Lily nods, but still worried. “Why don’t you go to see Leigh in hospital?”
“You also need someone to accompany you.”
“I’m fine. No worries.” Lily rubs on him while holding his waist. “You should thank Leigh. He’s injured because of us. You can go with Daniel. I’m going to see Stella later.”
“OK. I will.” Louis feels warm inside his heart because of the little woman’s sensibility. Kissing her forehead, he says, “If you feel uncomfortable, do let me know, OK?”
Lily agrees with a grumble.
Stella is also worried about Leigh. After all, he has got a gunshot. She thinks the same way as Lily does - she asks Daniel to go to hospital and accompany Leigh there.
After settling both women down, Louis and Daniel go to the hospital together.
Leigh has been sent to the emergency room as soon as the ambulance arrives. He knows his physical condition and the gunshot wound very well, so he’s not panicked at all. On the contrary, Jessie has been weeping since she gets on the ambulance till they’ve arrived in the hospital.
“Why do you have so many tears to shed?” Leigh can’t help but want to wipe the tears for her, but he’s lost too much blood, so he’s too fragile to raise his hands. “I’m really fine. I won’t die.”
“Hmm.” Jessie nodded. Still weeping, she holds his hands tightly. “I’m right here waiting for you to come out.”
“Give me a kiss to keep me energetic.”
Upon hearing it, Jessie is at loss whether to laugh or cry. She leans over and kisses his lips. Then she takes a few step back, watching the sickbed be pushed into the emergency room. The door is closed.
Leaning against the wall, she stands with two hands clenching together. She can’t help trembling at all.
The scene happened in the jewelry section of the mall less than twenty minutes ago keeps flashing on her mind. She has seen how Leigh protects her regardless his own life. Even he has blocked the bullet for her, he doesn’t want her to see his wound.
That man is really stupid.
So stupid.
He’s just known her for a short time. He wants to marry her, obeys her words, and protects her heedless of his own life. Why does he never doubt about her purpose of appearing in his life?
However, such stupid behaviors have touched her deeply.
Jessie has stayed outside the emergency room for a long time before she finally calms down and her hands stop trembling. She goes to a corner, changes the sim card in her phone, and dials a phone number.
The call is soon connected.
“You risk calling me now. Anything urgent?” The man’s voice is hoarse. It seems his vocal cord has been damaged.
Jessie keeps silent for a while and says in a low voice, “I want to change my requests. Derek Lewis has done something wrong. Let him bear the consequences alone. Don’t touch his wife and son.”
“Do you want to have mercy on them?”
“I just want to revenge. I don’t want to hurt the innocent.”
“What has that man done to make your heart softened?” John says firmly, “But I won’t care about your private affairs. We’re just working with each other. Please take care of Lily for me. I’ll help you resolve your trouble.”
“John Dawn.” Jessie can’t help but ask, “You’ve spent so many efforts to hold that activity and asked me to bring Lily to it. You just want to give her a present and see her. Is it worthy?”
John smiles. “You can’t judge if it’s worthy or not when you are doing everything for the one your love. You like that man so you’ve also changed the rule of the game for him.”
“It’s different,” Jessie says, “You’ve coughed so badly. I don’t think you can hold on for three months. Why can’t you listen to the doctor and take a good rest?”
“That’s not a rest. That’s waiting for death,” John says calmly, “I don’t want to waste my time in the hospital. As long as I could see the one I love, I’ll feel satisfied if I could only live for just one day.”
Heaving a sigh, Jessie can’t understand what John is doing. “There are five sets of Ixora. It was from the research of Justin, one of Louis Smith’s best friends. Victor has got the news and I guess he’s on the way to Country D.”
“No, I didn’t,” Jessie firmly denies, her eyes blinking. “That kind of video also does harm to me. I don’t need to ruin myself in order to get his pity.”
Louis certainly doesn’t buy it. “Is there anything you can’t do?”
Pursing her lips, Jessie says with a cold look, “I know what I’m doing. I won’t hurt the innocent. This time I owe him a favor.”
Louis says, “I hope you can do what you said. I care about my beloved ones. If what you do beyond my rock bottom, I wouldn’t have mercy on you just because you’re a woman.”
The atmosphere between them three becomes stiffened.
At this time, the red light that has been on for a long while goes out. The emergency room door is pushed open from the inside.
Leigh is lying on the sickbed, and his chest and shoulders are wrapped with bandage. Except that he looks a little pale, he’s on high-spirit. When he sees Louis and Daniel, he mumbles, “I told you I’m fine. Why are you guys here?”
Louis squints at him and sneers. “I’m afraid you’ll die during the surgery. I want to collect your corpse for you.”
“Louis, don’t be so mean. You cursed me,” Leigh hums. He wants to pull Jessie’s hand and bitches about it to her. Daniel steps in front of Jessie to stop him with a gloomy face.
“She’s tired. She needs to go back for a rest.”
Daniel winks at the nurses aside, who immediately push Leigh’s sickbed to the ward.
“But I’m injured. I want Little Fairy to accompany me. Hey! Hey! Daniel, don’t hide my Little Fairy...” Leigh’s weakened complaints recede as he’s pushed farther and farther.
Louis follows them.
Daniel steps aside, turns around, and says to Jessie in an indifferent ton, “We’ll take care of Leigh. You can go back to the hotel.”
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