Leila liked the peaceful life with the warmth of a married couple. But, this was not love but the warmth between friends. She could not disturb Arthur anymore because his care towards her was so strong that she seemingly realized something and she knew that she needed to leave this place.
She thought should leave after telling Arthur.
After putting the clothes on which were prepared by Arthur, Leila went to the hospital to visit her father and Renee.
When she entered Renee’s ward, she immediately heard her exciting cheers. “Hey! Why don’t you come earlier? Where have you been these few days? Have you forgotten your sister enjoying your life?”
“I’m sorry!” Leila smiled gently. “It’s my bad! Do you feel any better?”
Renee realized that something was wrong with her because Leila smiled silently. “What has happened to you?”
“Nothing!” Leila denied while shaking her head. She looked around the ward and did not see
Miyamoto. “Where is Miyamoto?”
“He went back already!” Renee did not have any unpleasantness.
“Are you alone in the hospital?”
“No! The nurse goes to buy lunch for me!”
“Yes! When can you discharge from the hospital?”
“About four to five days. I just need to remove those stitches.”
“That’s good!” Leila nodded.
“How about Vincent? Why didn’t he visit me? He is so unfriendly!”
Leila did not say anything. Lately, she often cried in her dream and was calling a person’s name. ‘Vincent, why don’t you let me go, even in the dream? Why?’
Whenever she cried and woke up, the night was lonely outside the window.
“What has happened to you? Such a dreadful look! You have ruined my good mood! Let me know what has happened!” Renee could not tolerate it so she said it.
Leila was stunned and said, “I am pregnant!”
“It’s good!” Renee shouted, “Getting pregnant is a good news!”
“Ya! It’s great!” Leila also smiled and did not say anything more because Renee was still ill. So, she did not want to let her worry more. “Just a bit uncomfortable only. Don’t worry!”
“How long has it been?”
“About forty days!” Leila smiled and her face showed the brightness of a mother.
Renee looked at her and recalled that she had a miscarriage so she felt upset for a while. Then, she shook her head because it was over. Everything was over!
“Renee, I am here!” With a childish and exciting voice, a small figure ran into the ward. That was Owen.
“Ah! Owen, come over here! Why do you come so early?” When Renee saw Owen, she smiled vibrantly.
“Renee, when can you discharge? As promised, you need to bring me to eat KFC!” Owen had already ran towards Renee’s bedside.
“When I am alright, I will bring you there! Don’t worry, I will keep my promise!”
“A real man never goes back on his words!” said Owen.
“Owen, be careful! Don’t press on Renee!” There was Miyamoto’s voice behind him. He did not forget to remind his naive son.
“Noted!” Owen replied clearly and when he saw Leila in the ward, he raised his head then asked politely, “Leila, where is Vincent?”
“Err! He is busy!” Leila explained and she felt nervous when mentioning Vincent.
Miyamoto slightly raised his head towards Leila as a greeting.
Renee did not look at Miyamoto and just hugged Owen. She said, “Owen, tell me where you were yesterday? Did you follow my instructions?”
“Yes! I did! Daddy and I visited mummy but she was sick. Mummy did not like Owen all the way, did I do something wrong?” Owen said and lowered his head, expressing his gloomy emotion.
Renee looked towards Miyamoto and his emotion was rigid. Then, he turned around his face and remained silent.
“Does she have depression?” Renee raised her eyebrow.
Miyamoto nodded.
Renee shrugged her shoulders and smiled leisurely. Her eyes showed a sense of excitement and she said, “Good! She doesn’t need to go to jail if she has depression, right? Isn’t it good news?”
Miyamoto moved the corner of his mouth and asked, “Don’t you wish her to go to jail since she stabbed you?”
Renee’s smile turned rigid and she shook her head, “I am a vengeful person. Why don’t I want to take revenge? If possible, I want to throttle her! But, she has such an adorable child and I don’t want to let Owen’s mother become a criminal! So, for the sake of Owen, just forget about it!”
Miyamoto looked at Renee with complicated facial expressions.
Renee simply smiled and suddenly she frowned as if she was struck by lightning. “Why do you look at me like that? Am I mighty? Please don’t! I am not mighty at all. I will take revenge on everything!”
Leila held Owen’s hands silently and said, “Owen, can you go outside with me?”
Owen nodded obediently and followed Leila to go outside.
Leila thought that perhaps Miyamoto was truly touched. He looked towards Renee and his complicated eyes were filled with gratefulness and upset.
Leila and Owen went outside and she closed the door quietly. Renee just realized and asked, “Ah? Why do they leave?”
Miyamoto suddenly walked towards the window and sat at the bedside. Renee was shocked and asked, “What are you doing? Stunned? Why do you sit so close to me?”
