Atwood hesitated, wondering if he should tell Stanford or not. He was in a dilemma.
Stanford frowned. “Why didn’t you answer me?”
“You bought the ring from an auction. I never heard whom you’ll give it to,” said Atwood while lowering his head. He dared not look into Stanford’s eyes, afraid that Stanford would find his sense of guilt.
“Really?” Stanford said expressionlessly, looking down a bit. He always thought that the ring was supposed to give to someone.
However, he couldn’t recall it at all.
Looking at his hesitant face, Atwood wanted to say something but swallowed his words back.
Sometimes, he believed that it was a good thing for Stanford. It would be way too difficult to win Amanda’s heart back. Besides, Amanda had a nice man around her now. It would be more difficult to win her back.
If Stanford truly had forgotten everything, probably he could fall in love with another woman and spent the rest of his life with her.
Buzz--
Atwood’s cell phone suddenly started vibrating. He pulled out the phone and swiped to answer. It was some errands in the company, which needed Stanford to deal with. Since they couldn’t reach Stanford’s phone, they called Atwood.
“I see. We’ll go back as soon as possible,” said Atwood.
Upon hearing the answer on the other end of the line, he hung it up. Then he looked up at Stanford and said, “Mr. James, there are a lot of businesses in the company. Please let me go back.”
Stanford didn’t agree immediately. He said, “You may leave now. I’ll think about it.”
He always thought that he had forgotten something important. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall it at all.
Atwood left the room. George was sitting on the bench in the corridor. Hearing the sound, he saw Atwood walk out of the ward. George asked, “What did my brother tell you?”
Atwood sat next to him. “What do you think about Mr. James’s health issue? You are his family. I don’t have the right to make the decision.”
George’s mind was still in a mess, and he didn’t make up his mind yet.
“I don’t know,” he said.
Of course, he wanted Stanford to recall everything, but he was afraid of the operational risks. After all, it would be an operation on Stanford’s head.
Just in case...
George couldn’t afford to bear the risks at all.
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