Being astonished by the information, Sadie’s eyelids started to twitch. She looked pale to ask, “How is she?”
Julian said, “She is not well. You love her so much?”
He talked so peacefully that Sadie did not realize he was trying to know more about her. Sadie nodded and answered, “At that time, I was left in a garbage with a high fever in a coma. Some nice cleaner reported it to the police, then Dean took me to the orphanage.”
Julian did not talk more, but grabbed the tissue in his hand tightly to show the joints of the hand. Who was so mean to leave a teenage girl there?
He narrowed his eyes and threw away the tissue to ask, “Anything else?”
Sadie stopped the topic and avoided his eyes, saying, “Nothing.”
Julian smiled slightly and looked at her. He said, “So, we’ll go to visit her. And I know you had a boyfriend when you were younger. But I won’t mind it.”
“Uh…” Sadie was surprised by how soon he changed to another topic; she was almost telling him that it was none of his business.
With a frown, Julian watched her trying to know more about her idea. It seemed that Otto played an important role in her life. He started to expect what would happen.
He was eyes-narrowed and got closer with Sadie to give her an unexpected kiss. He said, “I don’t mind it. However, you should know the guy would go dead for sure if you loved him deeply.”
Although he talked about it with a smile, this was kind of a warning to her.
Sadie walked backwards by instinct to avoid more body contact with him. She said aggressively, “You are not my boss!”
“But I am your husband.” Julian replied her with simple words and held her soft hands to stand up, “Let’s go.”
Sadie got wet on her back of the dress and tried to follow him calmly.
Julian looked weird, up to no good tonight.
From the time he was home, he tried to ask several questions to get some information. Sadie did not know whether Julian trusted her from her answers. It occurred to her that what he was like when he said “I found her” on the phone.
At that moment, he was joyful, happy as well as some of excited. Nobody had seen him like this before.
When they were out of the villa, the driver was waiting them outside.
Julian was such a gentleman to open the door for Sadie to let her get in.
She still kept calm to say, “Thank you.”
She believed she should drop the act during a visit of Dean.
Health Hospital was located in the busily central area of the city, not far from the orphanage. It was dark when they arrived. Many luxurious cars parked in front of the in-patients building and many reporters watched the lobby with their cameras in hands.
Sadie saw it from inside of the car and asked Julian naturally, “May I get off?”
But Julian pinched the middle of his eyebrows and asked the driver to get to the other entrance, “Get down.”
Sadie looked down and started to doubt him.
He said she was his wife, yet to allow the reporters to take photos of them. As soon as she was thinking about it, Julian said, “Now I don’t plan to tell everyone we’re married. If you are asking for it, I will also make it as you love to see.”
Sadie was annoyed to say, “I don’t ask for it. The paper doesn’t work at all. I just promised to play as your wife, but I am not stupid.”
Julian smiled and leaned to keep her between the seat and his chest, “Are you sure the paper doesn’t work at all?”
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