“No need for that. I‘ll take her back home myself.” For some reason, Arthur felt an urge to take Sophia back home by himself. At the same time, Sophia only looked at him in a stunned manner as she was reminded of the moment he once treated her this well.
While Arthur carried Sophia in his arms and walked toward the car that the person in charge had prepped for him, Emily was left stomping the ground behind her with regret and anger. Why on earth did I bring Sophia here and even end up creating the perfect opportunity for her to run into Arthur?!
Besides the thought of that, she also noticed Arthur‘s sudden change in attitude as he was usually indifferent toward Sophia. Why does he still treat Sophia so well? I thought he‘d already forgotten about her. Didn‘t my father make sure of that? Emily was left behind as she helplessly watched the car he was in left.
Meanwhile, Sophia was stunned as she looked at the man sitting beside her. After all, he just took her away from the turf club and left his fiancée behind. Thus, she was worried that it would undermine the man‘s reputation if anyone knew what he did.
Unwilling to tarnish his image, Sophia decided to force herself to walk without letting Arthur carry her as soon as they arrived at a hospital not far away from the manor. At the same time, Arthur got out of the car from the other side and circled around the vehicle to her. When he saw her holding onto the car door and limping, he frowned and asked, “Are you sure you can walk?”
“Y–Yes, I am.” Sophia nodded, refusing to let Arthur carry her because she didn‘t want to draw attention from the people around her in the hospital. However, as soon as she took two steps forward, she was overwhelmed by the pain in her ankle.
“Say it if you need me to carry you,” Arthur smiled and said.
“No.” Sophia confidently rejected the man. Nevertheless, as she continued to take extra steps further, she suddenly crouched down because she could no longer make herself walk. At that moment, she looked up and asked, “Can you get someone to fetch me a stretcher to carry me? It‘s too painful, and I can‘t walk.”
In response, Arthur grunted and replied, “You‘re asking for it.” He then bent over and carried her to the hospital‘s lobby not long before he took her to the orthopedics department. After some diagnosis and examination, the doctor confirmed that she suffered from a ligament injury, which would heal in a matter of days with enough rest.
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