Harold Quarrington reached out his hand to Jenny Andrews. His hand was trembling as he was afraid that Jenny would decline her. He had never gone through such fear even he had been overpowered in the business world for so many years. Looking at the Harold’s white and slender arm, the memory of being cuddled by him warmly and securely flashed out of Jenny’s mind, her heart softened, but she came back to reality right after.
Although she had feelings for Harold, she couldn’t ignore the fact that Dr James Yard had done too much for her. Dr James had donated bone marrow to her mother and taken care of her mother whole heartedly all this while. Dr James could give her the life she had been longing for. She wanted to cut ties with Harold and ended this ridiculous life. She chose to neglect Harold’s approach and turned to Dr James Yard, “I am exhausted, can you bring me back to the ward?” She bit her lips until they were raw, only pain could truly harden her heart.
“Jenny Andrews! Can’t you hear my words?” Harold’s expression turned dull, he clutched Jenny’s arm as if he would lose control of himself at any moment.
“James had done so much for me. I believed that he will take good care of me and my mother. We will…be happy together.” It hurt Jenny when she said words that went against her heart.” As for us, we should have never met each other.”
“Interesting…… Our child supposed to grow well in your belly, I have informed the hospital to stop the abortion on my way here. Guess what? He is the one who set this up!” Harold pointed towards Dr James, “He is the one who ruin all this!”
Jenny Andrews was speechless and subconsciously looked towards Dr James Yard when she heard those words.
“He kills our child mercilessly just to be with you! That’s a life, is YOUR CHILD!”
Jenny pursed her lips and shut her eyes,” I don’t want to hear it, it doesn’t matter anymore,” She couldn’t undo what had been done, she was tired of it, there was no point arguing who should hold responsibility for this whole incident.
“Whatever, go ahead and be with him! But James Yard, you will have to pay for this! I swear!”
With that final statement, Harold stomped out of the hospital. Jenny somehow could feel Harold’s loneliness when he walked off, but at the same time she doubted about Harold’s feelings for her.
…
At night, after Jenny Andrews had fallen asleep after a light meal, Dr James Yard came back to his office. He quickly went through the documents and medical records which were piling up on his working desk and went into robotic working mode. “Dr James? Dr James? Are you alright?” He came back to his sense when his colleague poked him. He hadn’t rest well for couple of days as he had been busying taking care of Jenny. “You should take care of the wound on your face or else it will get infected!” His colleague sighed reluctantly. “How old are you now? You thought you are still a kid? Please don’t do it again.” Dr James used to have very kind and friendly image at the hospital, so he had close relationship with his colleagues. “I got it! Is there anything you want from me?” He smiled and said.
“Oh Yeah! The Dean asked you to go see him at his office, he is waiting for you.”
“Alright, thanks. I will go meet him now” Dr James then left his seat and walked to his father, William Yard’s office.
At the meanwhile, the Dean’s office was surrounded by the sound of Dr William’s pacing footsteps, he was wandering back and forth in the room while waiting for his son’s arrival. Dr James knocked the door and entered the room without waiting for Dr William’s response as he knew that his father was eager to see him.
“Good grief! Look at the mess you have created when I was just few days away from the hospital! What if you inherit the hospital in the future? You will ruin the hospital!” Dr William pointed at his son angrily and shouted, “Are you trying to kill me? Hurry up and apologize to Harold Quarrington!”
“I did nothing wrong. Why should I apologize?” Dr William’s anger spiked as he was irritated by his stubborn son. “How dare you say you did nothing wrong? What you have done tonight have ruin the business relationship between our hospital and the Quarrington Group! Aren’t you aware of the crisis the hospital gonna faced due to your recklessness?”
“What does this have to do with the hospital?” Dr James frowned and looked at his father.
“James Yard! The Quarrington Group has removed all their investment in our hospital, we are forced to stop most of the on-going research projects! Do the math and figure out how much loss we will have to sustain! They have even declared that whichever company who dare to cooperate with us will be considered as our allies and they will take the same action on them!”
“…” Dr James Yard was well prepared for his father’s lecture but he had never thought that the consequences were far beyond his imagination.
“Son, you are born in an elite medical family, there are so many decent women around you, yet you rather fight over a prostitute with Harold Quarrington!”
“Father, she is not that kind of woman! I knew that she was at her wit’s end, she was only forced to do so…”
“This is just an excuse, no matter what she has been through, selling her virginity is just not something acceptable. The only way to solve this for now is to send that woman back to Harold Quarrington right away.”
“That’s impossible! I have done so much just to bring her back to me, I will never let Jenny get hurt again.” There is no room for discussion, he will never give in no matter what, especially not when his effort finally pay off, he is just one step closer to be with the woman he has been longing for.
“Then you can bear to see the hospital built by your ancestors to be destroyed in your hand?!”
“Father, don’t push me any further!” James Yard’s resolve didn’t s waver.
“Then you leave the hospital right now. From now on, you have nothing to do with it. If you insist to tag along with that woman, the hospital will eventually ruin in your hand.” Dr William Yard wanted to force his son to make a choice between the hospital and Jenny Andrews. However…
“If you think that my existence will harm the hospital, then fine, I will leave, but not now, I will stay until Jenny’s mum recovers.” He then leaves the office.
“You…” Dr William Yard gasped in anger, he then took a sip of water to calm himself down.
The door slamming noise was overheard by others and gossips spread throughout the hallways.
…
It was a noble private villa, obviously living by a wealthy family. The villa was surrounded by high fence coiled with roses. The courtyard was lavishly furnished with expensive couch, the slanting sunlight reflected the luxury of the courtyard. A grand hall was unfolded before the eyes when the door carved in wispy reliefs was opened. The magnificent imposing style of design and the golden shiny decorations clearly implied the wealth of owner of the villa. Torah Andrews was imprisoned inside the villa, with people guarding strictly inside and outside. Torah was wandering in her room thinking of ways to get out of this when she found out that her plan had failed. She knew that Harold Quarrington is not going to let her off easily. It was all her good sister, Jenny Andrews’s doing, she must have told Harold Quarrington all these things, they had teamed up to betray her, she had underestimated that seemingly weak and vulnerable woman. She clenched her teeth in anger and swore that she would make Jenny Andrews paid when she escaped from the villa.
“Can I borrow your mobile phone for a moment?”
Torah smiled at the man in black who is guarding the place, trying to seduce him and set up a beauty trap.