Sally stared at Fia, and could see her nervousness and carefulness.“Keep it. If it didn’t come when it did, you wouldn’t have noticed your nodule. This child should be your lucky star.”Fia’s tears started to fall. “Sally, thank you.”“However.” Sally picked up two pieces of tissue and gently wiped Fia’s tears.“It is a blessing but it’s also a disaster. You need to be mentally prepared. If you want to keep the child, you can’t take medicine to treat the nodule and when you are pregnant, the nodule will worsen. When the time comes, your breast might be in frequent pain.”Fia blinked but did not say anything.Sally felt there was a need to make the details clear in order to avoid her having impetuous feelings when she was in pain.“Normal people would feel breast pain during pregnancy and your situation will be worse when the time comes. Are you sure you won’t regret it due to the discomfort?”Fia immediately shook her head. “I won’t regret it!”Sally helped her sit up and con
She said quite sadly, “If my brother really did anything bad, I am unable to judge him.”Fia was in a daze, her mind full of images of an elder brother chasing after a younger sister.She did not have any siblings.When she was young, she saw how female students in the same class were loved by their elder brothers and how they sat behind their brothers on their bikes.While she was alone all by herself. She would feel admiration too.“However, don’t worry. I won’t let things be either.” Sally choked a little. “I just hope that on account of me, you would be merciful toward him. He was really a good person in the past and now, he still remains a good brother to me.”Before Fia regained her senses, Sally held her crying face and left.Fia sat in the living room, a little stunned. Hearing her talk about the relationship she had with her brother made her subconsciously sucked in.If she had such a good brother, a great existence that was the same as a personal belief, she would be
“Really?” Fia was in a panic. Things were more complicated than she expected and they were not as clear cut anymore.Conrad said patiently, “Peter sold off all his villas abroad and gave Sally a bank card. All the money was kept inside.”Fia looked at him in a daze. “What does that mean?”“From my perspective, Peter is taking precautions. He’s worried that once things come to light, Doctor Sally and his parents will not live well. Therefore, he is taking some precautions, saving up a sum of money and giving it to Doctor Sally.”Fia slowly calmed down as she said with a frown, “For him to be selling the villas and giving money to Sally, aren’t these actions equivalent to exposing himself?”When Conrad found out, he also felt that Peter was being careless. However, his instinct told him that Peter was not a simple man. For him to dare to have done so, he must have made other plans.Unless, he overestimated him.“Perhaps he never thought of anyone else being suspicious.” Conrad was
“I didn’t want you to cry.”“I’m not a crybaby. Why’d you think I would cry?”“You really love the Lane twins.” Conrad sighed in dismay. “I was afraid that you might cry when you bid your farewells.”It was true that he did not want Fia to be emotionally affected. Knowing that he had good intentions, Fia did not press on the matter too much. She lightly shoved him to the door. “You go get Mary and Sharon at the entrance. They should be here any minute now.”“Okay.”Thus, Conrad walked to the gates. He was there in time to see Mary and Sharon arriving. Seeing the mother-and-daughter pair, a bodyguard approached them for questioning.Conrad said to the bodyguard, “Let them in.”The bodyguard obliged and opened the gate, allowing the pair to enter. Conrad took a glance at them before turning to the bodyguard. “In the future, if you see these two, you can let them in.”“Yes, sir.”“Come in. Fia’s waiting for you,” Conrad said in a distant yet polite tone to the pair.Mary heard a
“You know what I mean. It’s those characters in the movies that are mentally unstable. They tend to be very good-looking but viciously heartless!” Mary’s voice rose as she became increasingly excited.Still standing outside of the villa, Conrad suddenly lost the desire to go into the house after hearing what Mary thought of him.“Ahem! No, he’s not like that.” Fia cleared her throat and explained, “Conrad only looks cool and distant on the outside. But he’s actually a really…”“Fia, no need to pretend. He indeed loves you. That’s an undeniable fact. But men like these are very intolerant and paranoid. You must have led a tough life living with him.” Mary looked at Fia with teary eyes, feeling very sorry for her.“…”This conversation was getting ridiculous. Why did Mary suddenly have such a deep misunderstanding and negative preconception for her husband? Conrad, who was standing near the entrance, quietly leaned against the wall next to the door to eavesdrop on them.“Fia, you
Sharon climbed up to Fia’s ear and whispered, “Doing that would make Dad miserable.”“How miserable?” Fia whispered back.“Dad says that Mom’s a drama queen. She loves to wail and make a scene.”“Really? Then does your dad ever lose his temper with her?”“No, he’d never do that. Instead, he would kneel to Mom and apologize. He would even slap himself. He’d continue to do that until Mom stops crying.”Their voices were so soft that only they could hear each other. Fia was so surprised after hearing what Sharon said. She had a whole new perception of Tyler and Mary! What a funny pair of couple! No wonder Mary had such a weird preconception of Conrad. Conrad was so proud that he would never do that! Of course, she herself was not that much of a drama queen like Mary.Erm… Yeah! She was so much more thoughtful than that. Conrad was lucky to have her as his wife.“Sharon! Were you badmouthing me?!” Mary stared at Fia and her daughter with her sad, puppy eyes.“No, no! You got it
“Discipline?! What did she do?” Tyler looked worried. “Mary’s upset from seeing William go through some hardship in the camp. Did she say anything drastic to your wife?”“Just… Just take her away!” Conrad said to him in an irate manner. “Can’t we talk about this? Perhaps I could bring her home a little later?” Tyler’s head was aching so badly. If he brought his wife home right now… the next few days would be hellish for him.“No!” Conrad tapped on his shoulder and pitied him. “My condolence to you, Mr. Lane.”“…”Seeing that Tyler was unwilling to comply, Conrad forcefully pushed him into the villa. After guarding at the door for a few minutes, to block Tyler from fleeing, Conrad walked through the door slowly.“What? Why do you want me to go home right now? Fia invited us to stay for dinner.” Mary was getting cross again.“We could come next time. I want to taste your cooking today. Please come home… Pretty please?” Tyler did his best to mollify Mary and get her up from her se
“Yes!” Sally maintained her smile, pretending to not notice the slight change on Peter’s facial expression.Peter took a glance at her luggage and walked into her room. He spoke to her coldly, “Don’t spend too much effort on just one patient. If you want to save lives, there are so many other patients that could use your help.”“…” Sally did not refute his words, still maintaining her smile. She knew that since they had brought this issue up, it would not take long before they had a fight.“Sally, listen to me, okay? I’ve never asked anything from you all these years. This is just one request from me, from your brother.” Peter lowered his head and spoke to her in a soft, pleading voice.Sally poured a glass of water. “Want some water?”“No, thank you.”After drinking another glass of water, Sally sat on a chair with a grim, sullen face.“Fia is a good and kind girl. She has never hurt anyone all her life. I don’t want her to get hurt or get involved in some untoward incidents. I