Ch. 1001..1010

Chapter 1001

As if she was reciting from a textbook, Marilyn was always able to answer with great precision. Not a single detail was left out. "Darling, three years ago, you borrowed money from a loan shark and was chased down by them to pay your debt. When you and Tempest tried to escape by car, your debtors drove both of you off a cliff."

There was a dull and obscure look on Jay's face. He could not think of any reason why he would want to borrow from a loan shark.

He hated idlers who profited from other's toils to the core. How could he possibly have anything to do with them?

"Why did I borrow from a loan shark?" Jay asked with a frown.

"Who knows what you did out there? A few years back, you were working out there and would only come home once a year. Every time you returned home, you would dress up decently. I thought you were just an honest man doing an honest business. I didn't think that you would've reached out to those riff-raffs for money."

Jay sighed weakly.

When he tried to ask more, tears were seen streaming down Marilyn's face as she said with an aching heart,"

I was still pregnant with Tiger at the time. After what happened to you, my parents thought you're a hopeless case and forced me to marry an old man in a neighboring village. I was pregnant, so I insisted on not remarrying. After realizing that their coercion was not working, my parents drove me out of the house."

Jay pulled out a tissue and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. With a pang of intense guilt, he said, "I'm sorry, Marilyn. It's my fault for involving you in this."

Marilyn looked at him in distress. "Darling, you contracted a strange illness after the car accident and have refused to sleep with me ever since. What's worse, you can't even do all the dirty and laborious work anymore. I've never complained about you. All I ask of you is that you don't leave us. We'll stick together as a family forever, okay?"

Feeling bad about having failed a kind wife like Marilyn, Jay made up his mind and said, "I'll go to the hospital in a few days' time to see if I can cure my strange illness. Marilyn, I won't let you suffer anymore." Marilyn smiled through her tears. "I trust you."

Jay took her into his arms, holding in the discomfort he felt in his stomach by force.

Garden Of A Diary.

The atmosphere in the room was brutally cold.

Angelina sat on the couch, sulking.

Zayne begged her humbly for forgiveness. "Oh, Madam, I've already apologized for coming just a teeny bit late and making you stand in the rain, so why are you still mad?" Angeline snapped. "I didn't ask you to come. Why did you turn up? You ruined my plan, wasted all my effort standing in the rain, and more so, wasted all my tears for nothing." Zayne was puzzled. "Aren't you angry because I'm late?"

At this moment, Josephine stormed in. The moment she saw Zayne, she threw her handbag at him.

Zayne hopped up and down. "Have both of you gone nuts? What did I do wrong today that I deserve to be treated like that? One is having a cold war with me and the other hits me as soon as she sees me. Can someone give me an explanation so I can at least submit defeat after knowing what exactly happened?"

Failing to chase after Zayne after a very long time, Josephine placed her hands on her knees and began huffing and puffing.

Running out of breath, she huffed. "You could've shown up earlier or later, but why did you show up at that exact time and disrupted all of our plans? You made Angeline stand in the rain looking like a drowned rat for nothing! You jinx. You make me so mad."

Zayne looked as if he was beginning to understand

something. "What plan?"

Josephine explained, saying, "Self-injury scheme.

Didn't you see my brother at the mall? If you showed up just a bit later, my brother would've bolted out the door to help Angeline and the two lovers would finally get married."

Zayne finally understood why the two women were going berserk today.

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Chapter 1002

Caught between laughter and tears, Zayne said, "Just because Jay was at the mall, both of you drew up this self-injury scheme to capture Prince Charming's attention?"

Zayne glanced at the weak and frail Angeline as she sat on the couch. He became infuriated. "You must be out of your mind, braving such heavy rain just to gain Jay's sympathy?"

Like a thunder piercing their ears, his voice made the overbearing Angeline and Josephine guilty at once.

Zayne refused to let the matter drop. "It's just an encounter. If you can't do it today, you can try again tomorrow. Must you use your health as bait? Angeline Severe, do you think you're very strong and robust? You'd better pray you don't catch a cold tomorrow or I'm going to sort you out."

As an older brother, Zayne had always put on a casual and carefree demeanor, looking like nothing ever concerned him.

