Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 813

In the evening, Elaine finally woke up.

Opening her eyes, she was met with a deep gaze.

It was Vincent.

Seeing that she had woken up, he smiled. "You're finally awake."

She looked around and asked, "Am I in the hospital?"

"Yeah."

"How long have I been asleep?"

"An entire day."

Whoa.

That was a long time.

Then she tried to sit up from the bed, only to find that she had no strength at all. "What happened to me?"

"You got a high fever, burning at 40 degrees."

It took her a moment to fully comprehend it.

She rarely got sick though. For so many years, she never even had a headache.

Suddenly, her stomach growled in the silence.

And it was followed by her face flushing.

Vincent was amused. "Are you hungry?" "Uh, no." She did not turn to look at him though.

"Well, I'm starving. Why don't we have some food together?" Then, he leaned against the chair, feeling that his mood somehow enlightened. "What would you like to eat? I'll get Mark to buy it."

She said nothing.

Seeing that, he took it as she was being shy.

He got his phone out and texted Mark, asking him to buy some food that was easy to digest.

On the other side of the line, Mark was surprised.

"Is she awake?"

"Yep."

"Cool, I'll be right there."

Putting away the phone, Vincent looked toward Elaine and stated, "Mark will be coming soon."

"Alright," Then, glancing at him, she noticed that he looked rather tired, and there were even dark circles under his eyes.

"You didn't... sleep all night?"

"Yeah, because you're still unconscious."

Hearing that, she was choked speechless.

Was he not going to sleep if she didn't wake up?

Why, though, did he have to tell her that? It made her feel apologetic.

She then looked away and fell into silence.

Staring at her face, Vincent suddenly said, "I've thought it through when you lay unconscious."

"Huh?"

"I've been worried about losing you for the whole night and my heart aches to see you suffering from a high fever. I've never felt this before."

Elaine was shocked.

What did he mean by that?

"So, I've decided."

All of a sudden, she shook her head. "No, no, no! I don't wanna listen to that!"

Nevertheless, Vincent just smiled and continued, "Whether you wanna listen or not, I've decided that... Elaine, from now on, I'll give you whatever you want, so don't think about leaving me again, understand?"

There was a hint of warning to his tone.

It was rare for him to have such deep interest in a woman, so naturally, he wanted her to be obedient and stayed by his side.

However, she actually went to have dinner with Howard at a foreign restaurant yesterday.

And that upset him a lot.

Meanwhile, with a pallid face, Elaine questioned,

"Why are you doing this? I don't need anything from you! Can't you just let me go?"

"Haven't you heard what I said?"

"But... I don't like you!" With a red face, Elaine retorted angrily, "You can't force someone who doesn't like you to stay with you!"

Almost in an instant, Vincent's face darkened and he asked, "Who do you like then?"

"It's not you anyway!"

To be honest, she had never liked anyone. Even if she did, it would be someone who treated her very well and gently, and not the kind of people like Vincent.

"You mean Howard?" He asked with a surly look, "You like him?"

She wanted to say no, but on second thought, perhaps he would give up if he misunderstood that.

So, instead of denying it, she pursed her lips and said nothing.

Looking at her reaction, naturally, Vincent thought that the man she liked was Howard.

His irritation flared and he threatened, "Whoever you like, I'll let them disappear. So, do you still like Howard now?" "Ar- are you crazy?" Elaine widened her eyes in

disbelief.

"Well, I've always been." Vincent glanced at her icily.

Although Elaine was quite frustrated with him, she had to suppress her anger. "Mr. Bradbury, I'm not good-looking and I have no strong points too. You could've picked someone better than me."

Hearing that, Vincent was a little amused. "Are you trying to convince me to not like you?"

"Yeah. Tell me, how are you gonna grow tired of me?"

"Well, that's not gonna happen."

It seemed that there was no way to convince him.

So Elaine just closed her eyes and took a rest.

Quietly, she was planning in her mind to escape. She had to get away from him - the farther the better!

When Mark came with takeaways, he saw the two were having a cold treatment.

Neither of them spoke, which made the atmosphere very strange.

Putting down the food, he inquired, "What's going on? I've brought you food. Do you want to eat it now?"

Vincent stood up and motioned to him. "Open it."

So he opened the takeaway boxes one by one.

"Come and eat." Vincent looked at Elaine who was on the bed, asking, "Weren't you hungry just now?" Biting her lip, she refused, "No, I don't wanna eat it!"

"Oh? Do you want me to feed you?"

Saying that, he was about to spoon her.

Instantly, Mark widened his eyes as he had never seen Vincent treating any woman with patience before. Instead, he had only seen Vincent putting people to death.

What kind of luck did this girl have to attract the attention of such a man?"

On the other hand, Elaine was startled and quickly refused, "l-l don't need you to feed me!"

"Then get up and eat."

Having no choice, she could only sit up and eat.

On the other side-

The Hudsons joined the Jones for dinner tonight.

And everyone was having a good time.

After dinner, Jimmy gave Stanley a look and they went to the balcony one after another.

Jimmy fished out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Stanley.

"Ah, no thanks." Stanley explained, "Sharon banned me from smoking."

Actually, Ariah had also asked Jimmy to quit smoking, but because of his profession, he got to see a lot of bloody, sickening scenes.

And smoking actually helped him to relax a little.

As a result, although he kept saying that he wanted to quit smoking, he never actually succeeded. NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.

"What's the matter?" Looking at the children playing with toys in the living room, Stanley asked.

"It's about Howard."

Hearing that, Stanley raised his eyebrows. "What about him?"

Jimmy leaned against the railing of the balcony and sneered. "Oh, well. He's using his grandfather's authority to get all the police officers in Beachmarsh City to help him look for someone."

Stanley was surprised. "Who's he looking for?"

"A woman." Jimmy lit his cig and took a long drag on it before disclosing, "It's the girl who works as a housekeeper at his place, and he has a crush on her. However, recently, the girl was kidnapped by another man who's interested in her too."