The hot temperature of his palm seemed to slowly climb up his face through his hand. The sea breeze at night was a little cold, but Susie’s heart was extremely warm.
Thinking of how Liam had protected her without hesitation just now, she really hoped that Liam could accompany her like this all the time. If one day he remembered something and found his family, would he still treat her like this?
“He’s so handsome. Does he already have a girlfriend?” Looking at Liam’s side face, Susie began to think nonsense.
…
When Irene was thinking about the proposal on the desk, she suddenly felt dizzy. She stood up but couldn’t stand it and fell to the ground.
She tried hard to take out her mobile phone, and her hands kept shivering. Finally, she made a call.
“Hey, what can I do for you at such a late hour, Irene?”
Elio was a little confused. “Is there something wrong with the company’s case?”
“Eli… Elio, I…”
Irene was a little confused at this time. The scene in front of her had been reversed. Before she could finish her words, she could no longer hold on and fell on the soft carpet.
Elio only heard a “bang” from the opposite side, as if something had fallen down. He was a little worried.
“Irene, are you still here? What happened?” He knew that something must have happened when he didn’t hear Irene’s voice, so he hurriedly left the house and drove to Irene’s house.
“Son, why are you still going out at such a late hour?” He Mu’s parents felt a little strange.
“Something’s wrong.” Elio left in a hurry before he could explain.
Elio even ran several traffic lights on his way here.
“I can’t let anything happen to her…” He prayed in his heart.
Elio stepped on the accelerator and drove the car to the maximum speed. Fortunately, it was late at night, so there were not many cars on the road. If it had been daytime, it would not have driven so fast.
When they arrived at Irene’s house, the nanny had been sleeping with Charlotte for a long time. Elio knocked on the door for a while and finally, someone got up and opened the door.
“Mr. Ann, it’s so late…” Before the nanny could finish her words, Elio rushed in and went to Irene’s bedroom. Seeing that there was no one else, he went to the study again.
Irene was already lying on the ground unconscious. Elio saw her and ran over in a hurry.
“Irene, Irene,” Elio shouted, but Irene didn’t respond.
The nanny who came over saw the situation and was at a loss.
“Go and call the ambulance!” Elio shouted.
“Oh, oh, oh…” The nanny called 120 in a hurry.
Forget it. He didn’t know how long it would take for the ambulance to arrive at the hospital. Elio held Irene in his arms and rushed to the nearest hospital.
“Take good care of her at home. I’ll take her to the hospital first.” Elio gave the order. Before the nanny could react, he picked up Irene and walked quickly.
After arriving at the hospital, Elio was very anxious. He sat at the door and waited anxiously for the doctor’s result.
The door of the emergency room was opened. The doctor took off his mask and came out and said, “The patient was too tired because of high-intensity work and did not have a good rest. Then he was extremely weak because he did not eat on time. But there is no big problem. He will be fine after a good rest in the hospital.”
Hearing the doctor’s words, Elio was relieved.
He pushed open the door of the ward and looked at Irene, who was lying on the bed with a pale face. He felt as if his heart had been pricked by a needle.
He reached out and wanted to touch Irene’s face, but he shrank back as if he had been electrocuted. He couldn’t help but sigh. “Irene, why don’t you take care of your own body? What should I do with you?”
He sat on the chair in the ward, sleepless all night.
In the early morning, a mischievous ray of sunlight passed through the curtains and shot into Irene’s ward.
Irene opened her eyes and found that she was still dizzy. When she woke up, she saw the dazzling white walls around her, the smell of disinfectant in the air, and the blue and white striped hospital gown. How could she… be in the hospital?
She tried hard to recall what had happened yesterday, as if she had fainted and called Elio.
Elio, who was standing to one side, saw that Irene had woken up and hurried forward.
“How is it? Is there anything wrong with your body?” Elio asked with concern.
“No, thank you for yesterday,” Irene said gratefully.
“We don’t need to thank each other.” Elio said, “You don’t care about your health. You’re still working late. The nanny and Charlotte have already fallen asleep. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been lying on the floor for long.”
Elio was a little angry. He had told her many times that she should not be too busy with her work, but she just didn’t listen to him. Now, she was in the hospital.
Irene knew that Elio was doing this for her own good. “Don’t be angry. It won’t be like this next time. I just want to finish the proposal as soon as possible. I don’t want things to get complicated.”
“Are you… hungry?” Elio really couldn’t do anything about Irene.
Hearing Elio’s words, Irene’s stomach growled. She hadn’t eaten much yesterday, so she was really hungry now.