Whenever his sister hit him or when Josephine bullied him, he would act like a man of straw as he allowed them to do whatever they wanted to him. He carried himself like a timid man with a good temper. However, if anyone overstepped Zayne's boundaries, he would then go berserk.

His wild nature as a troublemaker and hooligan back in the streets many years ago would be thoroughly unmasked.

Josephine and Angeline would turn into cowards when they encountered someone stronger than them. When they noticed that Zayne had actually lost his temper, both of them contracted their necks and held their breath.

Josephine called out in a timid voice, "Zayne..."

Zayne yelled out, "This is all happening because of your rotten idea. Can't you act in your unrealistic and cliche drama yourself? Why must you turn Angel's life into one as well?"

Josephine dropped her head and muttered, "I won't do it anymore."

Angeline cried out, "Why are you being so fierce? Can't you tell that we're afraid?"

Zayne knew that Angeline was only putting on a show to gain his sympathy, but the sight of her tears streaming down her face had softened his heart of stone at once.

Meanwhile, the cheeky Josephine continued to spice things up and said, "Don't cry, Angeline. You mustn't cry. Did you forget what the doctor said? You need to be happy in order to protect your eyes. If you keep drowning yourself in tears, your eyes and even your body will start having problems."

Just like that, Zayne was frightened out of his wits. His hostile aura vanished without a trace as he began pleading humbly. "Oh, Madam, please stop crying. I won't scold you anymore. If you want to see him, I'll figure out something for you, okay?"

Angeline's cries came to an abrupt halt.

That was when Zayne knew that he had been tricked. He gave Angeline and Josephine two thumbs up in a slightly gloomy manner. "You two drama queens are entitled to an Oscar award. Honestly, I'm impressed."

Although the chance encounter this time had failed and seemed regretful, Angeline found herself blessed with good luck as well.

She was excited to share her joy with Josephine." Josephine, Jaybie is still the same. No matter how hard life is or how tired he is, he refuses to let anyone around him suffer. No matter how poor or how lowly he has become, he still carries himself with pride instead of going for petty advantages..."

Angeline's eyes lit up when she talked about Jay.

Zayne sat on one side wearing a disgusted look on his face.

Angeline's eyes dimmed abruptly. "But, his wife..."

At the thought of how the woman had trampled on Jaybie's dignity for money, Angeline felt her heart aching for some reason.

Josephine was equally furious. "Yeah! How insufferably vulgar."

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Chapter 1003

Zayne eyed the two women with disgust. "Can you at least give your Jaybie some merits? That's his wife you're talking about. Can you stop being biased?" Angeline and Josephine fell silent.

Frankly, Jay's wife was not only beautiful and lovable but also gentle and harmless-the type that any man would like.

They simply felt threatened and that was why they magnified her shortcomings willfully.

Seeing that the two women had finally stopped giving him trouble, Zayne reminded them with a straight face. "Go to bed. I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow to check your eyes. We'll also check your ears while we're at it."

Angeline said, "There's nothing wrong with my ears."

Ever since the doctor told Zayne about the causes and tendency of somatic disorder, Zayne had been overly anxious about Angelina's health.

Haunted by the experience of Old Master Severe's systemic somatic disorder, Zayne was worried that his sister's illness would spread to other parts of her body.

"I called you so many times but you still couldn't hear me. It's better to get it checked so at least I'll feel more

at ease," Zayne said.

Angeline let out a dejected sigh.

Zayne then raised his head to look at Josephine. "I'm staying here tonight to keep my sister company."

The fingers concealed in Josephine's sleeves curled up slightly. She pretended to look simple-minded and said, "I'll stay too."

Zayne was flabbergasted. "You don't need to stay here. Go and do what you were busy doing earlier."

Before Josephine could answer, Zayne added despicably, "Though there's no real value in that job of yours that will actually keep you busy either. You're just acting in all sorts of cliche dramas that destroy the viewers' value system."

When Zayne tarnished and looked down on the career that she was so passionate about, Josephine placed her hands on her hips and scolded like a fishwife. "What do you mean by no value? As actors, we're using our abilities to earn money as well. We're not stealing or robbing anyone."

