GoodReadChris hung up. He raised his hand, stroked Scarlett's head and said, "She is in a bad condition. | need to go to the hospital." Scarlett nodded, "OK. | will go there with you." She said as she went upstairs to change clothes.
After she changed clothes and went downstairs, Chris had put on shoes and was waiting for her at the door.
Scarlett cup to him, held his hand and said, "Let's go." Chris held her hand tightly. He kept silent and walked into the elevator with her.
Chris' apartment was not far away from the hospital where Chloe stayed. It took him ten minutes to get there by car.
At 9 p.m., it was quiet in the hospital. It was even quiet in the corridors.
Scarlett and Chris walked into the hospital. The silent corridor echoed with their footsteps. They felt disturbed somehow.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey arrived at Chloe's ward soon. When the doctor saw Chris, he said sorry to Chris and left with the nurses.
Chloe's heart was still beating, but she was so weak that she even didn't have the strength to speak. She looked at Chris with her washed-out eyes.
Chloe's tears flowed down from the corners of her eyes. Scarlett saw the scene and felt sad. She looked at Chris subconsciously.
Chris stood beside Scarlett and fixed his eyes on Chloe.
Scarlett and Chris kept silent. There were only the noises of the medical instruments in the ward.
Chloe's secretary, Emerson, stood beside Chloe. Although Emerson's eyes turned red, she tried her best to hold her tears back.
Half an hour later, Emerson wiped her tears as she walked out of the ward.
Scarlett, Chris and Chloe were left on the ward.
Chloe had been staring at Chris for four hours. She passed away at 1:48 a m.
The medical instruments showed that her heart had stopped beating. She had closed her eyes.
Scarlett glanced at Chris and said, "She’s gone." Chris said, "I know." He cup to Chloe. He took off the oxygen mask and the tubes from Chloe's body one by one.
Emerson heard the noises and rushed in." Ms. Wilson..." Emerson had worked for Chloe for more than thirty years and thus she was not just Chloe's subordinate. They had a close relationship.
Emerson was in her fifties, but she was so haggard that she looked like a woman who was in her sixties now.
Then the nurses walked in and moved the medical instruments away.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEmerson kept her voice down and sobbed quietly. Her sobs made people feel depressive.
At 2 a m., Chloe's two nephews and one niece cried and rushed into the ward. They pushed Chris away and wailed over Chloe's remains.
Scarlett held Chris' hand and saw the ironic scene in front of her.
They cried for more than ten minutes and stood up finally. They looked at Emerson and accused her of informing them too late.
Looking at them who had an ulterior motive, Emerson suppressed her sadness, wiped her tears and said, "Ms.
Wilson askedto do that. She said that many people stayed by her side when she was alive. She would like to leave quietly. It was enough for her as long as Mr. Chris was at her side." Hearing that Emerson mentioned Chris, they lost their temper and said that he wasn't Chole's son. He showed up suddenly and lied to get Chloe's property.
They stopped crying and changed their attitudes quickly. They looked malicious and even scolded Scarlett.
Chris' face clouded over. He said, "Joseph, Allen, drive them out of here!" As soon as Chris' bodyguards heard that, the bodyguards pulled them out of the ward one by one.
Then Emerson arranged for someone to groom Chloe.
Chloe was a delicate and elegant woman when she was alive, she couldn't pass away slovenly.
When the staff of the funeral parlor arrived, Orion and the others were still wrangling outside. Chris had run out of his patience, so he made a phone call. Many men arrived soon and captured them. They were detained in the hospital.
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