Le quietly responded, “I didn’t think muchst night, but right now, I’m pretty regretful.”
“What happened between you two?” Shirley asked, feeling confused.
Realizing her question wasn’t quite urate, Shirley rephrased it, “What do you think?”
Le was annoyed by the situation and couldn’t give Shirley a definite answer. She vaguely said, “Let’s take it one step at a time.”
Shirley worriedly said, “You’re not nning to be with Mason, are you? Have you forgotten what I told you?”
Le shook her head. “I don’t have that n.”
“That’s good. Mason is the kind of person we can’t afford to mess with.”
Le nodded. “Let’s talk about your situation first.”
Thinking about her own situation, Shirley couldn’t muster any enthusiasm. She felt like a prisoner on death row, doomed to die.
As they were talking, Mason emerged from the ward and said in a low voice, “He’s awake.”…
Le and Shirley appeared in Caleb’s ward a few minutester.
The moment she saw Caleb, Le just couldn’t make the connection between the man in the hospital bed, bandaged up like a mummy, and Caleb, who Shirley had just said was only lightly beaten.
Caleb was wrapped up like a mummy, with only his eyes visible. But even from those eyes, his overflowing anger was evident.
Shirley met Caleb’s gaze and shrunk back behind Le.
Le, “Mr. Mitchell.”This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.
Caleb blinked but didn’t speak. Le saw his reaction and tightened her lips, refraining fromughing.
Mason nced at Le, walked over to Caleb’s bed, and grabbed a chair to sit down. He casually remarked, “Are you sure you just got beaten up and didn’t get in a car ident?”
As soon as Mason spoke, the two women in the ward couldn’t hold back and burst intoughter.
Caleb blinked, feeling increasingly annoyed. Unable to swear at them, he simply closed his eyes.
The more Caleb thought about it, the angrier he became, but he couldn’t vent. All his thoughts boiled down to one word: Damn woman!
Seeing Caleb close his eyes, Le turned to Shirley and whispered, “You said it was just a light hit?”
Shirley replied in an even smaller voice, afraid of Caleb hearing, “It looked serious, but it’s not that bad.”
Le couldn’t help butugh, “This isn’t considered serious?”
Shirley exined, “He wrapped his head because his jaw is dislocated. The nurses were worried he might move around in hisa, so they did that. As for his body, it’s his ribs and shoulder…”
After finishing her exnation, Shirley raised her chin and said, “You only saw the upper body, the lower half under the nket isn’t bandaged, no injuries there.”
Le was speechless. The two exchanged nces, and Shirley gave Le a pleading look. Le felt embarrassed but also felt sorry for Caleb. After a moment of silence, she sighed softly and walked up to Caleb’s bed, speaking sincerely, “Mr. Mitchell.”
Caleb kept his eyes closed and didn’t respond. Le knew Shirley was at fault, but she didn’t expect Caleb to respond right away. It wasn’t easy to forgive someone who had caused trouble both during the day and at night.
Le continued, “This is indeed Shirley’s fault. She realizes her mistake, and I was wondering if you could… could forgive her again.”
With that, Le turned her head and gestured to Shirley to apologize.
Without dy, Shirley stepped forward and bowed towards Caleb’s bed, “Mr. Mitchell, I’m sorry. You’re a big man, please spare me.”
Caleb, lying on the bed, remained silent as expected, with his eyes closed.
After a few seconds, Mason kicked Caleb’s bed with his foot, “That’s enough.”
Caleb red at him, probably cursing him in his mind.
Ignoring Caleb’s reaction, Mason turned to Le, “Your friend has been up all night, take her home to rest.”
Le understood Mason was giving her a way out, but being wrong meant being wrong. Whether or not Caleb forgave her was Caleb’s business, and whether or not Shirley apologized was Shirley’s business. It’s normal for others not to forgive you if you hurt them. But if you don’t apologize, then that’s your question.
