I am in panic.
“Yes. Yes.” I quickly get rid of him.
“What are you freaking out about?” James looks at me thoughtfully.
His finger touches my arm, and the tickling sensation thrills me all over.
He smiles all the more. James is really happy when he plays with me.
I look at him angrily. At last, James stops and says, “Well, I won’t tease you. Come back.”
He pats the seat beside him.
I slowly move over to him and James does nothing this time, but puts his hand on my stomach and gently rubs it.
He says nothing, but rubs me gently.
The peace makes me sleepy. I do not know what is wrong with me. I just feel incredibly calm, and don’t want to do anything. There is no scheme and no hatred. Staying by his side makes me feel peaceful.
I am half-asleep when there is a knock on the door of my room.
James’s personal doctor comes here.
“You are being high-strung, Mr. James.” Dr. Lewis diagnoses me and says, “It’s not a serious disease, but just indigestion.” Then he gives me some medicine to improve my digestion.
“Shut up.” James glares at Dr. Lewis.
Dr. Lewis doesn’t care. “If you care about yourself just like how you care about her, you wouldn’t often get sent to the hospital in the middle of the night.”
I am shocked. Is James in such bad health? Why is he often taken to the hospital in the middle of the night?
“Get out of here.” James yells angrily at Dr. Lewis.
Dr. Lewis winks at me. “This guy is extremely sensitive. Well, I’m going to have a tough time.”
After Dr. Lewis passes by, I am still wondering what James has gone through these years.
I’m still lost in thought, and James picks me up and says, “Go to sleep.”
I am caught off guard and happen to meet his eyes. He looks very gentle, and I am full of doubts.
James carries me into the bedroom before I collect my mind.
“I… I can go on my own! Let go of me!” I struggle with my hands.
James gently lies me down on the bed and says, “I will be here. You won’t get any harm.”
Every corner of my heart is falling bit by bit, and I feel lost in his arms.
James is refreshed after he takes the shower, and I fall asleep peacefully by feeling safe.
I wake up in the morning when my cell phone rings. I look at the number and creeps out of bed and into the bathroom.
“Hello? What is up?” I ask softly.
Over the phone cries Porter, “Isabel knows I’m not dead! She saw me!”
“What have you been doing? Didn’t I tell you not to go anywhere? Where are you now?”
I am in a hurry, and my voice is so loud that I don’t even know it.
“I just wanted to see Isabel and wanted to know what she is doing,” says Porter with some regret. “I just wanted to peek at her, but she found me! She would go after me! Come here now! Come here!”
Why is Porter so impatient?
After I get the address, I pull open the toilet door, trying to get there immediately.
But when the door opens, James is standing outside.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, “Why in such a hurry in the early morning?”
He asks, pretending not to care about it, but his eyes are bright and shrewd, and he is waiting for my answer.
I smile and say, “There are some problems in the press office. I have to go there now.”
I don’t know if James heard the conversation between Porter and me.
“Is it? James puts his hands in the pocket and casually asks, “shall I take you there?”
“No.” I look at Ella who is still sleeping in the room and say, “Send Ella to the kindergarten later.”
James laughs and says, “Alright.”
I am so mean that I even take advantage of my own man.
James takes Ella to the kindergarten, and I rush to the address Porter has sent me.
I feel upset all the way the designated place. I do not know why I have a bad feeling.
Isabel is not an easy person to deal with. Can Porter get away with it?
Last time my sister was caught like this. It turned out that I was trapped.
When I almost arrive at the place, I get off the car.
I’ve been tricked like this once, and I won’t do it again.
Whether I go or not at this time, Porter won’t be in danger. If Isabel wants to get him, she would have done so. But if she can’t, there’s no need for me to go there. If Porter insists on me going there, there’s only one possibility. That is, Isabel is there waiting for me.
I duck into the cafe across the street and find a secluded spot where I could see the other side.
Porter calls again at that moment.
“Where are you? Why don’t you come here to meet me? I can’t go out by myself.” Porter’s voice sounds worried.
“Wait a minute. If I go there now, I will probably lose my life. We can’t all be exposed.”
My eyes are fixed ahead.
“Don’t forget that we’re in the same boat. Do you think you’ll end up well?”
“I told you not to worry. I won’t leave you alone.” I say.
At that moment, several people come out from the opposite building, and Isabel comes first.
I can’t act rashly.
If I do so, won’t I be caught by Isabel?
I hang up the phone and look at the front.
Porter comes out of the building.
Isabel rushes over and hugs Porter. Porter looks like he’s crying his eyes out.
Sure enough.
Porter went to see Isabel on the sly, and Isabel found out. Then Isabel tries to use Porter to find me out.
Fortunately, every time I meet Porter, I keep my mask and hat down and did not reveal my real name. Even my plan is completed by myself without Porter’s participation, which means it is not very important to me whether there is Porter or not.
Isabel, do you think I’m still the same person I was before? Not anymore.
From my angle, I don’t know what they’re talking about.
But Isabel just takes Porter into the café I’m in.
I’m in the corner and nobody notices me.
I turn my back before they find me.
Isabel and Porter are sitting behind me.
“In fact, it is the Orlando family that made me do this. You know how much I love you. How could I be so cruel to you? The master knows our relation, and I don’t know what to do about it. He is right next to me, forcing me to say those cruel words. What do you think I should do? That’s not really what I mean.” says Isabel.
I sneer in the heart after hearing that.
“I know it. I know you wouldn’t be so cruel to me. You love me, and I know it! How could you be such a cruel person?”
Well, there are many fools these days.
“I sent someone to save you later, but I couldn’t find you. I thought you are dead, but I found that you are not dead. Do you know how surprised I was when I saw your back this morning? Porter, you’ve come back to me at last. When I get the money from the Orlando family, we’ll leave together! Will you get out of here?”
Porter’s voice chokes with emotion. “Okay, okay, let’s leave here!”
I couldn’t see their faces with my back to them, and I could guess how touched Porter is and how innocent Isabel is.
“Porter, do you know who that woman is?” she asks. The one who is driving a wedge between us.”
Porter muses for a moment and says, “I don’t know,” he says. “All I know is that she is a woman.”
“Is it?” Isabel mutters.” Who could she be?”
“Don’t you know it? Would she be your enemy?” Porter warns.
Isabel ponders for a moment. “We do have enemies in business,” she says. “I don’t know who you’re talking about.”
Porter is distressed and says, “Why are you working so hard? We will enjoy ourselves in the future.”
Isabel whispers coquettishly in Porter’s arms.
“Don’t you have any plans?” But you hate me so much. Won’t you find a chance to deal with me?”
Porter laughs, “No, I won’t do that. Even if you want me to die for you, I would. How could I have thought that?”
I’m a little surprised to hear that. Porter knows I’m planning to get even at Isabel’s wedding.
Porter has his own mind. Perhaps he does not believe in Isabel and leaves himself a way out.
“Is it? Porter, I didn’t expect you to be so nice to me,” says Isabel.
I feel sick by hearing that. This woman is really fierce. She is good at playing coquetry and Porter couldn’t do anything about it.
I take my time to drink coffee, but I watch a good play.
“Porter, it’s a pity you can’t find the woman who tries to sow discord between us. You have to pay attention and not let her go!” says Isabel in a squeamish tone.
“Don’t worry. I won’t let you suffer again. I will help you, ok?” says Porter bitterly.
I’ll see how you will deal with me.
“You must help me, but I have a plan. We can try that many times.” suggests Isabel.
I’m listening.