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“Hunter Thorne? What are you doing here?” My father, Robert Sterling, was both
surprised and furious.
Hunter ignored him, walking directly to my side. His gaze swept over the transfusion tube in my arm, and he gave a signal to the people behind him.
A lawyer immediately stepped forward, handing a document to the reporters.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the media, we have evidence proving that Mr. Robert Sterling, CEO of Sterling Corp., has, for a long time, illegally imprisoned and forced his illegitimate daughter, Miss Aurora Sterling, to provide human organs and blood for his legitimate daughter, Miss Chloe Sterling.”
The reporters went wild.
“What? Illegitimate daughter? Organs?”
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“Is this true, Mr. Sterling?”
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My father’s face fluctuated between green and white. He pointed at Hunter and roared, “You’re talking nonsense! Slandering me!”
Hunter sneered.
“Whether it’s nonsense or not, the police officers will investigate thoroughly.”
The police officers behind him stepped forward, showing their badges to my father.
“Mr. Robert Sterling, we now suspect you are involved in illegal detention and intentional harm. Please come with us for questioning.”
My father completely panicked. He turned to Julian, hoping he would testify.
But Julian had already turned deathly pale with fright.
Hunter’s lawyer then produced a second piece of evidence.
“At the same time, we also have evidence proving that Julian Hayes, attending physician. at City Hope Hospital, abused his position to repeatedly alter patient Chloe Sterling’s medical records, exaggerated her condition, and conspired with Mr. Robert Sterling to defraud Miss Aurora Sterling of her bone marrow and blood.”
“Not only that,” the lawyer paused, his gaze like a knife directed at Julian, “Dr. Hayes is also suspected of misappropriating the hospital’s rare blood supply to provide illegal
medical services for a woman named Sierra Maxwell.”
Julian’s legs gave out, and he collapsed to the floor.
“No… it’s not… I didn’t…”
Chloe, seeing this scene from her hospital bed, was provoked. She shrieked and fainted.
The entire hospital room descended into chaos.
Hunter took off his suit jacket and draped it over me, shielding me from the cameras.
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He bent down, carefully pulled the needle from my arm, then gently lifted me into his
“Let’s go.”
