Chapter 244

Before I could introduce them to each other, Jerome jumped up and said, "Fancy meeting you here, Mr. Grant. I was just thinking of paying you a visit.”

I knew Jerome did not have a filter when he spoke, so I stood up and interrupted, just in case he blurted out some nonsense. “How're things with Doctor Lynch?"

"He's fine. The operation went well, we're just waiting for him to wake up," Theo answered my question, but his eyes were hostile as his gaze scanned Jerome.

Jerome was a psychologist with amazing skills at understanding body language, so when he saw what was happening, he said, "Don't misunderstand, Mr. Grant. I have nothing to do with your wife. We’ve known each other for ten years, so to me, she’s a brother."

I...

Jerome was so blunt that the expression on Theo's face was becoming slightly unnatural. He retracted his glare and looked at Cecilia. "The doctor said that your wounds aren't too deep, so you can be discharged in two days."

Theo was normally aloof toward outsiders, and he would rarely make conversation. Thus, he rarely

showed concern for someone of his own accord. I was a little surprised to hear all those words come out of his mouth. Cecilia was equally surprised. She was first stunned before saying, "Okay, thank you."

Suddenly, it was awkward for everyone in the ward and silence filled the air. Only Jerome was unbothered as he stared at Theo intently.

shot Jerome a look. Then, he looked at me and said, "I'll arrange

come back

stay back and take care of

it's not good for a pregnant lady like you

be more burdensome for Cecilia if I stayed with her since she would have to worry about me despite being injured. I nodded and said,

he had already arranged for a caretaker, I trusted

the ward together. As soon

like to

at him, his gaze was

topics do we have?” Jerome’s eyes sparkled as

him, or he would misunderstand that Jerome was trying to

a no-go. Next time, we'll treat you to a meal. You can go back

what do you mean? You asked me to come all the way here and now you wanna run away?"

home and rest. Can we talk about this some other day?" I was really worried that this chatterbox would just blabber

two grown men talking about such a sensitive topic right before me was... too much

can head home first. I’ll talk to your husband since there can only be progress if we talk to him about

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