Ch. 1141..1150
Chapter 1141
Madelyn said with guilt, “I’m sorry. I can’t let the same thing happen again this time. I cannot continue to stay by your side.”
She shook her head and continued, We both know you never loved me, Zach. If this continues, we’ll just keep tormenting each other.”
The effect of the aphrodisiac was still strong, but Zach held onto his consciousness with sheer willpower. He warned her, “If you dare take another step forward, I’ll destroy Ethan until nothing is left.”
Zach was still trying to bluff her since he had not found Ethan’s location. Though, Madelyn knew where he was.
She said again, “I’m sorry.”
“Try and leave! With just one phone call, you won’t be able to escape ever again,” Zach threatened her.
Madelyn stared back at him. When she saw the phone on his bedside table, she did not hesitate to try to grab it from him. She could not let him make that call. If Zach had called for more backup, Madelyn would not have had another chance to run away. However, she did not know she was falling into Zach’s trap.
His phone was already out of battery.
Zach grabbed hold of Madelyn. Even though he was drugged, he was still very strong. Madelyn could not believe him, “You lied to me!”
“Madelyn, why won’t you learn from your mistakes?” Zach chastised her.
“Let go! Let me go!” Madelyn screamed while struggling. She shoved Zach off of her to escape. When she reached the door, Zach pulled her back by the hair. Madelyn felt her world spinning before she crashed onto the bed.
Zach pulled a dagger out of thin air, and Madelyn saw that his palm was bleeding. Turns out, he was trying to stay conscious by using pain. She saw him walking over with a dagger, and panic rose in her chest. She asked, ” What are you doing? Do you want to kill me?”
Zach approached her with a sinister look and said, “How could I bring myself to kill you? I just want to slice your ankles so you won’t run away again.”
“You’re insane! You’ve gone crazy!” Madelyn shrieked.
Zach shouted back at her, “Madelyn, Why do you keep running away from me!”
Madelyn kept shrieking while throwing anything she could pick up at him. A table lamp flew and hit Zach right on the forehead. Blood trickled down his forehead, but he did not seem to be in pain.
Zach grabbed Madelyn by the ankles. Just as he swung his dagger, she broke free. Madelyn hid herself in the corner of the wall.
She had nowhere to go, but she could see that Zach was exhausted. He ended up falling over as his strength left him.
“Madelyn, what should I do?” He asked while panting.
“Mmm?” Madelyn asked.
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“No, don’t come here,” Madelyn warned Zach. Zach looked like a madman. Madelyn took the opportunity to run out the door behind him while he was weak.
“Ah!” Zach roared and grabbed her by the ankle again. Madelyn fell entirely to the ground. Her clean clothes were instantly smudged with Zach’s blood. She saw his eyes and felt terrified.
The next moment, Zach’s cold and bloodied face stared at Madelyn. His hands clutched her neck while his blood trickled off his face. Madelyn gripped his hands in pain and pleaded, “Zach, let me go!”
“Are you going to run!” Zach asked menacingly. Madelyn shut her eyes in pain and kept silent.
“Answer me! Are you going to run!” Zach asked again.
“Why do you still run? Am I not treating you well enough?” Zach continued to question her.
He saw her painful expression and felt the same way; it was the helplessness from being unable to stop her from leaving him. Just when Madelyn was about to faint, Zach suddenly let go of her. He tore her clothes off and bit her shoulder.
“Ah!” Madelyn cried in pain. The people outside heard the commotion and wanted to rush in. However, Zach had ordered them not to enter. They all took a step back simultaneously when they heard Madelyn’s terrible cry. Zach was still tenacious and still wanted to fool around in broad daylight.
Blood filled Zach’s mouth.
“Once you die, you’ll always stay by my side. You want Ethan, right? I’ll have him buried with you, okay?” Zach said crazily.
“You’re mad!” Madelyn shouted at him. He touched her neck and saw the marks he had left on her.
‘Why did it come to this?’ Zach thought.
