After a few rings, the call was answered but there was no sound from the other side. Annie looked at Britney worriedly.Britney mouthed “Good luck” and gave her a thumb’s up.“Fia… I know you don’t have any feelings toward us, the Parkers. But Mr. Maxwell is innocent. Uncle’s Parker Group is a very huge and resourceful goliath in the business world. If my uncle keeps on bothering Maxwell Corporation like this…”“Fine.” Fia interrupted Annie halfway. She did not think this little witch was talking out of kindness.Well, sure, perhaps she was. But that kindness was for her husband, not for her. And that kindness came with a price, with her taking her place as his wife.After hanging up, Fia hesitated. She could not decide if she should go and face Conall Parker.She had no intention of calling that man her father. Yet, there was no way she could allow him to attack her husband like that.After lunch, Fia said to Mrs. Whitley, who was cleaning up the table, “Mrs. Whitley, could you
“My child, that’s because you don’t know her completely. She’s just worried that you wouldn’t accept me if she had just dropped the truth about your birth on you all of a sudden.”Conall looked at Fia earnestly and continued on, “When she was dying, she made a phone call to your uncles. She asked them to tell you about me after she’s gone.”“Liar!” A crack seemed to have appeared on Fia’s cold and stern face.Conall said sadly, “I know it’s difficult to believe this. Much has happened since then. Here’s a letter from your mother. She left it with your Uncle Wallace before she died.”Conall took out a letter from his jacket. “Your Uncle Wallace did not give it to you the first chance he got because he wanted you to spend some time to process your mother’s passing. Now that I’ve come to find you, Wallace decided to hand it to me instead.”“Liar!” Fia repeated her rejection again. This time, however, her resolute determination to reject this man was slowly wavering.Before her mom p
Fia did not understand. The man had not shown up in her life for so many years. There was no connection between them whatsoever.But why? Why did he save her like how he did?“Mr. Maxwell, her head was hurt from the fall. Yet, she insisted on staying here, not wanting to see a doctor. Please, sir. You should bring her for treatment.”Seeing that the surgery was still ongoing, Conrad ordered Silas to stay there as he carried Fia to a doctor.Along the way, Fia fit herself tightly in his embrace, completely dazed with confusion from what had happened.“Why… Why did he save me... I said so many hurtful things to him. Yet… why…?”Conrad could not help feeling sorry for her. He hugged her tighter and kissed the tears off her eyes.“Because you are a girl who is worth dying for.”Fia, upon hearing this, began to sob on his chest. Then, from sobbing, she began to weep and wail loudly.“Fia…”Conrad did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, there was no sound from her. Conrad qui
A few minutes after Silas left, someone knocked on the door again.Conrad, upon hearing this, responded calmly, “Come in.”The tall and muscular visitor had a conflicted expression on his face.“Fia, are you not going to pay him a visit?”It was Finn.Fia, still tightly in Conrad’s embrace, bit her lips. Given the circumstances, she could not show animosity toward the Parkers.Conrad lightly tapped her back. “We are thankful for Mr. Parker’s noble act in saving my wife’s life. I’ll personally visit him to extend our gratitude.” Finn sighed. “Fia, I know you’ve lived with your mother your whole life, and now you want nothing to do with us. But please understand that we earnestly want the best for you.”Fia grabbed Conrad’s waist tighter, not wanting to face Finn.Conrad looked toward Finn and answered on her behalf, “She needs rest.”Finn nodded. “Of course. Fia, don’t feel too pressured about it. We’ve gotten the best physicians flying over from Lumenpolis. Your father will
Sure enough, after a while, there were people attempting to pay Fia a visit. They were Sally, Jason, Annie, Barbara, and Britney. However, their request for a visit was rejected by the bodyguards.Being the professional physician that she was, Sally explained to everyone, “Fia’s emotionally unstable at the moment. Too much has happened lately, so it’s only natural for her to want to have some peace of mind. Let’s let her be for now, shall we?”Conrad heard someone talking outside of the private ward. And judging from the footsteps, there were a lot of people too. He had only just soothed Fia to sleep a few minutes ago. So, he got up to get the door. He needed to send them away so his wife could get a good rest.Seeing that the door was opened, Sally quickly took a peek into the ward. Conrad closed the door behind him, glaring at the people who were walking away, “Did you call them over?”“No, I didn’t.” Sally shook her head with a puzzled face. Come on now, she had many patient
Conrad knew that she hesitated because of her silence.He put a hand behind her back and stroked, trying to find an excuse for her.“Let’s not be so hasty. I’m not sure either, so let’s wait here for another two days?”She nodded and buried herself in his arms.Conrad put her back in bed, pulled her blanket carefully, and stared into her eyes.Their eyes didn’t meet and Fia simply closed her eyes.Conrad stared at her as he became even more suspicious.Fia then said, “Let me sleep.”“Wait, I’ll apply some medicine first.”Conrad carefully moved her hair away with the medicine in hand and saw her gently trembling eyes.After looking at her for two seconds, he sprayed the medicine on her head.“Alright. Sleep.”“Alright.” She placed her hands on the blanket, her face beautiful but cold.Despite being at the age where she was supposed to be full of vigor, she looked so depressed.Conrad couldn’t help holding her two hands with his.“If you’re worried that you’ll get disturb
That was why she didn’t tell Conrad about it in her sadness.“I’m sorry.” Conrad bent down and pulled her and the blanket into his arms. “It’s my fault. I should have been by your side.”Fia instantly felt hurt.She didn’t feel hurt or sad even when Joy cursed and blamed her. But when this man hugged her and apologized to her, she could feel the pain in her heart suddenly growing. She couldn’t help but tear up and sob. “I didn’t do anything wrong. Why are there so many people who hate me so much?”“They’re blind! They’re the ones that are sick!” Conrad said coldly as he held her even tighter.She was becoming much more emotional and sensitive. Now that her sight had returned, she was going to see even more of such filth. He had to protect her!Five in the evening.Silas delivered them their dinner.“My mom and Mrs. Taylor made dinner together tonight. It’s very hearty!”Conrad helped Fia up, had her lean against the headboard, and set up the table. Silas opened up the two
“How can you guarantee that it won’t happen?!” Conrad’s face paled, and his joy became worry.The doctor said that the blood clot hadn’t completely disappeared and it appeared to be a time bomb.“We don’t have any better way for now. The best we can do is make sure she takes her medicine and maintains a good mood… As well as not getting injured anymore,” the ophthalmologist said carefully, and it was obvious from his eyes that he cared about Fia.He was hoping that his attitude wouldn’t anger Conrad, so that he could continue his career a bit longer.Conrad stared at the ophthalmologist coldly. He had just wanted to say something to him angrily when Fia tugged at his shirt.“Don’t worry. I’m doing quite well right now.”Since her eyesight had improved, what was she worried about?Even Sally couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat for her colleague. She quickly said, “It’s good that her eyes have recovered, so don’t get angry again or that’ll bring bad luck!”The words “bring