By the time Joshua left the hospital room, the sky outside was already brightening.
Keen reluctantly walked Joshua to the door. "Mr. Joshua, are you really leaving so soon? Aren''t you going to wait for Mommy to wake up?"
"No," Joshua said. "I did something wrong and made your mommy angry. If she sees me when she wakes up, she''ll be in a bad mood, and that''s not good for her recovery."
Keen looked up at him. "Mr. Joshua, when I made Mommy angry before, she always forgave me in the end. I''m sure she''ll forgive you too."
Joshua smiled and crouched down to meet Keen''s gaze.
"I know. Mommy just needs some time to cool off. So, during this time, can Keen take care of Mommy for me?"
Keen nodded firmly. "I will."
Although he still didn''t know what had happened, Keen refused to believe Mr. Joshua was a bad person. The way Mr. Joshua had risked his life to save him couldn''t have been an act.
"There are some things I can''t exin to you right now," Joshua said. "But you''re a smart boy, Keen. Mr. Joshua trusts that you can make your own judgments."
After giving Keen a few more instructions, Joshua opened the door and left the room.
The moment the door closed, Joshua saw Neville Connolly waiting outside, who had appeared at some point.
Joshua''s dark eyes narrowed slightly, then he raised an eyebrow.
"Waiting for me specifically?"
"That''s right," Neville confirmed.
"How did you know I wasing?" Joshua asked.
"I heard Star had woken up tonight, so I was nning toe see her," Neville exined. "But Abby told me toe tomorrow, saying Keen insisted on staying with Star tonight to whisper secrets to her. She even said Keen took a nap beforehand specifically for this."
Neville looked at him, a slight smirk on his lips.
"Clearly, this wasn''t a
spur-of-the-moment decision for Keen; it was premeditated. Even if he really wanted to stay up with Star, he wouldn''t have thought to sleep in advance. Unless... he was waiting for someone thought it might be Foreman Richards, but never
expected it would be you."
Joshua''s face showed no surprise.
He looked at Neville. "Now you''ve seen me... Is there anything else?"
"No."
"Then may I leave?" Joshua asked.
Neville made a ''go ahead'' gesture.
Joshua started to walk away.
As he passed Neville, Joshua said, "Take care of her."
Neville watched Joshua''s back and suddenly asked, "Neville watched him walk away and suddenly asked, "Are you sure you really want me looking after her?"
Joshua''s steps faltered.
Neville continued, still looking at his back, "If you genuinely wanted me to take care of her, why did you have toe and sabotage things in the first ce?"
Neville didn''t spell it out, but they both knew exactly what he was talking about.
Back then, Ste had agreed to pretend to be Neville''s fiancée. For Neville, it was a perfect opportunity to build a rtionship with her. But it wasn''t long before that was ruined.
From the outside, it looked like something Foreman had set up. But Foreman was in Novaris at the time, how could he have gotten news So quickly, Besides, during that period, Joshua frequently used various tactics to show up and disrupt their dates. Joshua''s hand was definitely involved in that mess.
Joshua remained silent, his back still to Neville, hiding his expression.
Neville''s voice came again. "You don''t have to tell me; I''ll take good care of her. However, if Star and I do get together because of this, I hope you won''te back to sabotage us again. And at that point, Lalso hope you won''t appear in front of Star, intentionally or not, and disturb her life, just as you''re doing now."