“Once he dies, you won’t even think of running away!” He said manically. Madelyn could see that Zach had lost his sanity. She could see the murder in his eyes and knew that he truly wanted to kill Ethan.
Madelyn suddenly picked up the dagger. Zach saw this from the corner of his eyes but did not stop her. She used every last ounce of her strength and slashed him. He felt the pain and raised his head. He stared at her deeply and asked, “You want to kill me?”
Madelyn pushed him away quickly and then struggled to stand up. She said to him, “You forced me to do all this.
Zach, I don’t love you and had never thought of staying by your side.
“If you touch me, I’ll kill you,” Madelyn threatened him.
“Kill me?” Zach chuckled. He questioned her, “Madelyn, I was the one who stood up for you since you were young, yet you still want to kill you? Do you know what it feels like to kill people? Which part would become a killing blow?”
Madelyn warned him, “Z-Zach, don’t you dare make a move! We were never meant to be together. I know about it all! We’re blood-related! Do you know that our marriage is incestuous?!
“I now understand why my father forced us to be together. You knew about this all along, didn’t you? Zach, do you know how disgusting our relationship is?!” Madelyn cursed at him.
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“I wish you would’ve died sooner! I could’ve had a better life and lived with someone I liked. But you had to ruin everything I had selfishly!” Madelyn screamed.
Zach laughed and said, “So what? Everyone who knows about this secret has died. Madelyn, come back to my side, okay?”
He pleaded with her, “I’ll pretend everything that happened today didn’t happen.”
Madelyn stared at him and could only see an insane and sick man. She did not know how Zach turned out this way.
‘Does Zach love me? I hadn’t done anything, yet Zach fell in love with me. I did so much for him in my previous life, but he chose Cecilia as his wife. What the hell was the point of everything in my previous life?’ Madelyn thought.
She asked him, “Why?”
Zach replied, “It’s because I love you.”
He moved closer and repeated, “I love you.”
He took a third step and continued to repeat, “I love you.”
Madelyn laughed and said through teary eyes, “You love me? You love me! You never loved me. I was never the one you loved. I did so much for you in my previous life. Did you know what I’ve done for you in my past life?” Her voice trembled.
Zach stood there, seeing the hatred in her eyes and listening to her words. Tears trickled down her eyes as she said, “Didn’t Cecilia tell you? On the day of our wedding, you brought her back and had sex in our room! On our wedding day! You were even stuck with her during our honeymoon!
“Then, on the eighth year of our marriage, you despised me for not being able to bear children, so you took care of Cecilia’s kid behind my back for over five years. Everyone treated me like a joke. When you brought that child home, you had Kevin give me divorce papers, which left me homeless and penniless,” Madelyn cried.
“Because of Cecilia, you threw me out of Ventropolis and had me never return. In the first year of our divorce, I had late-stage cancer. Today was the exact date that I died. You also married Cecilia the day I died. After all you’ve done in the past, do you think I could forgive you?” She asked Zach.
“Zach, I’ve tried to forget about it but couldn’t. I’ve thought of dying, but why couldn’t it be you who died instead? I didn’t do anything at all! Can’t you just let me go, Zach? Even if it’s just once, I want to live for myself,” Madelyn pleaded.
And all the truth finally came out. Zach replied, “If I die, you won’t leave anymore, right?”
Madelyn’s heart skipped a beat as she shouted, “What’re you going to do!”
Zach grabbed her hand with the dagger and angled it on his chest, “Didn’t you want me to die?”
Madelyn could feel his hand pushing the dagger bit by bit as it sunk into his chest. She stared on with wide eyes while blood gushed out from the injury.
“I don’t want to!” Madelyn cried while trying to pull her hand away. However, he held on tightly and pushed the dagger deeper and deeper. She continued to scream, “Zach! Let go! If this continues, you’ll really die!”
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Madelyn saw the sharp dagger burying itself into Zach’s heart. Then, with wide eyes, she watched as he fell. She screamed at him, “Zach!”
