Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick) novel Chapter 153

I knew that Mabel wasn't apologizing to me or Seth sincerely.

Instead, she was afraid of offending Patrick.

I, who didn't want to stay here any longer, let go of her and left.

The entire resort was closed during the final. The judges didn't arrive yet. Apart from the staff, only seven of us, Patrick, and Jeremy were guests here.

If Patrick went to block me at the entrance of my room, I surely would have nowhere to run.

In case something would go wrong, I didn't go back to my room. Instead, I wandered around.

I had to admit that this resort was well-facilitated.

There was a swimming pool, a small-sized golf course, and a circus arena.

However, since there was no audience, the circus arena was closed.

I looked around and glanced at my watch. Seeing that it was past 10 p,m., I thought that Patrick probably wouldn't come to me...

As I was walking back, it suddenly rained. And the sky was filled with stars a few minutes ago.

In the blink of an eye, it was raining cats and dogs.

I rushed back. Just as I was about to rush to the door of my room, I collided with someone who rushed out of the corner!

And her head hit right at the elbow of my hand with which I covered my head!

’Ah!"

She fell to the ground. And a painful voice came from the rain.

"I'm sorry." I apologized and took a closer look. It turned out to be Nancy. I called her, "Nancy."

Nancy raised her head and saw me.

She, who didn't say anything, wanted to leave.

I grabbed her hand and said, "It's raining so heavily. My room is here. Come in to take shelter from the rain."

She turned to look at me. The rain was too heavy. And the night was too dark. I couldn't see her expression clearly. But I heard her say, "Thank you."

It seemed that she agreed.

She went into the room with me.

Out of politeness, I let her take a shower first. And I wrapped myself in a towel while waiting in a corner.

It wasn't until she finished taking a shower that I went in to take a shower.

Each room of this resort could accommodate two people. So bathrobe, towels, and other things were all a set.

After I took a shower and came out in a bathrobe, I saw Nancy sitting on the sofa in a bathrobe. When she saw me, she said with some embarrassment, "Thank you, it should be a sudden shower. After the rain stops in a while, I will leave."

I said politely, "No need. No need. Don't worry."

Nancy seemed to be a nice person. But when I actually got to know her, I felt that she seemed to be quite alienated.

It had been raining for a long time outside. I stood in front of the bed and looked at the rain outside. While Nancy was sitting on the sofa.

Staying in the room, both of us couldn't help but be embarrassed.

"Ding-dong."

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

I, who didn't think much about it, went to open the door.

The door opened.

It was Patrick standing at the door.

He had an umbrella in his hand. And his hair was sticking to his face as the rain slid down his hair. I lowered my head and saw that his trousers were wet.

I, who was stunned, wanted to say something. But when I thought of Nancy who was in my room, I could only say, "What's the matter?"

"Who is it?"

Before Patrick could speak, Nancy stood up and walked over.

When she saw Patrick, she was also stunned. And she said, "Mr. Cowell."

The atmosphere, which had been very awkward just now, became more strange now. Nancy looked at me and then at him as she said, "I'll leave first."

"Don't..."

It was raining outside. If Nancy went out like this, she probably would catch a cold tomorrow.

Patrick blocked the door and explained, "No need. It's raining heavily outside. I'm just here to see if she's back. I was worried that she would be still outside."

He was explaining to Nancy...

"But he likes you." Nancy sat on the sofa and looked at me with calm eyes.

"No." I immediately denied it. Thinking how I had been tricked by Patrick over and over again previously, I drooped my eyelashes, "I used to think so as well. But after experiencing a lot of things, I don't think so anymore."

"To tell you the truth, just now, Mr. Cowell stood at the door and explained to me just now, saying that he was afraid that you would be angry. If there were other guests besides us in this resort, I would really suspect whether he was Mr. Cowell's twin brother."

There was a hint of ridicule in Nancy's words.

After that, she smiled on her own.

I looked up at her.

At this time, I found Nancy less distant. When I was hesitating about what to say, she got up and looked out of the window, saying, "The rain has stopped. I'm leaving. Thank you for your tea."

She put the tea on the table.

And she left without waiting for me to speak.

I packed up my things and went to sleep.

As I lay on the bed, the scene where Patrick stood in front of my door with an umbrella in his head had been lingering in my mind. It seemed that he was afraid that I might be angry with him if Nancy left. So he had an anxious expression on his face. And his anxious expression popped up in my mind constantly as well.

It was as if he indeed cared about me.

It was unknown how long I had been thinking about it randomly before falling asleep.

When I woke up again, I felt dizzy. And I felt hoarse in my throat, feeling quite uncomfortable.

My first reaction was that I had a fever.

I wanted to drink some water. But when I reached out to touch the cup on the bedside, I failed to hold it firmly. "Bang!" The cup fell to the ground, startling me.

Now, I was sore all over my body. And everything seemed to be going black in front of my eyes. It was almost impossible for me to get up and get another glass of water.

I struggled for a while and fell asleep in a daze.

As I was sleeping in a daze, I felt a piercing cold sensation on my forehead!

I frowned slightly and only felt as if there was a heat-up stick sticking to my forehead.

The next second, I felt a pair of Wₐᵣₘ |ᵢₚₛ sticking to my mouth.

Then, warm water was poured into my mouth...