Zayne argued, saying, "So far, all the roles you played were either a homewrecker or a suffering wife who has been abandoned by her husband. When will you be able to play a natural and normal role for once?"

Josephine said proudly, "That just shows I can handle various roles because I have great acting skills."

Suddenly, Josephine detected several ambiguous messages from his words and grinned. "You watched all my TV series?"

Realizing that he had accidentally given himself away, he explained in a hurry. "How could I possibly have time to watch your cliche dramas? Your shows always come up at eight o'clock. It's hard not to see your face when I switch channels."

Josephine put on an alluring posture. "I'm a popular actress right now. Every station is fighting to broadcast my drama. Seeing that you're Angeline's brother, I'll give you my autograph if you want one." Zayne sneered, looking very much disgusted. "Your signature is so hideous. Do you think I can display it in the museum? Why do I even want your autograph?"

Angeline interrupted their conversation, saying, "Oh, you must not know this, Zayne, but Josephine's autographed photo is really valuable now. An autographed photo itself can cost you a month's salary." Zayne had just picked up the teacup and took a sip when all the tea he drank spurted out. "No way? It's that valuable?"

Then the look of disdain and disgust on his face turned into a look of admiration. "Oh movie star, can you give me a few autographed photos?"

Josephine took out a stack of photos from her bag and handed it to Zayne. She said with a grin, "Choose one and I'll sign it for you."

Zayne did not choose any of them. He flipped through them at random and handed them all back while saying shamelessly, "Why don't you give them all to me?"

"What do you want so many autographed photos of her?" Angeline was puzzled.

Zayne said blatantly, "I'll sell them after that. Twelve autographed photos... That's my annual salary. I won't have to work next year."

Josephine stuffed the autographed photos into her bag furiously and darted several vicious glances at Zayne. "How mean can you be?" Zayne said, "C'mon, why don't you just treat it as you're taking from the rich to help the poor?"

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Chapter 1004

Josephine mulled it over and drew out a photo, signing her stage name on it.

She then handed it over to Zayne. "Just one. Take it or forget it."

Zayne took it. When he saw the abstract signature on it, he looked disgusted. "Why does it look so scrawly? Is this even your name?"

Josephine was puzzled. "If you don't like it, then give it back to me."

Zayne put it in the inside pocket of his blouse and laughed. "Maybe I can use it to ward away evil spirits."

Josephine was hopping mad.

Zayne stood up and bid farewell to them. "Since you're here to take care of Angeline, I'm going out with my friends to have a drink then. I'll come and pick you up tomorrow morning."

Having said that, he picked up his coat from the couch, draped it over his shoulders casually, and swaggered off.

Josephine watched Zayne leave with wistful eyes.

As for Zayne, the unruly look on his face suddenly dimmed with sorrow as soon as he walked out of Garden Of A Diary.

He reached out and carefully patted the left pocket in front of his chest, making sure that the thin photo was still there before letting out a sigh of relief.

After getting in his Mercedes-Benz and making sure that the outside world had been cut off by a glass window, Zayne switched on the lights in the car. He fished out the photo and looked closely at the girl in it. Even though she was so gorgeous and seductive, she still could not conceal the innocence in her eyes.

"Silly girl," Zayne whispered.

He stroked the photo with his fingers. When he swiped across Josephine's breathtaking eyes, a trace o f melancholy and sadness exuded from Zayne's eyes.

The sky gradually turned dark.

The Mercedes-Benz drove out of Garden Of A Diary.

Josephine and Angelina were nestled in a quilt together. Josephine was relatively quiet today compared to before.

She was so quiet that Angelina was slightly worried about her.

Angeline suddenly turned sideways and stretched out a hand to hug Josephine. Perhaps she was attempting to expel the sorrow in her heart, so Angeline said mischievously, "Oh, what a long night this is. Don't you feel lonely at all?"

Josephine smiled. "Stop it, Angeline."

Angeline said, "Be honest with me then. What's bothering you?"

Josephine turned sideways and looked at Angeline. Angeline's out of focus eyes made her strip off all disguises.

Josephine said with a serious expression, "I've been hiding a secret for three years, Angeline. Should I tell you or not?"

