NovelBarChapter 1276
His words touched my heart. Tears welled up in my eyes, which then flowed down uncontrollably.
I held his hand and sobbed. "I should be glad that you're okay. How else am | supposed to explain it to Liz? Your
child is about to be born. How can you do things without thinking twice?"
Matthew raised his hand with much difficulty and rubbed my head, then said with a smile, “I can’t control myself
when it comes to protecting you. Besides, I'm honored to be able to protect you and keep you safe. If something
happens to you, then I'm afraid | won't be able to keep living.”
| shook my head. "Don’t say that.”
| simply had no way of responding to his burning affection. The more he spoke, the guiltier | felt. After a long
time, | finally calmed down.
The doctor cover to check on Matthew as | stood nervously on one side.
"His body is fine. but we'll need to conduct further checks on his head to know if things are really okay. But from
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthe looks of his mental state right now, he should be fine.”
| was relieved to hear what the doctor said. | had stayed up all night. Since my period was here as well, | felt
both tired and sleepy.
When Laney cin and saw that | was not in good spirits, she quickly persuaded me. saying, "You should go
back to your room and rest, Ms. Lane. I'll take care of Mr. Zimmer, so don't worry.”
‘Okay.
| did not plan to go back to the ward. | did not like the hospital and could not sleep well in hospital wards. | might
as well just go hand sleep. There was a Rolls-Royce parked in front of the hospital's main entrance. It was
Theo's car.
Keith sawwalking out and rolled down the car windows. "Lettake you back, Mrs. Grant.
| pursed my lips. "Have you been waiting here this whole time?”
Keith made no reply. "Please get in, Mrs. Grant.”
I looked at the backseat and wondered if Theo was in the car.
It would be too awkward to face him now. Knowing what I was thinking about, Keith blandly said, "Mr. Grant is
away handling other matters, Mrs Grant.”
| felt a little awkward when he saw through my thoughts.
After getting in the car, Keith started the car rengine. | asked him again, ~ "Youve been waiting at the hospital
entrance the whole time?" Content -
Keith thought about it and eventually toldthe truth, "Not justbut Mr. Grant too. We've been waiting the
whole night."
| was lost for words, feeling extremely complicated inside.
"Mr. Grant understands that you're worried about Mr. Zimmer, but if you had planned to stay the whole night in
Mr. Zitamer's ward, then you <= shouldve informed him considering yourrehis wife. Even if it's justa text
message. What you did hadtruly bféken his heart.” to .Org
Keith's words could not be more blunt. | felt a stab in my heart. The pain was unbearable. Keith said what he
needed to say and stopped talking
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter takinghome, he drove off.
I had not slept for two nights now. In between, t¢ got a fright as well, and my period cramps were unbearable.
returned to my bedroom ands crashed onto the bed. | did not want tomove any longer. to".<
| was very sleepy and awfully drowsy, but my cramps were so bad that | woke up not long after falling asleep.
Left with no other choice, | climbed out of bed and planned to look for painkillers.
After failing to find any, | pulled up the deliveryto order one.
After about 40 minutes, the delivery man arrived.
| took the painkillers, and my cramps stopped.
Seeing that it was already five o'clock in the evening, the twhen Theo was supposed to chome, | went
to the kitchen to cook. | planned to cook him dinner as an apology.
As the water was a little cold, | felt my cramps returning when | washed the dishes.
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When | finished cooking at half-past six, Theo was still not hyet.
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