The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1590

The doctor's footsteps halted. He looked down at the little boy before him.

"…Is there something else?" Keen gently closed the door behind him and asked, "Doctor, I was asleep when the other doctor came to check on Mommy this morning, so I don't know if she's fully recovered. I wanted to ask you, is Mommy really getting better?"

The man paused, then hedged. "She should be."

"So, are there any special precautions I should take when looking after her?" Keen pressed. "Mommy doesn't have much of an appetite right now because she's sick. What should she eat to get better faster?"

Silence descended.

Keen waited for a moment. When the man didn't speak, he looked up at him in confusion.

"Doctor, why aren't you saying anything?"

A few seconds later, the man's muffled, hoarse voice emerged from behind the mask.

"…Have some water."

Keen looked bewildered. "That's it?"

Ignoring the question, the man said, "You should go take care of your mother. I'm leaving now."

Without waiting for Keen to react, the man turned and walked away with large strides. Keen called after him a few more times, but the man paid him no mind.

Keen scratched his head, baffled, and muttered to himself, "That doctor was really weird."

***

The next day, at Stella's insistence, she was finally discharged from the hospital.

Neville and Haynes came to pick her up.

Haynes looked helpless. It wasn't that he wanted to bring Foreman, but he was worried about what schemes Foreman might pull if left unsupervised. It was better to keep him in his sight.

After the meal, Stella got up to pay the bill.

However, the receptionist informed her that someone had already paid.

Stella was surprised.

Could Neville or one of the others have paid? But she didn't recall seeing anyone leave the private room.

As Stella stood there wondering, the receptionist pointed to a spot not far away. "It was that gentleman who paid."

Stella followed the receptionist's gaze and was, once again, stunned.