?Chapter 424 Jealous


    The broomnded on Ronan hard, sending blood trickling down his face.


    Emelie quickly stopped her mother. "Mom, stop!"


    Greta was disappointed and furious with Ronan. "You! Why can''t you stop stirring up


    trouble! We finally have some peace, but you just have to create trouble out of nothing and make everyone miserable! Y-You..."


    Greta''s face turned ashen.


    Emelie felt something was wrong. She rushed towards Greta and held her up.


    "Mom, calm down! Take it easy!" Emelie said.


    "You... You..." A surge of blood rushed to Greta''s head, and she fainted and copsed to the ground.


    Emelie''s mind went nk.


    The rm in Greta''s artificial heart was triggered.


    Emelie clutched Greta''s hand tightly and took out her phone to dial 911.


    It was New Year''s Eve today, so the medical staff in hospitals were on shifts and stretched thin. Getting an ambnce felt impossible.


    Thankfully, William''s act of borrowing Emelie his car on a whim proved invaluable.


    Emelie and Ronan carried Greta into the car, and they sped toward the hospital.


    Once they reached the hospital, Greta was sent to the emergency room.


    Eliana and Billy arrived just as Greta was still in the emergency room. Ronan must have called them and told them what happened.


    The moment Eliana arrived, she pounced at Emelie and grabbed her.


    Eliana, feeling both sad and angry, yelled, "It''s you again! It''s always you!"


    Eliana shook her so hard that she felt dizzy. "Is this my fault?"


    "Whose fault is it, if it isn''t yours?" Eliana shrieked. "If it weren''t for you, would Mom and Dad have fought? They''ve been married for over thirty years. At worst, they only argued. They''ve neverid hands on each other!"


    Billy held Eliana back, trying to calm her down, but it was to no avail. Eliana continued pointing at Emelie and berating her.Content ? copyrighted by N?velDrama.Org.


    "Everything''s gone wrong ever since you came back! Mom needed surgery, Dad almost went to jail, and now you''re getting married?" Eliana said.


    She continued, "You think that you''re independent now and can make all the decisions. You don''t ever listen to your family! Since that''s the case, why did you even bothering back?


    Emelie didn''t understand why Eliana was suddenly showing her so much animosity.


    Thinking back, it seemed to have begun around the time Greta had her heart attack and ended up in the ICU. Eliana couldn''t reach Emelie, and ever since then, she had been hostile toward her.


    Just as Eliana lunged forward to grab her, she was pulled aside.


    William stood before Emelie. He was six-feet-two, so he looked down most of the time when he talked to someone.


    He said calmly, "You know full well if you''re ming Emelie out of concern for your parents or because you''re jealous of her."


    Eliana''s face ashened.


    Emelie realized William had struck a nerve. But to say Eliana was jealous? What exactly was she jealous of?


    William turned to Emelie and said, "Let''s go."


    He then put his arm around her waist and led her away.


    In a corner, Ronan saw William taking Emelie away.


    He instinctively wanted to stop William, but a hand mped down on his neck, and he froze. He didn''t dare to move or make a sound.


    Charles said with a half-smile, "Don''t move."


    William brought Emelie out of the hospital and into a 24-hour convenience store across the street.


    He ordered a cup of warm milk and gave it to her, then scanned her from head to toe. "Are you hurt?"


    Emelie shook her head, but William noticed the small scratch on her finger, caused by Ronan when he attempted to remove the ring.


    Emelie noticed his gaze and curled her hand up. "It''s nothing."


    William looked down. "You should have stayed at Eastbay today."


    Emelie hadn''t expected her New Year''s Eve to turn out like this. She didn''t think Ronan would so vehemently oppose her marriage.


    She cradled the warm cup with her hands and asked in puzzlement, "You said Eliana is jealous of me?"


    "Her constant financial requests, the misced me, the coldness and sarcasm. It all


    points to jealousy. There''s no other exnation," Willian exined calmly.


    He added, "You''re siblings, but you''re a highly-paid assistant to a CEO while she''s a stay-at -home mom. Not everyone can ept the huge difference."


    Emelie didn''t know what else to say.


    She was worried about Greta and wanted to return to the hospital, but William brought her to get food.


    He said that the doctor worked for him and would update him if anything happened, so she didn''t have to hurry.


    He also told her not to worry because Sophie was on her way and would arrive at Capebatt City in four days at thetest. Only then did Emelie rx.


    After they finished eating, the hospital delivered an update: Greta was out of danger and had been transferred to a regr ward.


    Hearing this, Emelie hurried back to the hospital.


    William went with her and only left after seeing her enter the ward.


    He made a call and asked coldly, "Where are you?" Charles sent him a location, and he drove there.