbor in my hometown, I was on a desert highway with Sterling. I dropped my camera, my face turning deathly pale.Sterling sensed something was wrong, but I didn't even have time to explain to his worried eyes. I grabbed the car keys, floored the gas, and raced back to my small hometown overnight.In the hospital corridor, my mother was still in the emergency room. When the attending doctor walked out, his expression was grave."The patient's heart is failing. We need to open her chest and operate immediately.""But this is just a remote small town. We don't have a sterile room or equipment of that grade at all. I suggest transferring her immediately."Hearing those words, the blood in my veins instantly froze.This scene brutally dragged me back to the nightmare from three years ago. Back then, when my father was critically ill in bed, the doctor had delivered the same despairing news.That time, because Theo clung stubbornly to the cold-blooded rule of

Chapter 16

"This surgery was flawless. Logically speaking, a sudden crash like this is absolutely impossible."As the lead surgeon, Theo furrowed his brows and firmly concluded."Unless she suffered extreme emotional trauma during recovery."My heart sank heavily. "Psychological shock?"Theo nodded, his face dark. "Patients who have just undergone open-heart surgery have terrible cardiac load capacity and absolutely cannot experience emotional swings. Think carefully, was there any unusual activity in the ICU section this afternoon?"Unusual activity?My mother had just been moved to the special care ward. Aside from the scheduled rounds by nurses and me, no outsider could possibly get near that area.Wait.I suddenly reacted, cold sweat soaking my back. "Check the hospital security footage immediately!"Half an hour later, we forced the security room to pull up all the hidden corridor cameras.On the screen, everything outside the ward was normal, with only medical staff in white coats walking a

Chapter 17

Isla's ending came swiftly.Theo didn't even blink, coldly waving his hand. A few of his men rushed forward, shoved the screaming Isla into a black van, and took her away to be dealt with.But I no longer had the energy to care whether that viper lived or died.My mother's condition had taken a sharp turn for the worse.Outside the intensive care unit, nurses handed out cold critical condition notices over and over again.I hadn't slept a wink for a full forty-eight hours, only able to watch my mother lying lifeless inside, covered in tracheal tubes, through the thick sterile glass.Every faint wave on the monitor was like a rusty, dull knife slicing raw through my nerves.For the past two days, Theo had also guarded the hallway like a stone statue. His eyes were bloodshot from staying awake, and heavy, dark bags hung beneath his cold gaze.But whenever I saw him, I couldn't muster an ounce of gratitude; there was only wave after wave of nauseating disgust.If he hadn't covered for Isl

Chapter 18

My mother finally survived the critical period.After the expert group from the European medical board took over, they completely re-arranged the treatment plan. A week later, my mother was successfully transferred out of the ICU.The afternoon the doctor handed me the stable diagnosis report, I sat alone on a bench at the end of the hallway, buried my face deep in my palms, and cried until I could barely breathe.Counting from the day the IUD was removed, all the fear, humiliation, and helplessness I had carried alone finally found an outlet to be released."Harper."Sterling had squatted in front of me at some point, clumsily pressing a cold-scented handkerchief into my hand, his tone carrying a bit of helpless heartache."Your mom is fine now. Be a good girl, stop crying, alright?"I clutched the handkerchief and dabbed the corners of my eyes, my eyelashes still wet. "Thank you. Sterling, you really helped me so much."If it weren't for this heir using absolute force and top-tier re

Chapter 19

"From the day you used Mafia rules as an excuse and watched my father die," I looked at Theo calmly, my tone entirely flat, "we are completely done."Theo's body swayed violently.After a long, long time, he suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.It was the self-deprecating smile of a gambler who had pushed in all his chips and realized there were no bullets left in the chamber."I understand." He gave an extremely light nod, his voice as raspy as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper. "Harper, for the rest of my life, won't bother you again."With that, he turned around. His steps were very slow, but he never looked back once.I stood there, watching this man who had once trampled the entire underground world under his feet walk out of my sight step by step.There was no relief in my heart, no sorrow.Just a sense of an extremely quiet ending.Like a long, depressing black-and-white film that had finally reached its finale.Five years later.In a central bar in a bustling

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