“The car accident was indeed a big blow to me. The doctor said that I suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, which caused me to have a second personality,” Cristofer explained.
“When you were in your second personality, you changed back to what you were when you loved Estelle wholeheartedly. Do you still remember the first sentence you said when you came to me as Mr. Mysterious back then?”
“Yes. I’ve remembered everything. The first sentence I said was ‘Give me a cigarette’,” Cristofer smiled bitterly and said.
Justin then sighed and said helplessly, “Yes. And you didn’t say anything else that night but just kept smoking while looking at the stars until the next morning. At that time, I was afraid that you would smoke to death in my house.”
Thinking of that night, Cristofer chuckled and said, “The starry sky that night was really beautiful.”
“Yes, it was indeed beautiful. And I remembered that later, you used a whole bottle of my cologne to cover the smell of smoke on your body!”
“Estelle has lung cancer and coughs when she smells smoke. So I had to wear the perfume to cover the smell,” Cristofer sighed as he explained.
Hearing this, Justin couldn’t help feeling sorry for him and said, “I can understand your feelings. Although you hated her at that time, you still loved her very much. Cristofer, I once thought that the story between me and Rebecca had been sad enough, and I didn’t expect the love story of you and Miss Hudson to be much sadder. By the way, when did you awaken and find that you have a second personality?”
“When I guessed that Gretchen and her mother were the real culprits in the car accident,” Cristofer answered.
“It was really them who killed your parents?” Justin asked in shock.
“Yes,” Cristofer said with a pained expression.
“To be honest, I’m really grateful to Mr. Mysterious. His existence gives me another chance to be with Estelle. I was so stupid in the past that I misunderstood her and hurt her. If it weren’t for the appearance of Mr. Mysterious, I would have lost Estelle, and the relationship between us would have ended with a tragic ending.”
“But... now Miss Hudson still hates you,” Justin said and sighed again.
“But she loves Mr. Mysterious, doesn’t she? That’s enough.”
“What if she thinks that you have deceived her when she knows that you are Mr. Mysterious? Will she accept you and still be willing to be with you?” Justin asked.
Speaking of this, Cristofer was rendered speechless, and his eyes were full of depression.
‘Estelle said to Mr. Mysterious that she would always love him as long as he was not me.’
‘Unfortunately, Mr. Mysterious is me.’
Thinking about this, Cristofer showed a sad smile. He could understand why Estelle hated him so much. After all, he had done too many things to hurt her in the past.
“I don’t know, but...” he said in a low voice. “But I don’t want to give up on her.”
“Don’t be sad, Cristofer. I know how you feel. When I broke up with Rebecca before, I used to feel exactly the same way you do now. By the way, Cristofer, are you going to spend the rest of your life with Miss Hudson as Mr. Mysterious? If so, you can only meet her and stay with her at night in the future. Are you willing to live such a life?”
After thinking for a while, Cristofer said in a low voice, “I will confess my identity to her after I get everything back on the right track.”
“What do you mean by getting everything on the right track?”
“I’ll help her get back the properties of the Hudson family and then find out the evidence of Gretchen and her mother’s crime and let them pay the price.”
“Then what are you going to do with the baby that Gretchen is pregnant with? Are you going to let her give birth to the baby?” At the mention of this, Justin was confused and asked, “Cristofer, haven’t you broken up with Gretchen? How come she got pregnant?”
“She... She drugged me,” Cristofer said with his voice full of powerlessness and despair.
“What?!” Justin was surprised.
Soon, he thought of something and said seriously, “Cristofer, I think you should have a thorough investigation of this matter. Rebecca told me that she had met Gretchen in the hospital many years ago. She heard from the doctor that Gretchen could not be pregnant anymore. Don’t believe Gretchen easily. Besides, in my opinion, it must be her mother who asked her to drug you!”
What Justin said makes sense.
Melody is much more cunning than Gretchen.
‘She plotted the car accident and asked Gretchen to come to my side when I was in despair.’
‘What’s more, Yohan’s septicemia and Yvonne’s alcoholism were all caused by her.’
Thinking that the two children had suffered so much because of Gretchen and Melody, Cristofer couldn’t help gritting his teeth and tightening his grip on the phone.
“I’ll let them pay the price,” he said in a cold and deep voice.
On the other end of the phone, Justin suddenly lowered his voice and said in a fluster, “Rebecca has woken up from sleeping. I have to hang up now. Don’t worry. I’ll keep your identity a secret for you.”
“Thank you, Justin.”
Justin said meaningfully in a joyful tone, “Don’t mention it. I should thank you too. Thanks to you and Miss Hudson, Rebecca came back to me. Cristofer, I have to hang up. It’s time to cook dinner for her now.”
Cristofer felt happy for Justin.
‘It’s so good that Justin finally gets back together with the girl he loves.’
‘I will also be able to be together with Estelle again after all the problems are solved. That day will come soon.’
“By the way, Rebecca always asks me about your twin brother these days. Miss Hudson and her doubt that Mr. Mysterious is your brother. Cristofer, no one knows whether Miss Hudson can still accept you when she knows you are Mr. Mysterious. In this case, maybe you can consider being together with her with the identity of your brother. Anyway, he has already…”
“Okay. I’ll consider it.”
****
In the ward, the nurse was telling Estelle the methods of nursing patients while Estelle listened to her carefully and took down the methods one by one.
Estelle was smart, and soon she learned all of them.
“Miss, do you have cotton swabs?” Estelle asked the nurse.
The nurse nodded and said, “Yes. What do you want a cotton swab for?”
“I remember that the patients can’t drink water the first six hours after a general anesthesia surgery. And if they are thirsty, we can apply some water on their lips with a cotton swab,” Estelle explained, smiling.
“You even know about this matter? Are you also a doctor?” The nurse was surprised.
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