Madelyn started crying. She did not dare to touch him and did not know why she was crying.
“Zach, you can’t die. I’ll call the doctor for you,” Madelyn said.
She then applied pressure carefully on the wound and cried out, “Help! Help! Is anyone there? Someone, please come! Please come and save him!”
Everyone outside heard the commotion, and the bodyguards immediately rushed in. They saw the bloodied person on the person and panicked. Then, they immediately called for an ambulance. Thankfully, there were medical personnel around, and Kai was among them. During the commotion, he grabbed Madelyn’s hand and left the building.
Kai earnestly told Madelyn, “There are two choices left for you. The first is to not care about anything and leave now. You have three minutes until Kevin arrives. The second is to go back to Zach and continue the life that you used to have. Regardless of what you choose, I’ll always be on your side. I’ll bear all of the responsibility regardless of whether Zach dies.”
Madelyn was currently in a shambles and covered in blood. However, she was not injured. Even though Madelyn wanted to kill him, Zach could never bring himself to hurt her. This Zach was totally different from the Zach she had known in the past. It seems he had genuinely fallen for her. However, Kai had no right to comment or interfere in their matters.
In the end, Madelyn chose to leave. The moment she sat in the car, she looked back at the Eternal Seasons. The decorations from yesterday stayed; it all seemed like a dream to Madelyn. It felt like something happened, yet nothing had happened. However, the blood on her spoke of the truth. She had killed Zach with her own hands.
The car proceeded to move farther away. From the shadows, Blake watched the car disappear from the horizon. She thought, ‘I hope you live happily ever after.’
The moment Kevin received the phone call, his expression grew cold. When he walked into the room, he saw Zach lying in a pool of blood. A streak of panic flashed across his face, but he swiftly calmed down. He first locked down any news leaks on the Eternal Seasons and had the bodyguards disperse all the waiting staff.
The moment Zach was carried into the ambulance, Kevin already had someone clean up the blood stains in the room without leaving any trace. The owner, Mr. Musk, pretended not to know. He was just terrified that someone had snuck into the Eternal Seasons and tried to murder the newlyweds. However, no one expected the murderer to be Madelyn.
The paramedic immediately put Zach on a breathing device in the ambulance and gave him a blood transfusion.
Kevin had been prepared for numerous scenarios. He expected Madelyn to drug Zach and try to escape when he was unconscious. He did not expect her to attempt to murder him.
Suddenly, Kevin was reminded of what Zach had told him two days before.
‘Could this be a part of Mr. Jardin’s plan? Using his life as a gamble to see if she’d stay? Mr. Jardin did all this for a woman! How absurd!’ Kevin thought.
Susan secretly followed the ambulance to the hospital. She made a phone call when she saw Zach being sent through a secret entrance.
Cecilia sat by the sick bed, eating a sliced apple. The nurse in her room was carrying a bowl of soup to her. After half a minute, the phone rang.
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Cecilia picked up the call and asked calmly, “Did something happen?”
Susan answered swiftly, “Ms. Samford, Mr. Jardin was injured! I saw Mr. Jardin being carried out of the hotel room by a paramedic. He was covered in blood and had a dagger in his chest. He doesn’t look well. Mrs. Jardin also seems to have escaped.
“Ms. Samford, do we call the cops now? But Kevin has withheld all information regarding the news and is forbidding any leaks,” Susan continued.
“What did you say? Madelyn dared hurt him? Which hospital is he in right now? “Cecilia asked with a menacing look. Susan told her, “The Community Hospital. The same hospital you are in.”
Cecilia replied, “Alright. Keep a close eye on him, and don’t give yourself away.”
Susan obliged, “Yes, Ms. Samford. I’ll be returning to the company first. I’ll contact you if anything happens.”
After Cecilia hung up the phone, she had the nurses help her into a wheelchair. One asked her, “Ms. Samford, will you not have the soup?”
Cecilia answered, “My man is hurt. I need to go and take a look.”
