“Blythe! Blythe!” Dexter jolted awake in the hospital bed, struggling to sit up, desperately searching the room for her.”
“Now you remember her? I don’t even know what kind of filth you’ve been tangled in! Blythe is such a good girl, yet you just had to throw her away and marry that walking curse!“\
When she’d learned about the wedding, she had refused to attend.”
Now, watching her son like this, she deeply regretted helping him keep it all from Blythe.”
“She found out on her own and still walked away,” the old woman snapped. “Serves you right! I should’ve slapped you the moment you brought that Ambrose girl back.““]
In the years when the Laurence family had crumbled, it was Blythe who held everything together.”
She had supported Dexter through every disaster, never complained, and never let his mother worry.”
In fact, Blythe had treated her better than her own son ever had.
If it hadn’t been for all that, she never would’ve agreed to hide the wedding from Blythe. But she couldn’t bear to lose Blythe either.”
“President Laurence! Please, don’t move. The doctor said you can’t be discharged yet. You still have high levels of sedatives in your system and you drank alcohol. You need to be monitored!”
“What sedatives?” Dexter stared at the test report, utterly dazed. Confusion clouded his mind, but before he could begin to piece things together, his secretary shifted the conversation.
“We checked everywhere she could’ve gone in the country, but found nothing. No trace. Finally, we got a hit from immigration. She did leave that day, but not on the flight you expected. She went to Sweden.”
“Sweden? That’s impossible. You need to apply for a visa in advance!” Dexter had traveled abroad with Blythe many times. He knew her passport details by heart.”
“Yes,” the secretary said, voice lowering, “Miss Blythe started the application process a month ago.”
Dexter suddenly remembered that night how she had trembled in his arms. She hadn’t yelled. Hadn’t questioned him. Hadn’t even cried. She had simply chosen to leave.”
“Prepare everything. I’m going to Sweden now!” Dexter tore the IV line from his arm, forcing himself up from the hospital bed. Just then, Heidi burst in, tears spilling down her cheeks. She threw herself into his arms.
“Where are you going? The doctor said you can’t be discharged! And the day after tomorrow is our visit to my family! Everyone’s waiting, the whole Ambrose family has prepared a banquet!”
“Brother Dexter, she’s not coming back! Look at me. I’m the one who truly loves you!“}
Dexter suddenly turned, his eyes blazing. “What do you mean she’s not coming back?”
Heidi clenched her fists, then took a deep breath and hurled the truth forward.”
“Blythe came to see me! She asked for a huge amount of money and said if I gave it to her, she’d disappear forever. If I didn’t, she’d expose secrets about the Laurence Corporation!“}]
Dexter’s expression darkened as his hands tightened. “So you paid her to make her leave me?“}
He grabbed Heidi off the floor with a strength that sent her reeling. “She was the one who asked! I didn’t have a choice!“W
She had expected him to explode in rage. To be furious. To feel betrayed. To give up on Blythe completely.!!
But instead, Dexter threw her onto the bed without a word, cold, furious, and stormed out without a backward glance. “Serves you right,” Phoebe Laurence muttered with a sneer before spinning on her heel and walking away.”
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