Credence walked out of the ward. The sky was gloomy, and the blustery wind rustled the leaves outside the window. It was a night awaiting a heavy downpour.
After walking a few steps, Jonathan, with a cigarette between his light-pink thin lips and walked toward Credence. “I have been waiting for you outside for three hours, sixteen minutes and nine seconds. You’ve finally come out.”
He didn’t know what tricks Rosalie had played to keep Credence in her ward for three hours.
Jonathan awed this kind of women. He would always keep a distance from such women as he knew he couldn’t contend with them.
Credence ignored Jonathan’s teasing and swept a glance at him with his deep eyes. He parted his thin lips and asked slowly, “How’s she doing?”
There was a hint of concern in his voice.
He didn’t sleep for more than ten hours, but, except for his tired look that could not be concealed, he was still standing upright. His black shirt and trousers looked clean without any trace of dust and wrinkles. His innate pride and nobility had long been deeply engraved into his cold and stern body.
Looking at Credence who was so mature and indifferent, even Jonathan was dazzled by him.
He thought to himself, “No wonder Rosalie still sticks around this charming and handsome man shamelessly, even though she knew that Credence is a married man.”
The man, who was taller than Jonathan and standing opposite him, cast an impatient sharp glance at him. Jonathan was so afraid of his sharp gaze and quickly faked a smile on his handsome face. His big hand patted on his chest, producing a loud thudding sound.
“Credence, you can count on me! I immediately arranged for the most professional doctor in the field to treat Dorothy once I received your WhatsApp message and… Ahem, Credence, don’t look at me like that. I’m so scared!”
“Oh, I almost forgot. The most important thing is that I assigned a team of female doctors. There was no male doctor. Are you happy with my arrangement?”
“Yes.”
Credence nodded slightly and no longer entertained Jonathan, who kept talking nonsense. Credence turned around and left.
From the man’s cold face, Jonathan couldn’t tell whether he was satisfied or not. He knew that Credence was indifferent to others since young. Hence, he didn’t mind about it at all. He followed Credence and kept chattering.
“Credence, you’re so cool all the time. You have four out of six main characteristics of a single man. Frankly speaking, no woman can stand you!”
“Only Dorothy is blind enough to fall in love with you. She is gentle and has a good temper, so she is willing to endure your poker face and your bad temper…”
Jonathan couldn’t stop talking. He had waited for more than three hours and had a lot to say. He kept bombarding Credence with his words.
Credence could not bear with him anymore. When he was waiting for the elevator, he looked down at Jonathan, who was talking non-stop, and coldly spat out two words, “Shut up!”
Jonathan had gotten used to his bad temper and did not mind at all. He shrugged. After the elevator opened, he walked in swaggeringly and said, “Credence, I’m saying all these for your own good. You’ll regret it if you do not listen to me! If you do not want to correct your temperament, even a good woman like Dorothy will lose her patience and leave you one day.”
At that moment, Jonathan didn’t know that his joke had already come true.
“Get the hell out of here!”
Jonathan, who was kicked by Credence, cursed, “F*ck! Why are you throwing your tantrum at me when you’re the one hurting your wife? For your happiness, I, the Director of the hospital, become your relationship consultant. It’s not easy for me too!”
“F*ck off! Stay away from me!”
When the elevator arrived at the lobby on the first floor, Credence stepped out coldly. Maria had not called him to inform him about Dorothy’s condition after such a long time. He was so anxious that his eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
…
At 3:30 a. m., there was a black Maybach driving on the road on the deserted night.
The dim streetlights reflected off the windshield in front of the car and shone on Credence’s cold and stern face. As the car moved, the streetlights were sometimes bright and sometimes dark.
The man did not smoke. He controlled the steering wheel lazily and only wanted to rush to the villa in the suburbs where Dorothy lived as fast as he could.
He could feel a sense of depression that hadn’t been released from his body. He needed desperately to relax and unwind himself in Dorothy’s soft and fragrant body.
Even if she was still recovering and couldn’t withstand his violence, he would accept her slender hands or her red lips.
More than an hour later, the Maybach stopped outside the villa.
Credence pulled out his car key and carried it in his hand casually. After getting out of the car, his deep gaze fell on the guest room on the eastern side of the first floor. The lights were off, and the room was dark.
He squinted his eyes and glanced at the expensive watch on his left hand. It was 4:30 p. m., the time when most people were deep in their sleep.
Dorothy should be asleep.
It would be really merciless to disturb her at that time.
However, in Credence’s mind, there was no such thing as “disturb”, especially when he had a deep-rooted thought in his heart that Dorothy was his legal wife. She had to give herself to him whenever he wanted her. She had no right to refuse.
This man, who had always been decisive in the business world, was also cold and domineering when it came to dealing with his wife.
Thinking that he would finally be able to get his desired comfort satisfied by Dorothy, Credence sped up his pace involuntarily. He walked up the marble steps and slowly unlocked the door with his fingerprint.
As soon as the luxurious doors opened, Maria hurried over to greet him. As she took the coat and car key from Credence’s hand, she reported worriedly in a low voice, “Mr. Scott, you’re finally back. M-Mrs. Scott, she’s gone.”
“What’s going on? Why didn’t you call to tell me she’s missing?”
Credence’s tall and straight body paused for a moment, and his handsome face instantly turned cold. He didn’t even change into his slippers. He strode towards the guest room in his black leather shoes at a fast pace.
“Mr. Scott, I’ve called you on your phone many times, but your phone was turned off and I couldn’t reach you.”
Seeing Credence’s anxious expression, Maria didn’t know whether she should be happy or sad for Dorothy. In the end, she mustered the courage to say, “I couldn’t reach Mrs. Scott’s phone as well.”
“When did you find out that she’s missing?”
He frowned. He stood in the bedroom and looked at the nicely folded pillows. Many of Dorothy’s clothes in the wardrobe were missing. Instead of worrying about her safety, he was in a rage because his wife had run away from home without informing him.
Obviously, Dorothy was not threatened by anyone at all. She ran away from home of her own accord.
She was sick that night. However, she didn’t take a good rest and ran away. How could she be so willful?
“It was just… just two hours ago. I searched every spot in the villa, but I couldn’t find her.”
Maria stood at the side and answered Credence’s question while trembling with fear.
Credence’s face turned gloomy. He turned around and walked out, not even caring to take a sip of water.
In Talco City, only Juelz and Germaine would help Dorothy. He would find Dorothy’s whereabouts when he found them.
Walking out of the door, Credence frowned and took out his phone. He realized that it had turned off automatically due to the low battery.
While charging his phone, dozens of missed calls and messages flooded out as soon as he switched his phone back on.
They were phone calls from Maria.
There was also a message from Dorothy.
The sentence “I’m leaving” was concise and simple, and it did not have any punctuation marks.
The soft and gentle woman did not leave Credence due to her tantrum. She just left without hesitation.
He even had a terrible intuition that if he let Dorothy go this time, she would disappear from his life forever!
After getting into the car, Credence dialed Benjamin’s phone number with a cold look on his face. He ordered coldly, “Send me the address of Juelz and Germaine immediately!”