“It was an accident.” Elena Bush sat down on the couch, trying desperately to calm down the unease in her mind.
It couldn’t have been a more normal reply, except that when it fell on Dr Thomas, something always felt wrong, “Even a tantrum shouldn’t make such a big deal out of it, Miss Elena, you didn’t …… do anything to piss him off, did you?”
Elena Bush couldn’t help but cover her face and laugh, and said seemingly helplessly, “So if I say that I went to the cemetery to see Logan Brown does that count?”
“……”
The corner of Dr Thomas’ mouth twitched violently, “I can kind of see now why he went on a rampage, and it wasn’t without reason.”
Elena Bush squeezed her palms together, “Badly? Plus, it was just a coincidence that he and I met, I didn’t tell him I was going, it just happened.”
“This ……”
Dr Thomas doesn’t know what to say. If it was just an accident, then who can say for sure? Let’s just say that Edward Ford cared too much about her to be so angry.
Elena Bush waved her hand, “It’s fine, you go ahead and look after the housekeeper, I’ll go upstairs and talk to him later.”
“You can manage then, can’t you?” Dr Thomas looked uneasy, “After all, I don’t think he looked like he was fine just now.”
“Fine.” She forced a smile.
Nevertheless, the housekeeper’s heart could not be calmed down and was a little uneasy, “Miss Elena, it’s not that I’m overly worried, but …… Mr. Ford’s person, we all see it in our eyes, if he really starts his temper, no one would dare to come near him, plus, you are still pregnant, I’m really afraid ……”
“Afraid of what?” Elena Bush shook off her hand, “Can he still eat me?”
The first thing that happened was that he protected himself and she was so grateful that she could not help but smile and pat him on the shoulder, “Nothing will happen.
The butler opened his mouth, but in the end just sighed feebly ……
“I’ll go to my room then, you be careful in all things.” He admonished a thousand times.
Elena Bush raised her lips and smiled, soothing his unease at the moment.
The two men left, and Elena Bush straightened up, her thoughts falling on Edward Ford in the study.
When she pushed open the door to the study, a chill came over her, making her shiver.
Edward Ford was sitting in his desk chair with his back to her and when he heard the movement he knew it was her without having to guess.
“Elena, what explanation are you going to give me for what happened today?” Edward Ford’s cold words came, making her stand still.
She stood in the middle of the study, her body tense with stubbornness, “I’ve told you a million times, it was just an accident, I didn’t mean to do it.”
“You didn’t mean it? Then why did you go there on purpose!” Edward Ford snapped around, a cold look all over his face that was impossible to ignore, “Elena Bush, you don’t take everyone for fools, and I know exactly how you feel about Logan Brown, so do you think I’ll believe you when you say it was an accident?”
Elena Bush was upset by his speculation, “Think what you will.”
Edward Ford sulked, “Is that your attitude?”
“Heh!” Elena Bush was full of sarcasm, “So what more do you want from me Edward Ford, you are the one who chose not to believe me, I have nothing to say and I don’t know what else to say.”
Edward Ford looked at her and shook his head, “But you can explain!”
“Explain? I did, did you listen?”
The answer was no!
Edward Ford gave her a death glare, slightly displeased with her attitude.
Elena Bush tugged at the corner of her mouth, “Edward Ford, you know better than anyone that my heart is with Logan Brown, yet you want to separate me from him …… and now you’re throwing a fit when we just ran into each other. If that’s the case, why don’t you just let me go and let me go back to where I belong!”
That way, he wouldn’t have to keep guessing and she would be relieved, so why not?
But all this was impossible in Edward Ford’s eyes!
He bared his teeth at her and said, “I’ve found you after all this time, and I’m letting you go, no way!”
Elena Bush was so shocked at his words that she couldn’t help but step forward and squeeze his shoulders and say clearly, “Edward Ford, wake up, look at me seriously, I’m Elena Bush, not Joanna Lake, not the woman you love, I’m your own daughter! ”
Edward Ford’s dazed eyes sobered for a few moments at her shaking, he looked at Elena Bush in front of him but was once again unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Elena Bush let go feebly shaking her head and backing away, “Crazy, Edward Ford you must be crazy ……”
He was just crazy to think she was Joanna Lake, to want to take everything away from her and leave her with nothing ……
“Elena! Don’t go ……”
Edward Ford chased after her excitedly, he clasped her hand, full of excitement, “Elena, I won’t hurt you, don’t try to run away from me, accept me …… accept me for everything!”
“Let me go, let …… go.”
“I won’t let go!” Edward Ford had a grim look on his face, “It was because of my moment of weakness back then, I thought you would know how much I mattered if you left me, that you would know I was good and come back to me, but I was wrong, very wrong! That one time you left ……”
It was a lifetime ……
Edward Ford remembered the past and tears flowed unbidden, with endless pain.
Elena Bush’s hands kept trembling and she knew that Edward Ford was having another attack, mistaking her for Joanna Lake.
“Joanna …… don’t go, don’t go, I’ve lost you for years, I’ve had a hard time finding you, don’t leave me ……”
Edward Ford released his grip on her squeezing hand and tried to hold her.
Elena Bush was so shocked that, almost subconsciously, she raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.
“Slap!” The sound was crisp and loud.
The sudden silence, and with it her heart, trembled involuntarily, her fingertips slightly cold ……
Edward Ford mechanically turned his face and looked at her dumbfounded, “You hit me?”
“I ……”
When she opened her mouth, Elena Bush had inadvertently given away her fear at the moment, and she gritted her teeth, biting her lower lip hard until she tasted blood between her lips before she could calm herself down quickly.
“Edward Ford…… I’m not Joanna Lake and I can’t be Joanna Lake!”
She looked deeply at him and spat out the words as if she had unceremoniously plunged a sharp blade hard into the tip of his heart!