Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1180: He’s Dead!

With a loud "boom," Mort Thorne’s eyes went dark, and he fainted on the dock.

"Mort!"

...

In the hospital ward.

Dianna Hollis woke up, and this time the bone marrow transplant was very successful. She was recovering well.

However, Mort Thorne had disappeared again.

Dianna didn’t know if he had gone back to prison. After all, he had important tasks and couldn’t always be by her side.

Just then, Jodie Young came in, opened the insulated cup, and poured a large bowl of chicken soup. "Dianna, this is the soup mom made for you. Drink it while it’s hot. You’ve lost a lot of weight recently; you must eat well to gain some weight."

The tension between mother and daughter no longer existed. Jodie Young quickly got better, and even her depression was improving. Now that Dianna was in the hospital, Jodie was personally taking care of everything, loving her daughter with all her heart.

Dianna felt that everything around her had improved, yet she also felt that the people around her had grown silent.

She couldn’t quite explain this feeling.

The most urgent thing now was to recover her health so that when Mort Thorne came out, she could stand healthy in front of him.

"Mom, let me do it." Dianna drank the chicken soup and ate a full bowl of rice.

A few days later, Leah Thorne came.

Dianna couldn’t resist and asked Leah, "Leah, where is your brother now?"

Leah’s expression was somewhat dim. She reached out and gently stroked Dianna’s hair, "My brother will come to see you today."

Dianna’s eyes lit up, "Really?"

Leah nodded, yes.

Wonderful.

Mort Thorne was coming to see her.

Dianna changed out of her blue and white hospital gown and put on a beige long dress. The dress was form-fitting, outlining her slender waist.

Dianna spun around in front of the sink, her jet-black long hair, pretty oval face, a girl as fresh as a lotus blossom.

He would like it, right?

When would he arrive?

Soon, right?

She had not seen him for a long, long time.

She missed him terribly.

Dianna sat on the edge of the bed, her heart pounding like a drum.

Just then, there was a "knock, knock, knock" at the door. Someone was knocking.

Was it Mort Thorne?

It must be Mort Thorne!

Dianna quickly got up and ran to open the door.

The door of the ward opened, but it wasn’t Mort Thorne outside, it was a private butler.

"Hello, Miss Hollis." The private butler greeted her politely.

"And you are?" Dianna didn’t recognize the private butler, only felt he was unfamiliar. She looked over the butler’s shoulder towards the corridor. There was no one there.

Mort Thorne hadn’t come.

"Miss Hollis, are you looking for Mr. Shaw? Mr. Shaw has something to attend to, so he didn’t come. He sent me instead," the private butler said politely.

"Oh, then please come in." Dianna made way for him.

In the ward, Dianna sat by the bed. The private butler handed her a document, "Miss Hollis, this is from Mr. Shaw for you."

What was it?

Dianna looked at it in her hands. It was a property transfer document. Mort Thorne had given her a substantial amount of money.

"Why did he give me this?" Dianna was puzzled.

"Miss Hollis, this is compensation from Mr. Shaw."

"Compensation? What kind of compensation?"

"Miss Hollis is so smart. How could you not know what this compensation is? Miss Hollis, Mr. Shaw has already left here. He plans to be away for a long time, perhaps three years, five years, ten years, or maybe a lifetime like your father did. Mr. Shaw said you don’t need to wait for him, no need to waste your youth waiting for someone who isn’t worth it."

What?

He left?

What did he mean by this?

"So, this is his way of unilaterally announcing a breakup, isn’t it?" Dianna looked at the private butler.

The private butler nodded, "Yes."

Dianna’s heart trembled. The hint of color she had recovered these days faded away at that moment, her face turning as pale as paper.

"Miss Hollis, since you were involved with Mr. Shaw, these are his compensations for you. He hopes you can forget the past and start anew."

Whatever the private butler was saying, Dianna couldn’t hear a single word. Nor did she know how the private butler left. She had waited for so long, only to be met with his sudden departure and breakup.

Dianna sat on the bed, feeling as if she had been pushed into an abyss, her hands and feet icy cold.

She had never imagined this would be the end of her and him, that he would stab her heart with his own hands.

So painful.

She curled up in pain but not a single tear fell.

...

Dianna got discharged from the hospital. She was obedient, obediently eating, sleeping, going to school. The property transfer document was thrown into the trash can. She had banished Mort Thorne from her life.

However, she became very quiet.

Jodie Young often saw her sitting alone, hugging her knees on the carpet, with a large floor-to-ceiling window in front of her. She stared through the glass at the outside world. What was she looking at, thinking?

Dianna often zoned out, sometimes for the entire morning.

She still didn’t like making friends and was always by herself.

That night, Dianna returned to the villa and flopped into Jodie Young’s arms.

Jodie Young smelled the alcohol on her and quickly frowned, "Dianna, you went out drinking?"

Dianna half-closed her eyes, her soft girlish voice breaking intermittently, with a hint of coquettishness, "Mmm, I had... two drinks, Mom, don’t be mad..."

Jodie Young felt heartbroken. She knew how passionately Dianna loved, like a moth drawn to a flame. Mort Thorne’s repeated departures and abandonment had left her battered and bruised.

Jodie Young reached out and stroked Dianna’s smooth hair, "Dianna, Mom’s not mad. Don’t drink anymore; alcohol is harmful."

Dianna buried her head deeply in Jodie’s arms, "I know, Mom. I’ll be good and listen. I’ll stay at school and become a teacher, find a new boyfriend. I’ll live the way you like..."

Jodie Young’s eyes reddened. She hugged Dianna tightly, "Dianna, Mom doesn’t need you to live the way I like. I just hope you can be happy and cheerful every day."

Dianna held her mother and remained silent for a long time.

At that moment, the TV in the living room was broadcasting a piece of news. The presenter spoke in fluent Mandarin,

"Breaking news: the recently bailed-out Cain Shaw, the overlord who dominated all docks in Aethelgard and stirred the winds and clouds, was involved in a shooting last night. Unfortunately, a bullet pierced his heart, and he died on the spot due to the failed medical rescue..."

What?

Cain Shaw is dead?

After this news aired, there was no more Cain Shaw in this world.

Jodie Young was stunned. She never expected Cain Shaw would die like this.

Cain Shaw was dead!

Too sudden.

The entire villa fell into a deathly silence. Jodie Young could hear her own breathing. She looked down at Dianna in her arms.

At that moment, Dianna slowly sat up straight, her eyes fixed on the TV.