《18 Hours of Surgery Couldn't Save Our Marriage》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

The door to the hospital ward burst open as my mother charged inside."You ungrateful wretch! Grace didn't sleep for three days trying to save you, and the moment you wake up, you spout this nonsense?"I looked down. "Haven't you always wanted a daughter? Why don't you take her as one? Such a wonderful woman is wasted on me anyway.""You!" Mom trembled with rage.Grace Reed steadied her, saying gently, "Mary, please don't get upset. Derek just woke up. His mind isn't clear yet."I let out a cold laugh. The way she called my mother was so intimate.The attending physician entered, frowning as he glanced at Grace, whose eyes were red and swollen."Mr. Hudson, you just came back from death's door. Your health should be the priority. As husband and wife, you shouldn't fight when you just cheated death."I closed my eyes, refusing to engage. The ward fell silent except for the monotonous beeping of the medical equipment.Shortly after, a student nurse entered carrying a syringe. "W

I tilted my chin up defiantly. "What gives you the right to speak to me like that?"Ryan was momentarily speechless, then said with concern, "Dr. Reed, don't bother with this jerk. Let's go.""You all—" Mom was about to say something when she was interrupted by a commotion.A middle-aged woman stormed in aggressively, pointing at me and cursing, "So, you're Derek, the ungrateful bastard? You make me sick! Dr. Reed delayed my son's surgery to save you! How dare you mention divorce? You animal!"Getting more worked up, she grabbed the portable urinal from under my bed and splashed its contents all over me.A pungent stench filled the air. I was stunned. Grace then rushed into the bathroom and returned with a towel to clean me off.I did not appreciate the gesture. I snatched the towel from her and silently wiped the urine from my face and hair, cursing, "Damn it, this divorce is happening right now!"Grace was slightly taken aback. "Derek, what's wrong with you? Please don't casua

A video was playing on the screen. It was security footage from a parking garage.In the footage, a shadowy figure approached my car stealthily while carrying a toolbox. He opened my car door and worked inside for a long time.That person was Ryan.Grace's face turned deathly pale, her eyes filled with disbelief."No... This can't be real..." she murmured.I ignored her and pulled out a vehicle inspection report from the folder, throwing it in Ryan's face."Brake system, deliberately sabotaged. What do you have to say for yourself?"The situation had spiraled beyond everyone's expectations, but Mom remained stubbornly in denial.She pointed at Victoria, screaming, "It's all you! You shameless woman! You forged evidence to frame Dr. Cross just so you can be with my son!"Ryan immediately caught on and chimed in, "Exactly! That's got to be it! Mr. Hudson, you'd stoop to such despicable methods just to get a divorce!"The bystanders and patients' families began whispering among

"You... What are you saying?" Grace's voice was shrill, filled with a panic she hadn't even realized.Ryan was also stunned as he looked at us in confusion. I let out a cold laugh and signaled Victoria. She understood and opened a set of photos on the tablet.On the left was Harry from our college days, wearing a white shirt and laughing brightly on the basketball court. On the right was Ryan in his white coat, his features bearing a striking resemblance to Harry. Especially those eyes, clean yet touched with melancholy.The hospital ward was filled with gasps."They look so alike...""It's like they were cast from the same mold."Mom was also dumbfounded, looking back and forth between the photo and the real Ryan. "This...""Grace, what do you have to say now?" I stared at her. "You weren't into Ryan at all. You were just looking for Harry's replacement.""No... That's not it..." Grace backed away while speaking incoherently, bumping into the wall."I didn't... I love you, De

Mom was completely speechless. The daughter-in-law she had once been so proud of turned out to be such a venomous woman."This is horrible..." she whispered.I looked at Grace, feeling nothing but emptiness in my heart. My heart had gone completely numb.I began, "Grace, aren't you curious? How do you think I found out all this?"Grace whipped around to look at me.I said slowly, "I'll tell you. All of this was investigated at the request of Harry's mother.""Mrs. Thompson?" Grace's pupils contracted sharply, her face full of disbelief."That's impossible... Mrs. Thompson moved back to her hometown years ago. How could she...""She never went back," I stated calmly. "After Harry died, she moved to a different city. She always felt there was something suspicious about Harry's death, but as a single woman after her divorce, she couldn't investigate much on her own."Until six months ago, when she happened to see Ryan's photo in a medical journal."I looked at Ryan with sharp ey