Chapter 2 Divorce Request

At the hospital

"The patient hasn't woken up yet. You can't go in!"

"Get out of my way! I know Loraine is in there!"

Loraine's eyes peeled open slowly when she heard the noise.

She painstakingly turned her head and saw Marina push the nurse away and walk to the bedside angrily. Marina was glaring at her as if she was about to pounce on her and tear her into shreds.

"Loraine, you vicious bitch! How dare you try to kill Keely? Now, her kidney is seriously injured. She's in a bad state. You will rot in jail."

"I didn't try to kill her!" Loraine sat up weakly.

Marina roared, "You did! Don't even try to lie. Who stabbed her, if you didn't? It was only the two of you in the kitchen. Are you trying to say Keely stabbed herself? You are jealous of her because my brother loves her. You tried to finish her off, so you would have no rival."

Loraine was just about to argue. But she stopped when she saw Marco come in.

He was a tall man, who had perfectly carved eyebrows and dreamy eyes.

At this time, Loraine looked up at him as if he was her savior.

"Marco, you have to believe me. I didn't hurt her."

Marco shot her a cold glare.

"Spare me your excuses, Loraine. You can't fool me. Since you did such a barbaric thing, you must accept punishment. You have to apologize to Keely."

"An apology is not enough!" Marina shouted. "Keely's kidney is ruptured now. As punishment, Loraine must give Keely her kidney."

Without waiting for her brother's approval, Marina commanded the bodyguards behind Marco, "Take her to the operating theatre immediately!"

The bodyguards did as they were told.

Loraine was too weak to struggle. Looking at her husband, she asked, "Marco, don't you believe me? Are you going to allow this?"

For some reason, she still held out hope that Marco would trust her. But he just stood there and watched her indifferently. It was obvious he acquiesced with his sister's decision.

This made Loraine's heart bleed.

How could he abandon her so ruthlessly? Her love for Marco disappeared at this moment.

She was done loving someone who didn't reciprocate at all. It was clear that she was nothing to him. Worse still, he believed another woman instead of her.

The unprecedented tiredness swept over Loraine.

She no longer wanted to stay in this miserable marriage.

"Marco, let's divorce," she piped up, smiling bitterly.

Marco frowned once he heard those words. He looked at Loraine as if she was out of her mind.

"You won't escape punishment by getting a divorce, idiot," Marina uttered, her voice dripping with disdain.

Loraine's eyes turned cold. "Why must I be punished for what I didn't do? It's ridiculous that you want to harvest my kidney for her. I'd like to see how badly she's hurt!"

Inexplicable strength surged through Loraine's body due to her fury. She broke free from the bodyguards' hold and rushed out.

She soon located Keely's ward.

But before she could do something, Marco rushed to protect Keely.

"Loraine, what are you trying to do again?"

Keely curled up in bed. Holding Marco's shirt, she said fearfully, "Marco, I'm so scared."

Marco's face darkened. Glaring at Loraine, he shouted, "Don't do anything stupid. Just kneel and apologize now!"

A remorseful expression appeared on Loraine's face. She lowered her head and walked to the bed.

Keely's eyes glistened with pride. She folded her arms and looked at Loraine with great expectation.

But to her chagrin, Loraine raised her hand and brought it down on Keely's cheek.

The sound of the slap echoed in the entire ward.

Everyone froze in surprise. In a split second, Loraine ripped off the gauze that was on Keely's abdomen.

A small cut was revealed immediately. It already stopped bleeding.

Marco frowned at the sight of it.

"See! She just has a small cut. The knife didn't even penetrate her belly. But she wants my kidney. Well played, Keely Haywood!"

Loraine smelled something fishy right from the start. Since Keely had stabbed herself, Loraine suspected that the wound wasn't deep.

Her suspicion turned out to be true. A minor cut like that couldn't possibly have affected her kidney.

Keely covered her belly in a hurry.

"Tell me the truth, Keely. What exactly happened?" Marco asked coldly.

Keely's face turned pale. She stammered, "Actually, I... I don't know. How could I possibly know? I went into a coma after Loraine stabbed me. I just woke up. It's possible the doctor made the wrong diagnosis."

"This doesn't seem like a misunderstanding to me. If I hadn't exposed you just now, my kidney would have been harvested ruthlessly!" Loraine laughed ironically. "One more thing. You should have stabbed yourself in the back if you wanted to pretend that your kidney was hurt. But you stabbed your belly."

"Nonsense!" Keely looked at Marco in panic. "Marco, trust me. It was Loraine who did the stabbing."

Marco's eyes narrowed to slits as he stared at Keely. Afterward, his eyes shifted to Loraine.

"Give me some time to look into this. If it turns out that you are innocent, I will compensate you with whatever you want."

Loraine stared at him emotionlessly. The love she had for him was dead now.

In the past few years of their marriage, Marco had never given her anything she wanted. She knew that he was only offering to compensate her now because he wanted to protect Keely.

Loraine rolled her eyes. "Give me a divorce then!"

Marco looked at her in surprise.

This was the first time he had looked at his wife seriously in three years.

But Loraine didn't give a damn. She turned around and left without a backward glance.

The moment she was out of the hospital, she became extremely weak.

She had used all her strength to stand up to her so-called husband and Keely just now.

She took out her phone and dialed a number.

A few minutes later, a black Lincoln stopped in front of Loraine. A handsome man in a well-ironed suit got out of the car.

Loraine's legs turned to jelly at this time and she collapsed.

The man caught her in time.

Loraine looked up at him with teary eyes and muttered, "Uncle Rowan..." A second later, she passed out in his arms.