Chapter 18 Sister Will Sleep In Your Room Tonight

Molly Winters was seven years old. Even if she was only a Year 2 student, she was extremely finicky and arrogant as she had been spoiled and pampered since birth.

One of the reasons she was crying so loud right now was that she was scared by Howard’s fierce glare, but also because she saw blood.

She knew she was in trouble and was terrified given her young age, hence she cried loud and miserably.

Her cries were so loud that it was impossible not to alert the Winters household.

Very quickly, John rushed in. When he saw his darling daughter sitting on the ground wailing loudly, he felt his heart tightened.

“Molly, what happened?”

When Molly saw John coming in, she reached out her arms to him and said aggrievedly, “Daddy, they bullied me.”

“Aww baby, don’t cry. Don’t cry.”

Molly had been a crybaby since young. However, this was the first time John had seen her cry like this.

He was feeling sorry for her, but when he heard that it was the Snowdens who had bullied her, he immediately flew into a rage and roared at Natalie, “So you’re letting out your dissatisfaction of me on my daughter because you don’t have the guts to let it out on me? Natalie, you’re really something else.”

Finishing his words, the furious man did not look at Natalie further and carried his daughter out of Howard’s room.

At that moment, Howard was his hand tightly against his sister’s neck. His eyes were extremely red from rage.

“Sis, why did you marry a guy like him?”

“...”

This was an excellent question that Natalie had no answer to it. She only smiled at her brother weakly and said, “Don’t you think you should get me a first aid kit at a moment like this?”

Howard wanted to say something else, but seeing how his sister’s neck was bleeding, he said quickly, “Sis, press on it for a bit, I’ll go look for it now.”

Natalie smiled and then nodded gently.

They had just gotten here, so Howard was not familiar with the Winters’ family house. He took quite a while to look for the first aid kit.

When he finally found it and came back, Natalie had already dressed her wounds. There was a huge plaster on her neck.

He was stunned. Natalie explained, “I just remembered that I placed some common medical aids in your luggage, so I’m done now.”

“Sis…”

“It’s fine. Even though the wound is long, but it’s not deep.”

“Can’t we just go home?”

Natalie did not answer him. She said softly, “Next time, just avoid that little princess whenever you see her, okay?”

“Sis…”

“Promise me, Howie!”

“Got it.”

Even though he agreed to it, Howard’s eyes were still dark. Natalie knew that he felt wronged, but she did not comfort him. She only reached out and caressed his hair and said, “I’m sleeping in your room tonight.”

The first night in the Winters’ family house ended miserably.

Natalie could not put a finger on how she was feeling. She did not sleep for the entire night again.

She could not sleep, and she felt extremely anxious.

Just as dawn was breaking, she got out of bed subconsciously. She was about to go make breakfast when she realized she was not in her house.

She did not dare to do anything in this new house even if she was supposedly the new madam.

So, never mind…

She laid back down again, but this time, she fell asleep. She was woken up by her brother who was about to go to school. He reminded her that she still needed to go to work.

She got up with an exhausted face, cleaned up quickly, and brought her brother to school in a hurry.

…

His daughter had cried for the entire night. She finally stopped crying and dozed off when it was almost morning.

John was fine even though he did not sleep the entire night. However, his face was still dark because of the reason that his daughter was crying.

He called his daughter’s teacher to take leave for her and remembered that he still needed to question the culprit.

However, he was too late. When he got to Howard’s room, the two of them had left.

He was in an even worse mood.

John’s expression was as cold as the December snow when he got in Greg’s car. Noticing that his boss was in a foul mood, Greg was tactful and did not say anything. He drove the car in silence.

However, only after driving for a short distance, the dark-faced man said, “Go to the hospital!”

“Mr. Winters, which hospital do you want to go to?”

“Why are you acting dumb?”

Greg kept quiet. He turned his steering wheel and drove the car to First City Hospital where Natalie worked.

…

When she got to work, Zoey noticed that Natalie was hurt. Zoey squinted her eyes when she saw the gigantic plaster on Natalie’s neck. “You got hurt? Why are you so careless?”

Natalie just smiled lightly. She did not say anything that she was not supposed to.

However, Zoey was her best friend after all. She knew there was something behind the wound. “Why? Where did you learn to hide things from me?”

“I’m not hiding anything from you. It’s just a small cut. It’s nothing.”

They were best friends, so Zoey knew Natalie very well. She ripped off the plaster on Natalie’s neck without saying anything.

When Zoey saw the red and swollen wound, she felt horrible. “What small cut? This is such a long cut and I’m sure it will leave a scar. You’re an unmarried young lady. How are you going to get married with a scar like this?”

How was she going to get married?

Heh! She did not have to worry about this. She had married anyway, so she was not afraid that she would not get married.

However, her relationship with John was as such, and she did not think that it was a good idea to tell Zoey. She replied nonchalantly, “Don't worry. The person who likes me will not be bothered by my scar. The person who doesn't won't like me even if my entire body is as smooth as a piece of jade."

Zoey rolled her eyes at Natalie’s reply. “You say it like there’s not a lot of people chasing after you. Dr. Cornwallis from pediatrics, Dr. Lester from orthopedics, and…”

“Alright! Why are you talking about this? Plus, I have you, don’t I? How would you let me have a scar on my neck?”

Natalie gave Zoey a fawning look. “Come on. Help me take care of it. I want the kind that won’t leave me with a scar.”

Zoey calmed down after seeing that Natalie could still joke around. “I’m the only one who loves you like this. Sigh! If you’re not interested in any men and no men are interested in me in the future, we can consider living our lives together.”

“Deal! I’ll marry you.”

“You’re married, and you still want to get married?”

There was a hint of coldness in the words that were being uttered slowly. When John’s lanky figure appeared in Natalie’s consultation room, he bit his lips and said lightly, “Bigamy is a huge offense.”

As a soldier, John was already cold and steadfast. In addition to his ice-cold expression, his presence alone could lower the temperature in a room.

At that moment, his eyes that looked like they could see one’s past life were glistening.

His gaze was piercing.

It felt like a knife was stabbing Natalie’s heart. It was giving her a formless pressure.