All Chapters of Healing The Devil I Once Loved: Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

ZARIA “Are you telling me that Rai's school did nothing?”Mama Li nodded. “We spoke to the teachers many times. We even went to Shu Yi’s parents. But that boy is vengeful and a real bully.”“What?” I snapped. “Why didn't you call me? I would have taken the first flight…”Mama Li raised her hands to stop me. “No, Zaria. We promised that we would take care of your boy and we were doing a good job—”“Until you weren't.” The words jabbed into my heart mercilessly. “Listen. Shu Yi waited until no adults were around and attacked Rai when he was coming home from school. We could not watch him every single second of the day.”I felt fresh tears coming. “I should have told my boy to beat him to stupor all because of his father…” I stopped myself mid-sentence. My eyes moved to Renzo who was standing a few steps away watching everything. No one said anything about what I almost said, but we all felt it hanging there. Uncle Thomas cleared his throat, and Mama Li looked everywhere but Renzo.Th

RENZO But I kept quiet.The time will come soon.The boy on the bed suddenly whimpered. “Father…”Wang leaned in immediately. “I am here, son. I am right here.”I looked away. Zaria and I could have had such a life… but everything was ruined because of my father.But no worries. I would handle Shu Yi. I would make sure no one touched Zaria’s son again. And then I would remind Wang exactly who he was dealing with.Zaria opened her eyes and caught me staring. I did not look away. Let her see the anger. Let her see everything I was holding back.When we landed back at the main institute, my team moved fast. They had the operating room fully prepared. I watched Zaria remove her jacket and demand gloves and scrubs. She wanted to go in with her son.Well, deep down, I respected that fire in her, but another part worried she was too exhausted.“Are you sure?” I asked, searching her eyes. “You’ve lost some color and your eyes are sunken in. Zaria, allow my team to handle it. Dr. Anthony i

RENZO“... lower…” Hawk whispered into my ear.I opened my eyes. “Good. No one touches him until I get there.”I walked down to the secure section of the warehouse where we handled special matters. The room was prepared with the tools I might need: bright lights, a metal table in the center, and various instruments laid out neatly on a side cart. Shu Yi sat tied to a chair in the middle of the room. He was fourteen years old, but his face already carried the arrogance of someone who thought money could protect him from everything.What was a fourteen-year-old doing with Zaria's baby boy? That boy was barely nine. I think? Damn it. I should have asked Anna for more details about the fucking boy.To my surprise, this Shu Yi boy looked up when I entered and smirked. “Now, who the hell are you?”I turned to the back, hoping he was talking to Hawk. Clearly, he wasn't.“Are you the boss?” He eyed me from up to down, reminding me of Yakov's sharp tongue. A fourteen-year-old Yakov probably

ZARIA …with the help of a friend. When I probed further, she whispered Renzo asked her to come with a cargo.Shu Yi.Who knew what Renzo wanted with the boy? Whatever he wanted was none of my business anyway. Either way, I was glad Anna was here. I took a sip of the warm coffee and frowned at her. “What’s everywhere?”She pulled out her phone and turned the screen toward me. At first, I did not understand what I was looking at. It was a video from the operating room. I was with Dr. Anthony's team, giving instructions and gesturing here and there.It was such a beautiful thing… The moment I stepped in during the complication and used my traditional methods. The title of the video read “Miracle Doctor Revealed – Zaria Dominico Saves Child in Dramatic Surgery.”My stomach dropped. “The fuck?” I jumped from my chair.Anna swallowed hard visibly. “I told you.”I scrolled through the comments and saw thousands of views already with people sharing it across every platform. Some called i

ZARIA Rai looked at Renzo for a long time after he made that statement. I couldn't even place the look. It wasn't the way children look at strangers with shyness, or that slanted suspicion that melts when someone smiles. No.He looked at him the way he had always looked at things he was trying to understand. Then he looked at me."Mom," he called. His voice was still so small that I had to strain to hear him. "I heard you. In the dark."I stilled."What do you mean, baby?""When everything went loud and then went quiet." He blinked slowly. "I heard you talking. You kept saying my name over and over. You were so close, but your voice sounded different.""I was in the room with you," I said. "During the surgery.""I know." He said it simply like he had already worked that out. "You were cutting me open."Okay. Those words were as plain and honest as the way only a child's words can be."Rai—""It's okay, Mom." He reached for my hand, and this time it was he doing the holding. "I wa