"You?"
Ivy Sumrs skipped a heartbeat, the man’s voice continued.
"From now on, you’ll be the lady of the largest auction house in Yrador, the mistress of the Scott Family, and Noah Scott’s lifelong wife. I will love you more than I love myself."
Ivy Sumrs opened her mouth.
Noah Scott’s gaze did not waver, his dark eyes stared straight into hers.
Noah Scott said he wanted to marry her...
He was very serious, not joking at all.
This sudden proposal took Ivy Sumrs by surprise.
Remarry... Ivy Sumrs clearly had no such intention.
Sophie had just left; she had no mind for marrying right now.
Moreover, it would be unfair to Noah Scott, she had no romantic feelings for him, only the sentint between friends. Marrying him would be a disservice to him, and a betrayal of his feelings.
Ivy Sumrs took a light breath and raised her clear eyes to et his gaze.
"I’m sorry, Noah, I can’t agree. I have many complications in my life, I can’t..."
"What complications? I’ve never been afraid of complications; I’ll resolve your complications."
"I’ve been divorced, I have a child..."
"I never mind these things, they will never be your burden or stain. I’ve heard a saying, when you like soone, you’ll accept everything about them. I like you and accept everything about you, your past, your future, I’m willing to take it all on."
The man’s approach was strong, Ivy Sumrs found it hard to withstand, helplessly closing her eyes, she said, "Noah, you’ll et soone better."
"There is no one better, I only want you."
Ivy Sumrs clenched her hands tightly.
’I only want you’ is undoubtedly an incredibly moving phrase.
But Ivy Sumrs had no heart for such thoughts.
"I’m very sorry, Noah."
After speaking, Ivy Sumrs turned and quickly walked away.
Noah Scott’s gaze deepened, he let out a helpless chuckle and shook his head.
He thought Ivy Sumrs would use Sophie’s recent passing and her disinterest as an excuse to brush him off, but unexpectedly, she rather directly refused.
Lighting a cigarette, a thin mist spread, his charmingly handso face hidden in the mist, unreadable emotions.
Being rejected, it’s okay.
He would not give up.
His words of liking her, wanting to marry her, to accept all of her, were all true.
He cared for her as a person, not about her past.
He liked her as a person, and accepted her past as well.
...
The hospital was in chaos at this mont.
Damien Lancaster! Missing!
The Lancaster Family was frantically searching for him in the hospital.
Then Damien Lancaster returned on his own.
Damien Lancaster clutched his chest where his heart was, went back to the ward, called for the doctor, and got his wound rebandaged.
When Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy returned to the ward, they saw Damien Lancaster sitting there, his strong upper body bare, with a doctor rebandaging his wound.
"Damien! You’re awake, when did you wake up? Where did you go?" Seraphina Kennedy was both surprised and worried.
Damien Lancaster had been in a coma for over ten days, he should have woken up long ago, but didn’t, making her worry about other complications.
Now seeing him awake, she finally felt her heart settle.
"What’s with this injury? Why is it being rebandaged? And your head?"
Seeing the removed bandage stained with blood, Seraphina Kennedy looked more anxious, but Damien Lancaster pressed his lips together and said nothing.
He had woken up in the ambulance, returned to the hospital, and ca back on his own.
Ivy Sumrs really didn’t hold back.
Seraphina Kennedy anxiously asked the doctor, "Doctor, what happened to him?"
The doctor glanced at the tense-faced man, then at his torn wound, and with a dumbfounded expression said, "Waking up and imdiately doing strenuous activity, you might be the first in the world, the wound even got wet."
"Strenuous activity? What kind of strenuous activity?" Seraphina Kennedy looked at her silent son, then at the bandaged wound on Damien Lancaster’s head.
Anyone who didn’t know might have thought he got into a fight.
The doctor treated Damien Lancaster’s wound, and Damien Lancaster calmly picked up a shirt from the side and put it on.
"Damien, where on earth did you go?"
"Nowhere."
"Nowhere and you’re injured like this?"
Seraphina Kennedy wasn’t foolish; how could she believe that?
Damien Lancaster frowned, "Mom, you’re very noisy!"
"Tell honestly, did you go looking for Ivy Sumrs? Was this injury caused by her?"
Damien Lancaster didn’t speak. Just as Rachel Shaw walked in, she happened to hear this sentence, and her previously anxious expression changed instantly.
Did Damien Lancaster go to see Ivy Sumrs?
"Uncle, Aunt, Damien..." Rachel Shaw stood behind, her voice weakly calling out to Damien.