She overheard that Kevin was already waiting outside Zach’s operating room. He saw her but did not react. Cecilia waved her hand, and the nurse behind her left them alone.
She raised her head and stared at the lit -up red sign that indicated they were still operating. She chuckled and said, ” I never expected that there would be a day I would be waiting for him outside the operating room. This is the woman you wanted, Zach. Yet, she stabbed you on the day of your wedding.”
‘It seems Madelyn has reincarnated as well. All my tests and trials yielded the same answers. Madelyn had reincarnated just like me. If not, she would have loved him so deeply that she could not bring herself to hurt him, ‘Cecilia thought.
Cecilia also knew that this matter did not sound odd to Kevin. She had planted many spies around them, so it was not hard to find out.
Kevin told her, “You should take care of yourself, Ms. Samford. Mr. Jardin will persevere.”
Coincidentally, the door to the operating room opened. A nurse walked out, and Kevin asked her, “How is he doing?”
The nurse stayed silent.
‘The wedding was just bland,’ Fred thought. He left Eternal Seasons while two deputy wardens followed behind him, reporting what had happened in the two hours. Fred commented with a piercing gaze, “I’ve told him before that he would suffer under that woman. Where’s Mya?”
One of the deputy wardens answered, ” Ms. Harper is in the car. But…”
Before the deputy warden could continue, Fred opened the door and saw Blake in the backseat. She waved at Fred and greeted him, “Morning, Fred!
Mya was eating her cookies and asked, ” Blake, did Madelyn make me these herself? They’re so tasty!”
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“Who let her in?” Fred asked. The deputy warden answered, “Ms. Harper brought her in. She said she wanted to stay with us for a few days. We saw that Ms. Harper was happy, so we didn’t do anything about it.”
Blake was seated at the innermost seat. She also put her hand down after seeing Fred’s annoyed face. She smiled while hiding behind Mya and thought, ‘ Fred is just like Mr. Jardin. They are so terrifying. I’ll never understand how Madelyn and Mya put up with them.’
When Blake compared them to Kevin, he seemed like an angel. Besides, Fred’s stare made her shudder. His smile was even more ominous.
Fred asked Mya, “Is bringing someone home such a delightful thing?”
Mya picked up the dropped cookies and patted the dust off them. She then said, “Blake is my younger sister. My mom said that older siblings have to take care of their younger siblings. Blake is the best; she has also helped me eliminate the bad guys. I want her to be with me. Even if you disagree, I’ll still bring her home with me.”
Blake saw her about to put the dirty biscuit into her mouth and quickly reached out. She threw it out the window and reminded her, “Don’t eat anything that has fallen on the floor.”
‘Why do I feel like Mya’s condition has worsened?’ Blake thought.
Blake saw marks on Mya’s wrists when she stretched her hand out. The wound was still fresh; they were at most three or four days ago.
‘How did these marks come about?’ Blake thought but suppressed her suspicions.Fred kept quiet but seemed to have agreed to allow Blake to come to Ventropolis Prison. However, Blake had yet to know the place they were going was a living hell.
Coincidentally, a man dressed in a suit walked to one of the deputy wardens and whispered something. Blake saw how secretive they were and had a bad feeling about it. The deputy warden walked around the car and pulled her out.
“Eh, what are you doing? What’s happening, Fred?” Blake cried. Mya looked at Fred with furrowed brows and asked, “What’re you doing, Fred?”
The deputy warden closed the door, isolated them both, and said, “When you’ve settled everything here, we’ll welcome you to the Ventropolis Prison with open arms!”
Blake was confused, “Huh?”
‘What do they mean? Ventropolis Prison?” Blake thought.
Blake suddenly had a sinking feeling and thought, ‘Oh shit! When Madelyn left, Mr. Jardin must’ve assumed I let her go. I didn’t make any mistakes with the wedding, but I was responsible for everything.”
At the same time, she slapped her forehead in regret and remembered, “I shouldn’t have taken that cheque.”
