For a high and mighty president of a company to lose his sight all of a sudden was equivalent to losing everything he had. Nobody could take a drastic blow like that.Looking at how calm and collected Chelsey was, it finally dawned on Lucas that he was the one who could not be away from her, not the other way around. In the past three years, he had grown used to having her by his side.…Chelsey stayed back at the hospital to look after Josie. She urged Lucas to go home and take a rest, but he refused. He left the companion bed to Chelsey and made do on the couch for the night.When Josie woke up in the middle of the night and saw Chelsey on the companion bed to her left, and Lucas on the couch to her right, she smiled in satisfaction.Lucas' assistant sent breakfast to the hospital early the next morning. He also brought Lucas the documents he needed to sign for the day. With the huge stack of documents on the coffee table, Lucas began busying himself with work once he was do
Timothy generously gave a suggestion. "It's fine, then. I'll make supper and deliver it to you."Chelsey wandered away to keep her distance from Lucas. She declined, saying, "Tim, save the trouble. I don't feel like having supper tonight; you can go ahead. I'll buy you a meal next time instead.""That's okay," he replied.After a pause, he wondered aloud, "Why are you with Lucas Yates? Did he take advantage of you or anything? Tell me if he did. I'll give him a good beating."She hurriedly denied it, "No, he didn't. I've sorted things out with him. I'm just here to visit his mom because she has some kind of brain tumor. I'm worried about her.""Alright then. Call me if you need anything." Timothy hung up in disappointment.After Chelsey put away her phone, she turned around to find Lucas staring at her with much hostility, as though he had caught her cheating.She gave him a look and went into the patient's ward. Lucas texted his assistant, "Look into the background of Timothy
Lucas patted Chelsey on the shoulder, urging her, "Go home. Come again tomorrow.""Sure." She went with his suggestion and slowly rose. After sitting for a while, her legs were numb, and she lost her balance. As she tumbled backward, he quickly caught her. Her body leaned back against his.The sight of his broad shoulders reminded her of that eventful night. How she wished she could give him a hug and beg him not to divorce her. She wanted to be with him forever.However, a stinging pain spread across her body when she replayed the image of Lucas hugging Shannon.Steadying herself, she flexed her legs and escaped from his arms."I'm leaving now." With that, she left the ward without looking back.She might love him dearly, but she would never humiliate herself for love.At first, Lucas had asked his assistant to see Chelsey home. But upon second thought, he made his assistant stay with Josie instead as he went after Chelsey.Chelsey happened to enter the elevator when Lucas e
Timothy drove Chelsey home, purposely ignoring the Rolls-Royce that was tailing them. He did not even bring up the observation to Chelsey.Upon arrival, Chelsey invited Timothy into the house. Since her marriage to Lucas three years ago, she had not invited any friends to their place.Timothy happily agreed and entered the villa. Chelsey made some tea for Timothy while he wandered to the fireplace, where he found some half-burned photo frames in the area. He could make out Lucas' and Chelsey's faces in the photos.A grin appeared on his lips when he realized that Chelsey had burned her photos with Lucas. At that moment, she emerged from the kitchen with freshly brewed tea. Seeing him standing by the fireplace, she called out to him gently, "Tim, have some tea.""Sure." He took a seat on the couch, and she served him a cup of tea.Taking a sip, he commented, "Mm, this is good stuff. The tea has depths and comes on strong. This is the best Darjeeling tea. I gifted Mr. Johnson some o
"Chelsey Jenson, how dare you sleep around when we're not even divorced yet? What do you take me for?" Lucas' voice boomed, prompting Chelsey and Timothy to cast astonished glances at him.Instead of a lustful scene, which he had expected to see, Lucas found them engaged in arts.Chelsey watched on with admiration as Timothy focused on creating a painting. The room was filled with an intellectual atmosphere, with no indecent activity in sight. Even the air smelled of the crisp and calming scent of paper and paint.Knowing that Lucas must have misunderstood, Chelsey frowned at him and chided, "What's wrong with painting? You can be quite crass, can't you? Can't you at least show me some respect in front of our guest?"Timothy merely cast an indifferent glance at Lucas before going back to painting. In contrast to Timothy's calmness, Lucas appeared brash and crude.Lucas tried to suppress his anger. He went up to Timothy and asked calmly, "Are you painting?"Chelsey glared at him,
Lucas was upset when Timothy wished him a happy marriage. Not showing any mercy, he turned to Chelsey and confronted her, asking, "Don't you think you should give me a heads-up before you bring any outsiders home?"Chelsey retorted, "Tim isn't an outsider. He's like a brother to me.""I still have the right to know because this is my place," Lucas snapped as he warily eyed Timothy.He was troubled by the way Timothy looked at Chelsey."Fine. I'll move out tomorrow," Chelsey grumbled as she glared at Lucas. It was not as if she wanted to live here.Timothy immediately chimed in, "I have an empty villa. Why don't you move in for the time being? There's a spacious study and painting room in that villa for you to work undisturbed."Before Chelsey had a chance to speak, Lucas turned down the offer on her behalf. "It's fine. This is her home, and she'll be staying. I'll add her name to the title deed tomorrow."At that moment, Chelsey was incredibly irritated by Lucas. What was he t
Chelsey waved at Lucas dismissively. "Whatever. I'm taking a rest now."She marched into the guest bedroom and locked herself within, prompting Lucas to let out a wry chuckle. She seemed to be growing tired and annoyed at him, refusing to even endure his antics.Standing at the door of the guest bedroom, he lifted his hand to knock but hesitated. He stood there, staring keenly at the door for a while before he shook his head and left.When Chelsey heard the sound of a car driving away, she went to the window and saw Lucas leaving. She let out a sigh of relief and lay on her bed, texting Sandra, "Lucas Yates left."Sandra joked, "Where to? Is he going to spend time with that bitch again?"Chelsey replied, "He's probably going back to the hospital to keep his mom company."Sandra didn't seem to care. She changed the topic, writing, "Ugh, I'm suffering from cramps today. It's my second day of period, and it sucks. I've been in bed since the afternoon."The mention of menstruation r
Chelsey's hand was shaking when she held her phone. She panicked. "Sandra, what do I do?"The child arrived without any warning, and she was caught off guard.Sandra, however, sounded calmer than her friend. "Chels, it's tough being a single mom. The kid needs a father figure too. Why don't you have a talk with Lucas? If he wants the baby, tell him to break it off with that bitch and stay with you. At least, the baby will be born into a complete family."As Chelsey's friend, Sandra witnessed the hardships Chelsey had gone through in her marriage to Lucas. Sandra understood the depth of Chelsey's love for Lucas, and she thought it'd be a happy ending if the couple stayed married for the child.Chelsey caressed her belly. Although she was only carrying a fetus at this point, she was experiencing a new feeling as a mother.After some thinking, she came to a decision. "Fine. I'll talk to him tomorrow. If he doesn't want the baby, I'll raise the baby alone."A baby made her happier