Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 576

Chapter 573 Waiting For Him To Fail

“Justin, you win!” Veronique's hysterical scream echoed throughout the ward.

In the next instance, Veronique wrapped her arms around Justin's neck and started wailing in his embrace.

“I didn't want you close to me because I was afraid of burdening you. I'm a dying person. How can I drag you with me to my deathbed? Why can't you understand my intentions? Why must all of you force me?”

Justin hugged her tightly and smiled. “Silly girl. How can I not know what you're thinking? Since you don't want me to follow you to the other world, I won't do so. I know your biggest worry is Zephyr. I will live on and take care of him until he reaches adulthood. Only then will I go and find you. Is that okay?”

Veronique got out of Justin's embrace and stared at him dazedly. “Is that true? Say you're not lying to me. You're certain you won't follow me after I die?”

Justin reached out and caressed her pale-looking face. “Zephyr is my biggest worry too. He's still young, and I can't leave him alone. What you should do now is not think about anything and concentrate on the treatment. If the heavens love you, they will bless my research with Bailey and come up with a uterine cancer drug. Otherwise, we shall accept our fate.”

Veronique once again threw herself into Justin's embrace. Her right hand was about to hug his waist when she felt a warm sensation. It was then she realized the knife was still in his abdomen.

“Y-Your abdomen...” Veronique said in a worried tone.

“It's fine. I'm a doctor, remember? I won't stab myself in the vital area.”

Veronique became furious and slapped his chest. “You shall not use this method to force me in the future. Do you understand me?”

“Of course, I'll listen to whatever my wife says.”

Veronique rolled her eyes and did not bother to reply further.

...

Meanwhile, Bailey walked into a private room of a random bar and found Zeke in a drunken stupor.

Zeke stared at her for a while before he could recognize her. “Bay, why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come?”

Bailey sighed gently and walked over to hug Zeke. “Zeke, just cry it all out if you feel horrible.”

Zeke suddenly became much sober after being hugged by Bailey. He could not help laughing and said, “Are you coaxing me like your son? Why should a big man like me cry? Didn't I tell you not to come? Why did you not listen?”

Bailey rested her head on his chest and uttered softly, “You're my only blood relative on earth. How can I not care about my dear brother?”

Zeke stretched his hand and patted Bailey's back, chuckling, “I'm not that weak, so don't worry about me. What is it about that you came to look for me?”

Well, I wanted to talk about Julie. But after seeing your depressed look, I don't feel like talking about it. Oh well, I shall let you off today. I'll deal with this meddlesome matter tomorrow. Bailey decided not to bother Zeke.

“It's nothing. I came to look for you because I was worried. Don't you want to drink? I'll accompany you.” With that, Bailey took the wine bottle and was about to gulp it down.

Zeke hurriedly snatched the bottle away and glared at her. “You should know your health better. How can you be drinking when you just went through a miscarriage? I must keep a constant watch on you. Otherwise, you'll keep getting into trouble.”

Bailey laughed in response. “I thought you were too drunk to notice. All right, I shall not touch alcohol. You can have it all for yourself while I just stay by your side. I'll send you to my condominium later, so don't worry.”

Zeke could not be bothered to reply to her.

...

At the same time, Jacques was treating a few department heads to dinner on the pretext of asking them to pay special attention to Bailey's charity foundation.

The department heads present at the dinner were a bunch of very smart people. How could they not understand Jacques' true meaning of the “special attention” he mentioned?

Even if Bailey were eventually found innocent, she definitely wouldn't get off scot-free.