She didn’t want to give him her heart just for him to shatter it once again.“Conrad, once the baby is born, let’s separate. I won’t stop you from visiting the baby, and once the baby has grown up a little, I will communicate with our child. Then, we can live on our own and find our own happiness.”Conrad calmed down. As long as she didn’t ask for a divorce immediately, he still had time.He believed that he had the chance to make things return to how everything was before this. To make her and their child inseparable from him.In the evening after their lunch, Conrad had to leave because of something important at the company.Fia used this chance to give Eileen a call and asked for her help to open a secured account overseas. She then transferred the money that she promised to Lola’s contacts.When Esme realized that Conrad wouldn’t visit her when she was in the hospital, she completed the discharge papers and went shopping at a mall with Beryl. Once she was sure that Beryl was
Silas noticed that the atmosphere inside the car had frozen. Conrad’s expression had turned into ice.“What is it, sir?”“Pinpoint the location of Esme’s number and see where she is!”Silas stopped the car by the roadside. Conrad and he then switched their seats and he personally drove.A few minutes later, Silas had already managed to locate Esme’s phone.“Sir, she hasn’t moved.”“Her phone had been found. It must have been thrown away. Call my bodyguards to search the surroundings. Get access to the surrounding security cameras. We must find her!”“Understood.”Conrad stepped on the gas and sped toward where the pinging was at.Silas didn’t stop his work, but he asked, “Sir, what about the madam…”Conrad looked at the time on the display and said, “Send someone to the hospital. Prevent anyone from entering her ward.”“Sir, what I mean is that it’s getting late. Should you go back and accompany the madam? Leave the search to me.”Conrad was silent for a few seconds. “They
“You…”“Excuse me!” Suddenly, several police officers walked in.There was anger sparking in Conrad’s eyes. “Who told you to come in?!”“I’m sorry, Mr. Maxwell. They said that Mrs. Maxwell is the mastermind. We need to take her back to the station to help with the investigation.”“Out!” Conrad let go of Fia and turned around, staring at them. “Nothing like that had happened!”“This is not something negligible, Mr. Maxwell. Ms. Manning suffered grievous injuries. After what she did to the victim…”“Fia’s my wife. I know her. She would never do that!”Fia looked at Conrad's tall figure in confusion.How interesting. When he barged in just now, he questioned her.But when the police officers came in, he protected her.Maybe because she was his wife?Maybe because he was worried that she would disgrace the Maxwells?Yes. That must be it.She couldn’t think of any reasons other than that.“Mr. Maxwell, please don’t interfere with our job. What Ms. Manning had experienced tonig
“How is she doing? What happened to her.”Jason put down his stethoscope and coldly looked at the two officers standing at the end of her bed. He took out a bottle of medicine and opened it, and put it under Fia’s nose to let her smell it. He then asked, “Why are you here?”The two officers explained everything that had happened.“Impossible,” Jason immediately retorted. “She’s not someone so vicious.”If she was, she wouldn’t have been sent to the hospital so many times.He would believe it if Esme was the one who did it. Fia? Impossible!“You’re a doctor, so all you need to do is treat her. You can shut up about everything else,” the officer said. They would only look at the evidence. Not to mention that the people they caught said that Fia was the one that hired them with money. They were not here for no reason!“My patient’s not doing well. Please leave.”“We’ll wait outside then. I hope that she’s not thinking of running. We’re in an era where big data is freely available
Jason’s perception toward her didn’t change as he said, “Regardless, you’re still that same kind woman in my eyes. You’re simply retaliating. But you did it the wrong way. You shouldn’t have thrown yourself in like that.”FIa didn’t want to continue with this topic. She could only hope that the officers were competent enough to prove her innocence.Suddenly, a thought appeared in her mind. With how Conrad loved Esme, would he simply let her admit to the crime just because Esme started sobbing and wanted to kill herself? Just to make her happy?“What are you thinking about again?” Jason held Fia’s shoulder tightly. He could feel her losing control of her emotions again.“I’m fine!” Fia took in a deep breath and gave Jason a cheerful smile. “I’ll take them on as they come. I can pay the price for this.”Jason narrowed his eyes and said, “I’ll stand by your side.”That night, Jason prevented the police officers from interrogating Fia through the night using her health as an excuse.
“Thank you, doctor.”After Fia had cried her heart out, she felt much better inside and her emotions stabilized too.Sally smiled gently and grabbed some clean clothes for her. While Fia got changed, she changed new bedding for her.“Thank you.” Fia thanked her once again. She reminded her of Jason and she really felt that they suited each other very well.“Doctor Sally, if you have time, you should spend more time with Doctor Evans.”Sally raised her eyes and she could clearly see Fia’s expression. She smiled helplessly. “I know you mean well, but you’re a smart girl. His heart belongs to someone else. If I try to force my way, it would only push him away.”“I’m sorry.” Fia looked away. She didn’t dare to look at Sally.Sally patted her hands. “This has nothing to do with you. Don’t make yourself into a criminal.“Fia, I believe that I need to repeat this to you. You won’t be able to have any peaceful days with Mr. Maxwell. Your emotions are very unstable. My suggestion is tha
Eileen accompanied Fia for a while before her personal assistant Lyn gave her a call from downstairs. A group of fans and reporters had heard that she was here and wanted to see her.She was worried that it would disturb Fia from her rest, so she left.Before she left, the two of them told each other to be careful of their injuries and promised that they would go out to eat after Fia was discharged.“Ms. Reid was here just now?” Conrad came in with lunch. He realized that there was plenty of street food on the bedside table. They were all food that Fia and Eileen loved to snack on when they were together.Fia gave him a glance and ignored him.“Stop eating all of this.”He then set up her table and pulled her arm. “Get up and have some lunch.”“No thanks. Give them to Esme!” “…”Fia put the table back after she spoke and then lied on her side.Conrad frowned. “Now is not the time to start a fight with me.”“Ha, you think too much. I have no time to start anything with you.
“I’m your husband. What is it that you can’t tell me?” Conrad looked at Fia in confusion.Fia sneered and said, “She’s your childhood friend. Your childhood love. Your first love.”“Do you know that I’m the only one that can help you? If you don’t tell me, I can’t help you.”“If you trusted me, do I even have to tell you anything? If you don’t trust me, what’s the use of me saying anything?”“You…”The door suddenly opened and two people cut off what Conrad wanted to say.He looked at the two of them coldly. “Why are you here?!”“Mr. Maxwell, we’re Esme’s parents. We have a responsibility to ask Fia about what happened to Esme!” Beth took a step forward toward the hospital bed first.Hank looked at Conrad and said in a much gentler tone, “Fia is our family. We wish that this has nothing to do with her, so that’s why I came to ask her.”“Get out!” Conrad said, not giving them a chance to negotiate.Hank gave him a smile and said, “Mr. Maxwell, we should have a talk now that th