Jared paused for a moment as he turned the page, his eyes blinking. "Then tell me, what's my usual attitude towards Makenna?"
"Tender, doting, and obedient." Elias slowly uttered these three words.
Jared frowned.
Elias crossed his arms and said, "You don't seem to be very happy about my conclusion?"
"I'm not unhappy about it." Jared put his attention back on the document.
He could not deny that Elias' words were correct.
He had indeed treated Makenna in that way before.
"Then why are you frowning?" Elias looked at him.
Jared said flatly, "Nothing."
Elias chuckled, "I suddenly find that you've changed a lot since the car accident, especially your attitude toward Makenna. What's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly turn a cold shoulder to her?"
Jared picked up his pen and signed his name on the document. "Nothing. I've just found that my previous attitude toward Makenna was not okay and wanted to rectify my ways of treating her."
"But you refuse to see her."
Jared closed the file, put it aside, took another one and opened it.
Right now, his feelings for Makenna were very complicated. He could clearly feel that he no longer had any affection for her. He also vaguely understood that he probably didn't love her anymore, so he didn't want to see her.
In addition, there was another thing that made him feel very strange. He found that though he had no affection for Makenna, when he saw her, his mood was still affected by her. Just like before, whenever he had seen Makenna being wronged, he had wanted to give her everything. Although this feeling was a lot weaker now, it still existed, which made him quite uncomfortable.
The most direct evidence was that the day before yesterday. He saw Makenna through the glass on the door of the ward. At that moment, when he met Makenna's red eyes, his heart ached. He wanted to call her in, wipe away her tears, and ask her not to cry. But before he could do that, his grandmother drove her away.
However, as soon as Makenna left, the heartache disappeared. He didn't have the impulsion to coax her out of crying. He suddenly changed back to his calm state before seeing her, as if everything had just been an illusion.
However, he knew that it was not an illusion. As long as he saw Makenna, his mind and feelings would no longer be under his control. It was like there was an invisible hand pushing him to treat Makenna well and love her.
Thinking of this, Jared suddenly clenched his pen and covered the surging undercurrents in his eyes.
Seeing Jared did not speak, Elias waved his hands and turned to leave.
In the lobby corridor on the first floor of the hospital.
When Makenna came out of the elevator, she saw Amber passing by.
Amber also saw her, and she deliberately showed surprise on her face. "Miss Gardner, what a coincidence."
Makenna didn't know that Amber had come especially for her. She clenched her fists and asked, "What are you doing in the hospital?"
Was she here to see Jared?
As if she had seen through Makenna's thoughts, her eyes lit up. She smiled and said, "Of course, I'm here to see Mr. Farrell. I heard that he had a car accident. As his ex-wife, I should show my concern. After all, we loved each other once. Miss Gardner, did you see Mr. Farrell? That's perfect. Could you tell me his ward number?"
"Don't even think about it!" Makenna yelled with bloodshot eyes.
Amber pretended to be disappointed and sighed. "Well, forget it. I'd better go to the reception and ask."
As she spoke, she was about to walk past Makenna and enter the elevator.
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