Juelz didn’t mean anything by it, but Dorothy took it seriously.
Dorothy’s heart skipped a beat when she heard Juelz’s grumbling words.
Although Leilani thought of herself as Dorothy’s mother, she did not feel much affection from her at all.
At first, Dorothy thought that it was because she had not seen Leilani for a long time, thus she could not get enthusiastic towards her. She would even feel somewhat distant from her.
However, Juelz’s words made her think deeper.
What if, what if she was really not related to Leilani at all?
However, Dorothy immediately remembered that Credence once asked Jonathan to help her and Leilani do a DNA test, and the results came back positive. If so, what went wrong?
Dorothy frowned, she could not help but speak out her thoughts, “Juelz, you are not the only one with doubts. In truth, I have those doubts, too. As a mother myself, I would want nothing more than to give Belle and my unborn child the best of the best.”
“Especially when Belle was born, she was weak and constantly having fevers or cold. I needed to go to the hospital almost every week back then. At that time, I really wished I could suffer Belle’s pain for her.”
“But Leilani is different, she doesn’t care about me at all. The only thing she did was ask me to forgive Credence and go back to him, as if those pain and injuries I felt never happened before.”
“I was thinking that there was no way I’d allow Belle to forgive her boyfriend or husband so easily if they were to treat her like that.”
“Why? Why should the person who suffered so much still forgive the person who harmed her so easily?”
Dorothy said a lot in a fit of anger. She gasped for breath and reached out her hand to press down on her violently beating chest, and she took deep breaths continuously.
Belle did not understand her mother’s words, but she knew that her mother was unhappy. She pouted angrily and said, “Mommy, that woman kept wanting me to call her grandma, and it’s so annoying! Every time she shows up, you’re upset, and if you’re upset, I’m upset, too.”
Belle was naive and innocent, and she didn’t know how to describe her complicated feelings towards Leilani. She could only describe her unhappiness.
Dorothy could not help but laugh. She tapped Belle’s pout lightly and smiled.
It turned out that she was not the only one who felt strange.
Juelz immediately thought that something fishy was going on. He narrowed his brows and frowned, “Dory, do you want to do another DNA test with Leilani?”
Dorothy turned to look at him. “Wouldn’t that be troublesome?”
“It’s not troublesome at all. I have a friend who specializes in this field.”
At Dorothy’s suspicious gaze, Juelz felt guilty. He coughed and said, “Alright, it’s a friend of a friend who specialises in this, and I’ll probably need to spend some time and money to get it done. Whatever it is, Dory, rest assured then I won’t spend my whole fortune on you. I’ll leave enough for myself to get married.”
When Dorothy heard the latter part of his words, she smiled sincerely, “Juelz, I am very happy that you can think like this.”
His relieved smile made Juelz sigh heavily in his heart. He felt a dull pain in his heart, but he still pretended to smile as he looked back at her, “Dory, I know you don’t have feelings for me. What else can I do aside from move on? I could never force you to do anything that you didn’t want to.”
As he went on, the meaning of his words changed.
Dorothy hummed lightly and pretended not to catch his hidden meaning. She turned to look at Belle and asked softly, “Are your eyes tired from reading for so long? If they are, then rest for a while on the sofa.”
“Mommy, my eyes don’t hurt. I just miss Daddy a little.” Belle pouted, feeling discontent and devoid of energy. Her big blue eyes teared up a little. “Mommy, did you get into a fight with Daddy? Is that why you left that hospital and came to this one with Daddy Juelz?”
Looking into Belle’s innocent eyes, Dorothy did not know how to explain the situation between her and Credence to Belle. It was something that was worse than quarreling.
Juelz could not bear to see Dorothy being in a tough spot, thus he bent down and held Belle in his arms. He said in a soft tone, “Belle, there is something wrong with your mommy’s body. She is very tired. You can continue to ask her once she feels better, okay?”
“Alright then, Mommy, you need to get better soon. When you are healed, I will ask Daddy to bring us to the zoo to watch the gorillas.”
“Okay.” Dorothy nodded at Belle. “You go play with Daddy Juelz, okay, while Mommy gets some rest.”
“Okay, Daddy Juelz, let’s go.”
Watching Juelz take Belle away, Dorothy finally heaved a sigh of relief.
The moment she relaxed her tense heart, she felt pain coming from all over her body, and her eyes were exhausted. Adding to that the fact that pregnant women were easily fatigued, she quickly fell asleep.
The hospital bed was very close to the window. In order for her to breathe in more fresh air, the two windows in the ward were pushed open by a few inches, and it was convenient for her to enjoy the sunlight, but not enough to be glazed by the reflection of the sunlight.
While she was sleeping, Dorothy seemed to hear the roar of a car engine mixed in with Credence’s familiar voice.
She suddenly woke up from her sleep and looked out of the window with her eyes widened.
However, she was on the second floor. No matter how hard she tried to look, she could not see anyone. She could only see the red maple leaves swaying by the window.
Dorothy thought that she was hallucinating, and she did not know whether it was an illusion or if it were real.
Outside the window, a low-key and luxurious Maybach slowed down, and it silently parked at the entrance of the lane closest to Dorothy’s ward.
Then, the man in the back seat took a few drags of his cigarette until he could only taste nicotine. It was only then that he lowered the window.
Benjamin parked the car and looked at the rearview mirror. When he saw his boss smoking fiercely, he reminded him, “Mr. Scott, it is not suitable for you to smoke with your current condition.”
“I’m fine!”
Credence sat in the back of the seat solemnly. He slowly raised his head and stared at the window silently.
Benjamin thought that Credence would at least get out of the car to go see Dorothy, but unexpectedly, he just sat in the car and silently stared at Dorothy’s ward for two hours. He didn’t even move an inch.
Benjamin was very worried when he saw how much Credence missed Dorothy.
After a long moment, Credence closed his eyes. He said, “Let’s go!”