Lucas knew that Yasmeen’s status would rise above him in this family upon hearing his mother's
words. However, as a man, Lucas felt quite good if his wife could be loved by his mother.
“Mom, Aunt Ashley, and Uncle Steven haven’t known this matter yet. I guess you’d better tell Aunt
Ashley about it.”
Nicole truly wanted to beat him up.
“You know your future parents-in-law very well. Do you want me to be the shield of their anger?” she
asked.
“Not really. I’ll be responsible for my own matters, Mom. It doesn’t matter if Uncle Steven will scold me.
I just don’t want it to impact your friendship with Aunt Ashley.”
Upon hearing it, Nicole heaved a sigh and said, “Silly boy, on the matter of their daughter, Ashley and
Steven will feel so sorry for Yasmeen if you just bully her, let alone this kind of matter that she had
donated an organ to you. You haven’t been a father yet, so you don’t understand how much parents
could love their kids. Probably they will fall out with us. Since you’ve accepted Yasmeen, you must treat
her well for the rest of your life, OK?”
“I got it, Mom.”
After hanging up the phone, Lucas thought about other things and walked out of the hospital.
He went to a supermarket nearby to get some fruits. Thinking about Yasmeen’s preference, he
checked on strawberries.
They were pretty fresh, but it was a bit difficult for him to carry them back.
Hence, Lucas didn’t buy any strawberries. He went back to the hospital with other fruits.
Michele had woken up. Morty told her that she was poisoned and hypnotized to jump off the building. It
was Yasmeen who saved her. She was silent.
The atmosphere in the ward was highly stressed.
When Lucas came in, almost everyone turned to look at him, including Michele.
She looked at Lucas with a complicated feeling.
She wondered if Lucas would suspect that she had done everything intentionally.
Michele felt quite upset, tears welling up in her eyes.
As if Lucas hadn’t seen others' gazes, he walked directly to Michele and handed her the fruits.
“Here you go. Your favorite.”
Michele shed tears instantly.
She hugged Lucas and cried quietly.
Lucas didn’t know what to do, but he didn’t push away Michele.
He understood that Michele must be quite upset.
“All right. All right. You’re a grownup now. Stop crying. Besides, my embrace only belongs to Yasmeen
in the future. Now I can lend it to you for the time being. Don’t expect it will happen again.”
Upon hearing Lucas’s words, Michele felt frustrated. She wanted to hug him tightly, but it might make
her too childish. She could only let go of him. Rolling her eyes on him, she said, “Lucas, since when
have you become so petty?”
“I can be quite petty, and it depends. Hugging is truly out of the question. Are you feeling better now?”
Lucas stared at Michele in the same way, as usual, making Michele feel aggrieved.
“I don’t know how I was set up. Lucas, I’m sorry for making you worried.”
Seeing that Michele was so upset like a child, Lucas patted her on the shoulder and said, “Michele, you
have a special identity, so you must be more alert in the future.”
“Ehn.”
Edison could tell how obedient Lucas was to Michele, feeling quite upset.
After all, he still couldn’t be the man occupying Michele’s heart, could he?
He walked out of the ward in loneliness.
Morty tugged his wife’s sleeve and winked at her. Then they also left the ward.
Only Lucas and Michele were left.
The silence made Michele a bit awkward.
“Where is Yasmeen? She saved me this time. I must thank her in person. However, she can’t stop me
from chasing after you because of this matter.”
Michele looked up with tears on her face. Her glinting eyes made Lucas feel a migraine.
He directly pulled a chair and sat down next to the bed. Looking at Michele, he said, “Please give up on
me, Michele. Look back at other men next to you. There are a lot of them who worth you to cherish
them.”
“But I like you only.”
Michele was a bit stubborn.
Lucas whispered, “Do you really like me?”
“Of course. Since I was young, I started liking you, Lucas.”
Michele believed that she must confess her love to him right now.
Lucas didn’t retort or refuse. He asked directly, “Do you know I was sent to the hospital because of a
serious injury half a year ago?”
“Yeah. I also visited you. You were seriously injured. Dad said that fortunately, someone donated a
kidney to you. Otherwise, you wouldn’t recover in your whole life.”
Thinking about the accident half a year ago, Michele still had a lingering fear.
Lucas didn’t see her worry. Instead, he looked out of the window and asked, “You could enter my ward
at that time and knew my status. I can’t deny that you were worried about me. But do you know what
Yasmeen did?”
Michele was taken aback.
She recalled what Yasmeen was doing at that time.
Yasmeen was so worried and contacted all her network so that she could go to see Lucas. However,
due to her identity, no one dared to take the risk and let her in.
At that time, Michele was so delighted that finally, she could win against Yasmeen on one thing.
However, she wondered why Lucas suddenly asked her this question.
“Lucas, what do you want to tell me?”
Looking at Michele, Lucas could tell how uneasy she was. However, he curled up his lips into a smile
and said with tenderness in his eyes, “At that time, Yasmeen had a health check. Her kidney is in my
body.”
Seeing that he was pointing at his kidney, Michele gaped.
“What did you say?”
“I said Yasmeen donated her kidney to me.”
Lucas became quite tender.
“You all knew she had no way to visit me, but she donated her kidney to me. Who else could love me
so deeply? How could I refuse such a woman who loves me with her life? I know you always wondered
why I accepted Yasmeen after she had chased after me for a long time. Now, you should know the
answer.”
Michele looked at Lucas, her lips parted and closed repeatedly. However, she seemed not to hear
anything. Her mind was occupied by the fact that Yasmeen had given her kidney to Lucas.
She wondered if Yasmeen was out of her mind.
Although a human could survive with one kidney, there might be a lot of complications and unexpected
conditions in the future. The donor couldn’t be overtired all their lives.
Yasmeen liked sports and martial arts so much. Michele couldn’t understand why she had the guts to
donate her kidney.
It wasn’t until then did Michele realize how completely she was defeated.
When Lucas was lying on the bed after being seriously injured, she was worried and anxious. She even
shed tears all day long. However, she had never thought about donating her own kidney to him.
Michele realized the difference between her and Yasmeen.
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