Yet, the bodyguard's face showed no emotion as he firmly pulled Sadie away from the door.

Soon after, two nurses arrived and administered a sedative to Sadie.

Sadie resisted as much as she could but to no avail.

Once sedated, Sadie curled up in a corner, her gaze vacant, lost in a world of her own.

"You're all so cruel, treating me like this," she muttered, glancing at her bloodied fingernails. "I'm Holden's woman, destined to be his wife... How dare you treat me so poorly? I'll tell Holden..."

Her voice dwindled, her frame shivering.

In the room, one nurse was noticeably robust, the other slim. The robust nurse, overhearing Sadie's muttering, clicked her tongue.

"This woman is completely out of her mind," she said to the other nurse.

The slim nurse, a blend of sympathy and censure in her voice, covered her mouth and murmured, "She really did bring this on herself, having done so many bad things."

"This is the outcome of her interfering in other people's relationship," added the robust nurse. “Sadie has been a constant troublemaker, asking for Mr. Fredrick and still harboring fantasies. It's absurd. With Holden's real love back, she is nothing now."

“Miss Edwards is indeed fortunate; her future seems promising." The smaller nurse sighed.

As they gossiped, the robust nurse remarked on how Ariana had been rescued by Holden. She then said to Sadie, "People should take a page out of Miss Edwards’ book. Then maybe they'd find a man as rich and handsome as Mr. Fredrick to take care of them."

The slender nurse nudged her subtly, signaling her to lower her voice.

Sadie, previously lost in her thoughts, had been oblivious to the nurses' conversation. However, her attention snapped back at the mention of Ariana and Holden rescuing her.

She turned her gaze toward the nurses.

The two nurses hadn't noticed anything unusual about Sadie as they engaged in lively chatter, divulging all the details about Holden's tender care for Ariana. Unbeknownst to them, Sadie was absorbing every single word.

She was crouching in a dark corner, her features distorted by menacing shadows. Her long nails pierced her palms until blood was drawn, her bitterness intensifying with each second.

She brooded over the injustice of her situation, feeling that she had sacrificed everything and still had lost. Ariana turned out to still be alive.

She couldn't understand why everyone rallied around Ariana, casting her in the role of a villain.

Overwhelmed by her emotions, Sadie closed her eyes and started sobbing quietly. However, her sobbing quickly morphed into hysterical laughter, and she found herself sprawled on the floor, gasping for air from laughing so hard.