Chapter 10
The hospital room was silent, except for the quiet drip of the IV.”
Justin leaned against the headboard. His face was pale, his lips almost colourless.”
He still had a bandage on his wrist, a few stitches on his forehead and scars all over his back.”
All remnants of the family disciplinary measures.
Actually, when he called just now, he lied to me. Lilian hadn’t come to take care of him.”
His first instinct was to call and tell me what had happened, but he didn’t expect my reaction to be so indifferent. Whatever. It didn’t matter. My not digging deeper was precisely what he wanted.
So, he continued to dial Lilian’s number.
The phone was answered by a sweet, delicate female voice. “Lilian had too much to drink. Come pick her up, Justin.” Justin froze for a moment but didn’t overthink it. He pulled out the IV needle and was about to get out of bed.
“Sir, you can’t leave now! The doctor said you need to rest!” His assistant was terrified.}
Justin shook his head. “Lilian rarely drinks when she’s out. I can’t relax knowing she’s alone.“/
On the way there, he sat in the back seat. His phone kept lighting up and dimming again.”
Still, I didn’t call. I didn’t text either.
I’ve always been so sensitive. As soon as he had a fever, even a cough, I’d panic like a little sparrow, chirping and fluttering around him.2
This time, I really didn’t care at all. I hung up the phone and disappeared.} This
Justin’s hand tightened around his phone, a strange stiffness settling in his fingers. His palm felt cold.
However, he interpreted the unease in his heart as the joy of “soon being free.“}
He was getting a divorce.
Soon, he could be openly together with Lilian.
This should be a good thing.”
He didn’t know that at that moment, a group of women were gathered around Lilian in the restaurant, laughing and joking.
“Do you think Justin will come to pick you up?” someone asked, a mischievous smile in their eyes.
“He’s so into you; of course, he’ll come,” another scoffed, sipping her wine. “Did you see the way he took that punishment for you? Tsk. The man basically threw himself into the fire for you.”
“Totally,” the others chimed in, giggling. “Wanna bet? Think he’ll show?”
Lilian held her wine glass, her eyes slightly glazed, a tipsy yet smug smile playing on her lips.
“How could he not come?”
“He’s my dog. If I tell him to come, he will definitely come.”
Just then, the wind chimes above the restaurant door jingled softly.§
Justin walked in wearing a dark trench coat, his expression indifferent, his steps steady.
Because his mind was preoccupied, he didn’t hear the words spoken moments before.
Lilian saw him at first glance and immediately changed her expression. Her eyes reddened at the corners and she rushed over to cling to him. “Justin, I feel so unwell. Why did you take so long to get here?“>
She deliberately rubbed against his chest and whispered, “Let’s go home, okay? I don’t want to go back to my place.”
Justin looked at her and gently steadied her in his arms, smiling as he scolded, “You drank this much, huh? It’s dangerous for a girl to get drunk like that.”
Lilian said nothing, just clung to him, refusing to return to her place. She insisted on going to Justin’s home.
Nestled in the man’s arms at that moment, what she was really thinking was that she indeed wouldn’t marry a man she’d slept with, but there was no harm in sleeping with one.”
Having been in this social circle for five years, she also knew that Justin had always been the most aloof and unattainable flower in the eyes of all the socialites, consistently maintaining his purity. It would be such a pity not to pluck him.§
Justin didn’t know Lilian’s thoughts. He frowned after hearing that, but his first reaction was not joy but hesitation.”
If he brought Lilian home, I would definitely be angry.
I didn’t know if he couldn’t resist Lilian’s coquettishness or if he just wanted an excuse to see what I was doing.§
He sent me a message. [Lilian drank too much. I’m worried about her. She’s staying at our place tonight.]
He waited for a long time and I didn’t reply.”