Angeline was so furious that she pulled out her pillow and hit Josephine with it. "Do you still think of me as your best friend? You actually hid a secret from me for three years?"

Josephine hastened to apologize. "I didn't mean to hide it from you. I just think that I'm making rash judgments. I'm just afraid that this is all just delusional thinking developed from my infatuation for him." Angeline calmed down. "It has something to do with Zayne?"

"Mm."

"Quick, tell me."

Josephine started talking tirelessly. "When the Ares family was in trouble three years ago, Zayne tied me up so I wouldn't do anything foolish. I was really mad at him at the time, so I hurled all sorts of abuses at him. I was trying to infuriate him so that he would let me go, but..."

Josephine paused at this point. After a very long time, she said, "Zayne was indeed exasperated because of what I said. He said I was being really cruel to him for threatening to kill myself. He also blurted out and said that if I don't cherish my own life, why did he even risk his life to save me back then?"

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Chapter 1005

In the dark of night, Angelina's obsidian pupils were brimming with astonishment. "What? My brother said that he almost risked his life for you?" Josephine nodded.

Angelina sprung up from the bed. "How could you not know if my brother has saved you or not?"

Josephine fell silent-a blood-chilling silence.

As if a lightbulb had lit up in her head, Angelina fumbled in the dark to grab Josephine's hand, only to find that it was ice cold.

"Josephine, you once told me that after you were humiliated that year, you went abroad for a few years. The reason why you went abroad was not just to stay away from your trauma, right? You..." Josephine grabbed Angelina's hand so hard that pain shot through Angelina's fingers and went straight into her heart. "I don't know what really happened either, Angelina. I think that my brother was simply trying to help me cope with my trauma and that was why he sent me abroad. It was only until Zayne said those words that I started thinking closely about it and realized how terrifying this is. I even discovered tiny clues."

Angelina asked, "What sort of clues?"

"After I was humiliated, I fainted on the spot. I was very sure that it was April 4th that day, and when I woke up, the calendar in the hospital showed April 24th. I thought that I must've made a mistake and remembered wrongly..."

Josephine's hands started trembling. "But I get it now. In those 20 days, I must've been hospitalized because something happened to me. Zayne probably helped me out during that period of time." Angeline felt as though a heavy rock was bearing down on her chest. Even her breathing had become shallow.

When Josephine noticed Angeline's abnormality, she cried out anxiously, "Don't be nervous or afraid, Angeline. It's all over. It's in the past now."

Angeline gradually calmed down.

Josephine asked in surprise, "Did you notice something amiss too, Angeline?"

Angeline nodded.

All colors drained from Josephine's face at once.

When she spoke again, her voice began to tremble. "Go ahead, Angeline."

Angeline covered her chest that was throbbing in pain, tears filling her eyes. With a choking voice, she said, "Josephine, my brother used to be called a devil incarnate, the fiercest when it comes to fighting. I never won in any fights with him back then. Every time he beat me up, I could only run home crying to my parents all bruised and swollen. Later, Jaybie started teaching me Taekwondo. When Zayne came back from the army, I was surprised to find that he can't beat me in any matches anymore.

"Every time I beat him, Zayne would just hide. He would rather be beaten up until he was all bruised and swollen, even to the point of losing his dignity, than to engage in a real fight with me. At that time, I so naively thought that Jaybie was awesome to have taught me a few martial arts moves that could benefit me for a lifetime, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid Zayne's..."

Angeline was choking so badly that she found it hard to continue. "There's something wrong with Zayne. He doesn't even have the guts to fight and that's why he can't win me in any fights. His going to the army is fake. It's all part of Jaybie's plan."

Angeline announced an even more shocking fact, "The time Zayne left Swallow City to join the army was the exact same time you met with an accident."

Josephine let out a bitter smile. "My brother is really a genius. He has deceived all of us. Even you were part of the plan.”

The truth seemed clear and obvious.

Now they just needed to prove it.

Both ladies were dispirited by this cruel truth and fell silent at the same time.

