Chapter 2 I Want A Divorce

In the hospital, a stern voice warned, "Miss, she's still very weak and needs rest. You can't enter!"

"Fuck off! I need to see Loraine!"

Disturbed by the noise, Loraine fought to open her eyes.

Loraine looked up to see Marina Bryant, Marco's younger sister, pushing past the nurse and charging towards her with an intense look in her eyes.

"Loraine, you are so vicious! Keely was just getting better, and you pushed her down the stairs! Marco will make you regret this!"

Loraine mustered what strength she had left and attempted to sit up. "I didn't push her, she pushed me!"

Marina scoffed at her claim. "Who's going to believe that nonsense? Why would Keely, with all her wealth, attack you? You're just jealous that Marco loves her, not you. You thought by hurting her, you'd somehow maintain your place as Mrs. Bryant. You're out of your mind!"

Loraine scrambled to find a way to clear her name and her thoughts whirled for any evidence of her innocence.

At that moment, Marco walked in. His face clouded over with anger. Loraine gazed at him with pleading eyes, as though he was her last hope.

"Marco, I didn't push Keely. Please believe me!"

Marco looked at Loraine with a cold glare. His face was set in a stern mask, and he sounded indifferent and unforgiving.

"Enough, Loraine. I don't want to hear any more excuses. You have to face the consequences of your actions. Keely's kidney is damaged and her condition is critical. As we speak, you're the only match for her..."

"Yes!" Marina burst out. "Since Keely's kidney is damaged, Loraine should make up for it with hers!"

Loraine's eyes shot open in shock.

Marina then called out to the bodyguards behind Marco, "Take her to the operating room!"

The guards quickly charged at Loraine and pinned her arms and legs.

"Let me go! You can't do this!" Loraine's cries fell on deaf ears. In desperation, she turned to her husband with pleading eyes. "Marco!"

Loraine held onto a fleeting hope that Marco would step in, but he remained distant and unmoved, seemingly giving his silent approval to Marina's drastic plan.

In that instant, Loraine felt her heart shatter.

Any love she had for him dissolved entirely, leaving nothing but emptiness behind.

From the beginning, their marriage had been a one-sided affair, with Loraine giving everything and receiving nothing in return. She meant absolutely nothing to him.

Marco believed every word Keely spoke as truth, while dismissing Loraine's words without a second thought.

This was the stark difference between love and indifference.

Loraine resolved that she would no longer depend on Marco.

"Fine! You all want me to give Keely a kidney, right? Then let me see for myself just how serious her injuries are!"

Fueled by rage, Loraine found a surge of strength to escape the guards' grasp. She dashed out of the room and raced towards the emergency room.

She flung open the door.

Indeed, Keely was on the operating table, but contrary to Marco's dramatic declarations, she was awake and alert. There she was, merely looking pale but otherwise visibly unharmed.

Loraine turned around. With a sneer, she mocked Marco, who was running after her, "Is this the 'severe injury' you spoke of?"

Marco caught up and glanced into the emergency room. His expression immediately turned to a frown.

As the tide turned against her, Keely feebly murmured with tears in her eyes, "Marco, why is she here? I'm terrified..."

Marco, feeling a rush of emotion, reached out to stop Loraine. "Enough, Loraine."

However, Loraine was no longer willing to listen to him. She dodged Marco's attempt, moved directly toward the operating table, then lifted her hand and firmly slapped Keely across the face.

The sound of the slap echoed loudly throughout the emergency room.

Keely's cheek puffed up immediately. Without a moment's hesitation, Loraine lifted Keely's hospital gown.

Underneath, there was no deep wound, just a bruise.

Upon seeing this, Marco's expression turned grim.

Loraine had deduced that even if Keely intended to fake an injury, she wouldn't have inflicted anything severe on herself. Since Keely had fallen on Loraine, it was unlikely she was severely injured.

"What the hell is going on here?" Marco asked coldly in anger.

He wasn't naive; he could tell there was something off about this supposed injury.

Keely's face drained of color, and she hurried to defend herself. "I... I don't know. I passed out after Loraine pushed me. I just woke up. It must have been a mistake in the doctor's diagnosis!"

"A mistake? If I hadn't figured out your scheme, I might have been on that table, losing a kidney for no reason," Loraine laughed bitterly.

"You're spewing rubbish!" Keely, looking frantic, turned to Marco for backing. "Marco, don't listen to her! She was the one who pushed me!"

Marco gave Keely a telling look, which unsettled her, and then he turned his attention to Loraine.

"I will look into this thoroughly and give you an explanation," he promised Loraine. "After that, whatever you want will be provided to you."

Loraine gazed at the man she had once loved with all her heart, but now she felt nothing.

What she had longed for so deeply, Marco had always refused to offer even a bit of it. His promise of compensation held no value to her anymore.

Loraine sneered, "There'll be no need for that. All I want now is a divorce from you!"

Marco stared at her in disbelief, as if she was a different person.

It was the first time in three years that he had truly looked at her.

But Loraine didn't care. She turned and walked away, not looking back once.

The moment she stepped out of the hospital, Loraine's body faltered.

Her assertive demeanor moments ago was just a facade. She had drained all her energy.

She pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

Shortly after, a black Lincoln pulled up in front of Loraine, and a good-looking man in a suit came out of the car.

Immediately Loraine caught sight of him, her strength gave out and she collapsed backwards.

The man quickly stepped forward, caught her, and held her in his arms.

Loraine cried out, "Uncle Rowan..." before she lost consciousness in his arms.