Love at Dawn

Chapter8

"Heaslet, so you hate me that much! How long have you been hiding those words? It's really hard for you to say it now. Is he degrading himself because of me or because of you? You're the guilty one! You dumped your brother in order to save him, so how come you're putting the blame on me?"

"Nah! It's because of you!" I was hysterical as I tried to push him away, "You made me do it! I hate you! And I'm sick of you!"

He pulled me back and I bit down hard on his arm, just feeling like the hatred I'd suppressed for so long was about to drive me to the point of breaking down, and I couldn't wait to bite his flesh off to get rid of it. He slapped me hard with his other hand and I bawled.

We faced off in the small space. He looked at his arm, not relieved, and slapped me again, "You think you're an animal? Drinking makes you bold, thinking I won't do anything to you, is that it? Before you messed with me and still know to stop in time, in front of me to pretend a good and docile look, hide the claws tightly, this is only after how long, as soon as you see Leonard you can't pretend, ah?"

"I just can't get over him, I just love Leonard, what can you do to me?"

Angus stared at me for several seconds before slowly moving away from me, loosening his tie and opening the door to go out.

I sat up straight, just feeling so ridiculous between us. Instead of getting back into the car, he leaned against one of the streetlight poles on the side of the road outside and smoked.

The smoke slowly dispersed in the wind, and through the inky windows, his whole person didn't seem quite real. And I was no longer able to explore what the hell he was thinking, Angus was too scary for me.

He finished that cigarette before he got back into the car without a word until it pulled into the villa, where he slammed on the brakes and said to me, "Get out."

He started the car and left a second after I got out.

I walked quickly back to my room and ran the water to start the shower. The warm water covered my entire body tenderly, allowing me to gradually relax.

After this night, I didn't see Angus again for a number of days. It was only Nanny Maya who went out a lot during this period, I drove to work and the driver there started the car to take Nanny Maya out as well, she was holding a thermos box in her hand and seemed to be in quite a hurry.

I asked her, "Maya, are you going out? I've been seeing you running around all the time these days, what's going on? Do you need my help?"

"No, no, you go to work." She waved her hand, "A relative of mine is hospitalized, his family is out of town and I'm the only one who can take care of him, it doesn't matter."

I didn't ask any more questions, got in the car, glanced in the mirror, then turned the wheel and followed the family car, but didn't want to be spotted by them, so I had to follow at a distance. Because I didn't think Nanny Maya was quite right this time, I thought about how I hadn't seen Angus in days and kept wondering.

From a distance, I saw the car in front of me drive into the hospital. After thinking about it, I parked the car in a space on the side of the road, and then walked over to the hospital's main desk and asked, "Excuse me, is there an Angus who is hospitalized here?"

"Yes, ward 500."

The nurse at the main desk blurted out. I was a little taken aback, and she smiled, "There are a lot of people coming to see this patient these days, looks like this guy is a big shot, I heard he's a big boss."

I didn't take her words, just said "thank you" and got on the elevator, but in my heart, there is some indescribable feeling. He has been hospitalized for so many days, it seems that everyone knows about it, only I, the nominal wife, has been kept in the dark, it seems that he does not want to see me.

The elevator went all the way up and finally stopped at the fifth floor. I swept the floor and saw the driver standing outside talking to someone, I walked straight over. He didn't realize it was me at first, but suddenly turned around and was startled to see it was me, and asked very unnaturally, "MADAM, why are you here?"

I asked him, "How many days has it been?"

He was puzzled, "What?"

"How many days has Angus been hospitalized?"

"Four or five days." The driver answered a little cautiously.

I stopped saying anything and pushed my way in, when I heard the voice of Maya, the nanny inside, "It says the silver fungus is good for the stomach, so I boiled it up and sent it over, and I'm eating more or less of the worst of the worst."

I walked in, Angus looked up, first narrowed his eyes in a careless manner, suddenly saw that it was me, suddenly, his eyes widened, then growled at Nanny Maya, "Who told her to come here? Who told her to come here?"

Nanny Maya also looked back at me in surprise, obviously not expecting me to be here, embarrassed and overwhelmed. I said to her, "You go back first."

She hurriedly gathered her things and went out.

The room was twice the size of a normal hospital room, with flowers on the table and windowsill, and a vague aroma floating about.

Angus was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, probably because of his illness, he seemed to have lost some weight, and the clothes looked a bit empty on his tall body. At first glance, I was surprised to see that I was a little uncomfortable, as if he wasn't the same person as before.

Time is really a strange thing, that day I hated him to the bone, but a few days do not see, it is not like the former so disgusted with him.

He glared at me: "How did you find this place? I told you I wouldn't let anyone tell you, and who told you?"

"No one told me. I felt bad myself and secretly followed the driver's car all the way here."

"Then what are you doing here? You're not needed here, Nanny Maya will bring things over on time, you're here, you'll just be an eyesore for me, get out while you can."

"How did you end up in the hospital? You were fine before, why are you in the hospital in a flash? Gotta let me know why."

He gave me an odd look, "Nothing, I had a social gathering and drank too much."

I laughed at him, "Dang it, the richer you are, the pettier you are, you don't even want to lose your life for the sake of business, is it necessary to play hard to get to drink like this?"

"What do you know!" He laughed coldly, "Hmph", "You're lecturing me instead, are you very capable?"

Being choked by him like that, I cursed my nerves.

I was just about to grab my bag and leave when there was a knock on the door. He impatiently shouted, "Come in". Before I saw him, I heard his voice. Of course, what I am talking about here is the sound of high heels.

The person who came in was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and skin so white you could see the tiny veins on her face. Apparently, she hadn't expected another me in the hospital room.

The beautiful woman spoke, "Angus, I've just returned from a business trip, so I've just had time to come and see you, are you feeling better?"

"You guys are all so quick with the news, I was just hospitalized, how come the whole world knows about it? It must have been Ramon's megaphone talking all over the place."

"Angus, Leo didn't mean it, I pestered him into telling him."

I grabbed my bag to go, "I'm late for work, so you guys talk, I'll just go."

Angus said nonchalantly, "Heaslet, why don't you have any hospitality left? People Vitti make a special trip, and you don't invite anyone to sit down."

Once he said this, I couldn't figure out what Angus meant. Just now he wanted me to leave early, how come he won't let me go now?

Vitti looked at me, "It's Sister Heaslet, isn't it, I'm Ramon's sister, I've heard Leo talk about you a long time ago."

When she said that, I had to put my bag down and said to her, "So it's Ramon's sister, she's so pretty, come sit on the couch, do you want some water?"

"No, no, Sister Heaslet, don't be busy, I just came to see Brother Angus. I won't stay much longer; I'll say goodbye first."