THE TRILLIONAIRE HEIR THIRSTY FOR REVENGE

CHAPTER FIVE

“It can’t be!” 

One glance was all Anna spared Ezekiele before she willed herself to forget his existence. There was no way that man saved her husband’s life. How could it be when he wasn’t even a doctor. Moreover, it had to be Giacomo’s doing. 

“Right, Lucia? You called Giacomo not long ago, so it had to be him.”

“Giacomo?” The hospital director perked up at that name. “Do you mean Giacomo Hamilton? That’s impossible! I watched Master,” he gestured at Ezekiele, “himself carry out the operation. I believe your husband can attest to this too.” 

At his words, Anna faced Daniele. Her eyes seemed to be pleading with him to refute the hospital director’s words. “No way. Lucia, call Giacomo this instant. Let’s get to the bottom of this!”

Even before her mother gave the order, Lucia had begun to dial her ex-fiance’s number. Four pairs of eyes waited in anticipation. When the call connected, Lucia put it on speaker. 

“Hello, Giacomo, my father’s operation was successful and he has woken up. This was your doing, right?”

At the other end of the call, Giacomo got up from the hotel bed. His forehead was wrinkled with confusion. He had done no such thing, but he couldn’t admit that because if he did, then Lucia wouldn’t come over. He quickly made the choice to lie. 

“Of course! Who else has the power to make things move so fast? I promised you I would do it, didn’t I? Now keep your end of the bargain and come to the Palace Hotel. I’m waiting.”

An inkling told Lucia that Giacomo was lying. There were two reasons for that. Number one: The minutes that passed since she got off the phone with him were not that many. How could he have performed with such speed? The second was that the hospital director had no reason to lie about who performed the operation. Everyone clearly heard him call Ezekiele ‘Master’. 

“I think you’re lying, Giacomo.” Lucia called him out. “The deal was for you to help my father, but you weren’t the one who did. It was someone else.” As she said this, she locked eyes with Ezekiele, who wore an unreadable expression. 

So far, he hadn’t said anything to either support or reject his involvement.  

In his hotel room, Giacomo’s face turned a bright red. How dare the wench accuse him of lying?! Sure, she was right, but that didn’t matter. He needed to find a way to turn the situation around. 

“Now you’re calling me a liar?” Giacomo laughed cynically. “First, you embarrass me by getting married to another man while being engaged to me. Now, you call me a liar? Lucia, I will make sure you and your family pay for this act! You won’t get away with it!”

Before Lucia could say another word, she heard the beep of the call being disconnected. 

The silence stretched for a while before Daniele spoke up. “It’s true. It was this man right here who operated on me. I saw him when I woke up.”

This confirmation drew a loud wail from Anna. Taken aback by his wife’s actions, Daniele asked why she was acting that way instead of being happy. 

“Why? Is there a problem with this man?” He was referring to Ezekiele. 

Daniele still had no idea that the man who saved his life was Ezekiele Moretti, the person who had indirectly caused his heart attack. The person he and his wife detested for marrying their daughter. 

“Father, this is Ezekiele, my fiance.”

As Lucy made the introductions, the smile on Daniele’s face slowly disappeared. His eyes went from Ezekiele to his daughter, then his wife, then back to Ezekiele, as realization dawned on him. 

“You-You mean…”

“Yes, Father.” This time, Lucy couldn’t hide her smile. Her parents had now witnessed firsthand what good things Ezekiele could do. They wouldn’t look down on him again. 

While Lucia’s parents were still trying to reconcile the fact that their savior was a man they despised and looked down on, two people reappeared on the scene. Emilia and Maddalena originally showed up prepared to mock Lucia and her mother, but to their shock and dismay, they found a fully recovered Daniele. 

“How?” Maddalena pointed an accusing finger at Daniele, angry to see him awake. “How did this happen?”

“Never mind that. The details are not important.” For the first time since Daniele woke up, Ezekiele’s strong voice was heard. “As a doctor, the oath you took is not limited to only people you like. It was very unethical to do what you did.”

“Yes!” Never in a million years did Anna think she would be agreeing with Ezekiele, but that was the current situation. “For the good of future patients, I suggest that she be fired.” The suggestion was directed to the hospital director.

Rather than respond, the hospital director looked at Ezekiele, still with awe and respect. “Master, what do you think? Should I dismiss Maddalene?” He consulted him. 

After seeing Ezekiele nod once, the hospital director fired Maddalena on the spot. 

Confused as to how Ezekiele suddenly had the upper hand, Maddelena’s face turned red with anger. To the hospital director, she asked angrily, “How much did he bribe you with? He can’t even afford much! Do you have no morals?”

The hospital director laughed. “Funny of you to talk about morals. In this hospital, we actually care about human lives, and we prioritize people who care too. Ezekiele here is one of those people.” There was pride in his voice. “This man you just accused of bribery carried out the operation by himself and was successful.”

“Yes, that’s right!” Anna cut in. Seeing that Ezekiele had a little power, she hesitated to continue to look down on him. In her mind, she had already begun to refer to him as her son-in-law. “That’s my son-in-law! He did that!”

Both Lucia and her father were shocked at her mother’s sudden change. 

“Lucia didn’t get engaged to a worthless man. He’s a treasure.”