Liam walked out of the Eternal Seasons and saw Blake. He walked over and touched her forehead before asking, ” What’s wrong?”
Blake saw him and noticed that he would appear whenever she was at her lowest.
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Blake said, “Ah… Liam, I’m finished!”
Blake pressed her forehead against Liam’s chest. He was slightly surprised and smiled faintly, “Calm down. Take your time, and tell me what’s wrong.”
He raised his hand to check the time, ” Have you had breakfast?”
Blake responded, “I can’t eat anything right now.”
Liam said, “I’ll take you home. You can tell me what’s wrong in the car.”
In the early morning, the frost on the side of the road of Eternal Seasons had not melted. Liam draped the checkered scarf on his arm over Blake’s neck as he lowered his eyes. His long lashes flickered slightly, “It’s cold in the morning. Let’s get into the car.”
Liam held her hand, leading her to the parked car. He opened the front passenger seat door, and Blake got in. Liam then sat in the driver’s seat and fastened the seat belt for Blake.
He drove the car very steadily, as there were no bumps on the road. He said, ” I’m sorry for troubling you last night.
“If you don’t mind, can you tell me what happened after that?”
Blake was quick-mouthed and could not keep things to herself. After she said a few words, she quickly realized she should not continue talking about it, “Forget it. It’s better not to involve you. You shouldn’t know about this. I’m afraid of getting you in trouble.”
“All right, I won’t ask. You rest now and take a nap. I’ll wake you up when we arrive.” Liam noticed Blake looked tired. He believed she had had some trouble last night and had not slept at all.
He drove more slowly. Blake leaned against the seat and quickly fell asleep as she had not rested all night.
Blake’s phone suddenly rang when they arrived at the city area while waiting at a traffic light. She answered it groggily, “Who is this?”
“Ventropolis Police Department.”
Blake suddenly opened her eyes; she did not feel like sleeping anymore.
Twenty-five minutes later, Blake was taken to the police station. She was then inexplicably locked up in an interrogation room.
A stern middle-aged man, about forty to fifty years old, stared at Blake, who was in handcuffs, “There was a murder case at Eternal Seasons. Do you have any connection to this case?”
“Murder? I have no idea! How could something like that happen? Officer, you must be mistaken,” Blake replied.
The officer responded, “We received a report that the CEO of Jardin Corporation was stabbed in the chest and is currently undergoing emergency treatment at the hospital. The police are conducting a secret investigation. We found out that you organized last night’s wedding. We also discovered from the surveillance footage that you were the only one sneaking around in the corridor at a certain point. What were you doing?
“Waiting for your accomplice?”
Blake’s face turned pale instantly, “W- What are you talking about? Someone stabbed Mr. Jardin? And he’s getting emergency treatment at the hospital?
“It’s impossible, absolutely impossible! Officer, you must be joking with me! How could something like this happen?
Last night, Blake waited at the door to help Madelyn. She knew Madelyn was leaving and wanted to be there when she came out.
Later, she could not wait any longer, so she left.
When she went downstairs, she saw Madelyn leaving. Blake did not know anything that happened afterward. However, she suddenly thought about something.
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Blake pondered, ‘When Madelyn left, she had blood on her body. Could it be that the blood wasn’t hers but Mr. Jardin’s?’
The officer asked, “Ms. Dion, is there anything else you want to say?”
Blake pursed her lips. She thought of Liam and asked, “Can I talk to my friend for a moment?”
“Until your suspicion is cleared, neither you nor your friend can leave unless someone can vouch that this has nothing to do with you two,” the officer responded.
The only person Blake could think of who could help them was Kevin. Blake believed only Kevin knew exactly what happened in the room at that time.
She did not expect to end up dragging Liam into this.
She called Kevin. After half a minute of ringing, he still did not answer the call.
Blake persistently dialed over and over again. Finally, when she called, she was notified that Kevin’s phone was switched off.
