Entangled in the Night: Unable to Escape Him-Chapter 21: Confronting the Scumbag Mother

It’s not hard to imagine; she must have been playing dirty tricks to break up Chloe and Jett.

This woman is just the same as before, doing whatever it takes for her own ends.

Chloe sneered, "Mrs. Sterling, this is my homeland, my family and parents are all here, why should I not return? Just because of Jett, should I sever all my family ties?

Sorry, I’m not like you, abandoning your closest ones for outsiders."

This sentence was like a thorn, stabbing into Mrs. Sterling’s heart. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Suddenly, a scene flashed in her mind of Sienna begging her in tears years ago.

Few people knew about her past.

To secure her position as Mrs. Sterling, she had wiped all traces of her previous marriage history.

But what exactly did Chloe mean with her words?

Did she know about her past?

Mrs. Sterling gritted her teeth in anger, "My closest people are all around me, how could I bear to abandon them? Don’t slander me with such rumors just because I broke up you and Jett, or I’ll make sure you can’t continue as a doctor."

What a fine talk of having her loved ones around her.

She completely denies having a daughter she abandoned.

Chloe didn’t know how to describe her current feelings.

There was anger and sadness, but more than anything, she felt it wasn’t worth it for her dad.

She remembered that when she was little, the first thing her dad did with his salary was buy gifts for her and mom.

Mom’s gifts were always the most expensive ones.

If it wasn’t the trendiest clothes, it was the most beautiful bags.

Sometimes it would even cost her dad a month’s salary.

But after mom received the gifts, unlike Sienna, she wasn’t happy; instead, she was disdainful.

She would either say it wasn’t the latest model or she didn’t like the color.

Dad never got angry hearing this.

He would always comfort mom, saying he’d get her the color she liked next time.

Dad loved her so much, giving her the best of everything.

But in the end, he was betrayed.

Earlier, she casually looked up Stella Sterling’s profile; she’s only three and a half years younger than her.

When mom divorced dad, Sienna was only three years old.

Even if she remarried immediately after the divorce, her child should be four years younger than her.

This means that before divorcing dad, mom had already had someone else’s child.

So after dad was paralyzed, she found an excuse to divorce.

Thinking of this possibility, Chloe clenched her fist tightly.

The emotion in her eyes turned colder.

"Mrs. Sterling seems to be forgetful; I suggest you get your brain checked for atrophy. If you need, I can help you make an appointment."

"Chloe, is that how you speak to your elders?"

"A person who ignores others’ feelings and only finds ways to break people apart, what qualifies her to call herself an elder in front of me? At most, she’s a ruthless villain."

Sienna, now with Chloe’s face, wanted to fight for Chloe’s justice.

Mrs. Sterling’s lips quivered with anger, pointing at Chloe and cursing, "Chloe, don’t think you’re some big shot just because you operated on Old Master Prescott. If I wanted to kill you, it would be as easy as crushing an ant."

Chloe nonchalantly looked at her, "Oh, really? What if I told Jett about how you forced me to leave back then? Do you think he’d still recognize you as his stepmother?"

"You wouldn’t dare!"

"Whether I dare or not depends on you, Mrs. Sterling. If you dare trouble me again, I don’t mind revealing this secret. Then your gentle and kind stepmother image might just be ruined."

Mrs. Sterling didn’t dare gamble; if Jett found out she had orchestrated their breakup, he wouldn’t forgive her.

Grinding her molars, she said, "I hope you keep your word, or I won’t let you off easily."

Chloe bluntly replied, "Farewell, Mrs. Sterling!"

Returning to the ward, Mrs. Sterling’s face was pale, lips purple, as if she had been in a fight.

Seeing this, Stella Sterling quickly expressed concern, "Mom, what happened? Did that doctor disagree? If she disagrees, forget it. She’s not the only one capable of this surgery. What’s she so proud of? We’ll just find another doctor."

Mrs. Sterling stiffly nodded, "That’s the only way. We’ve already disturbed Old Master Prescott for half a day. Let’s leave and let him rest."

After they walked far away, Old Master Prescott said, "Don’t you think Stella Sterling resembles Sienna a lot?"

Silas Prescott looked indifferent, "Does she? I didn’t notice."

"I think you didn’t look closely; otherwise, such obvious features wouldn’t go unnoticed."

"You say this to push me towards marrying her, wanting me to see her as Sienna’s replacement? But in my heart, no one can replace her."

In fact, he had noticed that Stella Sterling’s eyes and nose did bear some resemblance to Sienna.

But Silas Prescott wasn’t particularly curious about her.

Unlike with Chloe, even if her eyes just had a resemblance, he found himself as interested in her as he was with Sienna once.

Hearing this, Old Master Prescott sighed, "That’s self-inflicted suffering for you. You reap what you sow. Have it your way; I won’t interfere."

——

Just as Chloe was about to leave work, she heard a little nurse knock on the door, "Dr. Nash, someone is looking for you."

She looked up to see Aaron Goodman standing at the door.

"Chloe, it’s not cool. I gave you my business card, but you never contacted me. If your surgical case hadn’t become a study material for all neurological experts, I wouldn’t have found you."

Chloe awkwardly smiled, "Sorry, I’ve been too busy these days to reach out to you."

She walked over and poured Aaron a glass of water.

Aaron took a few gulps, quite proud, "I saw your surgery. It was fantastic. Truly a prodigy, to pull off such a wonderful surgery. I shared it with our classmates, and they all want to meet you, discuss it a bit. This time, you can’t refuse."

Facing the persistent invitation of her old classmate, Chloe felt it would be too intentional to decline again.

She nodded, "Okay, I’ll agree to attend the class reunion with you."

Hearing this, Aaron clapped excitedly, "Our old class leader coming in person is better than two others; you have to come, everyone is waiting for our Beauty Nash to appear."

Chloe nodded in agreement.

On the day of the gathering, Chloe followed the address Aaron provided and pushed open the door to a private room.

Before she could speak, she heard Aaron shout.

"Chloe, look who’s here. He heard you were coming, and dropped his clients just to be here."

Chloe looked in the direction Aaron pointed, immediately seeing Jett Sterling sitting on the sofa, staring coldly at her.