Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

"Who let this woman in?" Nelson demanded furiously as he stepped into the room. "Nurse! Take this woman out of this room, and make sure she never enters again!"

His shouts woke Melinda, and she slowly roused to the picture of something that seemed to have come out of a melodrama.

"What do you have in your hands? How dare you touch Soaring Group’s documents so easily?! Do you think you’re a part of the company or something?!"

Nelson was still berating Emily, glaring back and forth between the woman and his grandson. He was clearly disappointed, and beyond furious.

He was still the head of the family, as well as the family business, damn it! This woman had some nerve to get her hands on such important files; no one outside of the company should have even laid eyes on those papers.

Jonas was looking on helplessly, but kept his silence. Emily, meanwhile, had a horrified expression, and the documents shook in the air as her hands trembled nervously. Melinda rose and walked over to the bed, then calmly took the papers from Emily and placed it on a nearby table. Then she went to Nelson and helped the old man towards one of the seats.

"Didn’t I tell you it was nothing to worry about?" she chided Nelson softly. "You shouldn’t have come all this way." The old man only grunted.

A nurse came close and took hold of Emily’s elbow, urging her to stand and walk out the door. The actress turned to Jonas with a pleading look. "Jonas."

But he was looking at his wife, and nobody was really paying attention to Emily. Well except for the nurse who was now pulling at her. And Nelson.

"What do you want?" he shouted at her. "Do you want me to call security to get you out of here? You’d better get out of my sight while I’m still being patient!"

Emily’s face flushed in mortification. She was a celebrity, after all. If they weren’t in the VIP section of the hospital, there would no doubt be a crowd taking photos or videos right now, immortalizing her moment of humiliation for the world to see.

Nelson’s reputation reached far and wide, and this hospital was caught among his vast network of connections. The nurse, along with its many employees, dared not displease him.

As the door closed behind their unwanted visitor, Nelson snorted to express his displeasure. Jonas noticed, but it was his wife he addressed. "You must be tired after everything that happened. Why don’t you return with Grandpa and take a good rest? I’ll be all right. The nurses will take care of me."

Melinda opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Nelson interjected. Apparently the old man was full of energy at the moment.

"Indeed, you must be exhausted. That’s why I had Mary bring some of your necessities here. You’d be clean and comfortable as you take care of Jonas. It’s far too inconvenient for you to keep going back and forth, not to mention tiresome as well."

The wily patriarch would never pass up an opportunity to get these two alone so they could spent some time with each other without interruption, doing things that couples were supposed to do.

There was a knock on the door just as he had finished speaking, and Mary entered carrying a bag that contained Melinda’s clothes. She also had with her what looked to be a picnic basket, which was filled with food.

"You often forget the basics whenever you’re busy." Mary smiled as she handed them to Melinda. "Please take good care of yourself before you take care of Mr. Gu."

"Thank you, Mary." Melinda laughed softly, because the servant wasn’t wrong. Nelson left soon after that, and with Gavin and Mary with him, the young couple didn’t worry much about their grandfather.

In truth, Melinda was starving, and as soon as they were alone again she propped open one of the food packages Mary had prepared. There were many of her favorite dishes and snacks, and among them was a container of shrimps sautéed in butter, which was her favorite.

She plopped on the chair by the hospital bed, and started to merrily chow down her shrimp. Seeing her blissful face as she chewed, Jonas scoffed and turned his back on her.

"What is it?" Melinda mumbled over a mouthful of food. "Do you want to eat some, too?" Jonas turned to shoot his wife a look of mock disgust. "Too bad you can’t have any," Melinda taunted, and bit into another forkful of shrimp.

Jonas wanted to devour something, all right, but it wasn’t the shrimp he wanted to sink his teeth into. The memory of their episode in the cinema flashed briefly before his eyes, and whatever small fire burned in his chest quickly dissolved.

reaction to his advances. He sighed wearily, and resigned himself to

three days. Even though he

thinned over this period, because, as expected, she looked after Jonas at the cost of her own

when she saw her daughter-in-law’s gaunt features. She scolded Jonas as

Mom," Jonas said good-naturedly, "I was the patient." Besides, even though he was bedridden, he had still taken care of many business matters,

poring over company documents. Pretty soon they were

but her daughter-in-law was undeniably competent in dealing with the

that the relationship between her son and his wife had greatly mellowed out, and

it came to time and location anyway, so

madam grew lonely, and she began to coax Melinda to go out shopping with her, or

room this time, with Melinda huddled over at the couch with a couple of the company’s

pester her so much. You’ll find it very difficult to make her go outdoors in

nodded eagerly in agreement. Even now she was swaddled in a makeshift blanket burrito. All she really wanted to do during winter was sleep all day at home. "Oh, all

last bit of instruction was her way of making sure Emily didn’t get any chances. She

has been taking good care of you for such a long time. She deserves a long, languid break. Like, say, a weekend at a hot spring resort in the mountains." She gave her son a pointed look as she

"Is there anything else you wanted, Mom?

you should be using when you talk to your Mom?

around the younger woman, blanket and all, and squeezed. "Having a daughter is so

Melinda said as she returned the embrace. "I’ll be your darling child from now on. Forget about such an

shook his head as he walked upstairs

going over the plans for the hot spring even as he loosened his tie, and in a matter of moments, he

days and exhausted nights had done their part in dampening her mood, and she was irritated at

hitting him square in the face. He froze and stared at his wife with a stunned expression, and the room grew quiet. Then a shout of

hand away, picked up a pillow,

back lightly this time. "Aren’t you coming

more important than sleep. Melinda tossed in the bed again, this time pulling the covers

the

carried her over to the bathroom. He plopped her on the counter,

so rudely, but sullenly

it, and when it seemed like he was even going to brush her teeth, she grabbed it from his grip and ushered him out of the bathroom.

spring resort that they were heading to was owned by Soaring Group. They had the option to get

and begged him to stop. She was hunched over her knees, and her breaths came in

panted. She felt like her legs were about to give up beneath her. "I can’t

other hand, was relaxed and didn’t even seem winded by their trek so far. He smirked at

turned his back to her, bent on one knee, and then reached both arms behind him. "Come on." He was

carry on sulking at her own expense. He offered her

Melinda felt her nose prickle with an impulse

countless times in the past, when she had been hopeful and constantly yearning for

happened

She looked around and saw that there were other people making their way up. Some were on the trail, while others were trudging