“Look at yourself—do you really think you’re good enough to be the Sharp Family’s daughter-in-law?” Ethan sneered, his tone dripping with contempt as he glanced coldly in my direction. “Don’t worry, Chloe. As long as I’m around, she won’t be able to lay a finger on you.”
I clutched my badge tightly, eyes locked on his. “If you dare hurt my hand, I swear you’ll regret it.”
He scoffed, completely unfazed. “Regret? I have never known the meaning of regret my entire life. Forget just your hand—even making you disappear wouldn’t be a challenge.”
And before I could react, he lifted his foot and stomped down hard on my other arm.
The pain was blinding—I nearly blacked out right there.
Chloe clung sweetly to his arm, her voice syrupy with fake innocence. “Ethan, you’re the best. A woman like her deserves to be put in her place.”
I could feel the sensation in my arm fading fast. The injury was about to go numb.
I gritted my teeth through the pain and pressed the emergency button on my phone.
The call connected almost instantly.
My supervisor’s voice came through, filled with urgency. “Ivy, what’s going on? I saw your location at a hospital—I’ve been calling nonstop.”
My voice shook as I tried to hold back the pain. “Boss... my hand… I’m injured.”
“What?” His voice instantly shot up in pitch. “Your hands are the golden hands of our entire institute! We can’t afford even the slightest injury! Which hospital are you at? We’re coming right now!”
Ethan overheard and couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “Golden hands? Haha! Are you serious? Who do you think you are?”
As he spoke, he stomped down even harder on my arm.
Then he leaned down and shouted directly at my phone, “You her boss? Great! Come on then—I’m right here at General Hospital in Dominia! You show up and I’ll make sure you leave on your knees!”
Before my supervisor could reply, Ethan grabbed my phone and smashed it against the ground.
“Since you love playing tough so much, I’m not going anywhere tonight. I want to see if anyone in Dominia dares go against the Sharp Family!”
Chloe clapped gleefully on the side. “Go, Ethan! Let’s see her keep pretending now!”
Suddenly, a wave of dizziness hit me.
That’s when I realized—my arm was bleeding worse than before.
I struggled to lift my head and looked desperately toward the nurses nearby. “Please... I’m begging you... help me stop the bleeding…”
The nurses exchanged nervous glances, clearly hesitant. Just as one of them took a step forward, Ethan’s chilling voice rang out.
“Anyone who dares help her is going against the Sharp Family. And I don’t need to spell out what that’ll mean for you.”
With one arm wrapped around Chloe, Ethan barked out an order across the emergency room lobby.
“Right now—immediately! I want every doctor and nurse in this hospital to get over here and check on Chloe. I don’t want her feeling even the slightest discomfort!”
Chloe cast a smug glance in my direction. “You could bleed out and die here and not a single person would care.”
Just as she was about to walk into the emergency room, she suddenly stopped and turned around with a wicked grin.
“Oh, anyway! Ethan, you always said you wanted to see me in uniform, didn’t you? Well, I forgot to tell you—my dream’s always been to become a doctor.”
Then she pointed straight at me, still collapsed on the floor. “So what do you think? Should I use her to practice a little?”
I felt every drop of blood in my body freeze.
She was just an ordinary girl, with no medical training whatsoever. Did she want to practice on my injured hand?
Ethan’s eyes lit up like he’d just heard the most adorable thing. He patted her head affectionately. “Chloe, you can do whatever you want.”
Before I could even react, Ethan waved a hand and a group of black-suited bodyguards stepped forward and pinned me down—brutally.
