Chubby Mommy: Scheming Daddy, Surrender Now!-Chapter 157: Provocation

Ethan Sterling frowned, "I was afraid you might hurt her stomach yesterday, so I pushed you accidentally."

"I know." Ruby Sullivan said the same thing, then sighed.

"Then why do you still want to..." Ethan Sterling seemed unable to say the word "divorce," as if it burned him.

"I can’t transfer The Sullivan Group’s shares to you temporarily, because my dad and Honey still need a large amount of money for treatment. But until my dad wakes up, you can manage The Sullivan Group with peace of mind. I personally hope you can make The Sullivan Group better and better, so that as a shareholder, I can receive more dividends at the end of the year." She took a breath, feeling a bit tired after saying so many words at once.

Moreover, suppressing all emotions to make herself appear relaxed and at ease was not an easy task.

"Ruby..."

"And Seth Sterling." Ruby Sullivan quickly interrupted him when she saw him speak.

She knew she wasn’t a qualified warrior right now and had to recite all her lines in one breath. If her rhythm got disrupted, she feared she would lose control, and losing control in front of him would be more painful than admitting she was a failure or admitting regret.

"Since Seth is the child you adopted to appease your grandmother, can I take him away with me? It’s his hope, and I promised him I would try." Ruby Sullivan took a breath and continued, "I plan to take Honey to Meridia to conveniently take care of my dad. As for the bone marrow matter, I’ll have to trouble you to continue searching. If... if his child can save Honey, I hope you can notify me. As for work, I’m afraid I can’t fulfill it anymore, but I can assure you the formula for Daydream and will have enough time for you to find a new perfumer. If necessary, I can also introduce you to a few perfumers whom I think are excellent."

Ruby Sullivan felt she had thought things through enough and let out a long breath as if a wish was fulfilled.

"You’ve thought it all through?" Ethan Sterling felt like he was caught in a quagmire; the more she said, the deeper he sank, and by the end, he had no strength left to struggle.

Ruby Sullivan nodded.

"What else can I say?"

"I thought about it for a long time last night. Divorce is the best solution I can think of." She paused for a moment, hesitating whether to speak, but finally did, "I came back for Honey, being with you... was also for Honey. Before, I knew about my health condition, but because the doctors here said it was nothing, I thought..." She didn’t want to continue.

Ethan Sterling suddenly got up, "Leave it all to you. The doctor said you still need to undergo a D&C procedure, so focus on recuperating your body first." He didn’t look at Ruby Sullivan again, mechanically packing his things before leaving the hospital room.

At home, Seth and Honey sat together, worried.

That afternoon, Honey needed to use the restroom, and Seth led her to follow Mama Bennett into the house to use the toilet. Through the glass door, both kids saw Ruby Sullivan lying in a pool of blood. Although Dad said last night that Mom was fine, he didn’t let them video call her. Dad left again early this morning without taking them along, which made them very anxious.

As Honey thought about it, tears started to fall, "Brother, can you ask the driver to take us to the hospital?"

Last night, Dad said that Mom’s health was very weak. Seth was worried that Mom wasn’t fine but was being rescued, hence couldn’t video call them. With none of the adults at home, he had to comfort Honey.

"Don’t worry, if we go there and disturb the doctors treating Mom, it won’t be good. Let’s wait until Dad comes back tonight and ask him."

"Didn’t you see that bad woman yesterday? Dad doesn’t want us anymore, Mom must have been bullied by that bad woman and ended up in the hospital." The more Honey thought about it, the sadder she got, and the more tears flowed.

Hearing the crying, Mama Bennett hurried over, squatted down, and asked, "Little Miss, what’s wrong?"

Honey hugged Mama Bennett’s neck, "Mama Bennett, I miss Mom. Can you take me to see her?"

Mama Bennett was troubled; when she went yesterday, Second Miss’s condition was very bad, and there was a possibility of bleeding again at any time. Ethan Sterling didn’t let her go today, so she didn’t know if it had improved.

"I’ll call Mr. Sterling to ask, okay?" Mama Bennett said as she took out her phone, and just as she dialed, she heard a phone ringing.

Standing on the stairs, Ethan Sterling hung up the phone, "What’s going on?"

"I want to see Mom." Honey blinked with big eyes, her long eyelashes still hanging with teardrops.

Ethan Sterling sighed, "Daddy will take you this afternoon, okay?"

Honey nodded.

Seth couldn’t help but ask, "Is Mom... a lot better?"

Ethan Sterling nodded, remembering what Ruby Sullivan had told him, feeling a bit emotional, "Later, I have to go to the company for a meeting. It won’t take too long. Do you want to come with me to the company and wait, or stay home and wait for me to come back and pick you up? If you come to the company, it will save some time."

Seth looked at Honey and said, "We can go to the company. I can look after Honey."

Ethan Sterling nodded, "Okay, then you can get ready as well."

After saying that, he changed his clothes, groomed his hair and beard, and the disheveled man in the mirror turned back into Mr. Sterling, the decisive and efficient leader at the company.

Yes, this is the way he should be.

In the morning, after Ruby Sullivan had an examination and found no major problems, she let Vivian and Leon Sterling go home.

When she was brought to the hospital, she didn’t have her phone and was sitting on the hospital bed watching TV to pass the time, feeling somewhat bored.

Near lunchtime, she hadn’t eaten much since yesterday, feeling an empty stomach. Even if she wasn’t hungry, she thought she should at least eat something. Slowly getting off the bed, she intended to go to the canteen, and as she walked out, she saw Rhonda Sullivan wandering in the corridor.

Seeing Ruby Sullivan, Rhonda immediately revealed a smug smile, "Sister, so you’re here."

Rhonda proudly pushed out her not-so-obvious belly, scanning the hospital-gowned Ruby Sullivan up and down, laughing even more gleefully, "Ethan is really too much, not even arranging a caregiver for you? But he’s always been busy with work, forgetting these little things is normal. Do you want me to call him and remind him?"

Ruby Sullivan took a deep breath, wondering if it was psychological, as she suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her belly. She leaned against the wall, clutching her stomach, and after a while, decided to return to her room.

Rhonda saw her turn around and immediately rushed over, blocking her path, leaving her with no way to escape. She crossed her arms, mocking, "Ruby Sullivan, didn’t you think that losing weight and fiddling with perfumes made you arrogant? What, not so arrogant now?"

"Get lost!" Ruby Sullivan bit her lower lip, glared at her, and a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead due to the pain.