After being yelled at for no reason, Hannah couldn't help but feel both embarrassed and furious. Especially since, aside from pouring a bottle of mineral water on Mia last night out of impulse, she had done nothing at all!
If it weren't for Jonathan still being useful, a man like him—who only knew how to indulge in pleasure and had no brain—wouldn't even catch her attention!
And now, this man actually had the nerve to blame her?
"Are you threatening me?" Jonathan suddenly glared at her, his furious eyes seemingly ready to shoot fire.
At this moment, Hannah was also burning with anger, staring back at him wide-eyed.
But to her surprise, Jonathan suddenly started laughing, his chest rising and falling with each breath as he ground his teeth and said, "Hannah, how did I not realize that not only are you as stupid as can be, but you're also a wicked, venomous woman!"
"Smack!"
With the sound of a slap, Jonathan felt a burning pain on his face, while Hannah, sitting in the front seat, angrily got out of the car.
"Vroom—"
Almost as soon as she slammed the car door, the Maserati behind them suddenly sped off like an arrow from a bow.
Hannah, with a twisted expression, glared at the car's rear and angrily kicked her foot.
That bitch Mia, it must have been her doing it on purpose! She must have overheard my conversation with Mom that day and deliberately set me up!
This matter—she would never let it go!
...
"Mr. Wenshte, the doctor said the young lady's health was already weak, and now she's been shocked, which has affected her pregnancy. She still needs to be monitored in the hospital for a few more days."
Lambert, taking the test results from Ethan, furrowed his brows and said, "Mm, get two more caregivers to watch over her."
Lambert gave a brief order before turning his wheelchair towards Mia's room.
At this moment, the woman was sitting by the bed, staring out the window. When she heard the noise, she quickly turned her head. As her dull eyes recognized Lambert, a flash of joy crossed her face.
But it was fleeting, quickly extinguished by the coldness on the man's face.
"You're not allowed to leave for a while, stay here and rest. I'll have more servants come to take care of you."
Though these sounded like caring words, Lambert's voice was chilling. He casually tossed the medical report on the bed, his furrowed brows not relaxing even as he looked at Mia.
Mia nodded, her eyes filled with an unmistakable sorrow. She hadn't seen him in three days, and even now, the only thing she got from him was coldness, which made her heart ache.
But from the man's perspective, it looked entirely different.
"What's the matter? You're disappointed to see me?"
Mia quickly looked up, realizing what he had said, and immediately shook her head.
She hurriedly grabbed her phone from the bedside and tried to type.
But Lambert didn't give her a chance to explain and immediately spoke in a mocking tone.
"I don't care who you're thinking about, but the baby inside you is mine, Lambert's. You'd better take care of it!"
He paused, his dangerous eyes locking onto her. "You know what the consequences are."
Every word from him was like a sharp knife stabbing into Mia's heart.
The text on the screen was only halfway typed, and Mia opened her mouth, but no sound came out. At that moment, she suddenly felt very powerless.
The sound of the door slamming shut echoed in the room, and as she stared at the empty room, Mia suddenly broke into silent laughter.
But as she laughed, tears started to fall.
The chill on her face made Mia mockingly tug at the corner of her mouth. The scent of cologne still seemed to linger in the air, reminding her of Lambert.
Mia felt a tightness in her chest and wiped away the tears from her face. She grabbed her phone and left the room.
She walked into the elevator with a vacant look in her eyes. She was heading downstairs to sit on the grass outside, hoping that maybe being there, she could temporarily ease the dull pain in her chest.
"Watch out!"
Suddenly, someone shouted beside her. Mia, still lost in thought, didn't react in time. But then, a large hand grabbed her waist and pulled her aside.
A nurse, hurriedly pushing a cart filled with medicine, rushed by, her face apologetic.
If she hadn't been pulled away, Mia would have been hit by the cart.
She quickly turned around to see who had helped her, only to hear a man's surprised voice.
"Mia? Is it really you?"
The man had gentle, handsome features and was wearing a white casual sweatshirt, looking like the friendly, reliable older brother next door. He was now looking at the shocked Mia with joy in his eyes.
Mia's lips parted, her voice silent as she mouthed, "Daniel?"
On the lawn downstairs in the hospital, a tall figure walked side by side with Mia, who was in her hospital gown.
"I didn't expect you to be married." Daniel's warm gaze briefly showed a touch of sadness and complexity as it swept over the woman next to him.
Mia was typing quickly on her phone and didn't notice his expression.
'Hmm, when did you come back to the country? It's been five years since we last saw each other, right?'
Looking at the neatly typed black characters on the screen, Daniel chuckled softly. Then, he started to use sign language while speaking.
"You don't need to type," he said.
Mia froze, realizing she had forgotten that she and Daniel grew up in an orphanage together, and his sign language was just as good as hers.
"I came back to the country three days ago. I'm planning to join Zeros Group, so I came here for a physical exam."
Mia remembered that Daniel had always been smart, and when he was in college, he ranked at the top of his class. Before graduating, he had received an invitation from a prestigious foreign architecture university. At that time, he was torn about going abroad, and she had even encouraged him to go.
I didn't expect that he's already this successful. Zeros Group is the largest construction company in the city.
'You're still as impressive as before,' Mia smiled and praised him without hesitation, using sign language.
'By the way, you're married now, right? At the very least, you must have a girlfriend. After all, you're so handsome and successful.'
Daniel watched her gestures, his gaze briefly freezing for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Not at all. Besides... I already have someone I like. The reason I came back this time was for her, but now it seems," he paused, a bittersweet smile appearing on his lips, "I think I was a step too late."