Irresistible

In the sterile hospital room, the scent of disinfectant hung heavy in the air. Emily Thompson, pale from childbirth, clutched at the sleeve of the man in a suit before her, pleading with tear-filled eyes.

"Please, its my child. Can I see him? Just one glance..."

The mans face was an icy mask. "Ms. Thompson, this is a transaction. The deal is done. All thats left is for you to sign and confirm."

Tears brimmed in Emilys eyes, her heart clenched as if gripped by an invisible hand, causing her to struggle for breath.

Yes, it was just a transaction. He paid, she bore the child鈥攕he had understood this from the beginning.

But that was her child, carried for ten long months.

The pain of separation was like cutting away her own flesh and blood.

"Just one look, I promise, just one!" Her hand trembled as she signed the paper, her voice choked with sobs.

The only response was the heavy, cold sound of a door shutting.

Emily collapsed onto the bed, weeping hysterically.

Im sorry, baby, Mommy is powerless. Not only can I not protect you, but I had to use you to save Grandma!

Thinking of her mother still waiting for the life-saving money, Emily wiped her tears, defied the doctors advice, and forced herself to leave the hospital despite her frail body.

Her mother was waiting for her; she had to hurry!

Upon arriving at the City Hospital, Emily saw a familiar figure that filled her with disgust鈥擫ily Harris.

She immediately lowered her head, attempting to bypass the woman unnoticed, but a pair of red, pointed, diamond-studded high heels stopped right in front of her.

"Move aside."

Emily looked up, her expression blank. "Lily."

Lily Harris, the illegitimate daughter of her father, had been brought into the Thompson family ten years ago.

Ever since she entered the Thompson household, misfortunes had plagued them.

First, her fathers business had suffered, nearly going bankrupt. Then her mother fell ill with an inexplicable disease, coughing up blood and frequently slipping into comas.

Emily had taken her mother to every hospital across the country, but doctors were at a loss for her condition.

Finally, it was Lily who had sent out a plea for help, connecting with a foreign medical research institution. After a month, they concluded it was a novel cardiovascular disease.

Although the disease was identified, the surgery and recovery costs amounted to two million dollars.

In the past, the Thompson family could easily spare two million, but their current predicament, with her fathers aged and haggard appearance, made Emily unable to ask for the money.

When she was at her wits end, someone contacted her...

"Hey, sister, still so grumpy? The babys born, right?"

"Did you get the money?"

Lily looked down at her with a triumphant smile; she had orchestrated everything. The mysterious person had offered an astronomical sum of ten million, with the condition that the girl be pure, with superior looks, intelligence, and emotional quotient.

She immediately thought of Emily.

Sure enough, the lure of two million was enough to trap this fool...

Just after the final payment arrived, she knew the deed was done.

Then, she casually arrived at the hospital to wait like a hunter waiting for prey.

Sigh, making money these days is truly not easy.

"How do you know?"

Lilys words were like a thunderbolt, and Emily nearly lost her balance.

She had taken excellent measures to keep everything confidential!

She had forged medical records to take a break from school, deceived her father into thinking she was abroad seeking treatment for her mother, and even found excuses to break up with her beloved boyfriend.

"How did I find out?" Lily clapped her hands, and a man emerged from around the corner, handsome and debonair, with a slight gloom in his expression. He glanced at Emily, his eyes cold and repulsive.

Emily was deeply hurt by the mans gaze, but more so by her disbelief.

Wang Kaize... her former... boyfriend, how could he be here!