After a long time, Josephine sighed and said, "I really want to ask my brother about the truth. He has kept this from me for so long. He's killing me." Angeline's beautiful face was filled with tears. "I too want to ask him if he feels exhausted or if he's in pain from protecting all of us so well." Josephine was in a daze.

The next day.

The bright and warm morning light shot out from the eastern sky. In a flash, the sun was already out in full force.

 

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Chapter 1006

Angeline sat on the bed in a daze. Today, her vision had yet to recover.

This was the longest intermittent vision loss she had ever experienced.

When Zayne came to take Angeline to the hospital, Josephine stared fixedly at Zayne with probing eyes. Apart from not fighting as much as he used to when he was young, nothing seemed to have changed with this guy.

He often called her a drama queen, yet who would have thought that he was the best leading actor who had been lying low the whole time.

After Josephine helped Angeline into the Mercedes-Benz, the two ladies continued to hold each other's hands tightly as if to cheer each other up and to offer each other comfort.

Through the rearview mirror, Zayne noticed the girls' solemn expression and the deep dark circles under their eyes. He could not help but tease, saying, "Why aren't you guys saying anything, dear pandas?" Usually, they would be making a lot of noise, no?

Josephine and Angeline were not in the mood to entertain him.

After arriving at the Grand Asia Hospital, Josephine

took a cab to meet the film crew.

Zayne took Angeline's arms and helped her to the medical department.

After walking out of the elevator on the ninth floor, Zayne caught sight of a familiar figure.

In the psychology department's waiting room, Jay was wearing a white shirt and a pair of black trousers. The collar of his shirt was unbuttoned.

Although it was only a shirt from a regular brand, Jay was able to bring out the lofty and noble elegance in him with that shirt.

He stood there glowing with boundless radiance, making it hard for anyone to look away.

Zayne exclaimed, "F*ck. This must be fate."

Puzzled, Angeline asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Prince Charming is in the psychology department's waiting room."

Angeline staggered after hearing what he said, nervousness written all over her face.

Zayne taunted her mercilessly. "Why can't you walk properly whenever you see him? Aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you?"

Angeline said, "You know this is a habit I picked up since childhood."

Zayne looked at Jay's lonely figure and could not help but jeer. "Aren't you just amazing, Angeline? You've concealed this young master's identity so well that even Grand Asia's medical staff should get an Oscar award. They're actually listening to you and turning a blind eye to their boss."

Angeline pinched Zayne's arm ferociously. "Keep it down. I'm just trying to protect him."

Zayne said, "Fair enough. I'm sure he has offended many people when he threw his weight around in Imperial Capital. It's only right to conceal his identity."

A lightbulb lit up in Angeline's head. "Take me into the waiting room, Zayne."

Zayne reminded her in a gloomy tone. "You're here to treat your illness, not to flirt with Prince Charming."

"Go and register for me..."

"F*ck. Why do you even need to register? You're Grand Asia's president."

"Just do what I tell you to do. Jaybie mustn't find out about my identity." Angeline recalled Jay's resistance against Ms. Severe and said with a steely resolve," From today onward, I'm a demure and weak woman. I'm not Ms. Severe with an overbearing aura."

Speechless, Zayne rolled his eyes at her. "You're such a failure. As the saying goes, when a woman pursues a man, it'll be as easy as eating a piece of cake. When a woman pursues a man, it'll be as difficult as climbing a mountain. I can see that you've already climbed countless mountains and still haven't gotten him."

Angeline said, "Skip the nonsense. Hurry up and take me there."

Zayne was exasperated.

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Chapter 1007

With that, Zayne led Angeline into the psychology department's waiting room carefully. Perhaps her beauty had attracted everyone's attention, or perhaps it was the exclamation made by the medical staff in the waiting room, so everyone turned to look at Angeline.

Jay raised his eyelids and was slightly surprised when he saw Angeline.

Today, she was wearing a white lace shirt with a pink organza maxi skirt, making her look exceptionally fresh and pure.

His heart started pounding for some reason.

Jay shifted his gaze and mocked himself in his heart.' You're a married man. How can you have feelings for another woman?'

Jay was struggling to escape from Angeline, but his plans were disrupted by Zayne.

"Mr. Ben."

Jay had no choice but to turn his head around. At this moment, Zayne brought Angeline over and stood closer to him.

