I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 347

Few people knew I had been sick. I looked at him, puzzled. "You knew I was ill?"

Gordon replied, "Of course. The night you had a high fever at the hotel, Mr. Lancaster was there taking care of you personally. I was the one who bought the medicine and arranged for it to be sent over. What, you didn't see Mr. Lancaster?"

My heart jolted, and my expression shifted.

"What did you say? Steven was really there that night?"

Ryan's expression also changed slightly.

Gordon frowned. "Yes. After you left that morning, Mr. Lancaster was suffering from a severe headache. He was supposed to go to the hospital for another CT scan, but for some reason, he insisted on going to Baxo with you. I arranged his travel, and he arrived around seven in the evening."

"Around eleven that night, Mr. Lancaster called me, saying you weren't feeling well and asked me to buy some specific medicine and cooling patches. From what I know, he stayed with you all night and only got a room next door to rest after your fever broke. Did you really not see him at all, ma'am?"

I did see him. I even spoke to him. But afterward, when I saw no medicine box, no trace of Steven ever having been there, and knew the hotel wasn't one of his, I just assumed I'd had a strange dream in my feverish state.

I never imagined it was real.

An indescribable look crossed my face, my eyes filled with complex emotions. "If he was there, why did he erase all signs that he'd taken care of me? What's wrong with him?"

When did Steven start doing good deeds without seeking recognition?

Ryan stood quietly by my side, not saying a word.

Gordon explained earnestly, "Perhaps he was afraid of making you angry. You've seemed to dislike Mr. Lancaster quite a bit recently."

"Also, you and this young man by your side seem to be quite close. So intimate. Anyone who didn't know would assume you two are together."

Until everyone knew about Verna. Until I discovered that when he was tired, he didn't want to talk to me, yet he was willing to travel across the world every month to see the woman he loved.

Until I saw with my own eyes how he would do anything to protect Verna. It was then I finally understood. A Mrs. Lancaster like me, who could be cast aside at any moment, who could only swallow her grievances when her mother-in-law bullied her in public, was not the love of Steven's life.

He may have felt a sense of responsibility toward me, but there was not an ounce of affection.

So, in this new life, even with all of Steven's strange behavior, I never thought he could possibly like me. I never allowed myself to think that way, and I certainly didn't want things to develop in that direction now.

Ryan and I left the auction house.

He pursed his lips and asked cautiously, "now that you know he was secretly looking out for you, are you thinking of giving him another chance?"