Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness novel Chapter 43

It had been three days since Jonas finished his work. Melinda was shocked when she saw him—his eyes were dark and sunken, and his facial hair was unkempt. It was an understatement to say that he looked haggard.

Despite this, he still looked presentable in his tailored suit, and his eyes were still as sharp as ever.

It was the weekend, and Jonas stayed in the company for half a day before coming back to the Gu's mansion. William's people proved to be quite reliable. Meanwhile, Emily was much better now. As he took care of Emily every day, he reported the situation to Jonas in real time.

Nelson was playing chess with Melinda. Jonas was standing behind her, watching their game with a slight frown.

Melinda's fingers tapped against the table, her short elegant nails rasping against wood.

Just when she was about to raise her hand and move a chess piece, a voice came from behind her.

"Move it there," Jonas mumbled. For a moment, Melinda hesitated, wanting to follow Jonas's suggestion.

She was so focused on their game that she had almost forgotten that Jonas was standing behind her. At first, Nelson was the one who was winning, but when Melinda took Jonas's advice, the tables had been turned quickly. Nelson looked at Jonas with dissatisfaction, and leaned over the table with more concentration.

Finally, the game was all taken over by Jonas. He helped Melinda win against Nelson by a narrow lead.

"Well, how is it fair that I'm playing against two people? It should be against the rules to coach like that!" Nelson stated as he crossed his arms over his chest. There was, however, a smile on his face as he said this, as he was glad to see that Jonas and Melinda looked like they were getting along with each other.

When they put away the chessboard, Nelson excused himself. It was routine for him to take a nap in the afternoon. Before leaving, Jonas freshened up and changed into his casual clothes.

"Are you going out?" Melinda asked.

It was such a surprising question for her to ask since it had been such a long time since she had shown any form of care towards Jonas.

"I'm going to see Emily,"

he said matter-of-factly. Looking at his frank manner, she didn't know what to say. She pursed her lips and looked at Jonas without saying a word.

Inexplicably, under such eyesight, Jonas felt a bit uncomfortable from the guilt he suddenly felt.

Melinda saw this, and forced a slight smile. "Okay, I understand."

After saying that, Melinda turned around and walked away, feeling that she must have been out of her mind. As soon as she said that, she wished she could bite her tongue off.

They had been having such a pleasant time together that she had forgotten to distance herself from him. Melinda took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

Jonas tried to shrug it off and went to see Emily. Whenever Emily saw him, her face instantly lit up. Knowing that he was worried for her made her feel very happy.

In truth, Emily had been actively keeping her distance from Jonas, as if they were just ordinary friends and nothing more. But he didn't notice that, and just did what he thought he should do.

In the following days, since there weren't a lot of company affairs going on, Jonas went to visit Emily after dealing with his work. Even though this was the case, Nelson was still dissatisfied with Jonas's behavior.

Jonas wasn't shallow not to notice the current atmosphere in the Gu's mansion. It was obvious that both Melinda and Nelson were uncomfortable.

"Jonas, I couldn't help but notice that Mellie doesn't look well today. Maybe you should have a doctor come over and check up on her? Even if nothing serious turns up, you should still take good care of her. Don't let her be as weak as before,"

Nelson said in a hurry when he saw that Jonas was about to go out. He then gave a hint with his eyes to Melinda. When Jonas looked at her, she quickly held the table beside her, acting to be too weak to stand up by herself.

'Good girl,' Nelson thought as his brows raised in surprise.

"Grandpa, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I don't want to be in the way of whatever Jonas has to do," Melinda said.

Afterwards, Melinda bit her lips as if she was bearing great pain and grievances.

Looking at their exaggerated acting, Jonas was left speechless. Finally, he walked over to help Melinda.

In spite of her strong resistance to Jonas's touch, Melinda leaned against him, making her whole act even more convincing.

"Take Mellie to your bedroom and have a good rest," Nelson urged again.

After arriving at her bedroom, Jonas called a doctor to have a physical examination for her. Not long after Melinda lay down in bed, she actually started looking really bad.

It was no longer a part of her act as she always felt ill when she had her period. Her forehead was sheen with sweat, and her plump lips were pale and trembling.

For the entire afternoon, Jonas took care of Melinda. He felt helpless that he was unable to share her pain.

Meanwhile, as Melinda looked at Jonas, she found herself getting annoyed at him. There was so much discomfort she was going through that she couldn't help but lose her temper. Much to her surprise, Jonas just bore her anger silently.

It took about two days before Melinda turned back to normal. During that time, Jonas had barely left her side. When Nelson found out about this, he felt a bit regretful as Melinda had not been pregnant yet.

Meanwhile, in the hospital, Emily stared at the phone, full of sadness in her eyes. 'Jonas hasn't contacted me for three days now,' she thought. 'Am I just getting too sentimental? Should I not care that he didn't come visit me?'

She was going to get discharged from the hospital today, and Jonas had said that he would come pick her up. After she finished up some of the paperwork, however, Jonas was still nowhere in sight. There was no other choice for Emily but to leave with her assistant.

'Maybe I should've called Jonas... But he didn't even think to call me when he knows that I'll get discharged today! Maybe he really doesn't care for me as much as I thought he did.'

As she thought of this, Emily gripped her purse tightly. There was a trace of bitterness in her eyes that had never been there before.