Eli Wayne thought for a while. She realized that crying in front of him would only show him her weakness. She wiped her tears and stood up, “What is it? Tell me quickly, I’m heading out now.”
Sean Yaleman looked at her fierce expression and he frowned, “Are you done crying?”
“Did I cry? I was just excreting water. Got it?” Eli denied.
“Excreting water, huh? Ha.” Sean sneered, “I think you should excrete your silliness instead.”
Eli didn’t want to talk to him anymore. She rolled her eyes at him and walked forward.
Sean had no choice but to reach out and grab her arm, “Eli, you have a short fuse, don’t you? You get angry as soon as you speak. Couldn’t you be a little more obedient?”
“That depends on whether the things you said are reasonable or not. If the things you say are unpleasant, it is only inevitable that I would get angry, right? I am not a plant. Even plants have emotions, okay?” Eli pried his fingers off her wrist.
“Jasper came to ask me today whether Natalie is Stella or not. What do you think I should say?” Sean said in a low voice.
A sense of panic flashed across Eli’s face.
When she told Jasper Milton that Natalie Wheeler was Stella Grace, not only did Jasper not believe her, but he even reprimanded her.
Now, Natalie was already in a relationship with Allen. She no longer wanted Jasper and Stella to be together. If Jasper knew that Natalie was Stella, he would definitely pester her.
“What did you say to him?” Eli asked worriedly.
Sean loosened his grip and asked, “What do you want me to say?”
“Tell him that she’s not Stella, of course. If Natalie wanted to get together with Jasper, she would have talked to him on her own accord. She hasn’t said anything because she doesn’t want him to know,” Eli said directly.
Sean looked at her profoundly. The corners of his mouth were lifted, and his eyes were twinkling.
Eli had a bad feeling, “Did you tell him the truth already?”
“Do you think that I’m you? Jasper said that you were the one who told him that Natalie is Stella.” Sean said with a smile.
Eli was speechless.
She was embarrassed. Her face was slightly flushed and her eyes were twitchy. She whispered, “My brain tends to malfunction several days in a month. I probably misspoke out of impulse. Did you tell him then?”
“I denied it,” Sean replied.
Eli was relieved. She smiled and said, “You’re really good at telling lies. You’ve been trained since you were a child. I guess it’s actually useful when you grow up.”
Sean was at a loss for words.
The corners of his lips were curled and he said, “Hmm since you have put it that way, I have the sudden urge to change my mind and be a righteous person for once. Indeed, I shouldn’t lie. After all, Jasper is important to me.”
Eli held his hand and said, “How could you change your mind so easily?!”
“Perhaps I won’t do that if you choose to speak some sweet things to my ear. After all, Jasper would be indebted to me if I told him that Natalie is indeed Stella. I think that it’s a pretty good deal,” Sean said slowly.
“Are you really going to tell him?” Eli was really afraid at this point.
“Are you gonna appease me or not?” Sean leaned over, and he brought his ears closer to Eli.
Eli looked at his approaching figure in disgust, “What do you want to hear? Is ‘Hello, handsome’ good enough?”
“What do you think? That is just a fact, it’s not special,” Sean frowned.
Eli smiled happily and took the initiative to put her arms around his neck, “I got it. Facts are not pleasant. In that case, I love you! I love you from the bottom of my heart. You are my favorite man. Hahaha, this is pleasant, right? Don’t worry, I promise you, it’s 100% fake.”
Sean frowned deeper and he picked her up, “I’m guessing you have no intentions of leaving the house today.”
“No, Sean, put me down. I really have some matters to attend to outside. Tomorrow night is Aneira’s daughter’s birthday. Natalie and I are going out to buy her birthday gift,” Eli struggled.
“Jasper has already given Stephen to me. Without his competition, I have nothing to fear,” Sean walked inside.
“Even without Jasper competing against you, you still have Frederick to worry about. You obviously making things difficult for me. I don’t care, I want to take my baby out for a trip.”
Sean looked at her angry face and thought of his young and frivolous time.
He had been immersed in the world of politics for a long time, and his surroundings were full of deception and conspiracies. He was not the same person he used to be. He became scheming and hypocritical. He was always cautious because if he was not careful enough, he would step into others’ political traps and bring misfortune to countless others.
In order to appease everyone’s interests, he sacrificed his marriage, freedom, and happiness.
Eli was the only one who could make him feel more comfortable and happy. She was the only one who could make him remember his past self.
Therefore, no matter if she was angry, throwing tantrums, crying, or even rebelling against him, he would always like her.
Only she regarded him as Sean, and not as the president.
“Kiss me, and I’ll let you go out,” Sean said softly.
“You are so annoying,” Eli kissed him on the face reluctantly.
Sean put her down and patted her head. He said meaningfully, “Don’t wander too far.”
Eli stuck her tongue out and turned to run towards the entrance.
Sean looked at Eli’s disappearing back.
It was impossible for him to let her go. If she left, he would be lost in the political world forever, leaving him alone in the lonely world for the rest of his life.
As soon as Eli arrived at the entrance, she saw Natalie coming over.
When she saw Natalie, she felt a little guilty, because she had told Jasper that she was Stella without her permission.
Eli really hated her impulsiveness. What was she thinking at that time?
“Natalie, I’m sorry,” Eli apologized.
“What’s wrong? Why are you suddenly apologizing?” Natalie was puzzled.
“I always leave you to clean up the messes I’ve made. Back then, and even now too,” Eli lowered her head.
Natalie smiled and comforted her, “No matter what you do, I will forgive you, because I know that you meant well. You just didn’t know what you should do for me exactly. Sometimes you try but it just brings the opposite effect of what you intended.”
Eli scratched her head, “That seems to be the case. I must be cautious in the future.”
Natalie smiled and said, “I am looking forward to that day.”
Sigh.
Eli let out a sigh. Nevertheless, if wishes were horses, then even beggars would ride.
“I’ll take you to the hospital to change your bandage first.”
…
Natalie’s wound on her arm was not healing as well as she had expected it to. Although the wound was scabbing, it was still red and swollen all around.
“You shouldn’t jog anymore. You need to rest more,” Eli said distressfully.
Natalie smiled indifferently and said, “Life lies in constant movement. The recovery progress is considered good. There is no infection, no pus, and no fever.”
“Don’t you feel any pain?” Eli bandaged for Natalie.
Natalie shook her head, “My body will adapt to it. This level of pain is nothing to me. I can ignore it as long as I don’t pay attention to it.”
Eli knew that Natalie had suffered too much in the past. This made her feel even more sorry for her friend. She took a deep breath and asked, “Natalie, if one day, Jasper knows that you are Stella, what will you do?”