Seraphina Kennedy and Gregory Lancaster felt a bit awkward upon seeing Rachel Shaw, after all, they had already announced her engagent to Damien Lancaster, making her his fiancée.
Yet Damien Lancaster went out to be with Ivy Sumrs.
It felt as if they owed an apology to Rachel Shaw.
The doctor packed up the tools used for bandaging and reminded Damien Lancaster before leaving, "Avoid any intense physical activity. If your injury breaks open, it will need to be stitched again."
Damien Lancaster nodded, "Okay."
Rachel Shaw heard the doctor ntion intense physical activity and then heard Seraphina Kennedy ntion Ivy Sumrs...
Rachel instantly realized that Damien Lancaster had gone out to find Ivy Sumrs and had so inappropriate encounter with her.
Rachel Shaw bit her lip tightly.
Damn Ivy Sumrs.
At this mont, Damien Lancaster’s icy gaze landed on Rachel Shaw.
Rachel Shaw’s heart skipped a beat, and a chill ran down her spine.
This was bad!
Damien Lancaster knew what she had done, knew she hired rcenaries to harm Ivy Sumrs and got Sophie killed.
Now that he was awake...
Rachel Shaw suddenly felt her legs go weak and trembling, uncontrollably wanting to flee the hospital room.
Just then, Damien Lancaster spoke, "Mom, Dad, please leave us."
Seraphina Kennedy looked at Damien and Rachel Shaw, sensing sothing unusual, and was the first to speak, "Damien, there’s sothing we haven’t told you..."
"What is it?"
Seraphina Kennedy pulled Rachel Shaw to the front, "Rachel, she is now your fiancée."
Damien Lancaster turned his eyes slightly, savoring the three words, "Fiancée?"
"That’s right," Gregory Lancaster explained, "When you were in critical condition, Rachel stayed by your side, willing to marry you even if you might die. Damien, you shouldn’t let her feelings go to waste."
The room fell silent.
Damien Lancaster was so furious he laughed, "Was this your arrangent?"
Gregory Lancaster was startled by Damien’s gaze, feeling a tightening in his chest.
Realizing he was intimidated by his son’s expression, Gregory felt a slight displeasure, "That’s right, it was my arrangent."
Damien Lancaster had clearly said many tis that he wouldn’t marry Rachel Shaw, yet they decided while he was unconscious.
Understanding flicked across Damien Lancaster’s eyes as his gaze swept once again to Rachel Shaw, "Unyielding, not to be wasted? I truly dare not waste her affections."
"Glad you understand."
As Damien Lancaster spoke, Gregory Lancaster and Seraphina Kennedy didn’t notice that Rachel Shaw was trembling like a leaf, her complexion turning pale from its initial normalcy.
Seraphina Kennedy continued, "Damien, we’ve already announced this publicly. Everyone knows about your relationship with Rachel, so you two should be together well. In a few days, we’ll organize an engagent party for you and Rachel."
Seraphina feared that Damien would refuse the marriage, prepared to persuade him. But then she heard him chuckle coldly, "Got it, fiancée!"
He put extra weight on the word "fiancée," as if laced with sarcasm.
"Both of you, please leave, I need a word with my so-called fiancée."
Seraphina glanced at Rachel Shaw and left with Gregory Lancaster.
Rachel Shaw instinctively grasped Seraphina’s arm, unwilling to let go.
"Aunt..."
Seraphina assud Rachel was afraid of rejection from Damien, so she comforted her, "You have misunderstandings to clear up. Don’t worry, Damien has feelings for you. Just talk things through."
With that, Seraphina Kennedy and Gregory Lancaster walked out.
"Aunt..."
The door clicked shut.
The quiet hospital room was left with only Damien Lancaster and Rachel Shaw, a chill pervading, leaving her with nowhere to hide.
Rachel Shaw turned back nervously, seeing Damien Lancaster sitting there like an emperor, waiting for her to approach.
Rachel took several deep breaths, but her trembling legs could not be stopped as she knelt before Damien Lancaster, "Damien..."
Damien looked down at her, coolly asking, "Why are you kneeling?"
"I... I..." Rachel was too scared to speak.
Damien leaned down, his deep eyes staring at her face as if to see through her beautiful facade to her filthy malicious heart.
Rachel shivered in fear.
Despite knowing Damien knew everything, she couldn’t help but try to explain, "Damien, I didn’t... I didn’t do anything..."
Transparent as glass.
Damien smirked coldly, "If you did nothing, then why kneel?"
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