In the ward…
Stella finally gave up after she turned the ward upside down but still failed to find her phone.
It seemed like that wretched man brought her phone away with him.
A while later, Sherry returned with her head down and looked as if all her energy was siphoned out of
her.
Stella saw her state and asked, “Sherry, did Daniel find you?”
Sherry nodded and sank herself in the sofa.
“What did he say?”
Sherry asked in a very pissed off tone, “I asked him when will he move away, guess what he said in
return.”
Stella sat beside her, “What?”
“He said that he won’t be going away for the time being!” Sherry clenched her fists, “Damn it, he won’t
be leaving! If I knew that beforehand, I wouldn’t have done…What I did that night. I thought that we
won’t be meeting each other in the future anyway, and both of us are of age, so what’s wrong with us
letting loose for a night! But! He’s not leaving!”
She let the sofa consume her even further while looking as if all hope was lost for her, “It was supposed
to be a one-night stand, I thought this is business as usual for him, why would he suddenly act like he’s
in love with me, and wanted to move into my house. What’s wrong with him?”
Stella put on a smile, patted her shoulder and said, “It’s alright, since he’s not leaving, you can wait and
see what he’ll do next. Who knows, maybe he really is in love with you.”
Sherry chuckled sarcastically and replied, “Yeah, right. I can tell that he’s definitely a playboy, the girls
that he love are probably in the double digits, and I sure don’t want to be lumped together with them.”
She was not wrong.
Stella did not try to advise her anymore, “I’ll be fine here, you can return to the workshop, don’t worry
about me.”
Sherry immediately rejected her proposal, “No can do, your beloved Mr. Conrad instructed me to look…
Accompany you. I’m here on a mission, you see. If I left, who knows that he won’t come after my skin
for abandoning my mission?”
Stella was speechless.
She replied, “He took my phone with him, I can’t even go anywhere.”
Sherry asked,” Really? That wretched man really has it in for you, huh. No one can survive without their
phones in this day and age. Do you think this is his punishment for you?”
Stella smiled, “Probably, yeah.”
“I shouldn’t leave you alone, then. Imagine how boring it would be for you if I wasn’t here. So, I’ll stay
here and chat with you for a while so that you don’t get any weird ideas.”
In the afternoon, Stella lied on her bed, the television nearby was still playing some variety show, but
her mind had already wandered outside the window.
She could not stand staying there for one day.
Let alone half a freaking month.
Stella recalled her wandering mind and saw that Sherry was sleeping in the sofa. She tried to not make
any noises while leaving the ward to go downstairs for some leg stretching.
She was lying on the bed for almost the whole day.
It was around three or four in the afternoon, Stella avoided crowded areas and walked to the garden at
the back. As she wanted to sit on a bench for some sunlight, she saw someone familiar.
When that person turned around and started to leave, they saw Stella and started to panic.
Stella met her eyes and said, “Ms. Jason.”
Rebecca clasped her hands together and looked to be slightly nervous. She hesitated for a few
seconds before walking towards her. As she saw that Stella was wearing a patient’s outfit, she asked,
“Ms. Radomil…May I ask what happened to you?’
“Nothing serious, really. I fainted because of my anaemia.” As a courtesy, she also asked Rebecca,
“What about you, Ms. Jason?”
“My…My father suffered from a cerebral haemorrhage, he’s in a stable condition for now.”
Stella did not expect that kind of answer. She nodded, “I see, then I shall not bother you any further.”
Rebecca grabbed her own dress, bit her lips and said, “Ms. Radomil…”
Stella looked at her and replied, “Is there anything else?”
Rebecca wanted to say something, but she saw other patients passing by, she hesitated and said,
“Horace, he…Should be on the way back now.”
Hearing that, Stella was startled. A few seconds later, she asked, “How’s Mr. Jason’s condition, is it
very serious?”
Rebecca replied, “Actually, my father’s health has been bad for quite some time now. While the doctors
are able to save him this time, they also stated that he’s not in a very good state and wanted us to be
prepared for anything. My father is also afraid that he might pass away without notice, so he wanted to
meet Horace one last time.”
…
When Stella returned to her wards, Sherry had just woken up and was about to leave and look for her.
As Sherry saw her, she breathed a sigh of relief, “Stella, just where did you go? You scared the living
hell out of me, I thought you’ve escaped from the hospital or something.”
Stella smiled in response, “Look at me, I couldn’t have gone far if I tried. I just went downstairs for
some fresh air.”
Sherry yawned as she lumped back into the sofa again. She took out her phone and said, “Have some
soda, it’s ought to wake you up. What do you want to drink?”
Stella sat on the side of the bed and said, “Sherry.”
“Hmm?”
“I met Rebecca just now.”
Sherry was stunned, “Rebecca? Horace’s sister?”
Stella nodded, “In the flesh.”
“Why would she be here?”
“Mr. Jason is hospitalized, it seems like his condition is rather serious. Horace is about to come back
here, too.”
Sherry heard what Stella said, she sighed, “The Jason family has been really unfortunate these two
years, huh. Just as their overseas business is about to start thriving, Mr. Jason is hospitalized. And now
the Jason Group needs a leader, I’m guessing that Horace won’t be going away any time soon after he
returns.”
She then lamented, “Compared to Horace, that rival Emmett ain’t nothing. Looks like Mr. Conrad’s
gonna be jealous for a while now.”
However, she saw that Stella was not responding. She was looking out the window, thinking about
other things. Sherry waved her hand in front of Stella and said, “Hey, I’m joking. Are you seriously still
in love with Horace?”
Stella still did not respond.
She pulled at Sherry’s waving arm and said, “What are you talking about? I’m thinking about Rebecca.”
Sherry replied, “What’s on with her?”
“I felt like she was acting weird. She looked like she was panicking when she saw me, it was practically
written all over her face.”
Sherry added, “Is it because she had done something behind your back? And she’s feeling guilty?”
Stella did not tell Sherry that the mastermind behind her involuntary swimming session in the Conrad
family was Rebecca, but when she heard her guess, Stella could not help but frown and replied, “Is it
really, though?”
Stella recalled that when Rebecca told her the truth and left the workshop, her expression was one of
guilt and regret.
If anything, it should not be anxious and panic.
Sherry said, “Why wouldn’t it? Only people who are hiding something will be acting like that. But that
doesn’t make sense, all this while the Jason family has been keeping their heads low, trying hard to not
get into any sort of trouble. So logically speaking, Rebecca won’t be risking pissing off Clarence just to
do something bad to you.”
Stella shook her head, maybe she really was overthinking it.
If Rebecca really wanted to hurt her, she would not have went and apologized to her, let alone warning
her to be wary of Phoebe Steward.
She thought about that, and stopped worrying about Rebecca.
Stella recalled that when Rebecca told her the truth and left the workshop, her expression was one of
guilt and regret.
If anything, it should not be anxious and panic.
Sherry said, “Why wouldn't it? Only people who are hiding something will be acting like that. But that
doesn't make sense, all this while the Jason family has been keeping their heads low, trying hard to not
get into any sort of trouble. So logically speaking, Rebecca won't be risking pissing off Clarence just to
do something bad to you.”
Stella shook her head, maybe she really was overthinking it.
If Rebecca really wanted to hurt her, she would not have went and apologized to her, let alone warning
her to be wary of Phoebe Steward.
She thought about that, and stopped worrying about Rebecca.
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