Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 793

Morgan shrugged helplessly. "I'm sorry, Miss Jacob. It's not that I don't allow you to leave, but it's Mister's order. He wants you to stay here until you recover."

"I'm fine, and the bruise on my face is less swollen now." Although Elaine was angry, she did not want to vent her wrath at Morgan, so she insisted politely, "Please tell the bodyguards to make way and let me go."

Every time she walked to the door, the two statuelike bodyguards would hold her arm and "escorted" her back.

She was going berserk because of them.

Instead, Morgan shook his head. "They only listen to Mr. Bradbury's order."

Elaine pursed her lips in annoyance.

"Why don't you have breakfast first? When Mister comes back after he is done with his business, you can ask him to let you go." Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Frowning, she asked, "Where did he go?"

"I don't know."

"Isn't he in the villa?"

Morgan's eyes lit up cautiously, but he said, "He's

not here."

Dejected, Elaine sat on the sofa and waited.

Morgan kept on persuading her to eat something, but she sat quietly in a daze as if she couldn't hear anything.

Seeing her state, Morgan stopped persuading her knowing that she wouldn't listen.

As he was about to leave, Elaine suddenly asked, "Morgan, why did he pretend to be Dr. Perkins?"

They looked exactly alike but their temperament was absolutely different. She had once suspected that they were two different people, but she never thought that someone would disguise himself as Dr. Perkins.

She was so slow.

Looking up at Morgan, she demanded, "Why did he lie to me? Does he want something from me? But I'm just a lowly maid. What does he want from me?"

She was completely perplexed.

With a polite smile, Morgan said, "He has everything he wants, so he doesn't want anything from you."

Elaine's lips twitching, she looked down and didn't say anything.

Morgan continued, "Do you want to know Mr.

Bradbury's name?"

His remark made Elaine astounded...

Vincent...

It was obviosuly his name, but he lied to her saying that it wasn't. She blamed herself for being deceived like a fool.

As the agitation slowly raised inside her, she shook her head and roared, "No! Don't tell me his name! I don't want to know!"

Her reaction made Morgan flustered, realizing that she was quite hot-tempered.

"Mr. Bradbury, it's every man for himself," he thought.

Before he left, he blurted, "Vincent. His name is Vincent Bradbury. If you want to know when he'll be back, you can ask me."

Elaine had waited for nearly an hour, but Vincent was not home yet.

In fact, her stomach started growling.

The maid put the fruit on the table and left silently.

Seeing this, Elaine knew that it must be Morgan's order.

She tried to ignore it by turning her face away, but the sweet aroma of the fruits captivated her, and she couldn't resist the temptation.

No! She would not eat it!

With that in mind, she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, trying to suppress her urge.

Seeing the scene, Morgan chuckled and shook his head. "She is so stubborn. I'm starting to admire her."

Out of sight, out of mind. Elaine realized that she wasn't that hungry anymore when she didn't look at the fruits.

After another half an hour, he didn't come back yet.

She gave up waiting.

Her eyes darting around as something crossed her mind, she turned to one of the maids and asked, "May I know where is my phone? Did you put it away when you were doing my laundry?"

When they returned her clothes to her, she checked everywhere but could not find her phone.

She wouldn't mind it missing since it was a present from Vincent, but she needed to use one right now, so she wanted to look for it.

The maid shook her head. "I don't know. Do you want to use the phone now?"

"Yes." She looked at her with anticipation. "Do you have a cell phone with you now? Please lend it to

me. I want to make a call."

Elaine said sweetly as she had a favor to ask.

"Why don't you use the landline?" The maid pointed to the telephone at the corner of the hall and said, "You can make a call with that phone too."

After expressing her thanks, she got up and walked toward the telephone.

Suddenly, Morgan appeared out of nowhere. "Miss Jacob, do you want to use the phone?"

She extended her arm towards the phone with a nonchalant hum.

However, Morgan held the phone down with a smile. "What do you need the phone for? We have everything here. Why don't you wait for Mr. Bradbury to come home?"

Skeptically, Elaine blurted, "Morgan, did you take my phone?"

No wonder he didn't allow her to use the phone.

Surprised by her quick thinking, Morgan said with a flat but polite tone, "No, I didn't. After what happened last night, maybe you dropped your phone by accident."

Elaine could tell that he was lying. "Why don't you let me make a call then?" "It's none of your business." "I'm sorry then. I can't let you use the phone. Mr. Bradbury will not be happy if he knows."

"Who do you want to call?"

Annoyed, Elaine roared, "But why? I just want to call my parents to tell them that I'm fine. And my brother. You've met him. I haven't seen him since last night, so I want to know how he is now!"

Yesterday, she fainted due to the extreme shock, and she was already in this villa when she woke up, so she didn't know where and how was Paul now.

That bald man died in that room. If Paul saw the body, he would be scared out of his wits!

Besides, Paul would probably be anxious since she had disappeared all of a sudden and he didn't know where she was.

Thinking of this, Elaine said with a serious tone, "Please, I just want to call my brother to tell him I'm fine. Please let me use the phone."

However, Morgan shook his head. "No one will answer the phone, and don't worry, your brother is fine."

"What do you mean that no one will answer the phone?" Elaine demanded, confused. "How did you know that he is fine?"

Morgan pursed his lips instead.

Anxious, Elaine asked again, "What happened to Paul?"

Morgan sighed. "I don't know. Please just wait for Mr. Bradbury to come back."

Suddenly, something flashed across Elaine's mind that she grabbed Morgan's arm and badgered, "Is Paul with Vincent now?"

Coming to think of it, it made sense that he had Paul since he came for her yesterday.

Sure enough, Morgan nodded. "Yes, Miss Jacob. Mr. Bradbury brought your brother back last night."

With a sigh of relief, she urged, "Please take me to see him. He must be worried sick since he didn't see me all night."

Paul must be equally shocked and frightened after what happened last night.

However, Morgan glanced at her and said, "He didn't stop the person who kidnapped you last night. Why are you still worried about him?"