The Rise Of The Unwanted Girl (Athena) novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Xander didn’t just take Athena away. He also took Ferris’s entire future with him

Marrying Athena had been Ferris’s lifelong dream since childhood.

“Atheny…” Ferris’s anguished wail pierced the air.

Gale desperately covered Ferris’s mouth, choking back tears as she pleaded, “Ferris, please… don’t cry out like this…”

Athena was gone forever. She was now the future Mrs. Cavendish.

Although Gale still had no idea what was really going on, at least Athena was alive, and for now, that was all that mattered.

Ferris stared with bloodshot eyes as Athena disappeared into the distance. “It feels like my heart is leaving with her,” he thought, the pain almost too

much to bear.

Suddenly, Ferris yanked Gale’s sleeve and cried out anxiously, “Mother, please, tell me, what in the world is going on? Why did Atheny become Mrs. Cavendish? And how did she end up so badly hurt?”

At the mention of this, Gale’s eyes welled up with tears.

She sniffled before recounting the whole story to her son, though she carefully omitted Lizzie’s involvement.

Gale thought, ‘Although I suspect Lizzie’s hand in this, how can I tell Ferris without any concrete proof?

‘Besides, with Férris’s impulsive nature, if he ever found out that Lizzie had framed Athena and did something reckless out of anger, who knows what might happen?‘

Gale shook her head, guilt weighing heavily on her. “It was all that monster Wade. He had ill intentions toward Atheny. He deserved to die.”

Ferris was completely shattered, his chest feeling as if it had been struck by a heavy blow.

The pain was so intense he could barely breathe.

Ferris thought bitterly, ‘I should’ve killed Wade when I had the chance. If not for him, Athena would never have become Mrs. Cavendish. She was meant to be my bride…

‘But I’m just a worthless cripple. How could I ever seek revenge?

‘If it weren’t for Athena, I’d be lying cold in a coffin right now.

‘I owe her more than I could ever repay.‘

“Ferris, don’t do this to yourself,” Gale pleaded, her voice trembling. Her heart broke as she watched her son in such torment.

Gale seethed inwardly, ‘It’s all that wretched Ruth Mcgee’s fault. If she hadn’t seduced my husband, that bastard Wade–would never have existed.

Just then, Ferris suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“Ferris! Someone help!” Gale screamed in panic.

Attendants rushed forward and carefully lifted Ferris onto the waiting carriage.

The Xander Manor stood heavily guarded/

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Chapter 190

Xander strode into the heavily guarded courtyard, Athena cradled in his arms. A group of imperial physicians stood waiting

As soon as Xander appeared, they all dropped to their knees in unison.

Before they could utter a word, Xander cut them off with an icy command. “Skip the formalities. Tend to Mrs. Cavendish, now!”

The imperial physicians exchanged bewildered glances, whispering among themselves, “Since when did we have a Mrs. Cavendish?”

When they were summoned by Xander, they had assumed it was for his own illness.

After cooling their heels for hours, they didn’t expect to treat a woman.

The imperial physicians present exchanged bewildered glances.

‘Was it really necessary to make such a big fuss?‘ one of them wondered silently.

Though the physicians were grumbling internally, none dared show even a hint of dissent on their faces.

The imperial physicians followed closely behind Xander and filed into the bedchamber.

Xander gently laid Athena on the bed. With careful hands, he slipped

off her cloak, revealing the bruises and wounds that covered her body.

With an icy glare at the imperial physicians, Xander commanded, “Mrs. Cavendish is gravely injured. She’s hovering between life and death. Spare no effort in saving her. No negligence will be tolerated.”

The imperial physicians dropped to their knees in terror, voices trembling as they hastily murmured in unison, “Yes, Your Highness!”

Xander stepped aside to make room as an elderly imperial physician with a white beard approached to examine Athena’s injuries.

The elderly physician frowned as he examined her.

He thought, ‘These are merely superficial wounds.

‘The girl remains unconscious simply from exhaustion.

‘How could this possibly be life–threatening?‘

The elderly imperial physician instinctively glanced at Xander, only to meet his deceptively calm gaze, eyes like daggers, piercing and bone–chillingly

Egbert Harding was a seasoned veteran of palace life.

With a pained expression, following Xander’s words, Egbert said, “Your Highness, please forgive me. Mrs. Cavendish is gravely injured, hovering between life and death. I dare not promise she will awaken, I can only do my utmost.”

The three imperial physicians behind him all had their eyebrows shoot up in alarm before immediately dropping to their knees, their faces etched with

“How dare he play the victim first,” Xander sneered coldly. Rising to his feet, he commanded, “Dr. Harding, come with me to the imperial palace. You’ll bear witness for me.”

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