Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 75

Emmy shut her eyes, trying to block out the sight of Dean and Evelina. Every extra second she had to look at them made it feel like the smoke in her lungs burned even worse.

Luckily, once they made it to the hospital, the doctor found an excuse to send those two out of her room. Peace, finally.

The next time Emmy woke up, the first thing she heard was someone softly crying. Her eyelashes fluttered as she turned her head and saw her mom, Teresa, sitting by her bed with red, swollen eyes.

She barely moved before Teresa grabbed her hand tight, her voice shaky. “Emmy, honey, you’re awake? How do you feel? Are you hurting anywhere?”

Emmy tried to answer, but her throat felt like it was on fire, every word scraping out painfully. “I’m… okay.”

Her voice was so hoarse it almost disappeared.

Emmy looked around the hospital room, searching for something—anything—familiar.

Teresa caught her glance and shot her a look of anger. “Those two are gone! I kicked them out. I don’t know how they had the nerve to even come here.”

Emmy tried to smile, but it barely reached her lips. She was so tired. “Thanks, Mom.”

Teresa’s eyes filled with tears again. “Oh, sweetheart, what are you thanking me for? Today’s your birthday… How did we end up here?”

She sniffled, voice trembling. “People said when the firefighters carried you out, your clothes were almost burned off. It was even worse than last time. Thank God you’re alive, thank God…”

Firefighters. Emmy’s heart jumped. “Where’s my phone?”

Teresa looked around, confused. “I don’t see it. Did you lose it somewhere?”

Emmy thought back. She must’ve dropped it at the office. Good thing she’d always had a knack for remembering numbers.

“Mom, let me borrow your phone for a second.”

She took her mom’s phone and, relying on memory, punched in a number. The call rang and rang, but no one answered.

Emmy frowned and tried again. Still nothing.

Frustrated, she searched online for the number to the South Bay Fire Station and called.

It rang twice before a young guy picked up. “South Bay Fire Station. What’s up?”

Teresa’s face crumpled, her eyes filling again. “My silly girl. There are so many rich young men in this city dying to marry you, and you… you went and picked a firefighter.”

Emmy knew her mom wasn’t judging the job. She just didn’t want Emmy to have a hard life.

Setting the cup down, Emmy squeezed her mom’s hand and tried to smile. “Mom, really, don’t worry. I haven’t lost my mind. Marrying him was just… a coincidence.”

“I don’t believe in love anymore.”

No matter how passionate it starts out, betrayal is still betrayal.

“I only married him so I could get my inheritance back, fair and square. Once that’s done, I’ll get a divorce.”

Teresa listened, her heart breaking, but she knew there was no talking Emmy out of it.

She sighed and gently stroked Emmy’s hair, her voice thick with worry. “I just hope you don’t treat this like nothing, while he… he might take it seriously.”

After all, with a daughter as beautiful as hers, what man wouldn’t fall for her?