00:00The scans were clipped onto the lightbox. The broken bones were clear enough,
00:04but the doctor's frown deepened at the damaged ligaments and tendons.
00:08The patient was injured too long ago. If she had come to the hospital immediately,
00:13we could have guaranteed at least 80% recovery. But now...
00:18She shook her head.
00:19Upstairs in the private suite, the words Daughter of Hale Group stood out on the chartboard like a
00:24mockery. Celeste's injury had been nothing more than a minor fracture, yet Whitmore Holdings had
00:29flown in an international surgical team. And they were still at the hospital, if they were willing
00:34to treat me. My hands might recover enough for basic things like eating and getting dressed.
00:39Dr. Carter looked at me with open sympathy.
00:42Our department chief personally went to ask them, but once they heard it was you,
00:47they said you'd have to kneel in front of Ms. Hale and beg.
00:51She knew how humiliating it was, but she had no choice. Marcus Hale had made it clear the
00:56message must be delivered. The murderous look in his eyes still left her shaken. I smiled.
01:01It's okay. I can still die.
01:04How pathetic. Those words had come from my own brother. He had truly forgotten all about Mom's
01:10death. The doctor's face went white. She didn't dare say another word about making me beg,
01:15because everyone knew the difference. When a patient screamed about wanting to die in a moment of rage,
01:20it could be brushed off as emotional collapse. But when a patient said it calmly, even smiling,
01:25then she really meant it. Adrian lost control again. In his eyes, my desire to die was still
01:32just me making a scene. It was you who hurt Celeste first. All you have to do is kneel and
01:37apologize.
01:38Is a little pride really more important than your life?
01:41I turned my head and stared straight at him. You want me to apologize to the murderer who killed
01:45my mother? My voice didn't waver. I'd rather die. The vein stood out at Adrian's temple. A man who
01:52had always been cold and self-contained was, for the first time, visibly out of control. Did he
01:57really want so badly to see me kneel in front of Celeste? Too bad. I would never let those animals
02:02get what they wanted. I closed my eyes. I didn't want to look at this filthy world again.
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