Rory paused on the other end of the phone and asked without answering her question, “Mrs. Finnegan, where are you now?” Could she have gone to New York?
No way!
“I’m in New York. I just got off the plane. It’s so cold here!” Aurelia couldn’t help shivering.
It was still autumn at home. But the temperature here was already minus 10 degrees Celsius.
Rory opened his mouth speechlessly. As he expected, Aurelia really ran to New York. “Mrs. Finnegan, go have a cup of coffee first. I’ll ask someone to pick you up.” As long as Aurelia and Callum hadn’t yet divorced, Aurelia was still Mrs. Finnegan. She must get all the treatment that Madam of the Finnegan Clan should receive.
Aurelia wanted to refuse, but when she saw the snowflakes falling from the sky outside, Aurelia turned around and went to a cafe.
Outside the ICU.
Aurelia looked dumbfounded as she saw a skinny old man in the ward, who was lying quietly on the bed with various instruments and tubes inserted into his body.
“What’s wrong with Sir Finnegan?” On the way to the hospital, she asked softly the chauffeur, who was picking her up at the airport.
The chauffeur answered truthfully, “To answer Madam’s question, Mr. Finnegan has not been in good health in recent years. He had a serious illness three years ago and has been in a coma ever since.”
Aurelia looked at the motionless Sir Finnegan with pity. He should, at his age, spend time together with his children and grandchildren, but now he was lying in the intensive care unit in pain.
After leaving the hospital, Aurelia raised her right hand, catching snowflakes one after another, and retracted it when her hand was almost frozen. She took out her phone and sent a message to Callum. “Why didn’t you tell me about your grandfather’s condition in advance?” He made her waste a trip.
Out of concern, Aurelia helplessly asked the chauffeur next to her, “Who usually takes care of Sir Finnegan?”
“There are special caregivers, and Mr. Adam Finnegan and his wife come over often.”
Aurelia asked a few more questions before leaving the hospital.
Rory had arranged the shelter in advance, which was Callum’s property in New York. After entering the room, she realized that Rory had arranged her in the villa room that Callum stayed in most often every time he came to New York.
Rory was really thoughtful. It was a pity that she and Callum were not meant to be together…
After spending more than ten hours on the plane, Aurelia went to the hospital without any rest. At this moment, she was so sleepy.
But when she thought that this was Callum’s room and Callum’s bed, she endured her fatigue and took a shower before going to bed.
At ZL Group.
Callum put the document aside and glanced at the text message on his phone. He replied to the other party with a few words, “You didn’t ask.”
When Callum received the text message from his so-called wife yesterday asking him to go easy on Evelyn, he was speechless. It was clearly her who filed for divorce. So why did the text message look like he was begging her for a divorce? And how dare she boss him around?
Then he put away his phone, raised his head and asked Rory calmly, “What’s she doing in New York now?”
She? New York? Oh! After a moment of astonishment, Rory realized who he was asking about. “Mrs. Finnegan came back from the hospital after seeing Sir Finnegan and went straight to the villa on Elmwood Avenue. She is currently resting in the villa.”
“Well, when will she return home?”
“I didn’t ask about that. Mrs. Finnegan doesn’t seem to have booked her return ticket yet.”
“Postpone all my plans for tomorrow and book me a flight to New York.” Callum planned to see his grandpa and talk to her face to face about the divorce.
“Yes, Mr. Finnegan!”
Aurelia came to New York with great difficulty and originally wanted to have a good time, but later, Evelyn sent her a WhatsApp message, saying that Vanessa had been in a car accident.
She called Frederic to ask about Vanessa’s condition. Fortunately, she was not seriously injured. But Aurelia was still worried, so she packed her things and went to the airport.
Just as she boarded the plane back home, Callum arrived in New York. They inadvertently missed the opportunity to meet each other and discuss divorce.
It had been six days since Callum came back from New York. Before he had time to rest, he had to rush to a private club to meet an important client.
As night slowly fell, a Bentley sped down the road.
It was rush hour, and there was a bit of a traffic jam at the intersection. Rolling down the car window, Callum took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep puff to relieve his fatigue.
The car was blocked at the entrance of an alley, where a group of people gathered together. Seven men cornered a woman.
When he saw the woman’s face clearly, Callum exhaled a puff of smoke to hide the strange feeling in his eyes.
These people did not fight too much. When a man raised his hand, the woman raised her leg and kicked away the man who was about to attack.
Rory was a little annoyed by the traffic jam and was afraid that Callum in the back seat would get angry, so he started to look around.
A cry of surprise was heard. “Mr Finnegan, isn’t that… Mrs. Finnegan?” Rory saw Aurelia fighting with seven men.
Callum put out the cigarette and exhaled the last puff of smoke. “Shut up!” He was not blind, of course he could see that the one who was fighting those hooligans was Aurelia.
Rory pushed open the car door and was about to get out when Callum’s cold voice came from the back seat, “Once you get out, don’t bother coming back!”
His warning made Rory halt. “But…”
Callum ignored him. He didn’t believe Aurelia, who could confront eight or nine well-trained security guards on her own, was no match for seven thugs.
The second cigarette was lit, and Callum curled the corners of his lips imperceptibly. “l go first. You go later.”
The club was not far from here. If he drove there, he had to circle around the block. But if he went on foot, it would be ten minutes away from here to the club.
In the alley, Aurelia, who had just beaten up the thugs, was bent over, holding her knees with her hands and panting slightly.
She just came here to use the restroom, and she ran into a group of hooligans. Since this area was full of high-end clubs, and it was a safe neighborhood, Liana chose to sing on the streets nearby.
Therefore, this group of thugs who suddenly appeared must have been instructed by someone, but unfortunately… They all ran away without her catching any of them.
At this moment, steady and powerful footsteps sounded behind her. Aurelia, who had just finished fighting, immediately became alert. Feeling that the person behind her was very close to her, she quickly stretched out her hands and attacked him.
However, it did not have the expected effect. She immediately turned around. Before she could touch the other person, he dodged swiftly.
After nearly ten years of martial arts training, Aurelia could tell that the person behind her was a skilled martial artist too.
Whether it was the security guards on the cruise ship or the gangsters just now, this man could knock them all down with just one hand with 30% of his strength.
And Aurelia would need 70% to 80% of the strength of both hands to defeat them.