Chapter 4
The next time I woke up again, I was in the hospital.
After asking the nurse, I found out that I had been unconscious for three days.
No wonder I was so hungry.
Samuel, with dark circles under his eyes, pushed open the door and walked in, looking a bit haggard.
Just seeing him annoyed me, so I turned my head, not wanting to pay him any attention.
After all, I was a patient now, and I’d lose in a fight.
He stood by the bed, staring at my back.
“Did you do this on purpose?
“Sophia, was this intentional? Say something!
“If you don’t speak up, I’ll have someone dig up your mother’s ashes and scatter them.“”
I shot up, pointing at his nose, cursing him as everything from calling him inhumane to worse came out.
He wasn’t angry, still asking if it was on purpose.
What the hell was he talking about?
“You’re pregnant. Two months along”
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I wasn’t surprised at all. I slowly replied, “You know? I bet you’re happy now. You’re going to be an uncle.”
His expression was awkward and carried an element that was hard to decipher.
“Do you even know what you’re saying?”
I sighed, didn’t say anything, and lay back down, pretending I wanted to rest.
Samuel sat down on the sofa. He said coldly, “I’ve fired those old servants and replaced them with new ones. You’ll stay there from now on, and you’re not allowed to leave.”
I sat up again, holding back the urge to curse him.
“Are you out of your mind? Since when can you arrange my life? You really think you’re the uncle now?”
“You know exactly who I am to him.”
He stared at me deeply, still full of disdain and contempt.
The day I was discharged from the hospital, Samuel came to pick me up himself. I shoved his hand away for me and got in from the other side.
At the manor, just like he said, there wasn’t a single familiar face left, including the butler.
when he tried
to open
the car door
He had also stationed a few bodyguards around the house. I cursed him incessantly, feeling like a prisoner.
As time passed, the actress who looked like me officially announced she was dating Samuel. Watching the smiling girl on TV made me feel
sorry for her.
Samuel, that bastard, really?
Later, Samuel had to stay abroad because of the company’s overseas branch issues.
I was so happy that I could dance.
That night, I couldn’t sleep, so I threw on a coat and decided to go outside to watch the stars.
It was deep into the night, and as I slipped and thought I was about to fall on the lawn, a strong arm sudden
In the darkness, his eyes were so bright.
He didn’t look that old, with a fresh and innocent face.
I adjusted my clothes and looked him over.
“Who are you? I didn’t see you during the day.”
“Ms. Parker, my name is Ethan James. I’m on the night shift.”
I really didn’t expect bodyguards to have different shifts. “Do night shifts pay more?”
Ethan shook his head, looking sincere.
“I’m not sure, actually.”
caught me.
He was much more interesting than the day shift bodyguards, at least he could talk like a normal person and didn’t look at me like I owed him
money.
After that, I started chatting with him from time to time.
One day, we were talking happily when Samuel’s call came in.
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He used my mom to threaten me to pick up the phone. I suppressed my disgust and answered the call.
Samuel seemed to be holding back his anger.
“I found out, you didn’t take the medicine, did you?”
I instinctively didn’t want Ethan to hear this, so I moved a little further away.
“What medicine are you talking about?”
“Sophia! You know exactly what I mean.”
I looked up at the bright moon. It was just as bright as the first night I stayed in the manor.
I smiled lightly, “Mr. Everett, don’t you think it’s a bit too late to realize this?”
Samuel must have been furious. He was always the one scheming against others. Who dared to scheme against him?
“Let’s make a deal. You let me go, and I’ll never appear in front of you again. You can stay the high and mighty, untouchable Mr. Everett.”
“What if I don’t agree?”
“Well, I think many media outlets might be very interested in Mr. Everett’s personal life.”
“Sophia, you really are disgusting!”
