The next morning, Dorothy woke up very early as she had been worried about both her daughter who was still in the ICU, and also Credence’s injury.
He had exerted a lot of force when they were being intimate last night so she wasn’t sure how the injury on his leg was doing.
After she managed to sit up, she lifted the thin blanket to take a closer look at the man’s injured knee. To her surprise, her eyes were suddenly gently covered by a big palm.
“Don’t look. It’s just a minor injury. I’ll be fine.”
Dorothy turned around dazedly and saw the man’s handsome face inching closer to her.
His stubbly chin was prickling her face. It was a little painful, but not enough to hurt her.
“You’re awake?”
Dorothy did not know if he did it intentionally, so she only glanced at him shyly.
“Yeah.”
Credence nodded. When he saw her staring at him dazedly, he noticed that her watery eyes resembled silk that was trying to wander into his heart and encircle him.
His heart softened and suddenly stretched out his arms to embrace her. His eyes were calm and his voice sounded indescribably hoarse and sexy, “Were you satisfied with your husband’s performance last night?”
She did not even have the willpower to resist his seduction yesterday. Did that not tell him just how satisfied she was?
His eyes were filled with care and love for her as he spoke as if she was the woman that he loved the most in the world.
However, Dorothy knew that all of it was nothing more than her fantasies.
It was impossible for the man to suddenly fall in love with her if he hadn’t fallen in love with her during their four years of marriage and six years of divorce.
If she did not expect too much from him, she would not be hurt too badly.
“Credence, let me go first. I need to take Belle to the hematology department to do her checkup today.”
After Dorothy managed to get away from the man’s warm embrace gently but firmly, she got out of the hospital bed and looked at him, “If things over at Belle’s side get busy, I won’t be coming over later.”
The man’s body stiffened at that. He did not want her to go, but he knew that if he forced her to stay, it would only make things worse.
Dorothy lowered her head and noticed she was still naked. She quickly pulled a thin blanket from the bed, wrapped it tightly around her chest, and hurriedly entered the bathroom.
Through the hanging mirror on the wall, she saw the hickey on her collarbone. She realised that he had been very gentle with her, so much so that there were barely any marks on her, they looked like pink petals floating across the snowy mountain.
The night before was really a crazy one!
He really didn’t want to let her go. Once he got inside of her, he had never even attempted to pull himself out. The warmth he had provided penetrated her to the bone, it felt significantly different from usual, yet it satisfied her in a different way.
She recalled the intimacy of the night before and felt her face turn red involuntarily. She hurriedly put on her clothes and opened the water tap. She splashed her face with the cold water to tempt down her hot and reddish face.
It was only when her face had reverted to a normal temperature that she stopped.
After that, she walked out calmly. She found herself brushing past Credence who had a serious look on his face after taking a few steps.
He was only wearing underwear, a pair of black trousers, and his belt was tied around his waist. His upper body was unclothed, revealing his muscular and seductive abdominal muscles. If any woman could see him at that moment, they would surely be screaming their heads off at his charm.
Dorothy could not help but stare at the man’s beautiful abs. Even if it was only for a few seconds, the man who had been watching her had noticed her stare.
When they brushed past each other, he smiled, and the front of his trousers seemed to have hit Dorothy’s beautiful curved butt intentionally.
Dorothy felt as if her skin was suddenly set on fire. She almost screamed, as if she had been really burned. She looked at the man and met his smiling eyes with a glare. Ignoring her weak legs, she picked up her leather bag from the sofa and walked away in her high heels in a hurry.
When she walked out of the ward, Dorothy kept thinking about how much of a hooligan the man was acting like. It both angered and amused her.
He had never done that to her before. It was probably his first time doing something like that, and hers too.
The entirety of their four-year marriage was not comparable to everything that happened less than two months ago. She had slept with him twice in these two months. The night before was their second time.
After she left, Credence went to wash up in the bathroom. He estimated that Dorothy was probably at the elevator and about to arrive at the gates of the hospital at that moment. He immediately grabbed his phone from the bedside table and gave Jonathan a call, ordering him to arrange a car to send Dorothy back to the secret hospital that Belle was at.
His own black Maybach was too conspicuous. Anyone with an intention could follow it as long as they paid attention.
For her and Belle’s safety, he had to be careful in everything he did.
After Jonathan arranged for a driver to fetch Dorothy, he immediately rushed over to Credence’s ward. He knocked twice before he entered. Jonathan saw the man was putting on a black shirt with his back facing him. There were several obvious red scratch marks on his back, which instantly made Jonathan let out a teasing smirk.
“What the f*ck! D*mn Credence, are those marks on your back made by your woman?
Oh my. If someone else had been hospitalized for a leg injury like yours, they would undoubtedly take their treatment seriously and take it easy. But you managed to f*ck your woman in your hospital bed! You really are a beast!”
F*ck, the whole world was bullying him, he thought. He was the only bachelor left. It would be impossible for him to live on in this world any longer.
Credence took his own sweet time putting on his shirt and buttoned them up one by one. Then, he cast a taunting look at Jonathan and said, “Well, if you want, you can go find yourself a proper girlfriend so you can sleep with her anytime you want.”
Jonathan, who did not have a proper girlfriend, felt the verbal assault pierce through him like a bullet. It pained him to be mocked like that. With gritted teeth, he said, “Credence, you shouldn’t embarrass people like that. Can’t we just joke around?”
Soon after, the doctor that Jonathan had brought came in and unwrapped the gauze around Credence’s leg. He exclaimed in surprise, “Mr. Scott, after taking the antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs I gave you yesterday, the wound shouldn’t still be so aggravated! Did you try to do physiotherapy exercises on your own?”
“No,” Credence frowned. “You only need to bandage my wound and administer the appropriate medication. You don’t need to worry about anything else.”
The doctor nodded and suddenly spotted two scratch marks on his leg. He could smell a hint of musk, and it clicked instantly. After rearranging his composure, he maintained his professionalism and instructed, “Mr. Scott, during your recovery period in the hospital, it is best if you can refrain from performing any acts on the bed.”
“Credence, I can’t believe something like this would happen to you!”
When Jonathan heard that, he immediately burst into laughter. He was laughing so hard that he could barely stand straight.
Upon hearing this, Credence cast a cold glare at him. The doctor immediately walked out of the door without looking back. Jonathan suddenly straightened his back, looked around and pretended as if he hadn’t heard anything.
He knew that the man would find some terrifying way to silence him if he didn’t stop himself.
Meanwhile, Ysabelle sat elegantly in Blues Cafe. She was waiting for her twin sister, Leilani.
That day, she had called Leilani and vaguely asked her about her illegitimate daughter. Leilani only giggled for a while and used the excuse of being busy to hang up the phone without giving her a reply.
However, the next day, Leilani called Ysabelle and asked to meet at Blues Cafe at ten in the morning. There was something important that she wanted to discuss.
Ysabelle was thoroughly prepared for the meeting.
She wore the most expensive yet less extravagant dress she owned, put on the most exquisite makeup she could manage, and even wore a pearl necklace that was worth tens of millions of dollars on her neck, just to show off to Leilani.
She glanced at her watch and noticed that there were still a couple of seconds until the appointed time. Ysabelle took a deep breath and fixed her eyes on the door of the coffee shop with a cold gaze.