Joanne was startled. "Huh? Really? Spence, are you okay?""He's fine. There's something wrong with his brain."Spencer glared at Ariana furiously. "You're the one with a brain issue!"Joanne watched as the two fought with each other and somehow thought they seemed to be flirting.She had always felt insecure, so she immediately looked at Ariana. "Ari, Spence is injured, yet you're making him mad. Would you leave first? I'll take care of him."Ariana replied, "That's great, then. Otherwise, I'll have to pay to hire a caretaker."She was implying that Joanne was being a caretaker for free. Before Joanne said anything, Ariana smiled and said, "However, you'd better inform me if there's anything wrong with him. After all, they will need me—his lawfully wedded wife—to decide if he needs to be extubated next time." With that, Ariana wheeled herself out of the ward before the two could react.Spencer could vaguely sense the sarcasm in Ariana's words. He asked, "What extubation?"H
Ariana felt great after blocking Connor. Jensen asked, "Are you going to let Joanne take care of Spencer in the hospital?"Ariana replied, "What should I do, then? Do you think it'll change anything if I say no?""Does this mean that you've made up your mind?"Ariana naturally knew what he was referring to.Seeing that she fell silent, Jensen asked, "Or are you worried that Mr. Lubove will be against your decision?"It would be worse than that. Ariana could already imagine Kieran breaking her legs if she mentioned the divorce.To Kieran, his business was way more important than Ariana, although he had been saying that he would leave all his assets to her since she was his only daughter. Jensen knew about the Lubove family's situation. He was curious, too. Since the Luboves only had one daughter, it only made sense that they should be doting on Ariana. However, it was the opposite. Ariana had been brought up by her grandparents. Her grandparents had passed away after fal
"I'm fine." Spencer didn't want to talk about it. "I told you not to come.""You got into a car accident. How can I not come?" Connor asked, "Does Ariana know about this? Has she come?""She was here," Spencer replied coldly. "It'd be better that she didn't come, though. She has such a sharp tongue now and will drive me mad."Connor said, "It seems like she's different now. I called her, but she actually blocked me!"Spencer looked at him. "Why did you call her?""Aren't you focusing on the wrong thing now?" Connor repeated furiously, "I said she blocked me! She actually had the guts to block me!"Spencer said, "She even had the nerve to scold me. Why wouldn't she have the guts to block you?"Connor was more shocked. "She scolded you? Why? Because you have a mistress?"Spencer looked behind him.Just then, Joanne stood at the door. Realizing his slip of the tongue, Connor felt awkward.He immediately said, "Jojo, I didn't mean that…"Joanne's eyes turned red in mere second
The next morning, Weston came to the hospital and got the discharge procedures done for him.After that, they got into the car. Before Weston reported about work, he asked out of habit, "Mr. Ulrich, would you like to go home to take a shower and get changed?"Spencer looked at him. "Go home. Leave the work for tomorrow."Tomorrow? That would mean that he wouldn't be working today. Weston was surprised that a workaholic like Spencer would choose to take a break from work.When Spencer arrived home, he found that Ariana wasn't around. He only found out she had gone to work after calling her."Why did you still go to work when you're still injured?" Spencer bellowed, "Come home right now!"Then, Ariana hung up on him.Spencer wanted to call again, but he couldn't bring himself to do that. He was so mad that he almost threw his phone away.However, not long after that, Weston drove back to the office. As expected from a workaholic, Spencer had decided to go to work in the e
Connor was stunned. "What's that?"When Connor was still baffled, Spencer changed the topic. "You should leave if there's nothing else."Connor stared at him. "Why have you been so secretive recently? Also, you and Ariana—""I think you have nothing better to do." There was a sense of hostility in Spencer's tone. "Get lost now!" Connor placed his hand against the car window and asked, "Have you fallen for Ariana?"Spencer's face darkened in an instant. After saying that, Connor burst into laughter. "I'm joking! Everyone knows you're into… Okay. I'll stop."With that, he turned around and left. However, Spencer fell into deep thought because of Connor's words. After a long time, he finally started the engine and left. Connor's car stopped at the side. When he saw Spencer's car leaving, he smiled faintly. He would keep waiting.However, when the time Ariana mentioned came around, she was nowhere to be seen.Connor didn't know that Ariana never got to leave work on ti
Spencer nearly choked, for he had never expected to hear such a thing coming from Ariana. With a scowl on his face, he asked, "Don't you want to be Mrs. Ulrich?""Do you want me to give it up?" Ariana shrugged. "Okay."She said that so casually, and Spencer was on the verge of exploding. "'Okay'?" He stood up and looked down at Ariana. "Have you been planning all this? You'll leave me and the Ulrich family to look for another man, right?"Ariana took a deep breath and told herself not to lose her temper. However, the man standing before her was the person she had loved deeply for years. Yet, he always said the most hurtful things. Ariana held back her emotions and replied, "If I really want to find another man, I'll do that after leaving you. And you?"Spencer couldn't hear what she was asking. The first half of the sentence was the only thing that reached his ears.He bent down and placed his hands on both sides of her wheelchair. "Ariana, how dare you? Do you think I'm
Ariana looked at Spencer calmly. Spencer continued, "There are many couples in marriages of convenience who only appear loving on the surface. They're willing to take a step back for mutual interests and live together in peace. Why do you have to stir up all this trouble?"Ariana smiled. "Mr. Ulrich, can't I also find myself a sweet and caring lover out there like you do? Can you take a step back then?"Spencer's gaze was full of coldness and mockery. "It seems like you've forgotten that one party is at a disadvantage in this marriage. The entire Lubove family relies on me to run their businesses. "Do you think you're in a position to bargain with me?""After all this, you only want others to follow your order, but you never control yourself.""What do you mean? Do you want to control me?"As Spencer said that, he somehow felt a strange feeling surge within him.However, that feeling vanished in mere seconds before he knew it. Ariana shook her head."No? Then, why are you
Ariana avoided Spencer's gaze. "It's none of your business. I've never asked you who you're interested in."Spencer suddenly held her chin. "Is it Jensen? If you're into him, why did you agree to this marriage? You should've just married him!"Ariana's chin hurt. "Spencer Ulrich, you're hurting me! Let go!"Spencer didn't know how much strength he had used, as he was putting all his focus on the possibility.The possibility that Ariana could've married Jensen back then, even though he was the one who brought this up.Ariana was on the verge of tears. She grabbed his wrist with both hands and pulled his hand away forcefully. "You're such a psycho!"She had fair skin. Spencer could easily leave traces on her body when they made out. And now, there was a visible thumbprint on her chin, and it was slightly bruised. Spencer looked away. Somehow, he felt his heart ache, and he had to try his best to suppress his feelings. "Is it Jensen?" he asked with a stern look. At the same