The car arrived at the hospital.
Alessia noticed that although Ava wasn't hospitalized in the same hospital as Evelyn, she was in the burn hospital next to the Evelyn's.
Ava got burned?
This thought flashed through Alessia's mind, but she quickly found out the truth when she saw Ava.
In the independent VIP ward, Ava was wearing patient clothes, with her right wrist bandaged in white.
As soon as Alessia's gaze fell on Ava's bandaged wrist, Ava stepped forward to grab her hand.
Alessia dodged sideways, her expression cold. "If you have something to say, say it."
After spending some time together, Ava already understood Alessia's character very well. Seeing her resistance, Ava didn't force her and just lifted her injured hand pitifully.
"Sia, Mrs. Gordon-Evelyn, already knows about your existence. She has targeted me, and she will soon target you too. Evelyn is ruthless, she won't let you go. For your own sake and for your two children's sake, join forces with me. I won't harm you."
"Alessia, Ava is right. Someone like Evelyn won't spare you just because you don't provoke her. If you wait for her to come after you, it'll be too late. I know you have some power, but compared to Evelyn, your power is insignificant."
Harrison also persuaded from the side.
A person lying on the hospital bed with no will to live couldn't possibly be ruthless. As far as she could see, the ruthless and scheming ones were these siblings in front of her.
Alessia didn't even have the thought of listening further. She said expressionlessly, "Did you call me here just to tell me this? Fine, I already know, and I'm not interested."
Facing Alessia's straightforward refusal, Ava exchanged a glance with Harrison.
Ava pursed her lips and looked at Alessia as if she had made up her mind.
"Sia, do you still not believe me? I admit that I lied to you last time, and that was my fault. But this time it's true. If you don't believe me, I can show you the scar. Evelyn hired someone to disfigure me. This time, I was lucky not to let her succeed, but my hand still got burned."
As she spoke, Ava took off the white gauze from her wrist.
As the gauze was removed, the horrific burn scar on Ava's wrist appeared before Alessia's eyes.
The burn was at least second-degree, and even Alessia, as a surgeon accustomed to seeing wounds, furrowed her brows.
It was definitely not Evelyn who did this to Ava while she was lying on the hospital bed. Then who could it be?
Could it be that Ava hurt herself in order to play the victim?
This thought just flashed through Alessia's mind, and she felt it was not impossible, after all, Ava was very scheming.
She didn't want to get involved in these matters. She came here for Jessie.
"Ms. Ramirez, even if what you said is true, I'm still not interested." Alessia found a chair and sat down, shouting towards the door of the ward, "Jessie, I've come here as you requested. It's your turn now."
Jessie?
Ava was stunned, not understanding what Alessia intended to do. But Harrison's face changed, and Jessie, who was guarding the door, pushed open the door of the ward and walked in.
"Dad, sign it!" Jessie handed a printed agreement to Harrison.
Seeing the agreement handed over, Harrison almost didn't need to read the contents to guess what it was about.
He immediately glared angrily, swatting the agreement out of Jessie's hand.
"You unfilial daughter! Do you really want to sever ties with your dad?"
As Harrison's raised hand was about to land on Jessie's face, Alessia quickly got up, grasped his wrist, and gently twisted and pulled, causing Harrison to cry out in pain and retract his hand.
"Dad..." Jessie was about to step forward instinctively but stopped herself at the last moment. She hesitated for a moment, then squatted down with tears in her eyes, picked up the agreement that had fallen on the ground, and handed it to Harrison again.
Harrison glanced at Alessia, whose expression was indifferent but clearly not someone to mess with. This time, he didn't swat the agreement away, nor did he reach out to take it. Instead, he changed his strategy.
He accused Jessie, trying to make her feel guilty.
"Alright, you unfilial daughter, your brother just died, and you want to kill me too? Have you forgotten that when your mom disfavored you, who protected you? You heartless thing."
Often, only the ones you care about can hurt you the most.
Jessie had always been disappointed with Harrison, but there was still some attachment to him deep in her heart. Being scolded like this, with fingers pointed at her nose, she couldn't bear it, and tears welled up even more in her eyes, finally rolling down her cheeks.
Was Jessie going to compromise under her dad's reverse oppression? Disappointment flashed in Alessia's eyes.
