Chapter 2 - The Heiress Unmasked – Her Bloodline Built the Very Walls You Stand In
Medical staff flooded the private suite within seconds, gently lifting Khloe onto a gurney as red emergency sirens flashed outside the reinforced glass windows. Marcus walked beside the gurney, gripping Khloe’s cold fingers. She opened her eyes slightly, whispering through the pain, “The baby… Marcus, save the baby…”
“You’re going to be fine, both of you,” Marcus said, his knuckles turning white as he held her hand. “I promise you.”
As they rushed into the top-tier surgical wing, the lead surgeon rushed out, looking flustered and uncertain. “Mr. Thorne, this is a complex emergency procedure. We need specialized clearance for the experimental fetal monitors—”
“Clearance granted,” Arthur Vance interrupted sternly, stepping into the scrub room. He pulled a silver crest from his inner pocket and placed it on the chief doctor’s scanner. The machine chimed, granting level-zero executive control.
The chief doctor gasped, bowing his head immediately. “Chairman Vance! We didn't realize…”
Marcus turned, his brows furrowed in confusion. “Arthur, why do you have level-zero authority over a private medical institution worth billions?”
Arthur turned to look at Marcus, his face hard as stone. “Because this hospital isn't owned by the Thorne Group, Marcus. It belongs to the Vance Dynasty. And Khloe isn't just a quiet girl from a modest background who happened to catch your eye. She is Khloe Vance—my biological niece, and the sole heiress to the largest private defense and medical network in the Western Hemisphere.”
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Marcus stood paralyzed. For three years of marriage, Khloe had lived simply, keeping her background hidden, wanting only to be loved for who she was rather than her family's unimaginable wealth.
“She chose to live in your shadow because she loved you,” Arthur said coldly, watching the double doors of the operating room close. “She hid her power so you would never feel threatened. But now that someone has dared to spill her blood inside my hospital… the full force of the Vance family will drag everyone involved into hell.”
