The old man left.
But the words he said before he left remained in Jack’s ears.
Jack Hughes frowned and the veins around the corners of his eyes jumped.
But he still resisted his urge and did not go after him.
The old man was right. If one wanted to pretend, he should look like one he wanted to be. His crippled legs was his trump card. If he ran in the hospital right now, he would be exposed.
“This man, can I trust him?”
Jack rubbed his nose and was about to push his wheelchair back to the emergency room.
However, a slight turn and movement of the wheelchair caused him to suddenly stop.
He stared deeply on the ground.
Yet on the ground was a piece of note!
Was this what the old man brought when he threw the stone?
Jack leaned over to pick up the note seriously. Because the old man threw the stone with so much force a while ago, the note was mottled and tattered.
But the content could still be clearly read.
However, the words on the note hit like a heavy hammer into Jack’s eyes.
The content was very simple.
“Be careful of your wife!”
Jack was completely stunned. Those simple five words stirred up his emotions.
Amber Knight suddenly appeared in his mind.
Let me… watch out for Amber?
What did that mean?
Would Amber hurt me?
In shock, the corners of Jack’s mouth turned upwards and showed a dismissive smile. At the same time, his right hand crumpled the paper and casually threw it into the trash can.
Amber returned to his side without hesitation during the times he had nothing and accompanied him to rise again.
As a woman, she stood up for him every time he faced problems and accompanied and comforted him when he was tired and irritated.
“If even Amber would hurt me, who else in the world would help me?”
Jack’s eyes were determined and firm. The dismissive smile on his face only grew stronger. He left the stairwell, “A simple note can never separate me and Amber. This is ridiculous.”
Amber didn’t have any reason to hurt him.
Over the years, if Amber wanted to kill him, she would have a million ways. Why would she wait until now?
If Jack doubted Amber just because of one piece of note, then how different would he be from an animal?
The red light outside the emergency room was still on.
When Jack came back to the gate, Vinna Vaughn was already calmed down. She stared at the door of the emergency room blankly.
Ciara Wattson said in a low voice, “Mr. Hughes, we already found out.”
“Hmm?” Jack silently waited for her answer.
Ciara Wattson said, “He was a wealthy man in the capital city with assets just over 100 million only.”
“Just over 100 million?”
Jack rubbed his nose and laughed. However, as he laughed, he got endless chills on his body.
The cold voice was like a death sentence.
“The Wattson family could easily destroy him, right?”
“I’ll make an order and let grandfather do it himself. It won’t be a problem.”
Ciara calmly answered, without simply just answering it.
Her attitude was skillful yet cautious. Even when she was 100% sure on the matter, she would still not say everything in one go.
He gazed at Ciara who left and moved his wheelchair to lean on the wall.
“Mr. Hughes, thank you,” Vinna’s voice rang in his ears.
Jack raised his head and looked at Vinna with a smile, “Yael is my friend. You don’t have to thank me. Also, you can call me Jack like Yael.”
The impression Vinna and the Vaughn family gave him wasn’t good.
The most disgusting thing for Jack was Vinna pushing him to block the knife out of fright when they just met during the time when they were swarmed.
But, because of Yael Quinn.
No matter how uncomfortable and disgusted he felt, he needed to suppress it. Since… it was the future wife of his friend.
“Jack.”
Vinna lowered her head, and said full of guilt, “It’s my fault tonight. I wasn’t able to stop Yael.”
Jack smiled, “I don’t blame you. Yael already told me the reason in the car. You won’t be able to stop him. That was Yael’s most painful wound in his heart. Let alone Chattis, even if I do it, his attitude towards me won’t get any better.”
Vinna was stunned.
After a long silence.
Jack suddenly rubbed his nose and spoke with a smile, “If you really want to be with Yael, then maybe, your attitude needs to be tougher.”
“What?”
Vinna trembled and her pretty face blushed. She stared at Jack in confusion.
Jack smiled weirdly, “Yael has a grudge, so it would be hard for him to initiate, but what if you take the initiative? You’ll have to take the grievance as a lady on this matter.”
The blush on Vinna’s face turned redder.
She shyly lowered her head and muttered, “I, I understand, Jack.”
…
Near dawn.
Yael was finally pushed out of the emergency room into the general ward.
After Jack let Vinna take care of Yael, he pushed himself out on his wheelchair.
Outside the hospital.
Ciara waited silently and stood with a black umbrella on a space of light rain.
Seeing Jack, she hurried over to cover for him.
After getting in the car.
Ciara took the lead and said, “It was already resolved. I have also notified the Vaughn family to join forces with the two families; thus, all photos and videos on the internet have been erased in a night. On the other hand…”
After that, Ciara paused for a while and looked at Jack weirdly, “Chattis was also admitted to the hospital. He looked quite heavily injured. When we left yesterday evening, he was sent into the ICU.”
“It must be a scratch that caused the injury?”
Jack lightly smiled and calmly spoke.
“Wasn’t it…”
Ciara wanted to ask, “Wasn’t it you who threw out the alcohol bottle yesterday?”; however, she thought that this question might be too ridiculous, so she resisted.
After all, how could anyone bring down the Cavalry Lieutenant of the Dragon Cavalry with an alcohol bottle into the emergency room?
Plus, Jack hit Chattis on his abdomen, which was the least fatal body part.
“Send me to the airport.”
Jack calmly muttered.
With his power, it was an easy task to suppress Chattis.
The best proof was the alcohol bottle thrown out that Chattis wasn’t even able to ward off.
The force hitting Chattis’s stomach was strong enough to break gold and stones, and there was no doubt that he’d enter the emergency room after he got injured.
After arriving at the airport.
Ciara had already arranged for everything and sent Jack into the private jet.
After half an hour.
The airplane took off.
Ciara turned and left with tightened brows, “Mr. Hughes didn’t want me to provoke Hana Powell a while ago. After I left yesterday, what happened between Hana and him within those few minutes?”
Before boarding the plane, Jack especially advised Ciara.
But this advise filled Ciara with doubts.
Yet in the airplane.
Jack silently gazed at the sea of clouds outside the window in deep thought.
He actually didn’t mind Hana’s matter. He especially told Ciara to prevent the Vaughn and Wattson family from provoking the giant Powell family and creating new issues.
As for the matter about the Powell family.
He didn’t know why although the mysterious man only showed up for a short period of time in the hospital elevator, his words lessened his fear towards the Powell family.
But…
‘Did my wife… really want to hurt me?’
Slowly, Jack’s slight frown revealed his deepest doubts.