On the road.
Inside the car.
It was still dark outside, only a few minutes past 3 AM.
The driver drove under pressure to reach the hospital as quickly as possible. Fortunately, it was still too early and only a few cars were on the road.
Dom sat on the front passenger seat while Jin Liwei cradled Iris in his arms at the backseat. Yi Mei had to be left behind because she was too distressed and would probably continue to attack Jin Liwei again if given the chance.
Iris finally regained consciousness. However, she still looked pale and extremely weak.
"Baby!"
"Boss!" Dom was sobbing, his eyes and nose were red and swollen.
Jin Liwei kissed her forehead. "How are you feeling?"
She was in a state of confusion, so she stayed quiet and didn’t reply to him. When her mind cleared a bit, she focused on Jin Liwei’s face.
"Liwei..."
"Yes, baby. I’m here."
Her eyes looked sad and shiny. Then she whispered, "Are you going to cage me too?"
He didn’t understand.
"Tell me." She grabbed his arm, her grip weak. "Are you like them? Are you going to restrict me too? Imprison me? Are you?"
He didn’t know who "them" were. Was she talking about the Longs? Maybe this was why she was estranged with them?
He suspected that she was in some sort of a delirious state but he didn’t want to agitate her any further, so he answered honestly.
"I want to," he said.
Her face dropped. Her eyes went blank. It looked as if the world ended based on her expression alone. Her hand on his arm dropped down limply.
"I understand," Jin Liwei replied. "Please take care of Xiulan, Doctor."
"Of course. She is my patient and it’s my duty as her doctor."
Jin Liwei nodded, and then looked at the pale girl currently sleeping on the bed. He reached down and stroked her cheek gently.
The doctor was dying with curiosity inside to know about the relationship between the two. From what the doctor was seeing in front of him, he could sense that the two were lovers. And were his eyes playing tricks on him or the two had matching bangles on their wrists? Coincidence that they had the same jewelry design?
Was that a tender look on the CEO’s face? It was hard to tell because of the CEO’s perpetual glacial expression. He wanted to ask so badly, but discretion was always an important part of his job and the reason why he was chosen by the wealthy to be their doctor.
Swallowing his curiosity, he performed a final check on Iris before excusing himself out of the room.
There were only the two of them left alone in the big hospital room. Dom was downstairs taking care of all the paperwork and paying for whatever needed to be paid.
Jin Liwei called his two subordinates, and they arrived at the hospital within an hour. He instructed them to guard the private room and make sure that nobody was snooping around.
Jet lag and exhaustion were finally catching up to him. He could barely keep his eyes open. His body felt heavy. He carefully climbed beside his baby girl and pulled the blanket over both of them. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
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