Ex-Husband’s Endless Pestering

Chapter 217

“Clifford, wake up,” Ashley said, calling the caregiver’s name in panic and not daring to let him sleep.

Clifford Colbeck, the caregiver, opened his eyes in a daze and glanced at Ashley. “Ms. Long, what’s the matter?”

“Window! There’s something outside the window!” Ashley’s voice trembled.

Clifford frowned and looked out of the window in confusion. “There’s nothing.”

“Don’t… Don’t you hear anything?” Ashley’s breathing stagnated.

“Hear anything? Is it the sewer pipe?” Clifford was a little puzzled.

“No… There was a knock on the window.” Ashley was trembling as she could still hear the knocking.

She wondered why Clifford did not hear that.

Clifford stood up and walked to the window. “Miss, we’re on the fourth floor. It’s impossible for someone to knock on the window. Also, there’s nothing outside.”

Ashley listened carefully and made sure there was no more sound before she turned around to take a look.

“Did I really hear it wrong?” she wondered.

But when she turned around, Ashley was so terrified that she couldn’t even scream.

She stammered, “Y–You… Look!”

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Ashley trembled all over. She knew Zachary’s father had hanged himself in prison.

“No. Don’t come here. Don’t come near me. Please. Don’t come to me.”

Clifford looked at Ashley in surprise. “Ms. Long, what are you talking about? There’s no one outside.”

“Don’t come to me, please. I didn’t mean to kill you. Please. I–I only wanted to escape from that family and find wealthier family… family wanted to adopt me, but you insisted on adopting me. If I didn’t frame you, I could

never escape from you. Did you want me to live in poverty with you for the rest of my life? You can’t blame me for

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what happened. You can’t. You can only blame yourself for being so poor that you couldn’t provide me with a good life. You couldn’t give me what I wanted, so why did you adopt me? Why?” Ashley roared at the top of her lungs.

Clifford stood aside and recorded the scene without saying anything.

“Why d

did you adopt me? Why? This is all your fault. It’s your fault! Everything is your fault!”

The next morning, Josie was about to receive her treatment. The moment she had been waiting for had finally

come.

Josie did not eat anything the night before to empty her stomach for the treatment.

Henry and Zachary were also there with her. They held their breath anxiously while waiting for Josie.

“Jo…” Henry was the first to say something. He reached out and ruffled Josie’s hair. “You will be fine. We will be waiting for you outside.”

Sitting in the wheelchair, Josie smiled at Henry.

urs too.”

In fact, she had long been relieved. “If I get a new life after this, I hope you will get yours

Henry lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Standing aside, Zachary also said, “Josie, best of luck.”

“Thanks. I need that.” Josie smiled at Zachary.

Josie looked like the day he met her ten years ago, wearing a white dress and having a high ponytail on her head while feeding a stray puppy.

“Samuel, I’m starving. Can you cook something delicious for me once I’m released?” Josie looked up and stared intently at Samuel.

“Sure…” Samuel said in a hoarse voice and nodded.

“Don’t be afraid…” Josie raised her hand and grabbed Samuel’s finger.

Josie wanted to tell Samuel not to be afraid of anything, even if she were to die after the treatment.

The purse pushed Josie away in her wheelchair. She turned around and looked at the guys, waving and smiling

at them.

It was as though she was telling them not to be so depressed, as she would not immediately die even if the treatment failed to cure her.

Meanwhile, at the hospital parking lot, Madelyn frantically got out of the car and ran toward the treatment room. She exclaimed inwardly, “Jo, please have a successful treatment!”

“Watch out.” Yuri followed behind Madelyn after applying for a day off on her behalf from her department

manager.

Madelyn’s eyes were a little red, and she did not even have the patience to wait for the elevator. “She will be fine, right?”

“She will ”

Madelyn’s phone kept vibrating. It was from their group chat. Rebecca and Sebastian were also waiting for the

result.

“Jo went in. We’re waiting for her out here.” When Madelyn rushed to the treatment room, she saw three men standing outside, looking even more attractive than the male models in advertisements.

Even the nurses passing. by felt pressured by their presence.

Madelyn recorded a voice message for the group chat. She said nervously, “I’m so scared.”

Instantly, she received many messages from the group telling her that Josie would be fine.

Madelyn leaned against the wall and kept praying while waiting for the result.

A nurse stepped out of the treatment room and tried to relieve their anxiety. “Everyone, don’t be so nervous. Even if the first treatment fails, we still have a second chance. You don’t have to be so nervous.”

However, the guys were terrified upon hearing that, and their faces turned pale.

Across the hospital, on the commercial street, Hazel sat in the car with a gloomy face and asked, “Is Josie receiving her treatment today?”

“Yes.” The person sitting next to Hazel nodded in response.

“Ashley, that go–for–nothing,” Hazel cursed. Despite everything that Ashley told her, reality proved that she failed to do any of that.

Before Hazel got out of the car, she said, “I’m going to talk to Ashley.”

After all, Ashley was still useful to Hazel’s plan.

Hazel was yet to confirm Henry’s true feelings for Ashley.

She believed if Josie really was with Samuel, then Ashley and Henry would most likely get together in the end.

Hazel had gathered much dirt on Ashley, so if the latter wanted to marry Henry, she had to stay obedient toward Hazel.

“Don’t let Spike’s subordinates see you.” Silas was the driver, and he was a little nervous.

“Why are you so nervous about that?” Hazel was unfazed. She put on makeup before coming, and she could barely recognize herself, let alone be seen by others.

Walking into the hospital, Hazel went straight to Ashley’s ward.

As she arrived, she noticed Ashley’s ward was empty.

“Where is she? Where is the patient in this ward?” Hazel asked a nurse who passed by after stepping out of the ward with a darkened expression.

She thought, “Was she discharged so soon? No way. That sounds unlikely.”

“The patient’s condition worsened last night, so she’s now in the recovery ward.” Ashley made a scene last midnight and insisted on changing to a ward with no windows. She refused to stay in that ward no matter what.

Hazel frowned and thought, “How did her condition worsen? There are so many patients in the recovery ward. Why would she stay in a crowded place? Who is she guarding against?”

Later, Hazel left the hospital in frustration and with a gloomy expression.

“Silas, let’s go.” After returning inside the car, Hazel rubbed her temples,

“My brother is back.” Silas looked at the phone and frowned.

Hazel froze for a moment and looked at Silas with a dumbfounded expression. “Didn’t I pay him to leave Hofcaster? What is he doing back here?”

“This is his home! Bitch… You’re the reason why he had to leave this place. How could you expect him not to

return forever?” Silas was angry.

Sergio was Silas‘ younger brother. The brothers were from the countryside. Hazel used to date Sergio and make him work more for her tuition fees, but she later fell in love with a wealthy man.

Not only did Hazel want to change her fate by dating a rich man, but she also did not hesitate to implicate Sergio in her plan.

Sergio was the driver that slammed into Hayden and Kathy.

Hazel was so vicious that she would destroy everything that she could not get.

She fell for Hayden, but she could not get him. When she found out Hayden was in love with Kathy, she started devising vicious tricks to break them up. In the end, she even told Sergio to slam his car into them.