With that, Yesseca stuttered, "Montez is looking for you, you should go to him."
Tremaine looked at Yesseca and said, "You, stay here and wait for me."
Yesseca was taken aback.
She looked at him with her eyes open wide. "Why should I wait for you? I have my own things to do."
Tremaine looked at his watch.
It was already the afternoon.
Zorion was not completely fine yet, and he had a lot of official matters to attend to as well. It probably was better to let Yesseca go for now, or she would have to wait a long time.
Tremaine switched tacks. "I'll get someone to send you back."
Tremaine headed back to Montez and asked him what he needed him for.
He asked Montez what he needed him for.
Montez's eyes widened. "Daddy, I didn't ask for you. I've been watching Uncle Zorion."
Tremaine fell silent.
He then realized what had happened.
This must have been Madam Quartley's doing.
"Continue watching, then," Tremaine said to Montez.
Just then, Montez remembered Yesseca and said, "Right, Daddy, where's Yesseca? I want to see her."
"She's already left."
Montez immediately became anxious when he heard that.
He had finally gotten a chance to see Yesseca. How could she have left just like that?
Montez was just about to chase after Yesseca when Tremaine stopped him. "She's left in a car. I asked the driver the send her home."
Montez glared at Tremaine and said, "Daddy, you can't just let Yesseca leave like that. She came here to see me, you know. You should've at least told me if you wanted the driver to send her home."
Tremaine looked at him disdainfully. "She came to see me."
"No, Yesseca came for me."
"I doubt that." Tremaine's voice was deep and strong, obviously drowning Montez out.
Montez looked at Tremaine indignantly. "Yesseca's going to be my wife in the future. I'm going to marry her when I grow up."
This was all he could say in retort.
Tremaine's lips twitched.
He flicked Montez's head with his finger. "Stop dreaming."
Montez was upset to hear that.
He put his hands on his waist and said, "You really are a bad guy. I'm not dreaming. I'm very serious about this!"
Tremaine snorted. "Me? A bad guy? Who was it who called me a good person earlier?"
Montez had nothing to say to that.
He flushed in embarrassment. "I take it back, I take it all back!"
That night, Tremaine returned to the Presidential Office.
He had spent a lot of time at the hospital because of Zorion, so he had to work through the night to clear up his work.
The very next morning, he rushed over to the hospital again.
Zorion had woken up.
With his body having developed immunity to the virus, Zorion had recovered fairly well from the virus. Save for his weak body, he was perfectly fine.
Everyone was gathered around Zorion's bed.
Except for Ruth.
She watched Zorion from a corner of the room.
Despite the crowd, she only had eyes for Zorion.
The man she cared a lot for.
Unfortunately, Zorion did not care about her.
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