A-List Actress: Paper Marriage but Pampering Billionaire

Chapter 1445: Chapter 1445: Removing Obstacles

”No matter what, the surgery must happen.”

”Owen, I don’t understand why you’re doing this. Isn’t he your brother-in-law? Why are you sending him to Xingtai? His condition shouldn’t require surgery; it will only hasten his death. It’s really too late.”

”You just need to do as I say.”

”No, I can’t. As a doctor, this goes against my professional ethics.”

”Jorge, you have no choice.”

”Owen, can you tell me why? Your wife surely wouldn’t agree.”

”Just consider it as me clearing obstacles.”

”I think you should see a therapist; you’re out of your mind.”

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Mu Yan covered her face, seriously looking at the recorder. Did she hear it wrong?

She turned the recorder back on and listened again.

That distinct yet clumsy mix of Chinese and English plainly sounded like Jorge’s voice, and she could identify Jiang Jingheng’s voice even if it turned to ash.

So, did someone tamper with Mu Chen’s surgery, causing his death on the operating table?

And that person was Jorge, acting under Jiang Jingheng’s orders?

No, impossible. Why would he do that?

He knew how much she cared about Mu Chen.

This must be a lie!

That was Mu Yan’s first reaction. She tossed the recorder onto the cabinet and headed to the bathroom.

She turned on the faucet, splashed her face with cold water.

She calmed down, looking at herself in the mirror.

She was considered pretty, but not exactly a beauty.

Yet he was utterly fascinated by her, hopelessly devoted.

He said that with Mu Chen dead, the obstacles were gone.

To him, anyone close to her made him uncomfortable.

She had sensed it long ago, take Xiao Nan or Lin Jiamu as examples; hadn’t they both disappeared from her world as he wished?

Though she felt uneasy, since he was her love, she was willing to forgive him.

But why wouldn’t he even spare Mu Chen?

He actually bribed the doctor to kill him on the operating table, seeing life as worthless?

She was unwilling to believe he was so cruel, yet images of the mess in the master bedroom popped up in her mind.

A voice inside her told her he was not normal; there was nothing he couldn’t do.

All the past tenderness was his disguise, just to lure her, the naive lamb, into a trap.

Mu Yan closed her eyes, unable to accept this reality.

But those words were said by him directly; could they be false?

Leaving the bathroom, Mu Yan took her phone, wanting to call Jiang Jingheng, but afraid she couldn’t control her emotions.

No matter what, before sentencing someone to death, he should get a chance to defend himself.

She lay on the bed, trying to sleep, but unable to.

Thinking of Mu Chen dying on the operating table, her heart ached uncontrollably; the hidden sadness emerged instantly, and tears poured out frantically.

No one knew better than her how much Mu Chen wanted to live; he hadn’t even gotten a good look at the outside world.

What was initially a life-giving surgery became a guillotine sending him to hell.

When death arrived, how desperate he must have felt.

Mu Yan kept her eyes open as time ticked away, and the sky slowly darkened.

The room was pitch black, eerily quiet. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The sudden sound of the phone broke the silence; her eyes moved, seeing the light, reaching for the phone and picking it up. The caller ID showed ”Husband.”

She stared at those two words for a long time, feeling strange and ironic.

She didn’t answer until the call ended, but soon the phone rang again.

Her eyes shifted, snapping out of it, and she answered the call.

”Hello.”