Benjamin walked into the office with a steaming hot meal. He went straight to Credence and said, “Mr. Scott, you have been working for more than five hours in a row. You should eat something.”
Credence put down the black pen in his hand and glanced at the bag of food. He realized that it was a delicious set of food from a restaurant that Dorothy liked very much. His eyes darkened and he nodded slightly. His voice was like a machine, he said in a hoarse voice, “Put it there first. I will eat it later.”
He received a call from the captain of the bodyguards and was told that Dorothy and Belle had left the hospital with Juelz. She did not even look back once during the whole process, as if she was very eager and excited to leave.
What could this possibly mean?
It meant that she found it extremely hard to forgive the physical and mental pain he had caused her this time.
If she’d been the only one harmed, then she might still forgive him because she loved him.
However, not only did he hurt her, he even also almost killed the child in her womb. The safety of the child in her womb would be an indirect way to destroy Belle’s only path to recovery…
Therefore, in order to protect the lives of her two children, she asked Juelz for help and accepted Juelz’s help. She had to escape from him at once, and she did not even want to look back.
He did not even have a reason to blame her for running away from him.
After all, he was the main reason why she would want to distance herself from him.
Benjamin respectfully placed the food on the office table. At Credence’s darkened face, he thought he was upset over Melanie and decided to cheer him up.
“Mr. Scott, I have heard from the hospital that Mrs. Scott has already woken up. Since she has just finished her operation, she needs some nutritious soup. Miss Belle also needs more nutrients in her body for rehabilitation. Thus, I ordered two extra sets, I’m going to send it to Mrs. Scott and Miss Belle now.”
“There’s no need.”
Credence shook his head coldly. “They are not in the hospital anymore.”
Benjamin’s eyes widened in shock when he heard that. “Why isn’t Mrs. Scott in the hospital? She just had a major operation and is seriously injured. Where else could she be?”
“I just got the news. She took Belle and left with Juelz.”
After saying that, Credence raised his head and took a sip of bitter coffee. However, the bitterness in his heart was thousands of times more bitter than the coffee.
When Benjamin heard this, he immediately lowered his eyes, his face filled with guilt. “Mr. Scott, back then, it was my fault, I didn’t pay attention to the suitcase beside Mrs. Scott’s feet, that was why that tragic incident happened. It’s my fault.”
“It’s none of your business! It’s all because of me, I was just too focused on defeating Melanie. I did not take my wife’s thoughts into consideration. However, it’s great that she has left! At least, Melanie will not pay too much attention to her, and she won’t do anything to her either.”
Credence looked at the food on the desk, but he didn’t eat. He looked at the photo of Dorothy smiling brightly with Belle in her arms on his monitor, and his face darkened even more. “Think of a way to get the news of this situation with Melanie to Juelz. He’ll definitely hire bodyguards to protect Dorothy.”
“After that, secretly send the bodyguards from the hospital to her side. Don’t send the captain, he is already very familiar with Dorothy. If he goes, it will be exposed easily.”
Hearing Credence’s instructions, Benjamin secretly let out a sigh of relief. “Okay, Mr. Scott, I will go and arrange for it right away.”
As long as Mr. Scott was not decadent, Melanie’s insidious methods would not work at all.
A man could always think of thousands of cruel ways to deal with the clingy woman who he did not care about.
…
Shortly after Dorothy and Belle left the hospital, Juelz arranged for them to stay in another VIP ward of a well-guarded hospital in Talco City.
Belle was sleepy, so Juelz brought her to the ward next door and put her to bed, patiently reading her a bedtime story.
On Dorothy’s side, she was carefully being moved to her new bed by the medical staff there. As soon as she was laid down and covered, the door was kicked open from the outside.
Germaine hurried in. When she saw how pale Dorothy was, she almost bit her lip open. “Dory, I’ve only left Talco City for a week. How’d Credence managed to torture you to this extent? Juelz told me everything that’s happened to you over the past few days. When I heard that Credence got you like this because of some sl*t, I almost shattered my phone.”
“You’ve always been considerate towards him, and you have forgiven him time and time again, but what good came out of that? Dory, if you weren’t lucky this time, you’d probably be on your deathbed now.”
Speaking of this, Germaine stretched out her hand and held Dorothy’s thin wrists. She looked at her thin face and felt a bitter feeling in her heart as she sighed heavily. “Alas, Dory, the two of us really don’t luck in love.”
“I’m fine, really. I feel really good right now!”
Dorothy turned around, and her eyes slowly fell on Germaine’s face. She could tell that Germaine seemed lively, thus she must have been having a good time in that other city. She felt happy for her.
Dorothy suppressed the pain coming from her wound and forced out a smile at her best friend. She said softly, “Germaine, my love for Credence was too blinding and consuming, which was why he kept habitually forcing his own thoughts and will ono me. After this, I’ve finally woken up.”
“That is, no matter how much a woman cares about a man, they must not lose themselves for him, and they must not love a man more than themselves. Otherwise, they will only suffer pain.”
“The old me thought that the biggest pain he could cause me was not loving me and forcing me to divorce and suffer a miscarriage because of Rosalie. Now, I don’t think so anymore.
She reached out her other hand from the quilt and slowly patted her slightly swollen belly. She smiled with tears in her eyes. “The deepest pain I have felt is that he continued to hurt me in the name of loving me.”
“When I fell to the ground, I landed on my stomach. I felt the hot blood gushing out of my body and flowing from my body to my feet. After that, it flowed from my feet to the floor, my heart slowly sunk to despair.”
“It’s the type of despair where it feels like I’m going to be locked up in a dark room for the rest of my life. I wouldn’t be able to see a single ray of light or even any hope of escape. I can’t escape from it, nor could I die even if I wanted to.”
“Not only is the child in my womb a life that is about to arrive into this world, the child will also be Belle’s only hope for survival. I really can’t imagine what would happen to Belle if anything happened to the baby. What would happen to Belle? What would happen to me?”
“So, this time, I’m truly exhausted, and I’ve reached the end of my line! Credence and I are well and truly over!”
“Dory, stop, please stop! You’re still very agitated now. Give it some time, get a good rest, and we’ll talk again when you’re better.”
Germaine’s heart twisted so badly she could barely breathe at the sight of Dorothy’s calmness, bordering on indifference.