Madam, the CEO Regrets It (Abby and Jason) novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3

When Abby woke up again, she found herself alone in the ward.

Her cellphone was dead.

Abby didn't know how long she slept, but when she looked out the window, it was still dark.

She got up, put on her shoes, and headed out.

As she passed by Mia's ward, she stopped dead in her tracks.

Her feet suddenly grew heavy, and she couldn't seem to lift them.

The patient living here was Mia, but the person taking care of Mia was her husband, Jason.

Mia had a baby face.

Even the blue-white striped johnny she was in couldn't take that innocent and graceful look away from her.

Her skin was fair, and her eyes bright like a kitten.

That must be what Jason loved her for.

That innocence look about her.

While she, on the other hand, was the jealous bitch who was trying to tear them away from each other.

It killed Abby to see her husband treat Mia with such gentleness and adoration. It was something she could never have.

For someone who didn't know Jason well, he would think Jason wasn't hardwired to love anyone; that he was naturally cold and distant.

But Abby knew it otherwise.

There was love and tenderness in Jason's heart. He just didn't give it to her; he gave it to Mia, all of it.

But of course…he was once nice to her. It was a long long time ago.

Her "snooping" eventually caught the attention of the two people inside.

Shooting her a frightened look, Mia immediately hid behind Jason, her slender form shaking.

She was so timid and red-eyed, as if she had just seen a monster.

Jason patted her gently on the shoulder and snapped his cold eyes to Abby.

A strange feeling of irritation and disgust came over him, and he growled out: "What are you doing there, sneaking around?!"

Abby stood at the door.

It was hurting her to see them glued to each other.

But she couldn't help watching them.

Because she saw a Jason she had never seen before. A gentle, caring Jason. Something she wanted but was never given.

She felt her eyes start to blur to tears.

Jason pulled Mia behind him protectively and stared at her.

Taking note of how pale Abby looked, there was a funny feeling in his chest. He brushed the feeling away before furrowing his brows: "Now that you're awake, go home."

Abby hesitated for a moment before asking in a hoarse voice: "Are you coming back tonight?"

Jason looked alarmed at the suggestion.

Abby didn't bother to explain. She couldn't figure out what heinous things she had done to earn this distrust.

It was true that she broke them up; but in their four years' marriage, she had been nothing but a nanny to him.

She never asked, snooped, or stopped him from dating Mia, or whatever relationship they were having.

She knew they had been seeing each other; but up until her family went bankrupt, they had only done so secretly. Now that her family was no longer a threat, she figured they no longer have any qualms. They began to do it in broad daylight.

She never mentioned a word of how she felt about this.

But it'd be lie if she said she didn't care.

Ever since she got married to Jason, she had lost everything. She was dying of cancer, and now she had to help save Mia's life. But who was there to help her?

Abby felt her heart clenching together, as if it was pricked by thousands of needles, clenching and cleching. Even her fingertips were shaking with pain.

For all these years, she had obeyed Jason's words like a puppet.

Before, she obeyed because she wanted him to like her.