Reclaiming the CEO's Heart

Chapter 2 Sell the Ring

Chapter 2 Sell the Ring

In the pitch-black night, she returned to the bathroom alone.

The steaming hot water dispelled her coldness, and she rubbed her red and swollen eyes as she

walked into a room. Opening the door, she saw a warmly decorated children's room.

She gently flicked the mobile, and the music from the music box filled the room. The room was dimly lit

with a warm yellow light. The atmosphere was clearly cozy, but tears couldn't stop flowing from Avery's

eyes.

Perhaps this was her retribution. It was because she didn't protect her child well that God wanted to

take away her life.

Avery climbed onto the 1.2-meter-long crib, curling up into a small shape. The tears from her left eye

flowed to her right eye and then slid down her cheeks, wetting the baby blanket beneath her.

She tightly held a doll in her arms and murmured, "I'm sorry, baby. It's all mommy's fault. Mommy didn't

protect you well. Don't be afraid. Mommy will come to accompany you soon."

Since the death of her child, her mental state had never been good, like a beautiful flower gradually

withering.

She looked at the dark sky and thought that as long as she left the money for her father, she could go

find her baby.

The next morning, before the sky had even brightened, Avery was already dressed and looked down at

her smiling face on the marriage papers.

In the blink of an eye, it had been three years.

She especially made a stomach-nourishing breakfast. Although she wouldn't live much longer, she

wanted to live as long as possible to take care of her father.

Just as Avery was about to leave, she received a call from the hospital, "Miss Adams, Mr. Adams

suddenly had a heart attack and has been sent to the emergency room."

"I'm coming right away!"

Avery rushed to the hospital immediately. The surgery had not yet ended, so Avery waited outside the

operating room, folding her hands and praying. She had lost everything, and her only hope was for her

father to live well.

A nurse handed her a stack of bills. "Miss Adams, these are the emergency treatment and surgery

costs for your father's sudden condition."

Avery glanced at the details and was shocked to find that it amounted to tens of thousands of dollars.

Her father's monthly medical expenses alone cost 7500 dollars, and she barely managed to make ends

meet with three jobs. Just after paying this month's hospital fees, she only had 750 dollars left in her

account. How could that be enough for the surgery?

Avery had no choice but to call Jacob. His voice sounded cold. "Where are you? I've been waiting for

you for half an hour."

"I have an emergency situation and can't leave."

"Avery, is this fun for you?" Jacob sneered. "I was wondering why you suddenly changed your attitude.

You're making up such a lame lie. Do you think I'm a fool?"

He actually thought she was lying. Avery explained, "I'm not lying to you. In the past, I was unwilling

and thought that you had your reasons for treating me like this. But now I see clearly that our marriage

is no longer necessary. I'm willing to divorce you. I didn't come because my father had a heart attack

and needed surgery..."

"Is he dead?" Jacob asked, and Avery felt something was off. Who would speak so harshly when he

heard that someone else was sick?

"No, he's still being rescued. Jacob, the surgery costs tens of thousands of dollars. Can you give me

one million and five hundred thousand dollars first? I promise I will divorce you!"

His response was a mocking laugh. "Avery, you better understand this. I hope your father dies more

than anyone else. I can give you the money, but only after we obtain the divorce papers."

Jacob hung up, and Avery's face was filled with disbelief. She remembered that when she was dating

Jacob, he respected her father very much. But the hatred in his voice just now was so real.

Did he want her father to die? Why?

She thought back to the bankruptcy of the Adams family two years ago, and everything seemed to

make sense.

How could it just be a coincidence?

Maybe it was all because of him that the Adams family went bankrupt, but what did the Adams family

do to deserve it?

Avery couldn't think much about it. The most urgent thing for her was to gather tens of thousands of

dollars to pay the medical fees.

The door to the operating room opened, and Avery hurriedly approached. "Dr. Brown, how is my

father?"

"Miss Adams, don't worry. Mr. Adams is lucky to have survived, but he is mentally fragile. Don't let him

be exposed to any more stimuli for now."

"I see." Avery breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Dr. Brown."

Martin was still in a coma. Avery asked the caregiver, "My father seemed to be in good spirits. Why did

he suddenly have a heart attack?"

The caregiver hurriedly replied, "Mr. Adams has been in a good mood recently. He even mentioned

wanting to have dumplings. I thought it would only take about ten minutes to go to Evergreen

Restaurant, so I went out to buy porridge for him. But when I came back, he was already in the

emergency room. It's all my fault, Miss Adams!"

"Did anyone visit my father before you left?"

"No, Mr. Adams was fine before I left. He even asked me to buy the cheesecake from Evergreen

Restaurant because you liked it. Who would have thought that something like this would happen

suddenly..."

Avery always felt that there was something more to this. She instructed the caregiver to take good care

of Martin and quickly walked to the nurse's station to check the visitor registration.

"Miss Adams, no one visited Mr. Adams this morning," the nurse answered.

"Thank you."

"By the way, Miss Adams, has Mr. Adams's bill been settled?"

Avery forced herself to endure the embarrassment and said, "I'll pay right away. I'm sorry."

She left the nurse's station and hailed a taxi to go to the City Hall, but Jacob had left.

Avery urgently dialed Jacob's number. "I'm already at the City Hall. Where are you?"

"At the company."

"Jacob, can you come and handle the divorce procedures now?"

Jacob sneered. "Do you think you are more important than the multi-billion contract I'm about to

negotiate?"

"I can wait until you finish the contract. Jacob, please, my father urgently needs money."

"If he dies, I'll take care of the funeral expenses."

After saying that, he hung up. When she called again, he had turned off his phone.

Raindrops fell densely like a large net, suffocating Avery.

She squatted under a bus stop sign, watching the busy street, filled with regret.

If she hadn't dropped out of school due to pregnancy, she would have already received her diploma by

now. With her abilities and education, she would have had a bright future.

Who could have predicted the bankruptcy of the Adams family?Jacob, the man who had cherished her,

suddenly changed his heart. She lost everything overnight.

A year ago, Jacob had someone take away all her jewelry and branded bags. The only valuable thing

she had left was their wedding ring. She took off the ring resolutely and walked into a high-end jewelry

store.

The salesperson sized up Avery who was wearing cheap clothes and soaked. "Miss, do you have the

invoice and purchase papers?"

"Yeah." Avery pretended not to notice the salesperson's intense eyes and uneasily handed over the

invoice with her head down.

"Okay, Miss, we need to send the ring for appraisal. Can we inform you tomorrow?"

Avery licked her dry lips and said a bit anxiously, "I'm badly in need of money. Can you expedite the

process?"

"Alright, I'll try my best. Please wait a moment, Miss..."

Before the salesperson could take it away, a fair and delicate hand pressed down on the lid. "This ring

is very beautiful. I'll buy it."

Avery looked up and met the face that disgusted her, Layla!