"Dylan, my heart will only be thinking of you in this lifetime." Kendall was worried that he would get jealous, so she quickly made her feelings known.
In response, Dylan snorted coldly, "You haven't finished talking about your dream, but you didn't mention a word about me. I must not have been in your dreams, huh?"
"You were. You helped me during my most desperate and disheartening moment. You provided help and let me experience the existence of kindness in this world.
"So, that's why after you regained consciousness, you went after me persistently and insisted on marrying me."
She had married him to repay his kindness.
Kendall wrapped her arms around his neck and spoke tenderly, "Dylan, despite my initial motives, right now, I'm very sincere and I've really fallen for you."
He sat by the side of the bed and as he leaned backward, he fell back.
Startled, she thought that she was too heavy for him and the weight of her had pushed him backward.
As he fell backward, he naturally steered her along with him and they fell into a lying down position. She remained atop of him. Their current position was quite compromising.
"Kendall." Dylan's expression was dark and his voice had turned hoarse. Kendall somehow felt that he seemed slightly different at the moment and as she met his darkened eyes, she felt as if she was lost inside and was nearly engulfed by them.
"Promise me that you'll never leave me."
"Dylan, from the moment I married you, I made the decision to spend the rest of my life with you. As long as you don't kick me out, I will never leave you."
He had one arm wrapped around her waist while the other hand traveled to the back of her head. Subsequently, he exerted force and pulled her close to him. His thin lips moved slightly and he accurately accosted her on her red lips.
It felt as if time had stilled and finally, Dylan ended the passionate kiss before removing Kendall from her position atop him. He shifted her position and hugged her from the side as he spoke gently, "Keep me company and let's sleep."
"Okay."
At the moment, she was quite soft and gentle. He was so tempted to take her then, but his legs weren't back to normal yet so he decided to be patient for a bit longer.
"Dylan."
Dylan didn't respond at all.
"Darling," Kendall changed the way she addressed him.
This arrogant man actually liked the endearment 'darling' but in the past, he had forbidden her from addressing him this way as most of the time he had a high self-esteem that didn't allow him to have a change of mind. As such, he would choose to ignore her when she addressed him by his first name and he would have a change in attitude once she addressed him by the endearment.
"Yeah?" Indeed, Dylan responded then.
"You walked out of the room by yourself earlier on." Kendall was full of excitement as she spoke, "You've improved tremendously and this is all the outcome of your persistence and effort put in during physiotherapy. As long as you keep this up, then I believe you'll be able to walk just like any normal person quite soon after this."
He was also influenced by her exuberance and he revealed a smile on his handsome face as he spoke, "Once I've regained normalcy, I'll give you a huge present, Kendall."
"Is that true?" she asked happily, "What sort of present is it?"
"Well, let's just say it'll be a great gift."
"Is it worth a lot?"
Dylan couldn't help chuckling. "Don't behave so greedily. I've provided you with plenty of pocket money, but I haven't seen you spending on anything at all."
He paused and added, "The present from me will definitely be worth a lot. It would be worth tens of billions."
Kendall was delighted at the sound of that and she rolled over before clambering up. She spoke in a joyful tone, "Does that mean I'll become the richest woman in Orapolis?"
"Yes."
"That means I'll have to supervise and make sure that you undergo physiotherapy every day. My aim is to get you back to normal within three months." As such, she would then become the richest woman in Orapolis.
"I'll try my best to cooperate."
Kendall was gleeful and she lay down by his side once again as she reached out to hug him. She placated him as if he was a child, "Darling, quickly sleep. Once you've taken a good rest, you can start your physiotherapy properly after that. I'm anxious to become the richest woman in Orapolis. Haha. I would be extremely happy even in my dreams."
At that moment, Dylan was tickled by her behavior.
They continued to tease each other before embracing each other and going to sleep. This time, he slept really well.
The next morning, Dylan was in great spirits and Amos was very surprised by that. Once Amos realized that Kendall had gone into the study room and spent the night with Dylan in the room, Amos was significantly caught aback.
Dylan's study room was off-limits and even Alice tended to steer clear of the study room too.
Kendall was the only female who could enter Dylan's study room and even spend the night there. It seemed that she had a very important position in Dylan's heart that no one could influence.
At that moment, Amos was even more respectful of Kendall.
As usual, Kendall kept Dylan company and ate breakfast with him. After that, she presented him with the gift she had prepared and the voice recording she'd recorded the night before where she'd recited, 'Darling, I love you' a hundred times.
She sent that to his cell phone and then she left the gazebo to get ready to leave for work.
"Young Mistress Kendall," Just as Kendall was about to enter her car, suddenly, Vivian's familiar voice rang out.
Kendall stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Vivian, who was headed Kendall's way.
"Good morning, Vivian. Does Old Madam Coleman want to see me?" It's so early in the morning and yet Old Madam Coleman has summoned me over. Isn't she concerned that the rest of her day will be ruined?
Previously, Old Madam Coleman had instructed Vivian to transcribe the Coleman family rules, but was angered by Dylan overruling it.
Vivian smiled and replied, "Mrs. Coleman arrived home earlier in the morning, so she invited you over for some tea."
At that moment, Kendall blinked. Emily's back? Dylan didn't mention anything to me. Perhaps he has no idea that she's back?
She glanced at the time and before she could respond, Vivian spoke up. "Young Mistress Kendall, don't worry about being late for work. Mrs. Coleman has given President Parker a call and arranged for an indefinite time off for you."
Kendall frowned upon hearing that. Emily had purposely flaunted in front of Kendall that she was the boss as soon as she returned and directly asked for an indefinite time off from Kendall's father. In a way, this was indirectly telling Kendall to stop working.
"Young Mistress Kendall, let's go over to the main house right now to see Mrs. Coleman. The rest of the mistresses of the family are there too, so you shouldn't let the elders wait for too long."
At that point, it finally dawned upon Kendall. The mistresses of the Coleman Family had all grouped together at the main house to forcefully stop her from going to work. They were going to force her into adhering to the Colemans' family rule. Once a woman married into the Coleman family, they were not allowed to go out to work—they were not even allowed to operate a business. The women were only allowed to serve their men and take care of their children. The only time they were allowed out of the house was to accompany their husband for some charity work or to attend balls.
"Alright, I got it." Kendall shut the car door and turned to the driver. "Mr. Fisher, wait for me. I'll be back soon."
Henry heard Vivian's words and he had assumed that Kendall would not be able to leave the house today after going to the main house. However, he didn't dare to voice out publicly so he responded respectfully, "Sure."
Subsequently, Kendall left with Vivian.
Meanwhile, Dylan was seated in the gazebo and he continued to replay the voice recording from Kendall. He listened to her sweet voice repetitively saying, 'Darling, I love you.' and he couldn't help smiling sweetly.
Ronnie walked into the gazebo at the moment and came to Dylan's side. Ronnie lowered his back and approached Dylan before saying politely, "Young Master Dylan, Vivian came over to get Young Mistress Kendall and they are now headed to the main house. Mrs. Coleman arrived back early in the morning and the other mistresses are all at the main house too."
Dylan stopped the recording and responded in a low voice, "Since my mom's back, I should pop over to greet her too." No one can lay a hand on my woman in this house. They have to get past me before doing that!
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