Please Come Back, Honey!

Please Come Back, Honey! Chapter 127

Wesley was not convinced. “Really?”

Emma hummed in response, trying to sound normal as she said, “Really.” She took a deep breath as she changed the subject. “Is your mom feeling better?”

With good-natured exasperation, he replied, “You’ve only been gone for a day and she’s already whining about how much she misses you. I’m starting to feel a little unloved.”

Emma laughed when she heard this.

Throughout the phone call, Trevor sat next to the bed without uttering a single word as he observed Emma’s interactions with Wesley. He felt as if a thousand arrows had shot through his heart when he saw her crack up at what Wesley had said over the phone.

When Emma hung up not long after, she could sense Trevor’s sharp gaze lingering on her. She did not meet his eyes as she scooted down from the bed, and it wasn’t until she was on her feet that she steeled herself to look at him, saying, “Can I go now? I’m perfectly fine.”

“Okay,” he said hoarsely, then cleared his throat as if to hide the fact that he sounded as broken as he felt.

Just as she was brushing past him, she said, “I’ve already paid Cerys for the blouse.” Her voice was cold and distant, matching her eagerness to draw the line between Trevor and herself, so much so that she had forked out her own money for the blouse.

Having said that, she left the room without giving him a second glance. He followed her wordlessly with his lips pressed into a grim line.

They still needed to go down to the police station to have their statements taken, so Emma had no choice but to take Trevor’s car. She had no other modes of transport, seeing as Zachary and Cerys had already left the hospital, though the latter had texted earlier, ‘Emma, Mr. Manson and I have to leave to attend to a couple of things. I’ll drop by your place tonight.’

As for why the two of them had left, it was obviously because they wanted to give Emma and Trevor some modicum of privacy. If not, then Emma would insist on leaving the hospital in Cerys’ car.

left the strained pair to hash things out in the hospital room. Clad in her work ensemble, Cerys stared out the window with an almost stubborn

did not stop her from attaining an almost modelesque height, and

to Cerys’ upright stance. He grinned as he appraised her with glittering eyes, then asked, “It’s been a while since we saw each other, Cherry. You’re

to look at him as she pointed out sardonically, “I thought you were engaged, Mr. Manson. Be mindful and don’t go around speaking to other women that way, lest you find yourself getting

first, then grew angry as he snapped,

what the media reported.” He even made the gossip column a few nights ago when he was pictured dining at

“You’re telling me you have no idea how rumors like that get around even though you’ve been working for Trevor for years?

him a bewildered look, but before she could say anything, he added unhappily, “My family set me up against my own

her stomach loosened when she heard his brief explanation. She looked a little shamefaced

next second, he said flippantly, “I don’t believe in marriage, especially not for the sake of forming a business alliance with some other family. Besides, what’s the point of getting married and tying yourself down to one woman for the rest of your life? The voluntary sacrifice

was diminished at once, and there was not even the slightest spark left. Nonetheless, she lowered her gaze to hide the disappointment in her eyes. What did she expect? Zachary was a free spirit,

sigh brought her out of her reverie. “Say, Cherry, what do you

said with a smile, “Maybe their hearts only have enough room for

accused, “Why do I feel like you’re lecturing me? That’s it, isn’t it? You think I’m a

deepened. “No, I’m just saying that we all have different life choices, and yours does

and headed out for some fresh air. She was admittedly stunned when she noticed that he had followed

of here.” When he saw confusion flash across her features, he elaborated, “Trust me, the

only then that enlightenment dawned upon

spend time alone with Zachary, but he made a good point, one that she could not argue

the same car. She had left the signing event after Trevor, and moments later, she got a call from Zachary

before getting into