"Saoirse, thank you."
"Can I keep you company for the next few days?" Saoirse asked.
"It's fine, Saoirse. You don't need to. You can go back or go to work."
"No, I want to stay here with you," Saoirse insisted.
His struggle appeared on Matthew face.
The feelings he had right before the accident happened came back once again.
Matthew could only give in, "Okay then, Saoirse."
Selina's body went stiff for a moment.
Matthew agreeing to Saoirse's request made her feel a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't object to it.
Saoirse sat at where Selina was previously sitting at, and Selina was sitting far away on the side.
The atmosphere between the three of them was really awkward.
Even Matthew, who had always been good at controlling any situation, didn't seem to know how to ease the awkwardness between them.
At the end he could only say, "Saoirse, I would like
to rest."
"I'll stay here with you," Saoirse still insisted.
Matthew insisted this time, "I don't think it's a good idea, Saoirse. If you want to stay, ask the nurse to arrange for a room for you."
"William, you promised to let me stay with you."
"But not overnight."
"Since I am not allowed to accompany you overnight, I suppose that this lady isn't allowed to stay as well, is she? William, you should consider my feelings as well, shouldn't you?"
Her last sentence hit Matthew's soft spot.
His lips parted, but he did not say anything.
Selina stood up and said, "I am going to sleep in another ward as well."
Matthew cast her an apologetic look.
Selina returned Matthew's gaze as well.
Her look told Matthew that she understood how difficult the situation was for Matthew.
Although they didn't say anything to each other, the look in their eyes was obvious enough.
Both Saoirse and Selina then went out of the ward.
"Miss Whitlock, I'm guessing people describe you as a femme fatale?" Saoirse gave Selina a cold look and said.
Selina was dumbfounded.
"What do you mean?"
Saoirse scoffed, "Nothing. It's just that I think they shouldn't describe you as a femme fatale since you are not as beautiful compared to me."
Selina was speechless.
She was furious. Just as she was about to argue with Saoirse, she suddenly remembered how Saoirse had taken a step back because of Cecilia.
Selina took a deep breath.
Forget it, she would have to just endure it!
The hospital prepared VIP rooms for them, and they were nice and comfortable.
But Selina couldn't sleep.
She couldn't sleep at the thought of another woman sleeping in a room similar to hers.
Selina went outside the ward, wanting to go out for a walk.
When she walked towards the nurse's counter, she heard a few nurses gathering around talking.
"Do you guys know about that handsome patient here? Two ladies came here to visit him and take care of him." "Ah, just an everyday occurrence. Just by his looks, you could tell that he's rich, and rich men like him obviously have girls surrounding him. Furthermore, he's so good looking."
"Those two ladies can tolerate it, huh? If it were for me, I surely wouldn't be able to share my man with another woman."
"Some women can simply do anything for money. What's so strange about that?"
Selina's hands were clenched into fists.
She tried to hold back her anger, but she couldn't.
Selina directly strode over.
Her sharp gaze glanced past the nurses one by one, "What did you all just say?!"
The nurses were all stunned as they saw the person interrupting their conversation.
Selina suddenly waved her arm and directly swept everything on the nurse's desk to the ground.
"Say it one more time! Repeat it if you have the guts to!"
The nurses dared not speak at all.
"Say it! Repeat it again!" Selina was raising her voice. "Repeat what you all have just said!"
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