“What’s the point of looking at a corpse? Luckily, I was smart enough to cover his face early with a white sheet. Otherwise, if it scared my dear mentor, that would’ve been a terrible crime.”
Ethan approvingly ruffled Chloe’s hair.
“Your dad’s death was fate. Stop making a fuss.”
“Making a fuss? Ethan, aren’t you afraid your ancestors will crawl out of their graves to demand answers for this unfilial behavior?”
“What does your dad’s death have to do with my family? In the end, it’s your Lane family’s bad karma!”
I suddenly understood—he thought the man on the table was my father.
Fury surged through me. For this marriage, it was truly not worth it. I tore up the consent form right in front of him.
Chloe’s eyes instantly turned red.
“Nora, if only I had the power to bring the dead back to life, you wouldn’t be fighting with Ethan like this.”
Ethan, distressed, pulled Chloe into his arms.
“God wanted to take her dad. What does that have to do with you?”
“Be good, don’t cry. I can’t stand seeing your eyes swollen.”
He turned to me coldly.
“Nora Lane, I know your dad’s sudden death is hard to accept.”
“But if you really can’t move on, then treat Buddy like your father—after all, he carries your dad’s heart inside him.”
“You should thank Chloe for leaving you such a keepsake.”
Watching the two of them exchange looks right in front of me, my stomach turned.
If Ethan knew the man who had been killed on the table was his own father, would he still be so calm, so eager to thank Chloe for ripping out his dad’s heart for Buddy?
“Ethan Hayes, I am not signing this.”
But Ethan’s face was full of certainty.
“Nora, don’t forget we are husband and wife!”
“Even if you don’t sign it, I can sign it for you—and it’ll still be legally binding. Don’t even think about causing trouble for Chloe!”
He took out a backup copy of the waiver and donation consent form and signed his name with a flourish.
Watching the two of them flirt as they left, I dialed my lawyer.
“Draft me a divorce agreement—right now!”
That night, I had the divorce papers in hand and went straight to find Ethan.
But outside the private booth, I overheard the teasing inside.
“Chloe, I envy you. You got to perform surgery before even graduating!”
Chloe cast a shy glance at Ethan.