James was sure that Kara had fallen asleep, so he came to the ward.
Noticing that her brows were knitted and her forehead was covered in sweat, he figured that she must have had a nightmare. He took out a handkerchief to wipe away the sweat, but his hand was suddenly held by her.
He felt his body stiffen and rooted on the ground. Then he saw Kara slowly open her amber eyes at him which flickered with some confusion.
Suddenly, she threw away his hand, propped up her arm, and sat back, covering her eyes with both hands.
“Kara.”
Watching her cowering away, James frowned and wanted to hug her, but he feared that it would hurt her.
“I don’t want to see you, and I don’t want to hear your explanation.”
Her voice was feeble and shaky, filled with fear.
“Kara, I did say those things, and I won’t lie about it. But, Kara…”
“Get lost!”
Kara roared as she threw the pillow at him and then the quilt.
James closed his eyes, took a deep breath, picked up the quilt and pillow, and placed them on the bed.
“Okay, I know you are very angry and don’t want to see me right now. But Kara, I will wait for you to listen to my explanation.”
It was very rare for James to speak so calmly and reasonably.
In the past, he would either spit sarcasm or seal her mouth with an overbearing kiss if he could not talk it out.
James felt extremely terrible after seeing her sob and hiccup, and rub her eyes with her little hands. So, he turned around, poured her a cup of warm water, and left the ward.
Standing outside, James waited for a long time before the crying in the ward subsided.
He grabbed the rail while raising his brows. His hand was on his stomach and his face turned pale.
Will was doing the rounds with a group of doctors. When he was talking about the condition of the patient in the ward, he looked up and saw James who was hunching his back there.
Will then ran towards James in shock. “Will!”
“James, you look…”
Will wanted to send James to do a full body check, but James was too weak to stand still. He had to support James into the ward.
After doing some quick checkups, Will knew that James had not eaten anything for the past few days and concluded that James’ stomach problems reoccurred.
Looking at the test results, Will couldn’t help but think how lucky James was. These days, James only drank water, yet he didn’t faint or feel pain. What a tough man!
Nolan rushed to the hospital and learned James’ conditions from Will. He frowned.
“We must do something to let Mr. James take in some food!”
“If we force him to eat, he will only spit them out. Now, we can only count on Kara.” Will shrugged helplessly.
Nolan frowned deeper. No matter what the plan was, the most important thing now was to let James eat.
When Nolan came to Kara’s ward with a stack of files, Jamya and Zoie were chatting with Kara.
Because Will said that Kara was moody these days, Jamya and Zoie decided to visit Kara and accompany her as much as possible, for fear that Kara would have some dangerous thoughts.
Jamya and Zoie saw that Nolan didn’t look well and had been frowning the entire time. They exchanged a look.
“Miss Kara.”
Hearing it, Kara was shocked and looked up reluctantly.
“What’s the matter?”
Nolan took a deep breath, preparing to dump the truth on her.
“Miss Kara, you may or may not like what I am about to say, but I have to get it off my chest.”
Nolan handed the files over to Kara, but Kara did not take them and threw them directly into the trash can.
Nolan scowled and started to talk anyway.
“I took Jenny to do some tests the day before yesterday and this is the report. It will tell you that Mr. James does not have the relationship you imagined with Jenny.
“What Mr. James said on the phone that day was under the circumstances that Jenny drugged him and his mind was clouded.
“Later, you saw them lying on the bed together, but it was all Jenny’s act to make you suffer. Mr. James was not himself at that time, and he shouldn’t be wronged now.”
Jamya and Zoie nodded and helped to explain in case Kara would not believe Nolan.
“Yes, Mr. James is poisoned. He doesn’t look well, and he hasn’t eaten anything for the past few days. He would just throw up whatever he ate. What a wretched man!”
After listening to their explanation, Kara gawked at the medical report in her hand and was shocked for a while.
At first, Kara had suspected that James had said those words out of irrationality, but she was afraid that she had thought too much about it.
When she saw him that night, she thought that he came over to talk about the divorce.
Although she was angry at him, she did not want a divorce.
Kara knew that Zoie told her own story to comfort her, but she did not have the courage to listen to Zoie’s explanation.
Because she was afraid, afraid that everyone would ask her to let go of James and not cling to the promise that he had once given her.
She had no family except him, so she refused to believe that he deserted her.
But in the meantime, she felt shameful to hold him her prisoner with a marriage certificate, which would make him hate her even more.
She was confused, agonized, and eventually, she wanted to escape.
Now, hearing Nolan’s explanation and Jamya and Zoie’s, she was flabbergasted and did not know how to face the truth.
Did Nolan mean that James did not hate her, nor want to divorce her?
“Miss Kara, Mr. James fainted, and he rejected any food we fed him. We have no other choice but come to ask you to see if you can think of a way to help him.”
Seeing that she did not respond, Nolan became anxious.
“I know you feel angry and even resent him. But Mr. James was punished. He couldn’t eat nor drink these days. I was so worried about him.”
Kara held her hands together while staring at the medical report in the trash can.
She thought it was the divorce agreement and did not expect it to be evidence of James’s innocence.
After pondering in her heart for a long time, Kara summoned up her courage and looked up at Nolan.
“Where is he now?”
Looking at her big eyes that brimmed with tears, Nolan felt distressed, but the priority now was to let James eat something.
Kara came to James’s ward and saw the man lying on the bed with his eyes closed. His lips were devoid of color, and he looked extremely haggard.
She stood at the door for a good while before she mustered up the courage to face him.
“Miss Kara, this is the soup and porridge that Will asked me to prepare. I’ll go heat it up. When Mr. James wakes up, think of a way to let him eat some.”
Not waiting for Kara to reply, Nolan turned to leave with the soup box in his hand.
Kara took a deep breath and walked to the bedside.
She wanted to take James’ hand, but she was too timid to do it.
Staring at the haggard face, for some reason, she suddenly remembered a question that James had once asked her.
“She only likes him, not love him, right?”
Kara gently pulled his fringe to the side and chuckled.
If she was just fond of him, she would not be so sad when he said those harsh things to her.
Perhaps, loving someone meant that she knew that she loved him and wanted to be with him, but she just took things very slowly and carefully.
She was in love with him, wasn’t she?
The man on the bed slowly opened his eyes. His brown eyes blinked lazily and he subconsciously held her little hand.
Kara glanced at his big hand, pursed her pink lips, and asked softly.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“Kara.”
James didn’t think that it was real until he felt the warmth of Kara’s face in his palm. This was not a dream.
“I’m here.”
Kara leaned forward and held his hand with her both hands.
“I’m sorry, Kara. I said something that made you sad.” James stared at her with a pair of sparkling eyes as he apologized in a low voice.
Kara sniffled because the words he said before were quite hurtful.
He told her to disappear, but where could she go?
“I accept your apology.”
She lay on the bed, puffed her cheeks, and said angrily.
“In order to show how much you mean it, you must say something nice about me.”
James was delighted that she could forgive him. He curled his finger and rubbed the corner of her lips.
“What should I say?”
Kara glanced at him arrogantly. She then blinked and said willfully.
“James, as a qualified boyfriend, how can you not know how to console me after making me angry?”