He could smell the faint scent of roses on Angeline. It carried the scent of love, intoxicating him a little.

Zayne put on an awkward expression and said, "Mr.

Ben, can you look after my sister for me? It's not convenient for me to take her to the registration counter."

Jay was a little stunned. For a moment, he felt as if he had won a five million lottery ticket, like the Goddess of Luck had paid him a visit. Even so, he nodded calmly. "Mm."

Zayne thanked him and left.

Jay and Angeline stood facing each other as if time and space had stopped moving completely.

Jay suddenly reached out and held her hand very gently. Her soft and tiny hands made him want to keep her safe from all harm.

"Sit here." He asked her to sit next to him.

Therefore, Angeline sat next to him obediently.

She was so happy that a flower had blossomed in her heart.

Jay studied Angeline in silence. When he saw Zayne, h e sort of knew who she was.

"Are you Baby Zetty's mom?" he asked.

Angeline did not know if she was supposed to be happy or worried.

Would he reject her just because she was a married woman?

"Mmm." She nodded honestly.

A look of longing and yearning exuded from Jay's eyes. Only an ethereal fairy like that was capable of writing the beautiful song Red Spider Lily.

However, he felt intense disappointment as tragic fate had befallen such a beautiful and alluring woman.

She loved a man with all her heart and soul only to be let down by him as he abandoned her, leaving her all by herself.

"Baby Zetty likes you very much, Mr. Ben. She said that you play Red Spider Lily very well," Angeline said whatever she could think of.

Jay said mildly, "You flatter me. I'm not as good as you."

Angeline said, "I wonder if I have the honor to hear you play Red Spider Lily some time?"

Jay laughed. "I'll play it for you if you're at home during the weekends."

Angeline let out a dazzling smile. "I'll be waiting for you then, Mr. Ben."

Her smile was like a spring breeze that had awakened a myriad of trees and pear blossoms. His dark and repressed world was filled with fragrant and dazzling flowers at once. Jay was lost in her smile.

How could such a brilliant and beautiful smile exist in this world? It was so infectious that it could drive

away all his troubles.

"Baby Zetty said that you wrote Red Spider Lily?" Jay, who did not usually care about anything, suddenly had a great interest in Red Spider Lily.

"Mm." Angeline nodded.

Jay asked, "Can you explain what it means?"

The bright and beautiful light in Angelina's eyes was immediately shrouded in haze. Even sorrow had started to fill her face.

Her thin and sexy red lips parted slightly. Her beautiful and pleasant voice was like the sound of flowing spring as she started reciting in a crisp and soft voice.

"We hold each other's hands through every up and down. You were the one who experienced the brightest glory, yet you were also the one who fell from grace."

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Chapter 1008

"When you cross the river to the underworld, I'll be waiting for you on the road to the netherworld. If you're not here, then pick a red spider lily and I'll be there."

Jay said with a frown, "The first sentence is pretty easy to understand, though I don't understand why you would write the second part? Isn't it an ill omen to separate lovers by death?"

"In my youth, I had no idea what grief and woe were, so I wrote a song while pretending to be sad, yet unknowingly, the lyrics written by my young, frivolous, and ignorant self actually came true." "It came true?" Jay let out an obscure smile.

She must have said the wrong thing by mistake, right?

How could anyone come back to life after death?

Even if one had reincarnated, would one still remember one's lover in the last life?

Despite that, Angeline raised her eyelids that were filled with certainty. "Yes, everything that happened in the end actually came true as written in Red Spider Lily's lyrics."

She emphasized again in an unquestionable tone, and a hint of astonishment emerged on Jay's dashing face.

Zayne hid behind a wall not far away, a trace of

disgust in his eyes.

He raised his wrist to check the time over and over again, stomping his feet in anger.

"Well, well, aren't the two of you having a pleasant chat? Aren't you an uncommunicative person, Jay Ares? And you, Angeline Severe, didn't you say you want to be demure?" Angeline's doctor was about to get off work. When his patient did not turn up, he walked out looking for her.

Though unexpectedly, Zayne held onto him. "Don't go. Can't you see that both presidents are having a good time chatting with each other?"

