A few years ago, Ralph had reprimanded Stephen because he had gotten to a fight. Fortunately, no one had ever uncovered the reason why he fought back then.

This time, he couldn’t afford to let his family know he had fought over Tessa.

Otherwise, their engagement might be postponed or even canceled.

Samson wiped the sweat off his forehead as a chill ran down his splne. He nodded quickdy and said, “I understand.”

“Go take care of the admission procedure,” Stephen instructed.

“Right away, Mr. Jacobson.”

From his bed, Zachary had overheard every word of their conversation.

He smirked and raised an eyebrow “Afraid of letting your family know you got into a fight? What are you? A child?”

Stephenchucked and cast a mocking glance over at Zachary, “The only person who needs to know is my fiancée,” he replied.

The word “fine” hit Zachary like a trock

Zachary was dejected. He slumped back against the bed and stared blandy at the Ivdrip, watching the liquid slowly trickle down.

The pain from his wounds was nothing compared to the ache in his chest.

He still couldn’t accept the fact that Tessa had a flanote that was not him.

No, it had to be a lie. Maybe she was doing this because he had told her he didn’t want to marry her. She must’ve found a replacement just to provoke him. Yes, that had to be it. Tessa loved him so deeply that she couldn’t live without him. There was no way she could be with another man. It was impossible. Zachary clung to that thought to reassure himself.

He turned to look at Stephen with a mocking gaze and said, “You’re just someone she hired to provoke me, right? Isn’t it a trend to rent boyfriends online now? What’s your rate? I’ll pay you ten times that. Leave her. Right now.’

Stephen Langhed out of frustration and raised an eyebrow, “If living in denial makes you feel better, go ahead. I won’t stop you,” he replied.

Tessa was dumbfounded by Zachary’s words. She glared at him and said, “Are you crazy? Do you really think I’d stoop so low as to take a fiancé just to lie to you?” Zachary refused to belleve her. He was cominced that Stephen was nothing more than a fake.

Tesanosted coldly. “You’re delusional.”

By then, Samson had finished the admission procedures. Stephen stood up, ready to inove into a private ward.

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Tessa stayed close to Stephen’s side like an attentive nurse. She held onto his IV stand and carefully assisted him out of the room Zachary couldn’t stand how caring she was toward another man. He couldn’t hold himself back and reached out to grab her wrist. However, the bodyguard moved faster. He quickly slapped Zachary’s hand away. “Sir, please keep your hands to yourself.” Stephen’s eyes turned icy as he stared Zachary down. “Touch her again, and I’ll break your hand,” he warned

Unfazed by Stephen’s warning, Zachary retorted, “Try me. You think I’m scared of you?”

Before the situation could escalate further, Tessa Intervened. “Enough, both of you. This is a hospital.” Stephen listened to her. He ignored Zachary and followed Samson out of the mom

Wendy had come to Rivertown along with Zachary,

She had been out with her friends when he heard that Zachary had been admitted to the hospital after a tight, Without hesitation, she rushed over to him. “Zachary, what happened to you? Tears sprang to her eyes the moment she saw his swollen face,

Zachary didn’t respond. He simply stared out the window, his expression heavy with despair.

Wendy sobbed, “Who did this to you? Did you call the police?”

still, he said nothing.

Urdazed, Wendy continuously cried and rambled on

Zachary eventually got annoyed, so he snapped, “Can you leave me alone? I need some peace,”

“Wendy sniffled “1-1’ll stay here and take care of you”

Het heart ached to see him in ucli a state.

“There’s no need.” Zachary dismissed her coldly. “I’ve already called a nurse Go back.”

He didn’t want to see her if it weren’t for Wendy, none of this would have happened between him and Tessa.