"I just don't want to get the short end of the stick. Plus, I'm the most innocent victim here."
Chloe wasn't one to play petty games. Even if she wanted to, she wouldn't use her body as a bargaining chip.
Damon closed his eyes. He tried to suppress the rising tide of emotions within him, but he felt utterly powerless.
"No saving him," he managed to squeeze out.
He'd given her too much leeway. So much so that he was always on the backfoot, unable to get a word in edgewise!
Chloe said, "Ivan must survive."
"He should die," Damon declared firmly.
Chloe looked at him, not arguing further, "Yeah, but letting him die like this would be letting him off too easy."
That got Damon to look down at Chloe again.
"We're going to the hospital to save him," Chloe said, a faint smile appearing on her pale face.
Damon pursed his lips, then picked her up and turned around. Suddenly, Percy's body relaxed, and he almost collapsed onto the ground.
Hospital.
Seeing Damon carrying Chloe, Nathan raised an eyebrow, looking as if he had expected it all along.
After all, Ivan was part of the Harper family. Even if she didn't consider Presley's feelings, Chloe wouldn't put Damon in a difficult position, bearing the brunt of resentment and hatred.
Wendy, who had been silent, showed a slight change of expression. Freya had been crying so much she was almost out of tears. Seeing the two of them, she collapsed at Damon's feet.
"Chloe, please save my son, he's still so young, he can't just die..."
Chloe said to Damon, "I need to go down."
"You're injured," Damon frowned, his voice betraying his helplessness.
"I can use a wheelchair."
Damon pursed his lips, glanced at the doctor across from him.
Soon, the doctor wheeled the chair over and Damon put Chloe in it.
Chloe didn't speak, the hallway silent. There was a standoff for two minutes, which felt like an eternity.
The doctor who had been observing Ivan said urgently, "The patient's body temperature is dropping, and we need to operate immediately!"
Unable to hold back, Freya wailed, "Chloe, I beg you, please..."
At this moment, Nate walked over with some documents, handing them to Percy amidst the chaos. It was a stock transfer agreement. Freya didn't know what it was, she just kept pleading to save her son.
The cries were getting on Percy's nerves. Without thinking, he signed the documents.
Wendy looked at the document, her eyebrows furrowed.
Without saying anything, Nathan stepped aside from the emergency room door. Doctors busied themselves, pushing the gurney into the emergency room.
Freya sat on the ground; seeing the door to the emergency room open, she burst into tears of joy.
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