Chapter 2 - The Command of the Syndicate
The private medical floor of St. Jude's Hospital was instantly placed under total tactical lockdown. Dante's guards posted at every elevator and stairwell, turning away unauthorized personnel while the hospital's chief of surgery was brought into the room under armed escort.
"Mr. Viti, this is a severe violation of medical protocol!" the chief surgeon stammered, trembling under Dante's imposing gaze.
Dante didn't raise his voice. He smoothed the lapels of his dark grey suit, stepping closer to the physician until his shadow engulfed the man. "Her husband tried to abandon her to die. If she or her child suffers a single complication under your care, I will buy this hospital and tear it down brick by brick."
Inside the room, Victoria breathed heavily through another contraction. The private medical team scrambled, administering proper pain relief and monitoring her fetal heart rates with top-tier equipment brought in from the executive wing.
Victoria looked up through her sweat-matted bangs, watching Dante stand outside the glass partition. He was not acting like a ruthless loan shark enforcing a debt; he was guarding the door like an impenetrable fortress.
"Why are you doing this?" Victoria asked weakly as the nurse checked her IV line. "I told you... I won't pay Preston's debt."
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Dante pushed the glass door open, his dark wavy hair catching the hallway light. "I don't collect debts from women bleeding on hospital beds, Victoria. But your coward of a husband is going to pay for what he did to you tonight."
👉 Read PART 3 to discover the dark secret Preston hid from Victoria before abandoning her!