“You are really a nut!” Miyamoto said softly.
“Who is a nut? I am so kind to forgive your ex-wife and you aren’t grateful then call me a nut! Damn! Miyamoto, are you stupid? How dare you call me a nut?” Renee was frustrated at that moment and did not feel touched. “Little Japanese, let me tell you that you are not as adorable as your son. You can get out now and let Owen to accompany me only.”
“Renee, you said vulgar words!” Miyamoto sighed helplessly and quickly outstretched his hands to hug Renee who was trembling. He lowered his body gently and kissed her lips that were talking non-stop. At that moment, he just wanted to do that.
“Oh my god! Please! If you want to be intimate, do look for others! Damn! I don’t have to do this!” After shocking, Renee pushed him away and rolled her eyes. “You are not allowed to kiss me! Do you copy that?”
Miyamoto was shocked too. Shockingly, he was stunned and stood up suddenly then walked towards the outside with a cold face.
“You are crazy! At first, I thought that you are infatuated and never consider you are a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Are you taking advantage of me for nothing?” Renee sneered and turned around her face.
Crazy! Unexpectedly, he kissed her!
After four days, Renee was discharged from the hospital.
On that day, Leila also visited her. “Do you want to go home?”
“No! I want to stay in a rented house afterwards because I don’t want to go back home. I don’t want to let my parents know everything about me!” Renee shook her head.
After that day, Miyamoto sent Owen here daily and busy using his laptop in the ward. He did not talk with her anymore and completely ignored her. Occasionally, when he saw that Owen had fun playing with her, his eyes turned deep.
Then Renee would always stare at him because he looked very self-glorified. Since he did not want to talk to her, there was no need for her to pay attention to him. They were just making use of each other.
After walking out from the ward, she was going to conduct all the formalities for discharge. Before the arrival of Miyamoto and Owen, Renee would like to leave secretly first.
“Eh! Isn’t that Miyamoto? Don’t you inform him that you will be discharging today?” Leila said gently when she saw that Miyamoto was walking towards her. Today, he did not bring along Owen with him. Immediately, Renee moved her eyesight towards Miyamoto who was approaching her.
When waiting for him to get closer, Renee was so embarrassed until she pulled the corner of her mouth. When Renee saw that Miyamoto was having a gloomy face in the dark, she scolded him for thousands of time at her inner side.
“I said that you don’t need to come. I am sorry, I do not have time to chat with you. Leila, let’s go.”
“Where to go?” It was strange that Miyamoto smiled warmly. Even though the smile was mild to the extent that his facial features were still strong, he was smiling for sure. He said to Leila, “Leila, thank you for coming. I have something to deal with her so you will need to go out with her on another day!”
Leila was shocked but nodded. She smiled and said, “Then, I leave first!”
“Ah! Leila, aren’t you my friend?” Renee grabbed Leila’s arm. “You can’t leave. I want to stay with you. Don’t you have a house at Pearl Community? Since you don’t live there, rent it to me!”
Leila was awkward and before she said anything, Miyamoto said, “Follow me!”
“Why?”
“It is because we have engaged!” Miyamoto raised his eyebrow and asked, “Do you want me to inform your parents that you are staying in a rental house outside?”
“You little Japanese! You threaten me!” Renee knew that her parents would not allow her to do so then she chose to walk towards Miyamoto after laughing awkwardly.
“Then, we go back first.” Miyamoto smiled weirdly and suddenly held Renee’s hand. After bidding farewell to Leila, he went towards the lift with Renee who was stunned.
“You… you… you…” Renee was shocked with her mouth opened when she saw that he was holding her hands. What did Miyamoto want to do? Was he afraid that this was not chaotic enough?
“Why? Just now, I saw Callum West is downstairs and he seems to be with Lennie Newman to carry out some examination. Do you want to let them witness the fake engagement of ours?” Miyamoto looked at Renee who was stunned innocently with slightly mischievous eyes.
“Are they downstairs?” Renee finally said something and she suddenly felt nervous.
“Yes!” Miyamoto nodded with an uncontrollable smile. He did not see Callum actually but he did not know why he would do so!
Renee suddenly slapped her cheek to ensure that it was not her delusion. She really saw that he was smiling like a cunning fox. Then, she looked towards Miyamoto and noticed that there was a sense of teasing in his eyes at this time.
“You are on purpose. They aren’t downstairs, right?” Renee was utterly discomfited and yelled at him. She was always being cheated by his dreadful look. There were not any Callum and Lennie. There was only a cunning fox standing in front of him.
“Believe it or not!” Miyamoto suddenly halted and turned his body sideways to look at Renee who was frustrated. He was smiling genuinely for the first time in the past few years.