CHAPTER 28: CHAPTER 28: TROUBLE IN THE WARD

"Who do you think you are? In Ethan’s eyes, you’re just a pawn to make money, did your husband let you out to climb into men’s beds?" Rhonda Sullivan stretched her voice, her face full of disdain.

Ruby Sullivan put down the hand covering her face and looked at her face contemptuously, softly retorting, "Then who do you think you are? Clinging to his side and giving yourself away, what are you in his eyes?"

Rhonda was furious and wanted to strike hard again, but this time Ruby caught her wrist.

Ruby wished she could use all her strength, staring coldly at her, "At least I can help him make money, and you? Everyone knows that ever since The Sullivan Group came into your hands it’s been going downhill. If it weren’t for the continued business with The Sterling Group, The Sullivan Group would have long been on its last legs!"

Rhonda tried to knock away her hand, but her other hand was tightly clamped, and she couldn’t break free.

Ruby became angrier, and her gaze grew icier, "You’re just a dog The Sullivan Family picked up from the welfare institution. No, you’re worse than a dog; even a dog knows to be grateful, but you drove the father and daughter of The Sullivan Family to a dead end. Rhonda Sullivan, when you look in the mirror every day, do you see a human face or a beast’s?"

Rhonda was startled by her gaze, that familiar feeling made her spine chill, "How do you know these things?"

She entered The Sullivan Family when she was three, even Ethan Sterling didn’t know she and Ruby Sullivan had no blood relation!

Thinking of the report from her secretary today, that Brandon Sullivan was taken away by Ruby Sullivan, Rhonda felt an inexplicable fear, "Who are you really? Did Ruby Sullivan send you?"

"Are you scared now?" Ruby smirked coldly, "Ruby Sullivan is already dead, killed by you, but she died too unjustly, even as a ghost she wouldn’t let you go!"

Ruby was too weak physically, she felt her hand trembling from overexertion, but Rhonda was dumbfounded by her words and forgot to struggle. She suddenly wanted to make a big deal out of today’s incident, wanting to see how far Ethan Sterling would go to protect Rhonda!

With that thought, she suddenly let go, lunged forward to hug Rhonda’s leg, and bit down hard through the thin fabric of her skirt.

She had learned self-defense for more than a year abroad, and in emergencies, one had to use all available strength, a principle her coach had emphasized countless times for self-preservation.

Rhonda’s scream not only alerted the family members of other patients nearby but also the on-duty nurse.

When people arrived, all they saw was Rhonda screaming while grabbing Ruby’s hair and pounding her back with her fist, no one noticed the saliva-stained bite mark on her skirt.

"What are you doing!" The nurse pulled Rhonda away and turned to see Ruby slumped there motionless, her face darkening as she pressed the call button, "Dr. Joyce, the patient has fainted."

She helped Ruby sit up and turned to glare at Rhonda, "Don’t leave yet, wait for the patient’s family to come. If something happens to her, we won’t be responsible."

Rhonda was scared, she even forgot to mention she was bitten earlier, "She’s not dead, is she?"

The nurse rolled her eyes, not wanting to answer such a stupid question.

After Dr. Joyce came over, he checked her heart and blood pressure to confirm the patient had only fainted from anger and there was nothing serious.

Rhonda snorted, "Probably just pretending." She turned to leave, but was stopped by the nurse.

"I said wait for her family, you can’t leave." The nurse instructed Dr. Joyce to watch her, "Her husband left a phone number when he left, I’ll call him back quickly."

Rhonda sat down on a bench, unwilling to leave, "I want to see if her husband knows about her good deeds!"

Before long, Ruby’s husband reappeared at the hospital.

Rhonda’s eyes almost popped out when she saw Ethan Sterling come in, slowly rising from her seat, "Ethan, why are you here?"

Ethan Sterling had already heard the nurse’s account over the phone, glanced at her but didn’t speak, and instead turned to ask the nurse who had been staying there, "How is Wenny?"

"The doctor said there’s no immediate problem, but she already had a concussion, and her head was hit again just now. Whether she’s really okay depends on tomorrow’s test results."

Ethan nodded, "I understand, thank you."

The nurse pursed her lips, knitting together a few bits of gossip, "Since you all know each other, settle it yourselves, just remember to keep it down." She said and left.

Ethan turned to Rhonda, his face like a layer of frost, lowered his voice, "Let’s go."

"What about you?" Rhonda looked at him full of grievance, "You’re going to stay here with her? She’s just pretending, look at what she did to me!" she said, lifting her skirt to one side, revealing a ring of red, swollen teeth marks on her thigh.

Ethan glanced at it, about to speak when a weak voice came from behind.

"Mr. Sterling?"

Ruby slowly opened her eyes, attempting to sit up, but Ethan came over to press her shoulder, "You should lie down, the doctor said you need to rest."

"Mr. Sterling, why are you here?" Ruby asked feebly.

Ethan didn’t know how to answer for a moment. He had indeed instructed the nurse because he was worried about something happening when he left and left his phone number, but he hadn’t expected to be called back so soon for such a ridiculous reason as "your wife got beaten up."

Rhonda rolled her eyes, "Pretending to be dead is enough, now starting to play the pity card."

Ruby glanced at her, let out a long breath, and slowly said, "Compared to Miss Sullivan, I’m still a bit behind; I’ve heard Miss Sullivan used to like to use this trick to frame your sister." She deliberately avoided looking at Ethan, tilting her head slightly and gently biting her lower lip.

She was pretending, initially thinking if the hospital contacted family, it would be Sasha Shaw, who was eager to stick up for her, but she hadn’t expected Ethan Sterling to be the one to come.

She didn’t know Ethan had such a penchant for being everyone’s husband.

Since such a big fish had come, she naturally had to put on more of a show.

Ethan froze, did Sasha even tell her all that?

At the mention of Ruby’s name, Rhonda lost her composure again, "What kind of relationship do you have with Ruby Sullivan? She wanted to divorce Ethan herself, and now she’s causing trouble again?"

Ethan didn’t scold Rhonda, because he also wanted to know Wenny’s connection with Ruby Sullivan, why he kept thinking of her so frequently after seeing her?

Ruby had her own plans, gently closed her eyes, and weakly said, "I’m tired, please have Mr. Sterling escort Miss Sullivan out, she’s always worried someone will climb into your bed, if not an early menopause, then Mr. Sterling, your character must be very poor."

"You..." Rhonda realized belatedly that she had been duped, too angry to speak.

Ethan frowned, "Nonsense." He said, then quickly left the room.

How could Rhonda dare stay any longer? She immediately rushed out after him.