“It’s almost lunchtime, what would you like for lunch?” Zachary Irwin finished all the paperwork that needed to be signed before he remembered that Jane Gardner hadn’t eaten lunch, and he looked up to see Jane Gardner eating cake and, well, with cream around her mouth.
He devolved his eyes and stared onto the coffee table in front of Jane Gardner, only to see that one of the cupcakes that Andy Winters had given her was currently half eaten.
Jane Gardner, unaware that Zachary Irwin would suddenly look up, gracefully wiped the cream stain off her lips and continued to eat the cake in her hand.
“There’s a nice private kitchen next to your office, just order takeout from that.” Jane Gardner finishes her cake, face unchanged, voice, natural.
Zachary Irwin looked at her waistline, her face bland, and couldn’t help but have a light hook on his lips.
“Andy Winters, order dinner!” Following that, he steadied his voice and told Andy Winters to order two lunches from the store Jane Gardner had told him about.
When lunch arrived, Jane Gardner was half full, and when she saw that her portion had something she didn’t like, she reflexively threw it at Zachary Irwin’s lunch box.
Zachary Irwin frowned lightly as he looked at the cod fast Jane Gardner had thrown at him.
“I’m sorry, I forgot …” Jane Gardner said as she made to pick the fish pieces back up, but Zachary Irwin had already sent them to his mouth.
Jane Gardner looked at Zachary Irwin, remembering what Andy Winters had just said to her, her heart warmed up, and her lips unconsciously swung into a happy arc.
If it was for Zachary Irwin, she could give up her dreams in music.
Though, she was reluctant and unwilling.
“Ahem, you, you eat first, I’m going out.” Jane Gardner was about to eat when an uncomfortable fit in her lungs made her want to cough.
When she got to the bathroom, that was when she stopped holding back and coughed to her heart’s content.
Jane Gardner was clearly holding her chest, but soon blood was spilling from her nose, the corner of her eye, and even her ear.
The blood was so little that it required Jane Gardner to look closely and reach for her ears to see it.
She had never forgotten Gu Yi Ren’s words, and she knew that this was the poison in her body starting to take effect.
She had, perhaps, not even the last half of the month.
On this day, Jane Gardner accompanied Zachary Irwin all day at the Irwin Mansion.
In the evening, she even accompanied him to a banquet, where Jane Gardner thought that those people must not welcome her, and in the end, she did not expect that those people looked at her with envy.
She knew that all the glory she had, she got from Zachary Irwin.
“Today, thank you.” Jane Gardner sat next to Zachary Irwin and from the bottom of her heart she wanted to say thank you.
“Thank me for what? I didn’t do anything.” Zachary Irwin doesn’t fight, and he’s the first to expose himself before Jane Gardner even says anything.
Jane Gardner hesitated for a long time, but finally, boldly took his arm and rested her head gently on his shoulder.
Before, when he loved himself, she did this simple gesture without thinking.
Now, however, she had to think twice.
Zachary Irwin’s body tensed, a little sudden and surprised by Jane Gardner’s closeness, but there was no denying that it felt, well, cozy and wonderful.
He didn’t push her away, and his body, which was hard, gradually relaxed, even, he deliberately found a good angle for her to rest.
“Why are you so tired today? If you don’t want to come with me tomorrow, you go back to The Shine and rest, I’ve had Ruwan brought back to The Shine from Maravilla.” Zachary Irwin frowned tightly, he could tell that Jane Gardner was really a little tired.
“No, I want to be with you during the day and then with Ruwan at night. Let me rest a little longer and let me know when you get home.”
Zachary Irwin saw that Jane Gardner was determined, and he didn’t object.
When they arrived at The Shine, Zachary Irwin woke Jane Gardner, who then woke up.
“Ruwan should be asleep by now, are you sure you want to bother her at night?” Zachary Irwin motioned for the driver to leave and he walked in towards the door, in his mind, he wanted to rest with Jane Gardner piece by piece.
Didn’t Ottilia Amos say they used to be in love?
Since they were already in love, it was only natural to sleep together.
“I’ll go to the guest room then?” Jane Gardner flicked open Sin’s room as she heard Zachary Irwin’s words, and she closed the door on him.
“My bed not big enough? Or are you uncomfortable sleeping?”
“What?”
Zachary Irwin gave Jane Gardner a cold, sidelong glance and turned to go upstairs.
Jane Gardner reacted as an afterthought, and then followed happily up the stairs.
This night, Jane Gardner was very active, she threw her face and everything to the sky, she just wanted to have a good time with Zachary Irwin.
Selena Lott stayed at The Shine this night, too.
It’s been a whole day and Mr. Irwin Rin hasn’t even shown up, he stood himself up and lost contact.
Not only her, Ottilia Amos, had been unable to find him, unable to contact him.
Selena Lott looked at the two red marriage certificates in her hand, and then looked at the name signed by Mr. Irwin Rin on the divorce agreement, she smiled bitterly.
“Second Young Lady, it’s not good!” Just as Selena Lott was about to put down all her documents and go to sleep, Meng Shen’s phone dialed in.
Selena Lott could hear that Meng Shen’s voice was filled with tension, something serious must have happened.
“Second Youngest Xin is sick and hospitalized! Can you come to the hospital?” Meng Shen continued.
“Which hospital, I’ll be right over.” Selena Lott didn’t notice that her voice was urgent when she asked this.
She knew that Mr. Irwin Rin had a transplant a few years ago, his body was different from others, a small illness alone was a big deal, not to mention this time, he was hospitalized.
Soon, Selena Lott rushed to the hospital where Mr. Irwin Rin was hospitalized.
Selena Lott looked at Mr. Irwin Rin who was lying on the hospital bed with his brows furrowed and eyelids open, and turned her head sideways to Meng Shen, “What’s going on? Why is he hospitalized?”
“Last night, after Mr. Xin Ershao left from Ding Sheng Hospital, he went straight to the bar, I don’t know who he fought with at the bar, and when Mr. Ershao called me to rush over, he was already almost unconscious.
Today, you called me to find Xin Ershao, I was prepared to tell you his news.
But Second Shao Xin was not allowed to.
When I saw him at night, he was still in bad shape, and the doctor even said that there was a fungal infection in his lungs, so I knew that things were getting complicated, so I had to call you over.
Second Young Madam, I’m sorry! Young Master’s condition is different from others, the doctor said, now, the most important thing is to find out if the fungal infection in his lungs has anything to do with the transplant.
The second young master has been transplanted for so many years, it’s not very likely that it’s related to the previous transplant surgery, but there are probabilities.
Wan, in case …”
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Meng Shen’s later words shivered and didn’t come out, and Selena Lott’s heart hung even higher.
“In case what?”
“In case it’s related to the previous transplant surgery, then it means that Xin Ershao’s transplant surgery has rejection, and when rejection occurs, in the early stages, the treatment effect will be remarkable, and if it occurs in the late stages, if it’s serious, it will need to be re-transplanted.”
Meng Shen relayed what the doctor told him to Selena Lott.
Selena Lott knew that back then, Jane Gardner had a huge row with Zachary Irwin in order to provide Mr. Irwin Rin with bone marrow, and if it wasn’t for the birth of Steven Irwin, it would have been impossible for Mr. Irwin Rin to have a full transplant.
Now that Jane Gardner is done having a pair of children, finding the right bone marrow is a needle in a haystack.
Selena Lott thought about this, and something occurred to her precipitously.
Zachary Irwin said a few days ago, he and Mr. Irwin Rin are not blood brothers! If Zachary Irwin was not blood related to Mr. Irwin Rin, why could Steven Irwin save Mr. Irwin Rin?