All Chapters of My Detective Ex-Wife Went Crazy Trying to Win Me Back: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“Mr. Jasper, I don’t want you going home today.”Gwen set the latest test results on the bedside table. Her expression was more serious than it had been the night before.They were alone in the room. The curtains had been pulled halfway open, letting the morning light spill across the white sheets.Daniel sat on the edge of the bed, still holding his admission paperwork. His thumb rested against the edge of the page for a long moment.“Are the results back?”“The preliminary results are.”Gwen pulled out the chair beside the bed and sat down.“Your heart is enlarged, and the pumping function of your left ventricle is significantly reduced. Your ejection fraction is thirty-seven percent. We still need a cardiac MRI with contrast and some additional blood work before we can determine what’s causing it.”Daniel looked up.“What does thirty-seven percent mean?”“For most adults, we generally expect an ejection fraction of around fifty-five percent or higher,” Gwen said. “Yours is

Ethan opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t argue.Daniel placed the medical reports with the rest of his documents and stared down at them for a long time.His health was failing. His marriage was ending. Even the documents he had once thought no one would ever touch were disappearing one by one.Strangely, he didn’t feel panicked.He was simply tired.For the past five years, he had always put himself last in his marriage. He had let other people take his time, his energy, and his dignity.Now, he was going to take back whatever he still could.When Daniel was discharged that afternoon, Gwen reminded him again to take his medication exactly as prescribed.“You can go back and rest for now, but you need to come back in three days for a follow-up.”“Okay.”“If the chest pain lasts more than five minutes, or if you develop significant shortness of breath or faint, come back to the ER immediately.”Daniel saved the instructions on his phone.Gwen watched him carefully e

But because Daniel had almost never pushed back before, Mia had gotten used to being the one who called the shots.Now that he was finally laying everything out in the open, she was the one who couldn’t handle it.“I already had someone clean up Clearwater Heights and put everything back in order.” She changed the subject. “When are you coming home?”“I’m not.”“How long are you planning to live out of a hotel?”“As long as I want.”“You don’t have a steady job, and now you’re having health problems. How far are you planning to take this?”Daniel looked up at her.“Whether I have a job is none of your business.”“I’m worried about you.”“You don’t need to be.”“Daniel!”Mia’s voice rose.Daniel didn’t back down.“You’re not worried about me. You’re worried about what happens to your life after I leave. You’re worried people will find out we’re getting divorced. You’re worried Zion won’t like it.”“That’s not true!”“Then look at me.”Mia did.Daniel was still pale, wi

She hadn’t knocked on the door.She hadn’t called a doctor.She had simply thought he was being difficult.Looking back now, even Mia couldn’t explain why she had been so cold.“I didn’t know you were sick.”“You could’ve asked.”“I did. You wouldn’t tell me anything.”“Because I knew you wouldn’t stay.”Mia stared at him.Her eyes didn’t redden, but the color slowly drained from her face.“How can you decide that for me?”“Because for five years, you’ve made the same choice every time.”“I have a job.”“I know.”“Zion needs me too.”“I know that too.”“Then why can’t you understand?”Daniel turned away, his voice low.“I’ve been understanding for five years.”“Then what do you want me to do?”“Nothing.”He walked over and took the scissors back from her.Mia didn’t stop him. She just watched as he put the scissors back on the desk.“If you like the watch, keep wearing it,” Daniel said. “I don’t care about it anymore.”“What did you say?”“I said I’m done guess

“Mia, did I mess up again?”Zion’s voice came through the phone while Mia was still standing in the hotel room.She didn’t answer right away.She just stared at the empty doorway.Daniel was already gone. The door had long since closed behind him, leaving only the boxes waiting to be shipped and the sales list still lying on the desk.“I already deleted the post,” Zion said after a pause, his voice more cautious now. “But I heard Daniel’s planning to leave Cloud City. Is he leaving because of me?”“Who told you that?”“Mutual friends are talking about it. Someone even asked me if you two are getting divorced.”Mia picked up the sales list and scanned the items already marked sold.Watches.Tie clips.Cuff links.Suits.He had barely kept anything.“This has nothing to do with you.”“How can it not?” Zion’s voice trembled. “If I hadn’t come back, Daniel never would’ve gotten the wrong idea about us. Mia, maybe I should talk to him and explain.”“Don’t!”The other end we