Chapter 8 Can I Meet Your Wife


    Inside the office, Vanessa looked at Edward from behind and remained silent. Suddenly there was a


    knock on the door and Edward said, “Enter.”


    Susan looked into the room, entered, and said, “Mr. Ford, I need to take leave to go to the hospital to


    visit a friend’s mother.”


    Edward raised his eyebrow, looked at Susan, and nodded, “Do you need the driver to send you?”


    Susan was able to sense that Vanessa was staring intensely at her as soon as she entered the office.


    “No no, no need. I’ll take a taxi. The hospital is not far away.”


    Vanessa’s stare made Susan very ufortable and Susan quickly rejected and left the office. She


    was in a hurry to leave and just before she closed the door behind her, she heard Vanessa said softly


    to Edward, “Edward, can I meet your wife? I want to thank her for acting with you for such a long time.”


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    What she heard shocked Susan and she practically ran out of the office. The sound of the door close


    shocked the people inside.


    Once she got into the taxi, Susan reflected on herself. Was that necessary? It was only one of his first


    loves who came back. Why should she be so afraid? What’s wrong with you? Ah… but she knew that


    Vanessa was different from the others but she didn’t know what Edward thought of her.


    She thought that she could just spend the next five months being a secretary and a dutiful Mrs. Ford.


    She will then leave when the five months were up. Looked like… it’s impossible now. She needed to


    bring forward the ns.


    At the hospital, Susan met up with Tina and went along with her to look for the hospital director. She


    spent a while discussing with the director about her mother’s treatment.


    This new machine involved a new treatment technique as well as part of ongoing research. The


    hospital can subsidize part of the medical costs. But the remainder of the fees would require Susan to


    pay. Susan was nheless dumbfounded.


    Although she had been married to Edward, Susan had sold or pawned the gifts given to her by him to


    pay for her mother’s medical bills and her other expenses over these years. This money had almost


    been exhausted.


    Now, for her mother’s treatment, although she can depend on Edward to foot the initial expenses,


    subsequently… she may not be able to afford it. After all, she will soon divorce Edward.


    “Director, how long will this treatment take?”


    “If all goes well, about one and a half years.”


    The director looked at her medical records and said, “Because your mother’s brain cells death rate has


    reached 98%, we need to stabilize the cells and then cultivate the cells. You should be aware of the


    time taken for cell recement.”


    “Then about the costs…” Susan bit her lips and tried to urge the director for a lower cost, “Can the


    subsidies be raised? Eighty million yuan… it’s really too much…”


    “Erm…” The director was in a fix, “Tina and I had specially negotiated with the higher management for


    this cost. This research needed aatose patient with some brain and heart function to test on.”


    This caused Susan to be even more troubled.


    “I can pay this amount for you.”


    Just as Susan was hesitating now to answer, the director’s office door was suddenly opened and Jarvis


    walked in and said, “Director, I can pay for this medical expense… as to whether in full or a portion, I


    will have to speak to the patient’s family alone.”


    Jarvis intentionally avoided looking at Susan but his objective was clear. The director understood and


    immediately pulled Tina out of his office.


    Susan looked up at Jarvis and immediately refused, “Thanks for your kindness but we have nothing to


    talk about. I will find a way to pay for the medical treatments.”


    “How will you do that? Do you have so much money?” Jarvis immediately held onto Susan’s hand but


    Susan flung away his hand, “Even then I will not use a cent of your money.”


    Years ago, had it not been Jarvis’ mother who used unscrupulous means to get her expelled from the


    medical course, she could certainly be a doctor now and perhaps her mother could have recovered


    long ago.


    “Why?” Jarvis asked.


    But before Susan could reply, a voice was heard as a woman walked in, “Jarvis, I was just speaking to


    Director Parker and you disappeared. I was looking all over for you.”