She thought, ‘Kevin must think that Mr. Jardin’s injury was related to me, so he doesn’t want to see me now.’
Feeling disappointed, Blake hung up the call. “Do we have to wait for someone to bail us out before we can leave?”
The officer replied, “This matter is serious. We still need to get in touch with the people from Jardin Corporation and prove that it has nothing to do with you two.”
Blake quickly said, “The person outside is the editor-in-chief of our company.
He’s also the person in charge of StartReading. He definitely has nothing to do with this. His health condition isn’t quite good. Can you let him leave? I’ll stay.”
After handing over the documents, the female police officer on the side glanced at them before closing the file, “We’ll handle this matter.”
In the detention room, Olivia took Liam out of the police station after she learned about the situation, acting as the guarantor.
Liam asked, “How is she doing?”
The officer replied, “I’m sorry, we can’t disclose her situation. You can leave if there’s nothing else.”
Seeing that the police officer was about to leave, Liam immediately grabbed her, “What can I do to get her out? I can be her guarantor.”
The officer responded, “The person injured is the CEO of the Jardin Corporation. The situation isn’t as simple as you think.
“Are you her boyfriend?”
Liam did not answer, nor did he deny it.
The female officer took it as a yes.
So, she said, “Let’s wait for some news. The fate of the CEO of Jardin Corporation is still uncertain. You can go back and wait for the news. When she’s free to leave, we’ll call you.”
Olivia said, “You still have the mood to meddle in another person’s affairs? Last time, I mentioned that your book has been adapted into a show. We’re planning a press conference, and the organizer wants you to attend in person. This time, I hope you can attend too. Showing yourself to the public is good for you.”
Liam looked away indifferently, ” Thank you for your trouble. I’ll consider it. You can go back now.”
Olivia frowned. She had known Liam for many years. He had always been aloof, never this caring for anyone.
She said, “Liam, we’re just ordinary people. Blake is the precious daughter of the Dion family of Ventropolis. People like them won’t take relationships with us seriously. If you continue behaving this way, you’ll be the one getting hurt.
“After such a long time, you should’ve figured out that Blake likes someone else.”
Liam sat on a bench outside the police station, ignoring her.
Olivia was disappointed to see Liam being so stubborn. She said, “Fine, I can’t persuade you. If you want to wait, you may continue waiting. Liam, I hope you understand that girls like her won’t be interested in you if you don’t have a powerful background. If you keep deceiving yourself, there’s nothing I can do.”
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After that, Olivia angrily left. Liam waited from morning until evening, watching the sun gradually set.
Finally, the female police officer could not take it anymore and approached Liam, trying to persuade him, “Mr. Xander, it’s not ideal for you to keep waiting here. Your girlfriend is actually very worried about your health. For her sake, you should go back.”
With a faint smile, Liam shook his head, “I’m fine.”
The office said, “You should go home. Sigh, fine! At least eat something.”
After a while, the officer brought a piece of bread and a cup of warm water and placed them beside him. He held the cup of water, his cold fingers feeling the warmth.
Under the gloomy sky, Liam lowered his eyes. In the next moment, he felt a hint of coldness on his eyelashes; a crystal-clear snowflake hung on them.
Liam blinked before looking up at the streetlights and watching the snowfall.
When the water in his hand turned cold, he put it down.
Then, he grabbed his phone and made a call. He stood outside the door, his slim figure looking lonely.
A few seconds later, a deep, thick voice on the other end of the call could be heard, “What’s the matter?”
Liam finally called him after ten years.
The man suppressed his intense emotions while he talked on the phone.
Liam said, “I have something that I need your help with.”
“Okay.”
Half a minute later, the other person said, “I understand the situation. I’ll handle it. Come back when you’re free. No matter what, I’ll always be your father. I’m proud of your achievements.
Liam emotionlessly responded with one word, “Okay.”
“If you’re free next Monday, our family can have a meal together. You can choose the place to eat.”
Liam replied, “It’s fine. Thank you so much for your help today.”