Mason saw she was stubborn, leaned back, and said nothing.
Caleb impatiently signaled Mason with his eyes.
Mason teased, “We’re not that telepathic. I’m afraid I might misunderstand you.”
Caleb cursed Mason silently in his mind.
Mason chuckled, “How about this? If I guess right, you blink twice. If I guess wrong, you blink once. If you agree, blink three times.”
Caleb, annoyed, blinked three times.
Masonughed, “Shall I let them go now?”
Caleb blinked twice.
Mason turned to Le, raising an eyebrow, “Can you go now?”
Le also noticed Caleb’s reaction. She apologized to him again with Shirley, then took out some cash from her bag and ced it on the bedside table. “Mr. Mitchell, this money may not be enough for the hospital bills, but it’s all I have with me now. Tomorrow, Shirley and I will bring the rest of the money to you.”
After saying that, she led Shirley out of the room.
Once they were out of the room, Shirley could hardly walk. Le stood with her against the hallway wall for a moment. “Your dad shouldn’t have let you learn Taekwondo. He thought you’d be a righteous hero, but instead, you’ve be a bully.”
“Really, just…” Shirley’s words trailed off as Le’s phone suddenly buzzed twice.
Le took out her phone and nced at it. It was a text from an unknown number: [Prepare fifty thousand, and I’ll tell you about your dad.]
Le didn’t need to guess who the sender was.
Seeing a hint of mockery on Le’s face, Shirley couldn’t help but ask, “Who’s texting you?”
Le didn’t hide it and handed her the phone.
Shirley took the phone, nced at it, then looked up. “Who?”
“Hunter.”
Upon hearing Le’s words, Shirley gritted her teeth. “He even used a different number to text you?”
Le didn’t mention that Hunter had sent her a dead cat a couple of days ago. “I was nning to deal with him after this, but it seems I can’t wait any longer.”
“You have to deal with scumbags quickly. What are you waiting for?”
Seeing Shirley’s reaction, Le couldn’t help but smile. “I’ll deal with it”
Shirley replied without changing her expression, “Let me help you.”
Le hadn’t really intended for Shirley to help.
After dropping Shirley off, Le parked her car on the roadside and called Mr. Brown.
When Mr. Brown answered the phone, his tone wasn’t friendly. “Le, what’s the matter?”
Le could guess how Mr Brown was feeling at the moment, he must have thought she was conspiring with Hunter to lie to him.
Le began with sincere apologies, then got straight to the point. “Mr. Brown, I’m calling to let you know that I’m nning to deal with Hunter, and it might involve your wife.”
Mr. Brown, who initially thought Le and Hunter were on the same side, was skeptical. “You’re going to deal with Hunter?”
“I know it might sound surprising, but I’ve thought it over and I can’t just let it go.”
Le didn’t want to go into specifics of what happened, and it seemed he didn’t want to hear them either. “How do you n to deal with him?”
Le was partially honest. “I may not have much influence, but I’m pretty sure, with your connections, he won’t be able to survive in Neo City. If he can’t stay in Neo City, his only option is to return home. I n to pay a visit to his hometown and let everyone know about his doing in advance.”
Mr. Brown hadn’t expected Le to have this kind of courage. Nowadays, young women cared a lot about their image, especially someone like Le, who was a leader. Doing something embarrassing like this was something most women wouldn’t dare.
After Le spoke, Mr. Brown’s tone carried a hint of amusement. “Don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”
Le replied with a smile, “Not at all.” She was more worried about having a ticking time bomb like Hunter around than being embarrassed.
Le’s confident response prompted Mr. Brown to be honest. “Go ahead with your n. I’ve already instructed thewyers to start divorce proceedings, and we’ll announce the divorce publicly in a couple of days.”
“Thank you, Mr. Brown, for your understanding. I won’t take up any more of your time.”
Mr. Brown chuckled before hanging up. “Le, why didn’t you let Mr. Ramirez handle this for you?”