Elio went downstairs to buy breakfast. After a while, he brought a bowl of fragrant porridge.
“The doctor said that your stomach is weak now, so it’s better for you to eat some inferior food. Later, I’ll ask Annie to make some soup for you to nourish it.”
Seeing that Irene was about to get up, Elio stopped her. “You’re a patient now. You’ve just woken up and you’re too weak. What if you’re knocked over by ten thousand bowls of porridge? I’ll feed you.”
As she spoke, she picked up a pillow and placed it behind Irene. She scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to Irene’s mouth.
Irene was a little embarrassed, but Elio’s action did not allow her to refuse. Moreover, she was indeed too weak to raise her strength, so she could not say anything.
Millicent called Elio, but found that his phone was turned off. Millicent felt a little strange. Elio’s mobile phone was usually turned on, but why couldn’t she get in touch with him today? So she called Irene again and showed that no one was connected.
In the end, she directly called Irene’s home. Unexpectedly, it was the nanny who answered it.
“So it’s Miss Baker… Our madam was hospitalized last night due to illness. It’s all thanks to Mr. Ann sending her to the hospital. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known that she fainted.”
Hearing the nanny’s words, Millicent was a little anxious and worried. How could Irene be sick and hospitalized?
“Which hospital?”
“It seems to be a charity hospital nearby.” Hearing the nanny’s answer, Millicent was ready to rush over immediately.
Suddenly, Millicent seemed to remember something. Since Elio had sent Irene to the hospital…
She called the Jones family. It was his mother who answered the call. She said very enthusiastically, “So it’s because he forgot to talk. You mean Elio? He didn’t come back last night. I don’t know what he went to do in a hurry. I heard that he had something urgent.”
“Thank you, Aunt. I’ll hang up first.”
“Okay, I’ll come here often when I’m free.”
Millicent hung up the phone and couldn’t help clenching her fists. Elio didn’t go home all night and stayed in the hospital with Irene! What did he treat her as?! If she hadn’t called him, she wouldn’t have known that such a thing had happened.
She came to the hospital and asked which ward did Irene’s patient come from yesterday. She hurried to the ward, but when she came to the door, the scene in front of her was deeply pierced in her eyes and heart…
The handsome and affectionate man looked at the woman lying on the bed gently. He carefully fed her a bowl of porridge in his hand, as if he was treating a fragile porcelain doll.
Millicent felt as if someone was holding a knife in her heart and cutting her heart. It was so painful, but she couldn’t show it on her face. She tried to smile and pushed the door open and walked in.
Irene looked at her in surprise. “Why are you here, Millicent?”
Elio’s hand, which was feeding the porridge, trembled a little. A lot of the porridge on the spoon fell on the sheets.
He quickly stood up, feeling a little flustered for some reason.
“I just heard from Annie that you were hospitalized on the phone. I was very worried about you, so I came here,” Millicent said with a worried look.
“Elio, you’re here too… I called you, but your phone was turned off.” Millicent seemed not to know that Elio had been here all night.
“Is that so… Maybe my phone has run out of battery. I’ve only been here for a short while.” Elio took out his phone and took a look. As expected, the screen was dark.
He was afraid that Millicent would think too much, so he didn’t say that he stayed with Irene in the ward for one night.
Millicent looked calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
“You don’t know what I’m talking about. Thanks to Elio, I was sent to the hospital yesterday.” Looking at Irene’s grateful smile, Millicent inexplicably felt a little dazzling.
“Elio and I are really in the same boat. We both chose to come to see you early in the morning,” Millicent said meaningfully.
Elio and Irene couldn’t tell.
“Well, Elio, I have nothing to do in the morning, so I can stay here to take care of Irene. Go and do your own business. I’m here,” Millicent said to Elio with concern.
Looking at the gentle and considerate Millicent, Elio felt a little guilty. Millicent was so kind that he wouldn’t think too much about it. But it was too late to take it back.
“Then I’ll leave first. I’ll come back later.” Elio got up and left.
“Irene, you… don’t cherish your body too much!”
“All right, all right… I’m sorry. I won’t forget you again. I’ve been told about it by you. You’re really a couple.” Irene said with a smile.
Listening to the words behind him, Elio felt that there was no reason for him to dislike a girl like Millicent, who was so kind and cared about his friends. Although he still had some traces of Irene in his heart, he believed that she would soon be occupied by Millicent.
He didn’t know that when Irene finished speaking, Millicent lowered her head and her expression twisted for a moment.