I refuse to divorce

Marilyn's hand did not let go because of Joshua's words-Don't go! I beg you! Just for today, stay with me. Even if you stay with her tomorrow or in the future, just for today, can you be mine alone?-Marilyn choked up. Why did things turn out this way? Why did she come back and Joshua already belonged to someone else?

"Silly girl, don't talk nonsense. I've always belonged to you. I'll divorce her. Tomorrow, and then we'll get married, okay?" Joshua turned around and gently cupped Marilyn's face, looking at her tenderly.

"Really?" Marilyn asked tremulously. The sudden happiness made her feel like she was in an unreal dream.

Joshua gently wiped the tears from Marilyn's face and said firmly, "Yes, wait for me."

The simple rhetoric reinforced Marilyn's determination. This time, she would never let him go. No matter who the other party was, she would never give Joshua to anyone else. Joshua, the man who occupied half of her life, could only belong to Marilyn.

The black Maserati sped off toward the city.

Joshua dialed his secretary's number: "Where is she?" After leaving the villa, Joshua's face returned to its characteristic coldness.

Hearing his superior's cold voice, the other person hurriedly replied, "At St. Mary's Hospital, Mrs. Astrid, she..." The secretary realized his mistake and quickly shut his mouth. He couldn't take the initiative to talk about Mrs. Astrid's situation before the president took the initiative to ask about it. He was afraid of making more mistakes.

As expected, an impatient voice came through. "What's wrong with her again? Can't the hospital cure her cold?" If he had signed the divorce agreement honestly yesterday, he could have been happy to take her out for a nice meal, or at least it wouldn't have ended this way.

"All right, I'll wait for the president at the hospital then."

Joshua didn't notice anything wrong with what the secretary said and hung up in a hurry, unaware that he was causing the person lying in the hospital bed to suffer.

At that moment, the doctor at St. Mary's Hospital frowned and wiped the beads of sweat from his face again. If it were a little later, Mrs. Astrid... The doctor was afraid...

"Sir, has the president not arrived yet?" He no longer knew how many times he had asked about Mrs. Astrid's condition. It was very dangerous. If we don't hurry up and operate, then...

"The president is already on his way; please don't rush yet." The secretary was not in the mood to worry about Astrid at the moment.

He is already someone the president dislikes, and right now he is about to scold him again. Instead of worrying about this person, he should think more about how to make the president happy. In any case, he cannot die.

Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed down the hallway. "Where is Astrid?"

The doctor rushed over to him. "Mr. Steel, please sign this surgery agreement immediately. If you continue to wait like this, I'm afraid Mrs. Astrid..."

Joshua frowned. The surgery agreement? What's going on? Is it just a common fever? How can it be so serious that she needs surgery?

Feeling the death stare from his superior, the secretary stammered, "President... Mrs. Astrid's condition doesn't look good."

Taking a deep breath, Joshua forced himself to contain his urge to lose his temper in the hospital and asked, "Doctor, what is Astrid's current condition?"

The doctor sighed, "President, please sign this surgery protocol first. Mrs. Astrid needs to start surgery immediately. Time is very tight. For Mrs. Astrid, time is her life right now."

As he said this, the doctor's heart was very apprehensive. He had just arrived here not long ago, and everyone had told him not to mess with a president named Joshua Steel.

When he first saw Joshua, all he could think was that this powerful aura was so strong that he could barely breathe. But he really didn't have time to explain Astrid's situation to Joshua. After that, even if he was fired, as long as he was here, as a doctor, he had to get the operation started as soon as possible.

Perhaps the doctor's words were too firm, or perhaps there was a little concern in his heart that he didn't notice. Joshua didn't blame the doctor and decisively signed his name on the surgery protocol.

Only when he signed his name was there an indescribable feeling, perhaps because of the pen, which this time was a little heavy.

The red light in the consultation room came on, and the doctor slowly left, without anyone noticing. With a sigh of relief, he approached Joshua and bowed.

"Mr. Joshua, I'm very sorry right now; please understand. I'll explain Mrs. Astrid's situation later."

Hearing the voice, Joshua returned to reality. What was happening to him?

He immediately composed himself and said, "Isn't Astrid sick with a cold and fever?"

A look of disbelief immediately appeared on the doctor's face. What was wrong with this Mr. Joshua? Didn't his own lover know what was going on with her partner? How did he become her husband?

The doctor's expression did not escape Joshua's notice, but he had no time to worry about that right now.

"Mrs. Astrid has more than just a fever. We have found a foreign object in her stomach."

"Oh." Joshua's response was casual, as if he had known all along, and in fact, he had seen Astrid swallow the divorce agreement.

"I don't think she swallowed anything serious enough to warrant surgery!"

The doctor's heart burned with anger. Even though the great President Joshua had money and power, he couldn't disregard human lives. If he had arrived a little later, Miss Astrid would have died. How could he remain so calm now? Was he still human?

When he saw Joshua's sharp eyes, the doctor's anger dissipated. They were eyes that seemed to speak, telling him that if he couldn't cure Astrid, he would definitely make him pay.

Swallowing hard, the doctor continued, "In fact, not everything is caused by a foreign body in the stomach. As long as it wasn't metallic plastic, gastric juice would melt the things she ate".

"Is that all?" Joshua really couldn't think of any other reason. Hmm, it would be better not to joke with Astrid. He definitely wanted Astrid to look good!

"The reason Mrs. Astrid became like this is that she took expired medication for a long time, which caused medical poisoning. In addition, the disease was not discovered in time, which aggravated her condition. "The doctor paused and continued, "The foreign substance, which was already difficult to digest, caused a severe burden on the stomach due to the combination of drug poisoning. Ms. Astrid's stomach condition itself was already very poor, to put it bluntly, and a little later it would have induced bleeding in the digestive tract.

Hearing this, Joshua frowned, suddenly feeling an indescribably complicated emotion.