"Does she still want to get her eyes checked then?" the doctor asked in a daze.

Zayne replied, "Yes, of course."

The doctor continued, "But the doctors are about to change shifts now."

Zayne mulled it over and came up with a brilliant idea. "If that's the case, you'll be in charge to go and call the president in."

Puzzled, the doctor touched his nose. 'Why me?'

Zayne smirked. He who went would be an unfortunate man.

It would not be surprising to see Angeline beating up the culprit for interrupting her happy occasion.

Evidently, the doctor was timider than him. "I'll go

back and wait for her then."

Stunned, Zayne said, "Useless."

He then bit the bullet and stepped out.

There were almost no more patients in the waiting room now. When Zayne appeared in front of Jay and Angeline, Jay reprimanded him harshly, "What took you so long?" Zayne swallowed the bitter pill in silence.

Did he want to come back? More importantly, did he have the guts to come back?

Jay said, "How long does it take to register? Your sister can't see, so you should be more attentive."

Zayne,

Angeline could feel the concern in Jay's tone.

After all, he was never a nosy person.

Her mood brightened up because of this.

Zayne apologized. "Okay, I was wrong. I won't do it again."

He then pulled Angeline's hand and left in a hurry." The doctor is waiting for you. Hurry up and come with me."

Angeline behaved in an extremely obedient manner." Mm."

The two of them walked into the doctor's office. After making sure that they were out of Jay's field of vision,

Angeline stripped off all disguise and behaved like a violent woman once more. She choked Zayne with all her might and yelled, "Why did you interrupt us? Didn't you see that we were having a good chat?" Zayne explained in a pitiable tone. "The doctor is about to change shifts."

Angeline,

"How did the time go by so quickly?"

Zayne uttered weakly, "Time may have flown by like a n arrow for you, but every passing minute sure felt like a year to me."

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Chapter 1009

The doctor performed a comprehensive examination on Angeline's eyes but did not detect any organic changes. With that, he came to a regretful conclusion." Ms. Severe, if you can't control your emotions properly and continue to place yourself in a state of anxiety and depression all the time, your somatic disorder will become more and more serious. As it turns out, your intermittent vision loss this time has lasted much longer than the last. If medications aren't taken to control it, I'm afraid you'll become permanently blind."

"Take the medicine." The doctor suggested cautiously.

Zayne looked solemn. "If she's sick, then she should be treated. Please prescribe her the medicine, Doctor."

The doctor said with some difficulty, "It's just... these drugs are nerve-suppressing drugs that have powerful side effects. For example, she'll gain weight..."

Angeline protested immediately. "I'm not taking it."

She broke down and bolted out the door.

Jaybie loved her face the most.

He would not be able to recognize her if her appearance changed.

She pushed through the hospital corridor but bumped her way into Jay's arms instead.

He had just walked out of the psychiatrist's office

holding the prescription in his hand and was about to retrieve his medicine when he collided with Angeline head-on.

"What's wrong, Ms. Severe?" He could feel that she was trembling, hence he did not have the heart to push her away.

The moment Angeline heard his familiar voice, it was as if a ship that had been wandering for a very long time had finally found a place to dock. She embraced him and burst out into tears. Zayne ran out, his eyes turning red when he saw this scene.

Only in front of Jay would Angeline strip off her disguise as a tough woman and be the gentle and fragile missus that she was.

When Jay saw Zayne, cold frost started condensing in his falcon-like eyes.

"Why did you make her cry?" Jay scolded with his icy voice.

Zayne was compelled to suffer in silence.

Jay was clearly the reason why she cried!

Zayne explained. "It's not me. The condition of her eyes has worsened. The doctor recommended some drugs, but because the drugs contain side effects that could cause her to gain weight, she refused to accept them. That's why she ran out."

Jay looked at Angeline in a daze. "You're afraid of

gaining weight?"

Angeline nodded.

"Your health is more important than beauty." His tone sounded solemn and weighty.

Despite that, Angeline said with a steely resolve, "If I look different, I'm afraid he won't be able to recognize me when he comes back."

Jay was stumped. When he realized that she was referring to her dead husband when she said 'he', a heartbreaking smile exuded from his eyes.

