”Doctor Collins, for the last five years I’ve always regretted the fact that I couldn’t stay with my father in his last moments. Could you please tell me the truth?”Doctor Collins saw the plea in her eyes and sighed deeply. “I knew I couldn’t keep this a secret forever. Your father’s condition worsened suddenly… not without reason.”Sharon’s breath caught in her throat, and her nerves were tense. “What reason?”Doctor Collins looked at her and hesitated, but eventually he sighed again. “I’ll be retiring in half a month. Come visit me after I retire and I’ll tell you everything.”Sharon was confused. “But why?”Doctor Collins would not explain. “Let’s keep it at that for now, alright? I promise, I’ll tell you everything you want to know then.”He refused to say another word. Although Sharon was anxious, she could not force him to speak.After a pause, she said, “Alright, I’ll wait for another half a month. Please tell me then.” She had already waited for five years, she thought.
“We don’t know, either, but we’ve found that car using the surveillance cameras. It’s heading into the forest outside the city now.”“Send me the address!” Simon hung up abruptly and grabbed his car keys, striding out of the house.His handsome face was cold and his brows tightly knitted. When he heard that Sharon had been kidnapped, he lost all of his usual cool. He found himself surprisingly frustrated and even more worried.Who was out for her? Could it be one of the Zacharies’ business rivals?He had not announced his relationship with her, so outsiders should not know that she was Mrs. Zachary. Who could it be then?When Simon walked past the living room, he saw that Sebastian was not asleep yet. The boy was stacking bricks in the living room, looking bored.“Dad, are you going out too?” He looked at Simon, perplexed.Simon’s gaze flickered, but he tried to act calm in front of his son. “Yes.”The boy ran toward him and grabbed his pants with his small hand, looking up at
“Sharon…” He called her name softly, his voice trembling despite himself. He knew that she was unconscious, but he just wanted her to wake up and open her eyes.He hastily untied her and took off his coat to wrap up her wrist in an attempt to stop the bleeding. She had already lost a lot of blood, the smell of iron permeating the air.Those perps were heartless. They sliced open her wrist to try and make her bleed to death slowly!Simon wrapped up her wrist and picked her up in his arms, rapidly returning to the car. Once he put her in the passenger seat and buckled her in, he looked at her pale face and felt his heart ache in his chest. Before he knew it, he was caressing her face. “You’re not allowed to die without my permission!” With that, he started the car and drove to the hospital in the city at top speed.…Nurses came in and out of the emergency room. The air was heavy with tension.Simon stood next to the door, one hand against the wall. His body felt as though it was c
Now that he mentioned it, Sharon remembered everything that had happened before she passed out. She had gone to the hospital to meet Doctor Collins but she was knocked out by someone in the car park. She had no idea what happened after that, though.She felt some pain from her wrist, so she looked down and saw that her wrist was wrapped up in a white bandage. Frowning, she asked in confusion, “My hand…”“After you were taken away, your kidnappers cut open your wrist and left you in an abandoned warehouse. They wanted you to bleed to death.” Simon’s tone was calm, but there was solemn murder in his eyes.“What?” Sharon looked at him in disbelief. They had cut her wrist?“W-Who… would do something so vicious?” It was hard for her to believe that there was someone this cruel and heartless to try and kill her in such a fashion.Simon shook his head, his gaze unreadable. “I don’t know.”“Did you save me? What happened to the people who caught me?”“They’re dead.”Everything he saw w
“Your legally wedded husband is right here. Why do you have to ask anyone else?” With those words, he carried her into the attached washroom.Sharon took a deep breath, feeling conflicted. They were legally married, sure, but he was still a man and she was a woman…Simon carried her into the washroom and carefully put her onto the toilet. Looking into her eyes, he said in a low voice, “Can you do it yourself?”His words sounded so suggestive to her ears, yet he kept such a straight face!Her face heated up. She could not be as natural as he was, so she hurriedly waved him off, saying, “Don’t worry, I can handle this here.”Simon did not attempt to push the envelope any further. He straightened up and said, “Alright then, be careful.”However, he just stood in front of her without moving. He made no indication of leaving, either. Was he going to just stand there and watch?Sharon was embarrassed out of her mind. “C-Could you go out for a bit?”Simon was only staying here because
She smelled the food and could not help swallowing. Her stomach growled in accordance as well. Simon heard everything on the side. Looking back at her, he curled his lips into a superficial smile. “Hungry?”It was normal for one’s stomach to growl when a person was hungry. She felt embarrassed that he heard this. She pursed her lips and smiled. “Yeah, I'm hungry.”The man's slender and clean hands filled a white porcelain bowl with oatmeal for her before putting her favorite ravioli in front of her. “Here.”She was so famished that her chest was pressing against her back. She forgot that she had a cut on her hand when she saw the food. When she was about to pick up the bowl of oatmeal, she felt a piercing pain in her wrist. Her hand trembled, and she almost knocked the bowl over.The stab wound on her wrist was deep and wide. The evildoer had wanted her dead, so that was why they were so violent. She could not hold anything with her right hand for the time being.Meanwhile, she ha
His fingers were slightly cold. His behavior was too amorous, and she could not bear such ambiguity.She pushed his hand away in a bewildered manner and chuckled at him. “Um… Aren’t you going to the office? You don't need to worry about me, just go and do your thing.”After his hand was pushed away and he spotted a trace of panic in her eyes, the man's persistently stern facial features tightened. The message her actions conveyed to him was that she still resisted him…He had lived for 30 years. For the first time ever, he had the idea of conquering her. He wanted to live in her heart and wanted this woman to belong to him whether it was her body or her mind.However, he also understood that some things could not be done in a hurry. Otherwise, he would only scare her. It would be best to take things slow.The expression on the man's face did not change too much, so Sharon could not tell what he was thinking about. However, his gaze on her was more intimidating than before.Afte
Sharon was enthralled when she was thinking about it. Then, the phone on the side table vibrated suddenly, pulling her back to reality.She looked at it. It was Simon's personal phone. He left it for her and asked her to call her son.When she saw that the caller was Franky, she frowned slightly. This was Simon’s phone, so she should not answer it. However, Franky seemed to have something important to tell him and he kept on calling.She hesitated. She should answer it and at least tell him that Simon had gone to the office.As soon as Sharon hit the answer button, Franky's eager voice sounded. “President Zachary, are you okay?”One could not blame him for sounding so anxious. Simon rarely let the phone ring for so long.Sharon cleared her throat. “Um, Franky, it's me.”Franky was startled when he heard a woman's voice. Why was a woman answering President Zachary’s phone?After he realized that this woman was Sharon, he suddenly said, “Oh, Ms. Zachary. Is the president with you