Alanna felt a piercing pain from Hades' words. She was surprised by how she was tainted just because Shane had steadied her once. She looked at Hades. "Then by that logic, Mr. Florentine, the places Melanie has hugged and held you must be cleaned even more."Hades stood aside and merely let out a light laugh. "Do you not understand who the real benefactor in our relationship is? If you could be my benefactor, I might consider not touching another woman."Suddenly, Alanna lost the will to argue further. She understood that she didn't have the right to demand anything from Hades. She had forgotten the inherent inequality in their relationship. "You can leave now. I'm going to take a shower."Hades looked at her. His gaze lingered on her pale face. "Are you sure you can manage on your own?" "I can." Hades nonchalantly nodded and turned to leave the bathroom.The moment the door closed, tears streamed down Alanna's face. She bit her lip to silence her sobs. After crying for a while
Alanna felt that Hades' question was likely just a formality. Alanna lowered her gaze and hid her emotions. In a soft voice, she said, "It's okay."Hades nodded. "I'll have someone bring a hairdryer over. Do you need anything else? I can have it sent along."Alanna shook her head. "There's no need for that. I should be able to leave the hospital after tonight."Hades didn't say much more. He just went into the bathroom and came out with a towel. "Come here. I'll dry your hair."Alanna shook her head. "No, I can do it myself."Hades' face immediately darkened. "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"Alanna looked at him. His expression was severely displeased. She knew he was still upset about the nurse's comment. She didn't want to argue further and sat on a nearby chair.Hades' movements were gentle as he dried her hair. Once her hair stopped dripping, he finally spoke. "Sorry, I was a bit rough earlier."Though he apologized, Alanna couldn't detect any regret in his words.
Hades' brow quirked slightly. "What? You don't trust me?"Alanna nodded.Hades actually took a moment to consider it seriously. "If we're talking about trust, I only trust myself. Is that answer satisfactory to you, Ms. Jacinto?"Alanna wasn't sure what to say. She wondered if he didn't trust Melanie either.Her fingers clenched involuntarily. "What about Melanie?"Hades' gaze darkened slightly. But Alanna kept looking at him. Before he could speak, someone knocked on the door.The executive secretary stood outside and handed Hades a bag. Hades took it and approached the bed. "Come here. Let's dry your hair."Alanna moved and sat on the couch. She let Hades dry her hair. After he was done, he finally spoke. "Melanie is special to me. If you don't want to demean yourself, Ms. Jacinto, don't compare yourself to Melanie."Alanna was silent for a moment. "Alright, I understand."Hades' phone rang. It was Melanie's exclusive ringtone. Alanna suddenly felt incredibly tired. "Mr. Flo
Initially, Alanna had felt somewhat relieved not to see Garrett at the entrance of the residential complex upon her return from Brunstein City. Unexpectedly, he had shown up at the hospital.Once inside the room, she asked with a stern face, "What is it this time? Speak up."Garrett entered the room but seemed in no hurry to speak. He took a tour of the room and clicked his tongue twice in admiration. "Hospital rooms have become so luxurious? My daughter is truly remarkable."Alanna wasn't in the mood for idle chatter and cut straight to the point. "What do you want? I've already given you the money you asked for!"Garrett chuckled heartily. "What? Are you disgusted by your own father?"Alanna's gaze was cold. "If you have nothing to say, then leave!"Garrett mocked, "Such a temper!" As he spoke, he spotted a pack of cigarettes Hades had left on the table and pocketed it. "Don't worry, I'm not here for anything bad this time. You're not getting any younger. You're almost hittin
After Alanna finished speaking, Hades' eyes narrowed slightly. He leaned back on the couch in a relaxed posture. He set his gaze on Alanna with an inscrutable expression. "Did you agree?"Alanna didn't want to agree but felt that Garrett couldn't have let her off that easily. "I only mentioned that I've been feeling unwell lately and would discuss it once I've recovered."Then, she looked at Hades. "Would you help me?"Hades chuckled coldly. "Ms. Jacinto, how do you want me to assist you?"Alanna laughed softly, "Garrett seems quite afraid of you. Just a word from you, and he probably won't threaten me anymore."Hades' gaze turned darker, which made it difficult to read his emotions. After a while, he finally spoke. "You seem quite adept at commanding others."Alanna's lips twitched slightly. She couldn't deny it. Indeed, she hoped to use Hades to prevent Garrett from bothering her further. She looked at Hades and asked, "Is that possible?"With a light laugh, Hades gestured for
After who knew how long, Alanna scoffed in self-depreciation.She knew it was impossible, but she still kept her hopes up for some reason.After pulling herself together, she looked toward Hades calmly. "Is that really okay?"Hades didn't mind it at all. In fact, he'd always acted as he pleased and was never considerate.On the other hand, Alanna would be saved from plenty of trouble by declaring she was no longer single.At least, those who had ulterior motives toward her would give up on her."Why wouldn't it be okay?"Alanna chuckled. "Aren't you worried that Ms. Smith will get to know about this?"Hades shot her a look and smirked. "You've been acting like I'm yours in front of her for a long time now, Ms. Jacinto."Time and again, you had stressed to her that we were in a relationship, yet you're pretending to be oh-so innocent now?"Alanna was rendered speechless.Indeed, she'd been hinting at Melanie that she and Hades were seeing each other.But was she really doing
Alanna was enraged. Even if she was too unfit to do her job, why did Hades have to delete the parts she'd already translated?She glared at him. Before she could speak, he said, "Besides, I don't want some random guy's stuff to appear on my laptop."Alanna was rendered speechless and suddenly didn't feel like talking to him.Hades was never reasonable. She could just redo her work after she got home.However, Hades seemed to see right through her. "Here's my advice, Ms. Jacinto. You'd better focus on nursing yourself back to health while you rest at home."I'm letting you off work so you can do that, not for you to offer your service to some other man. If you're really itching to work, you can always report to work tomorrow!"At that moment, Alanna didn't know what to say.Hades was domineering. It seemed she could only continue her job behind his back from now on.Soon, Henry brought them food.Hades wrung a hot towel dry before wiping Alanna's hands with it. Instinctively, s
After ending the call, Hades looked at Alanna. "I have something to attend to and can't stay with you tonight. Can you manage on your own?""Yeah," Alanna replied straight away.Hades let out a low hum. "I'll come tomorrow morning to pick you up.""Sure."As Hades left the hospital, he bumped into Terrence.An intern who resembled Alanna had started working in Terrence's company, and he'd been engrossed with her.Today, that intern was feeling unwell and insisted he kept her company. So, he came to the hospital with her.That was also how he and Alanna bumped into each other in the restaurant that noon.Actually, things had been going well between Terrence and the intern when Alanna was out of the picture.However, after meeting Alanna that noon, he immediately lost interest in the intern.In terms of elegance, she was inferior to Alanna. The same could be said about their looks. Her only advantage was that she resembled Alanna closely.A mere intern couldn't match Alanna's