Theresa hesitated, “I…”
“Have you heard our conversation?” Armand showed a bad expression. He did not want others to know his past.
Theresa wanted to explain that she did not hear it purposely but she was frightened when facing his cold face. Not knowing why, she was afraid that Armand would get angry, “I just came back. What do you say? Elizabeth asks me to deliberately go to another place. Are you two talking about me?”
Armand showed a calmer expression, “Yes, she wants me to treat you well. By the way. Why did you come back without buying anything?”
“I went out in a hurry and didn’t bring any money with me,” Theresa escaped from his sight. She felt uneasy and ashamed because of her lie just now.
However, Armand thought that she was embarrassed. He curved his lips and took out the wallet from his pocket, he gave it to her, “Here you are.”
Theresa looked up at him, “Just give me only a 100 Yuan it should be enough. No need to give me the wallet.”
Armand looked at her hand and put his wallet into her hand, “We are a couple, what is mine is yours too.”
Theresa looked at him, her fingers curved subconsciously.
Armand smiled, “You are touched by this trivial matter? I haven’t given you all my property, you’re too easy to bribe.”
Theresa stared at him, “I want to leave now.”
“Ok.”
Armand watched her leaving. He closed the door and walked into the ward. Just then, his phone rang. He took out his phone which showed Boyce’s name. He picked up the call. Armand spoke first before Boyce said anything, “Has the bastard died?”
“He will not die. He is in the operation room now. How is Mrs. Bernie?” Boyce made this call in order to know the situation of Armand’s grandma.
Armand pulled the chair by the bed and sat down, “Nothing serious, just a small injury. The doctor says that she can go back home after undergoing the observation for a night.”
“Ok,” Boyce did not hang up the call after saying that, he had something to tell him but stopped on second thought.
“Just say whatever you want, why are you so hesitant?”
“Actually, it’s Dolores who asked me to make this call,” Boyce thought that he should tell Armand after he considered for a while. “Dolores might think that the incident occurred because of her. She is worried about Elizabeth so, she asked me to call and asked about her situation.”
Armand knew that the incident had nothing to do with Dolores.
No one expected that Elizabeth would appear and Sampson kidnap her. Furthermore, Dolores risked her life to save Elizabeth.
“It has nothing to do with her, I know it clearly.”
“Alright, settling everything here, I will visit Mrs. Bernie…”
“No need, everybody is exhausted after the incident. You should rest well and we have to leave tomorrow. It is the end of the year. You’ve been out for a long time and you’ll have to explain to the unit when you get back.”
Boyce answered and hung up the call.
Armand put his phone into his pocket after hanging up the call, Elizabeth looked at him and asked, “Who called you?”
“It’s Boyce. He was asking about your situation. I told him that you are fine,” Armand covered Elizabeth with the blanket, “Let bygones be bygones, don’t tell Theresa about the matter of my parents.”
“She is not an outsider,” Elizabeth thought that it was unnecessary to conceal it.
“It is so embarrassing, I don’t want her to know that,” Armand showed a bad expression.
He would change his expression whenever his past was mentioned.
Elizabeth thought that it was not an embarrassing matter since it was not his fault.”Then, you want to conceal it forever? She is your wife, she is the one that has to get along with you forever. You should trust her. Even if she believes you or not, you should have the right attitude. The worst part of a marriage is mistrust.”
Although Elizabeth was old, she was smart. She had lived for a few decades, so she knew everything.
“We’ll see. I will tell her when I get ready,” Armand was reluctant to talk about it anymore. He changed the conversation purposely, “You should be tired, right? Rest well.”
Elizabeth was worried about his attitude, “You are married, what more do you want to prepare? Do you still miss Phoebe?”
“No! Why do you mention her?” Armand thought that Elizabeth was weird. She talked about his parents and now his first love. What did she want to do?
“Grandma, do you feel uncomfortable? If yes, I will ask the doctor to come…”
Pa!
“Are you cursing me?” Elizabeth patted Armand.
Armand lowered his volume, “Then why do you keep talking about the past?”
Elizabeth talked seriously, “I worry about you!”
Armand covered Elizabeth with the blanket, “I am not a small kid anymore, I know what should I do. My great concern is your health.”
Elizabeth sighed and gave him a warning, “Armand, I tell you, I like Theresa. No matter what happens in the future, no matter who you will meet again, you must not change your love towards Theresa.”
“I know it, don’t worry,” Armand did not show much concern because Elizabeth was always like that. She liked to nag.
After a while, Theresa brought some food and put it on the table, “I am not familiar with this area, I go a bit far to buy these.”
After putting down the food, she gave the wallet to Armand, “Your wallet.”
“Keep it for me,” Armand did not receive it, he took the spring rolls she bought and stuffed two into his mouth. He chewed a few times and swallowed.
He drank some water, “You stay here to accompany my grandma, I have something to settle.”
Theresa agreed.
After Armand left, Theresa adjusted her bed and took the porridge. She sat on the chair and fed Elizabeth, “Eat some porridge, Mrs. Bernie.”
Elizabeth smiled and opened her mouth. She could move but she just wanted Theresa to take care of her.
Theresa held the porridge and fed Elizabeth after making sure that it was not hot.
Theresa fed her little by little of the porridge. She gave a tissue paper to Elizabeth to wipe her mouth. Elizabeth lay there and did not move, she enjoyed being served by Theresa.
“Why do you think Armand had to go out for?” Elizabeth asked.
Theresa tidied up the table, “I don’t know.”
“Then why you don’t ask him?” Elizabeth asked tentatively.
Theresa did not care that much, she did not even think of the question asked by Elizabeth. She threw the bowl into the rubbish bin, “Didn’t he say that he had something to settle? So, there must be something to be settled, he knows what he is doing. Don’t worry.”
Theresa thought that Elizabeth was worried about Armand. She washed her hands and adjusted the bed to let Elizabeth rest, “I will stay here, so you can call me if you need me. You should sleep now.”
Elizabeth was indeed tired after talking a lot. She was satisfied with Theresa’s attitude. She did not ask the whereabouts of Armand, so she must be having total trust in him, but Armand concealed his matter and kept it from her. Elizabeth could not help but sigh.
Armand walked out of the ward and took out his phone. He called Boyce. The call was picked up instantly. “Where are you?”
“Hospital,” Boyce felt awkward, he had said that he was saving Sampson in the previous call.
“I am asking which hospital are you at? I want to come see you now. Elizabeth is being taken care of by Theresa.” Armand wanted some free time to get even with Sampson.