"If he loves you, he'll recognize you no matter what you turn into."

Angeline raised her tearful face.

Grief and sorrow filled her eyes.

He clearly did not recognize her anymore, though!

Angeline muttered, "What if he has drunk the water from River Lethe? What if he has crossed the bridge to the netherworld? What if he has gone to the underworld? He must have forgotten me completely." Jay patted her shoulder gently and consoled her in a gentle voice, saying, "If he has drunk the water from River Lethe, crossed the bridge to the netherworld, has gone to the underworld, and yet, could still come back after that, then that would mean that you still have a place in his heart."

Angeline found great consolation in his words. "You're right. If he returns, then that means that he has conquered all obstacles."

"But... how am I supposed to help him restore the memories that he has lost in the netherworld?"

Jay said, "If you can't find them back, then fill his memories with new and good ones."

Angeline let out a brilliant smile. "I know what to do now. Thank you, Mr. Ben."

"By the way, have you seen the doctor? Are you okay?" It dawned on her that he was also here to visit a doctor. For some reason, she grew anxious and worried.

Chapter 1010

Chapter 1010

Jay crumpled up the prescription. "It's of no concern." Angeline felt greatly relieved. "That's good to hear." Jay brought Angeline to Zayne and persuaded him, saying, "If she doesn't want to take the medication, then it's up to her. Don't you think it's more important to see her happy?"

Zayne dropped his head and sighed. "Emotions are the main cause of my sister's vision loss. If we can curb her anxiety and depression, then she might feel better quicker. But in the past few years, she has shed too many tears for my brother-in-law who died young, and that's why..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Angeline pinched him hard, extremely displeased that he had just called Jay 'the brother-in-law who died young'.

Zayne changed the subject and said, "Thanks for taking her around. We'll be making a move now."

"Mm." Jay nodded.

Zayne held Angeline's arm and left.

When Jay watched the siblings leave, he could vaguely hear Zayne reprimanding Angeline, "I brought you to the hospital, but you refuse to follow the doctor's advice. Don't you think you're just wasting my time?"

Jay frowned.

He could not help but feel worried for Angeline. It must be hard for a soft girl like her to have a rough big brother like that, right?

After entering the elevator, Angeline cheered with great excitement. "Zayne! I hugged him just now and he didn't push me away!"

Zayne put on a blank expression. "I saw it. He still treats you differently after all, huh? Not only did he allow you to embrace him, but he also looked especially perverted when he stared at you." Angeline furrowed her brows. "Perverted? That's obviously an adoring look, right?"

Zayne retorted, "Does that make any difference?

Whatever it is, the cheesy look in his eyes gave me goosebumps."

Angeline's face broke out in a grin.

After watching Angeline entering the elevator, Jay lowered his head and stared at the prescription.

In order to cure his mysophobia, the doctor said that he needed to take nerve-suppressing drugs as well.

He initially wanted to do it for Marilyn.

Though for some reason, when he saw Angeline refusing to take her medication, he wanted to give up on his as well.

If he could not spend the rest of his life with the girl he loved, then he would preserve his good physique for when he would meet her in the next life.

Jay went home in a despondent and dejected manner.

When he got home, the joy on Marilyn's face darkened at the sight of his empty hands.

"You went to visit the doctor, didn't you, darling?" Marilyn felt a little uneasy.

She naively thought that after Jay visited the highly skilled doctors in the city, they would be able to cure his weird illness.

Then soon enough, she and Jay would finally be able to consummate their marriage.

Though she never would have thought that he would return empty-handed.

Jay sat on the couch and stared calmly at the disappointed look on Marilyn's face.

"The medication has many side effects. They suppress nerves and cause weight gain!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Marilyn burst into tears. She complained in a stammering voice, "You gave up treatment for fear of gaining weight? Are you trying to turn me into a grass widow?

"You're already a husband and a father, so why do you even care about your body shape? Or are you perhaps being unfaithful to me and are still hoping to mess around with other beautiful women out there?" Jay responded with silence.

Marilyn's accusation was not entirely unreasonable.

He had indeed cheated on her on a spiritual level.