Life was one's own, and if one was weak, no matter how others tried to help, they couldn't stand up on their own.
Alessia didn't want to witness this drama anymore. She was ready to leave when suddenly, Jessie, who had been crying, grabbed her wrist from behind, as if she had understood Alessia's thoughts completely.
Jessie wiped away her tears with determination.
"Sia, please don't go yet. Thank you for coming this time. I won't let you down."
Alessia remained silent for a moment, then saw Jessie release her hand.
After understanding everything, Jessie's beautiful eyes became even clearer than before.
She took a deep breath, clutched the agreement firmly, and pushed it forward.
"Dad, no matter how you vilify me, I won't change my mind this time. If you don't sign this agreement today, I will expose everything you've done to me over the years to the media."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Have I not been good enough to you over the years? What do I have to fear from your exposure?" Harrison's face darkened, and his voice carried a hint of insecurity that he didn't even realize.
"You may not fear, you have been good to me." Jessie's fearless sarcasm.
With her heart completely cold, she no longer gave Harrison any face, nor was she afraid to lose face herself. She began to recount one by one all the things Harrison had done to her over the years.
It turned out that over the years, while Harrison pretended to protect Jessie in front of Margaret, he was actually planning to marry Ava off to an old man for his own benefit, and even suggested sending Jessie to bed with their business partners.
He was nothing but a hypocrite.
Over the years, Jessie had secretly kept evidence of everything Harrison had done to her.
After saying all this, Jessie was once again in tears.
She looked at Harrison and said, "Sign the agreement. I know you care about the Ramirez family. If I expose these things, not only will you not be able to restore Ramirez Group to its former glory, but you may not even be able to maintain the current situation."
"You unfilial daughter." Harrison clutched his chest, cursing but with less confidence than before. In the end, he picked up the pen and signed his name.
He threw the agreement onto Jessie's body and pointed to the door. "Get out. From now on, I, Harrison Ramirez, no longer have a daughter like you."
Jessie watched the snow-white agreement slowly fall to the ground, like the affection she had longed for countless times, finally reaching an irretrievable point.
Her eyes were full of bitterness. Just as she was about to bend down to pick it up, someone was faster than her this time.
Alessia handed the agreement to Jessie, encouraging her, "Don't be afraid. You're free now."
Jessie met Alessia's eyes, and her lips, which had been straight, gradually curved upwards. She clenched the agreement tightly in her hand and nodded firmly. "That's right, I'm free. The life and death of the Ramirez family have nothing to do with me anymore."
"Okay." Alessia nodded. "Let's go."
Alessia and Jessie turned and left the ward.
"You can't leave." Harrison, seeing that Alessia who had come so reluctantly was about to leave, wanted to stop her, but was held back by Ava.
"What are you doing?" Harrison was puzzled and anxious.
"Let them go." Ava watched Alessia walk away, then turned and sat back on the bed.
Ava's indifferent attitude angered Harrison. He wanted to catch up, but hesitated because of Ava's thoughts. In the end, he walked to the bedside again and questioned her impatiently.
"What do you want to do, Ava? Now not only you, but even I am being watched by Evelyn's people. It was so hard to force that dead girl to bring Alessia over, if we miss this chance, there may not be another opportunity in the future."
"Harrison, you're always so impatient. Take it easy, I have a plan." Ava said calmly, taking out her phone and sending a message to someone.
After doing all this, she looked up at Harrison and said, "Just wait twenty minutes. When the time comes, everything will be concluded."
"What do you mean?" Harrison was puzzled.
But Ava didn't say anything more.
Harrison roared, "Ava, I don't care what you're up to this time, I just want to regain control of Ramirez Group. If you deceive me again, don't blame me for breaking the promise I made to dad and not recognizing you as my sister anymore."
"It won't happen again." Ava assured, holding her phone to her chest and closing her eyes quietly, waiting for the message.
But she still whispered sorry to her brother in her heart.
Sorry for falsely accusing Gordon of monitoring her, sorry for making her brother believe that Gordon still wanted to acknowledge Alessia as his daughter, thinking that the Laroux family was still profitable.
However, from intentionally mistaking Alessia to everything she did now, it was all for revenge, for herself, and for her deceased daughter, to seek revenge on Evelyn and Gordon.
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