“She seems to be recuperating well. Furthermore, she’ll be bored if she’s alone in the ward all the time. It’s good for her to have visitors. Am I right?” Jeremy asked as he continued to smile.Fern was listening to their conversation. If they continued talking to each other this way, an argument would definitely break out.“Even if that’s the case, she has someone to talk to. Outsiders don’t need to come here.” Eugene was outright driving him away.Jeremy was not vexed. “I didn’t expect you to be so concerned over her private life, President Eugene,” he said in a kind and patient tone.“Regarding this point, I’d like to give you a warning. You’re not allowed to use her for the purpose of gaining popularity ever again, especially by making it seem like both of you are in a relationship,” Eugene said in a heavy tone.Jeremy cast a meaningful smirk at him. “President Eugene, does your contract with her forbid her from dating?” For a celebrity in the entertainment industry, this was
Sebastian brought Rue to the place where he practiced shooting without Sharon knowing. They were in a manor owned by the Zachary family in the suburbs. Simon had asked someone to renovate this manor and transform it into a practice field since Sebastian kept insisting on learning how to shoot a gun. “Seb, do you come here to practice shooting every day?” Rue was curious about it after knowing that he was referring to an actual gun. “I come here every weekend.” After a brief pause, he continued speaking, “My master is extremely skilled. He’s a powerful sniper.” “Really? How skilled is he?” “His bullet will accurately hit wherever he aims. He’s also able to open fire before anyone even realizes.” Sebastian had yet to achieve Claude’s god-level shooting skills.Rue wanted to meet his master even more after hearing what Sebastian said.However, a stern expression formed on Claude’s face when he saw that Sebastian had brought Rue along with him. “Does President Zachary know
Claude glanced at Sebastian. This kid had told Candace that he was here.Candace was holding onto a thermos. It must be filled with chicken soup.“Have your injuries gotten better now?” Candace asked as she stared at his arm.“I’m alright. Thanks for your concern,” Claude said. He was not used to receiving such concern from other people.Candace smiled gently and said, “You lost a lot of blood when you were hurt, that’s why I made some chicken soup for you. You should drink some.”Claude had always had a strong physique. He did not think that he needed to drink chicken soup, but it did not seem like a good idea to reject her straight away.Sebastian nudged him when he saw just how nervous he was in front of Candace. “Uncle Claude, just have some of the soup. Miss White prepared it just for you. Don’t let her efforts be in vain.” Claude’s expression stiffened. With much difficulty, he forced himself to say, “Alright.” “Why don’t you bring Miss White into the house to take a
Claude was drinking the chicken soup that Candace had made for him. He was just about to take a second sip of the soup. Just then, he heard a garbled yell coming from the practice field. He tensed up at once. His experience told him that something had happened!He immediately put down the bowl of chicken soup and walked out of the door with large strides.“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Candace did not understand why he was so serious all of a sudden. She had also heard the gunshot just now.Claude could not answer her. He did not know what had happened either.He walked toward the practice field. He then caught sight of Sebastian running out of the practice field with Rue in his arms. Rue’s arm was bleeding!“What happened to Miss Rue? Did you shoot her?” Claude cursed inwardly. He should not have left them just now!“I didn’t hurt her. Uncle Claude, drive her to the hospital at once,” Sebastian said. He was now in a state of panic. “Her hand is bleeding. I can help he
After the doctor left the ward, she glared at her son and yelled angrily, “Sebastian, tell me what happened. How did Rue get hurt?!”“Aunt, don’t get angry. I asked Seb to teach me how to shoot a gun. I was just way too anxious. I don’t know why I had a heart attack. My aim went off and I broke a pole. A fragment of it broke off and hit me,” Rue explained everything on behalf of Sebastian.“You! How dare you teach Rue how to use a gun? She was lucky that she shot a pole. What if…” Sharon had always disapproved of allowing Sebastian to practice shooting. She was even angrier now that Rue had gotten hurt after he secretly brought her to where he practiced shooting.“Mommy, it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have taught her how to use a gun,” Sebastian admitted to his mistake at once. He had not considered the fact that Rue had a heart condition.Claude spoke up when he saw how infuriated Sharon was. “It was my responsibility. I should’ve kept an eye on them all the time. That way, an acc
Rue shook her head. “The injury isn’t serious. You don’t need to be worried about me, Dad. Don’t blame Seb as well. I was the one who asked him to teach me how to use a gun.”Eugene continued to frown. He knew that his daughter was kind and would always speak up for others.“You got hurt by the bullet, how can you say that it isn’t serious?” He would have to give Sebastian a warning later on and tell him not to bring Rue with him when he did dangerous things.“I didn’t get hurt by the bullet. My aim was off when I opened fire. The bullet hit the pole by the side and broke it. I got injured when a fragment hit me,” Rue explained everything to him clearly.Eugene let out a sigh of relief. Luckily, it was not a bullet… No, getting hit by a fragment of a pole was serious as well!“Did it hit your hand? Is it badly injured? Is your wrist alright?” He stared at her hand worriedly. Did she fracture her bone?Rue smiled. “The pole wasn’t heavy. It’s very light. I just bled a little after
“There’s no need for you to do so. I won’t put my daughter in the hands of someone as irresponsible as you ever again,” Eugene spoke to her impolitely as he was still furious.Sharon could not argue against him or refute him. She understood how much his heart hurt for Rue.“Eugene Newton, what kind of brother talks to his sister like this?” Simon appeared just then. He had heard their entire conversation.“If she weren’t my sister, I wouldn’t be so courteous with her!” Eugene yelled out angrily.Sebastian spoke up as well, “Uncle, don’t blame my mommy. I was the one who brought Rue along to my shooting lesson. Scold me if you want to scold someone.”“Don’t think that I don’t dare to teach you a lesson, you little rascal.” Eugene huffed coldly.“If you have the time to teach him a lesson, why don’t you spend more time caring about your own daughter?”Simon would not allow anyone to bully his wife and son even though they were partly responsible for Rue’s injury. However, he did n
Sharon planned to visit Rue after a few days. By then, Eugene’s anger would have dissipated.She received a phone call from Scarlet today.“Sienna? Can you come to the hospital right now? Jimmy has regained consciousness. He keeps insisting on seeing Riley, but I don’t know where she is. He’s disregarding his own injuries just to see her. The nurses are holding him down right now,” Scarlet said in an urgent tone. She was close to begging Sharon.Sharon recalled that it was about time that Jim woke up. If he did not wake up soon, he would fall into a vegetative state as the doctors had said.Sharon did not want to care about him since he had treated Riley badly in the past. However, Riley had selflessly donated her blood to him when he was met with a car accident. That meant that he was still extremely important to Riley.She agreed to visit Jim at the hospital for Riley’s sake.She grabbed her handbag and was just about to leave when Simon appeared behind her in his wheelchair. “