Marry My Ex's Sworn Enemy (Sonya) novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: The Most Despairing Ten Minutes of My Life 

“Sonya, the hospital fired you for no reason! You can’t give in! You have to fight back! Or expose them!” Ashley was furious.. 

Sonya pulled a large bag of snacks from the bottom drawer and gave them to Ashley. 

They often didn’t have time to eat during busy shifts, so they kept snacks on hand. Sonya didn’t eat many; most were for Ashley. 

“Sonya, don’t be so nonchalant! They’re treating you this way because they think you’re easy to bully!” Ashley was frantic. 

Sonya shook her head and smiled. “Their severance package is good. I reviewed it and signed it.” 

“Sonya!” 

“I was planning to quit anyway,” Sonya shrugged.“Cloud River is owned by the Jennings family. To truly break up with Julian, I had to leave.” 

Ashley calmed down. 

“What are you going to do now?” 

“Take a break, then find a new job.” 

Ashley doubted it. You’re a workaholic. You’ll take a break?” 

“Yeah.” Sonya sighed.“I’m getting married. I want to renovate our new home.” 

Ashley’s eyes widened. “You’re getting married? You just broke up with Julian. Who are you. marrying?” 

“My aunt set me up.” 

Sonya carried her boxes out, doctors and nurses waving goodbye, their expressions sympathetic. Sonya smiled back, though they probably saw it as forced cheer. 

Ashley walked her to the gate. Don’t trust men easily. If you need anything, call me. 

Sonya nodded. ‘Of course. We’re friends.” 

Ashley hugged her. You’re leaving; my work won’t be fun anymore.” 

“Once I renovate, I’ll invite you over.” 

“Definitely.” 

Sonya didn’t go back to the villa. She went to her old house in the West District. 

The West District had developed rapidly; most of the old houses were demolished. Only a few streets remained.. 

Exiting the subway, she saw skyscrapers and busy streets to the east, but a quiet alley to the west, with decades–old houses and elderly residents. 

Sonya walked to a two–story house–her home. 

It had been empty for a while. The windows were broken, the balcony was peeling, the door had a hole, and the yard was overgrown. 

But the pomegranate tree 

was 

still lush, 

of ripe, full 

red 

pomegranates, 

Sonya borrowed a chair to climb the wall. 

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Seeing the large, ripe pomegranates, she picked one, the seeds plump like rubies sweet pomegranate. Her mother had planted it because she loved them. She always looked forward to the pomegranates ripening, eagerly picking one after the Mid–Autumn Festival, even though they weren’t fully ripe then. 

But when her mother asked if it was sweet, she’d always firmly say, “Very sweet!” “Very sweet, she murmured, remembering her mother was gone. 

Her father had died when she was a baby. She didn’t know what he looked like, only that her mother said he was handsome, and she looked most like him. 

Her mother was also a doctor, in the emergency room, often working late. After high school, one rainy night, she went to the subway station to pick up her mother. 

As they walked home, a truck skidded and swerved towards them. Her mother pushed her out of the way but was hit, flying ten meters and falling heavily. 

Sonya would never forget that scene. When she recovered, she ran to her mother, who lay twisted on the ground, blood staining the rainwater. 

“Mom! Mom!” 

She called out, but her mother didn’t respond. 

The truck driver fled. It was raining, and the area was remote. Her phone was dead. She frantically sought help, finally flagging down a car. 

It was Julian. 

Seeing the accident, he called an ambulance. He gave his umbrella to her mother. The ambulance arrived ten minutes later–the most desperate, terrifying, and helpless ten minutes of her life. He stayed with her. 

At the hospital, he helped with the paperwork, but they couldn’t save her mother. He stayed with Sonya until noon the next day, leaving after her aunt and uncle arrived. He bought her a cup of warm soy milk. 

“My name is Julian Jennings. I’m a freshman in finance at Cloud University. If you want to thank me later, you can buy me dinner.” 

That summer, Sonya was consumed by grief. 

She enrolled in Cloud 

students, including Julianiversity’s medical school. She heard about the campus’s famous 

and remembered him. 

She asked him to dinner, and they started dating.