After a long silence from the other end, Liam added, “I’ll come to thank you one day.”
The call ended.
Liam waited at the door for about five minutes and heard Blake’s voice.
“I can leave now? Am I clear of my suspicion?” Blake sounded weary.
“Yes, you may leave soon. Your boyfriend has been waiting outside for you the whole day. He’s truly very good to you. That kind of boyfriend is rare. Remember to cherish him. Take care, a police officer responded.
“Okay, I got it. Thank you.” Blake was still a little puzzled. When she walked out, she realized Liam was indeed still waiting outside.
She approached him and scolded him, ” You’re so silly! Why didn’t you go home?! Look, it’s snowing. Aren’t you cold?”
Liam smiled as he stared at her. He shook his head, “I’m fine. You’re okay, and that’s all that matters.”
Blake noticed his pale complexion. She reached out to touch his freezing hands before hurriedly trying to remove her scarf, “How did I not realize you’re so stubborn?! I’ve told you that I’d be fine.
Liam held her hands to stop her action, “Let’s go home.”
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Blake got into Liam’s car. In a black car also parked outside the police station, Kevin’s gaze was intense as he watched the other car depart. He also saw Blake holding Liam’s hand just now.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Susan looked at Kevin, who did not look happy. She sheepishly asked, “Mr. Harrison, it seems like Blake is fine now. Do we still need to go inside?”
Even though it was something that could have been resolved with just a phone call, Kevin unexpectedly made the trip himself.
Susan thought, ‘Mr. Jardin is critically injured, and the company is in a chaotic situation. Yet, Mr. Harrison is still willing to make time to check on Blake.’
Kevin looked cold, stepped on the accelerator, and left the police station. Blake had not slept all night. She sat with her eyes closed in the front passenger seat and soon fell asleep.
Liam slowed down the car. He carefully carried her from the passenger seat when they arrived at the apartment building.
Back at his place, Blake slept soundly on the bed. After Liam helped her take off her shoes, she instinctively lifted the blanket, covered herself with it, and drifted into a deep sleep.
Liam smiled slightly; the exhaustion in his eyes disappeared at that moment. He walked to the bedside table, took out a bottle of painkillers, and grabbed the cup of water that had already turned cold before leaving the room.
The next day, Blake woke up at one in the afternoon. Smelling the aroma of food wafting in from the living room, she realized she was in Liam’s room and immediately woke up.
On the bedside table was a set of clean clothes. A note read: [The clothes are new. When you wake up, change into them, take a good shower, and then eat. ]
The message was thoughtful and made Blake feel warm and comforted, something she had not experienced in a long time.
Blake was rarely cared for growing up because she was used to an independent life. She felt quite good experiencing this kind of care for the first time.
Blake, wearing pajamas that were a bit too big for her as they were Liam’s unworn pajamas, rolled up the pants and sleeves. After taking a shower, she walked out of the room. Liam was sitting on the living room couch, working.
When he heard the room door opening, he stopped what he was doing. Blake looked at the table full of food, ” Did you make all this?”
Liam responded, “I wasn’t sure what you like, so I made a little bit of everything.”
Blake, somewhat embarrassed, scratched her head, “I’ve troubled you again.”
Liam, in his home attire, had a tender, soothing presence. He brought out two sets of bowls and cutlery from the kitchen. Blake did not want to be idle. When she noticed a pot of soup simmering in the kitchen, she went over and picked it up.
Liam reminded her, “Be careful. It’s hot.”
Blake thought of something during the meal and hurriedly returned to the room to get her phone. When she saw her phone charging on the bedside table, she unplugged it. She believed Liam had helped charge her phone. As soon as she switched on her phone, she noticed several missed calls.
As expected, it was Kevin. No one else would be calling her.
Blake thought, ‘Yesterday, the police mentioned that only someone from Jardin Corporation could bail me out. It seems like it was Kevin.
‘I think I should go to the company after I finish the meal. I need to clear things up. I don’t want to be considered a suspect.’