Web Fic
Chapter 143
Chapter 143
Chapter 144 Affectionate and Ruthless
Imogen opened her eyes in a daze and saw the white ceiling.
The memories before the coma flooded in like a dream. She closed her eyes and slowly raised her hand to stroke her cheek, only to touch a piece of gauze.
“Imogen, you’re awake!”
Hearing the voice, Troy walked quickly to the bed and sat down. “How do
you
feel?”
With her ears buzzing, she could only see his lips moving. She asked subconsciously, “What did you say?”
As soon as she opened her mouth, she found her voice hoarse and her throat sore like being cut by
a knife.
He immediately brought a glass of water, held her head up, and carefully fed her a few sips.
“How do you feel now? Are you feeling discomfort anywhere?”
He
put the glass on the table and bent over to have his mouth close to her ear.
She looked at him, a little puzzled. “I’m fine, but why are you so close to me?”
“The doctor said that your eardrum is perforated due to the ear trauma, and you have bilateral hearing loss. You will recover slowly in the future.”
“Oh,
my father’s ashes…” She looked at him and said hoarsely.
“Don’t worry. I have asked someone to replace the urn for Mr. Ignacio Forbes. He is now buried in peace.”
“Good. I want to go see my father when I’m discharged from the hospital.” She heaved a sigh of relief.
“Okay, and I’ll go with you.”
“Is there a mirror?”
Understanding her intention, he gently caressed her cheek and brushed away the side hair. “The doctor said that there will be no scars in the future.”
“I want to see…”
“There is no mirror here. How about using a phone?” “Okay.”
He took out his mobile phone and held it in front of her.
Her current appearance was reflected in the dark screen of the phone.
Her hair was disheveled, and her eyelids and face were still red and swollen. The wounds on both sides of her face were covered with white gauze, which was not aesthetically pleasing.
“Put it away.”
He put away the phone and comforted her in a low voice, “Don’t worry. It will heal.”
“The leader behind the scene was a middle–aged woman…”
“I know. It was Sarah’s mother. She killed her father and is now arrested.”
She was stunned.
Samara killed the father of her own child?!
“Don’t thi.
have to stay in bed in the future. For our child, let others handle the company’s affairs during this period, okay?”
She looked at him in astonishment.
After a while, she unconsciously caressed her abdomen and lowered her
eyes.
He still found out about the child.
He probably would never let her Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.
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“Are you so sure that the child is yours?” She suddenly whispered.
“Whose else could it be?” He sounded relaxed without the slightest hint of doubt.
He knew that she would never cheat in marriage.
The child could only be his.
She smiled. “You are quite confident. Aren’t you afraid that I’ve been insisting on divorcing you because I don’t want you to find out that the child belongs to someone else?”
“You are just saying this to make me agree on the divorce. I won’t be fooled by you.”
She didn’t say anything.
Seeing her expression, he smiled and held her little hand, saying, “Imogen, you’ve known about your pregnancy since a long time ago, right? You said that you had a bad stomach and often took two bottles of medicine. I let the doctor check them and learned that they had the effect of preventing abortion. Why didn’t you tell me that you were pregnant? If it weren’t for this accident, would you keep it from me and divorced me until you gave birth to the child?”
She was silent for a moment. “I once wanted to tell you on the second day you came back from the business trip. But you…you filed for divorce first…”
His face froze, and his hands tightened slowly. He held her hand tightly and said, “I’m sorry…” She waited expectantly for him to come back from the business trip and wanted to share the good news of her pregnancy with him, but what she got in return was that he was back with Sarah, filing for divorce.
She lowered her eyes and continued, “Later, I had also tentatively asked you whether you would want to divorce if we had a child…”
He choked with regret.
still
The memory was clear in his mind. At that time, he told her impatiently, “That’s not possible. Even if you were pregnant, I would never let him be born.”
She must have been so disappointed and helpless at the time…
Therefore, she had been hiding it till now.
She continued, “Actually, I’m very glad that I’ve been hiding the news of my pregnancy. Otherwise, after going through what happened yesterday, I would definitely lose the child.”
Besides Troy, she had kept it from Sarah and Samara as well.
If Samara knew that she was pregnant, she would never let go of the child.
He felt as if his heart was stabbed with a knife, bleeding nonstop.
“Imogen, I promise you that none of this will ever happen again…
“As for the divorce…
“Imogen, please give me another chance for the sake of our child, okay?”
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She didn’t reply.
She knew it would be like this.
Could he still tell whether his feelings for her were due to caring or responsibility?
Or his little bit of guilt?
How long could he last without love?
She closed her eyes and sighed. “Ms. Page…”
“We had a car accident when I was taking her to the airport last night. She is currently being treated in the hospital. Don’t mention her anymore. She has nothing to do with us.”
“…”
She looked at him, feeling a little cold in her heart. Though affectionate sometimes, he could be really ruthless.
Sue came with breakfast. She brought them some pancakes, bread, and a bowl of cream soup. Troy carefully helped Imogen sit up and put a big pillow behind her. He then took the bowl and spoon from Sue and fed her himself.
She wanted to eat by herself because her hands were not seriously injured. Only some part of the skin on her wrists was slightly broken from being strangled by the rope.
But he wouldn’t let her.
After breakfast, she took a look at him. “I’m done eating. You can eat some too. Go to the after eating. You don’t have to stay here with me all day. Sue is here.”
“Can’t the company be able to operate without me?”
She said nothing.
“Fine. Would call me if you needed anything.”
He put down the bowl, ate some breakfast casually, and left the hospital.
Before leaving, he told Sue to take good care of her.
company
Looking at him leaving, Sue sighed. “After going through all the hardships, you are finally having a turn in your life. Mr. Marshall will definitely treat you well in the future.”
Imogen remained silent.
Henry, Layla, Agnes, Judith, and others came to visit her one after another.
At first, Layla wanted to come alone and let Henry rest at home.
But having heard that Imogen was pregnant, he insisted on coming over in person.
Layla said that after he learned that Imogen was pregnant, he was in a much better mood, talking about wanting to hold his grandson in his arms all day long.
Imogen knew that Henry had been expecting her and Troy to have a child, and she also hoped that he could stay healthy and witness the birth of her baby.
However, he had expressed his hope that she could raise the child with Troy. It could be read between the lines that he didn’t want them to get a divorce.
Thus, at least for the next few months, her proposal for divorce would have to be put on hold.
Chapter 144 Affectionate and Ruthless
She had been observed in the hospital for three days.
During these days, Sue was there with her.
Troy rushed over from the company as soon as he got off work. He had turned down all the social engagements.
It was really boring to lie on the hospital bed all day. She wanted to get out of bed for a walk, but Troy stopped her. He asked the doctor, and the doctor told a nurse to give them a wheelchair and said that if she wanted to go out to get some fresh air, she could sit in the wheelchair and have Troy push her around.
But she didn’t take the advice.
The gauze on her face hadn’t been removed yet. She didn’t want to go out looking like this.
Therefore, every night after Troy got off work, he picked her up and walked around the ward a few times.