Hearing what I said, Shelton smiled in satisfaction and nodded. "Okay, you can go."
Seeing him like this, I was frightened in my heart.
Even so, I knew that I shouldn't lose my nerves and that I should stick to my choice.
Glenn's smiling face kept flashing across my mind. What if something indeed happened to such my cute child within a few years?
Patrick knew what I was thinking.
He pulled my hand and whispered in my ear, "Don't be afraid. I promise you that nothing will happen to Glenn. Just follow me."
"I... "
I looked at Shelton.
And I saw that the look in his eyes indicated that he was happy and that he had got what he wanted.
It was as if he had expected everything that I would do. At the thought of this, I was more frightened in my heart.
What should I do?
I had no idea.
But I didn't want to stay with Shelton any longer.
Over the past few days, nothing could arouse my interest except work. For other times, I was like a walking dead.
In the face of the affair between Shelton and Emily, I was calm in my heart.
For the time being, Shelton and I had been engaged. If we got married, I probably would be likely to be lifeless in the future.
I decided to make a gamble.
Fortunately, Glenn stayed with Nancy.
Making up my mind, I took the engagement ring off me without any hesitation and put it on the low table aside.
That meant that I was going to let go of the relationship between Shelton and me completely.
While doing so, I saw a trace of complexity in the bottom of Shelton's peaceful eyes.
However, it would be the best situation for us. In my opinion, if the two of us were together, both of us would be in pain. In that case, we'd better seize this opportunity to break up with each other.
I put down the ring and turned around to leave.
Shelton didn't stop me. Neither did his people.
By the time I arrived at the door, an ambulance had arrived. Several doctors got out of the ambulance and took Emily away.
After I came out of Shelton's house, I saw many cars parked outside. Patrick's subordinates came out as well and got into two large business cars in two groups. And Janice and Lacy followed them.
In fact, based on what had happened today, I found that Janice was a subordinate of Patrick.
I hesitated for a moment and got into Patrick's car in the end.
Before leaving, I didn't see Shelton ever showing up at the door.
After the car drove out of the residential quarter, I suddenly felt relieved as if I had gotten rid of a cage.
However, Patrick, who was next to me, didn't look relaxed at all. Looking at him, I asked, "What's wrong?"
Acting like he hadn't heard of my words, he stared into the distance as if he were thinking about something.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that he seemed to realize that I was talking to him. Turning to look at me, he asked, "Yes?"
Knowing that he was thinking about something, I shook my head, "Nothing."
Per my proposal, we went to Patrick's house in Unit No.1, City Y. Shelton had housing property in this residential quarter as well. Even so, as one of the best residential quarters in City Y, there were many security guards, making it relatively safe.
That night, Patrick and I stayed in the same room. Even so, we didn't do anything but fall asleep in each other's arms.
The next day, I went to pick Glenn up at Nancy's house, telling Nancy that I had something to do. After that, along with Patrick, I took Glenn to the largest research institute in City Y.
We went there to see a friend of Patrick's who came back from abroad. According to Patrick, this friend of his had been abroad. It wasn't until last Christmas that the Medical University hired him with a high salary that he came back. Surely, he wouldn't have anything to do with Shelton.
"Really?"
As Glenn asked me, he looked up at Patrick.
Curling up the corner of his mouth, Patrick nodded, "Well, it's true. You can go anywhere you want. We will accompany you all day today."
After that, Callen arranged a series of body checks for Glenn. To complete a few of the checklists,
Glenn had to draw blood.
Feeling frightened in his heart, Glenn could only turn around and asked me, "Is it true that we are going to the Dinosaur Museum later?"
"Yes!" I nodded my head with certainty.
Hearing this, Glenn closed his eyes and said, "Auntie, take my blood. I'm not afraid."
He spoke bravely with tears hanging at the corner of his eyes.
Callen laughed and drew a total of four small tubes of blood from Glenn's body.
After that, Callen immediately took out a yellow lollipop and handed it to Glenn, saying, "Here you go. This is a reward for a strong child like you."
Glenn opened his eyes, looked at the yellow lollipop in Callen's hands, and pouted, "I am a boy. And I am supposed to be so strong."
Although he said so, he reached out to get the lollipop.
With me helping him press the pinhole, Glenn unwrapped the lollipop by himself and started to enjoy it.
The result of Glenn's bodycheck would come out about an hour later. Callen looked through it once and told us with certainty, "All the indexes of this kid indicate that he is quite healthy for the time
being."
Hearing what she said, I was finally at ease in my heart.
Callen paused as if she wanted to say something further. However, Patrick suddenly stood up, saying, "That's good. We can leave now."
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