Julia was stunned by my question. She glared at me and ignored me. Instead, she asked me again what I wanted to eat. I was smart enough to stop questioning and made a request for soup instead.
Darius brought dozens of doctors and nurses to my room; they all surrounded me to perform various checks on me. They were all tensed up as if we were at war and I was the commander. It made me feel that they would lose their lives if I was met with any mishap.
Of course, I had no idea that Christopher pointed his gun at the doctor’s head to save my life inside the emergency room. If I knew, I might have jumped up from the operating table in shock.
“The patient’s condition has stabilized. She only needs to rest and redress her wound to avoid infection. She should be able to be discharged from the hospital after her wound starts to heal.” Every doctor and nurse in the room was relieved and even became teary as the elderly doctor reached that conclusion. That guy will destroy the entire hospital if this patient does not wake up.
“Of course I’ll be fine. After all, I’m tough. This minor wound will heal in no time.” I smiled and thought the doctors’ and nurses’ expressions were strange.
I could not find Christopher anywhere around me as the doctors and nurses exited the room. Looking out the window, I noticed that the sun was starting to set. I inquired politely, “Mrs. Lane, how long have I been unconscious? Is Did Chris call to inquire about me? Fortunately, he is unaware of what happened. The sun is setting; if he finds out I’m hospitalized, he’ll be furious. Can you keep this between us? Just say that when I went shopping with you, I lost your necklace, so I went over to Sabrina’s to brainstorm about what I should buy back for you as a replacement.”
I made up a lie on the spur of the moment, but it did not seem credible. So, after a few moments, I asked, “Mrs. Lane, I need your assistance in contacting Sabrina so that she can cooperate with us. I remember that you bought your necklace in Coldbridge. You can just claim that I’ve gone to Coldbridge. With this, we should be able to buy a few days’ time. By the time Chris meets me again, I should have recovered for quite a bit.”
After hearing my request, Julia frowned and inquired, “Why do you want to do this?”
Julia’s dissatisfaction was entirely understandable. After all, I was asking my future mother-in-law to cooperate with me in lying to her son. I smiled faintly as I recalled how nervous Christopher could get when something terrible happened to me. Then, I replied sternly, “I don’t want Chris to be concerned about me. Mrs. Lane, you’ve heard about the deserted island. Although it has been over a year since it ended, the ramifications are too great for him. Chris has become overly zealous. I’m afraid that he’ll overreact if he finds out about me being hospitalized. That’s why I believe it’d be best if he didn’t know about it.”
Julia did not respond to my answer. Instead, she just looked at me with a complicated expression, which made me feel awkward. I wonder if she will agree to my request.
Julia sighed softly and lightly tapped the top of my head as she tucked me in. “You’re a lovely young lady; this is something I’ve known for a long time. After you’re discharged, I’ll contact your father and discuss your marriage to Chris.”
“Huh?” I was a little stunned by it. Why is she suddenly bringing up marriage? I was surprised and perplexed at the same time. How come Julia suddenly changed her mind?
“Why are you looking at me like that? Don’t think that just because you saved my life, I’ll have to accept you completely. I’m only doing it for Chris’ sake because all he wants is to marry you. For that, I will reluctantly accept this marriage. But let me warn you: if you don’t treat Chris well, I’ll tell him to dump you and then introduce him to a slew of beautiful women to choose from.”
Julia turned away from me because she was embarrassed that I was staring at her.
So it’s because I saved Julia that she has accepted me completely? My brain was too slow to process this thought, and when it finally did, I was ecstatic. I could not wait to jump out of the hospital bed, kiss Julia, and then happily yell out the window that I wanted to marry Christopher.
I would then find Christopher and tell him loud and clear that I wanted to marry him – that I wanted to be his woman. That would be best followed by a celebration with red wine and a romantic dinner. Unfortunately, as a patient, I could only stay in bed and grin like a fool.
