After arriving at kindergarten, Fabian saw the other female teacher who had ‘lectured’ him that day.
Fabian thought Julie applied for leave, so he asked casually, “Is Miss Charles not here today?”
The female teacher was stunned and looked at Fabian in surprise, “Mr. Johnson, how could you ask such a thing?”
Fabian frowned slightly, “What do you mean?”
“…Mr. Johnson, are you even Julie’s boyfriend? Is this how a boyfriend should act? Don’t you know that your girlfriend is in the hospital?” ’
Faced with the accusation from the female teacher, Fabian felt that he was implicated though innocent. He was bewildered.
However, he was not in the mood to care so much. However, Lillian seemed to be curious. She blinked as she looked at Fabian.
It seemed that she had deep doubts about the word ‘boyfriend’ in her tiny head.
In the evening after school, Fabian showed up on time to pick up Lillian.
The female teacher who replaced Julie in the morning brought Lillian over, she had a very disdainful look on her face.
“Mr. Johnson, you really are carefree. You still haven’t visited your girlfriend, but you’re so patient and careful with children. How can you not care about your girlfriend at all? Julie was hurt and got hospitalized because of you.”
The female teacher told Fabian again.
Fabian was confused. Julie was hospitalized because of him?
He did not ask much, and he did not bother to explain his relationship with Julie either. He wanted to save some face for Julie, so he took Lillian away.
The female teacher was a little puzzled when she saw Fabian completely ignoring her, but she could not say anything else.
In the car, Fabian turned his head to look at Lillian, who was sitting in the backseat. He parted his lips softly.
“Lily, let’s go to the hospital now.”
Lillian blinked her shiny eyes and looked at Fabian, she seemed to be asking why they were going to the hospital. Was she unwell again?
Fabian could tell what Lillian wanted to ask at a glance, and he smiled gently.
“We’re going to visit Miss Charles.”
The doubts in her little head were immediately resolved. Lillian nodded, sat down obediently, turned her head, and glanced at the bouquet of powder blue baby’s breath was on the seat.
The powder blue baby’s breath was her favorite flower.
Lillian thought silently while looking up at the scenery outside the car window.
Before long, the car pulled into the parking lot of a hospital in the city center.
Fabian took Lillian out of the car and took the bouquet as well as two boxes of gifts.
Before coming, Fabian had already learned about Julie’s hospital ward.
As they approached the door, Fabian handed Lillian the bouquet.
“Lily, give it to Miss Charles later.”
Lillian nodded obediently. She lowered her eyes and looked at the flowers in her hand seriously.
Fabian took Lillian’s little hand and walked to Julie’s ward. He raised his hand to knock on the door and found that the door was open.
Out of courtesy, Fabian knocked on the door anyway.
“Is anyone inside?”
After Fabian said that, there was movement in the bathroom.
A well-dressed and graceful woman walked toward Fabian with a puzzled face.
“Who are you?”
Fabian figured that the woman in front of him was Julie’s mother, so he introduced himself calmly, “Hello, I’m Mr. Johnson. I’ve brought a child from Miss Charles’ class to visit her. I heard that she’s hospitalized.”
The woman immediately understood, and a kind smile appeared on her face.
“I see. How considerate of you. Please come in. Julie is in the bathroom now and will be out soon.”
Fabian nodded. “Lily, come in.”
Lillian obediently followed Fabian into the ward just as Julie came out of the bathroom.
When Julie saw Fabian here, she almost could not believe her eyes. The tall good-looking figure and the handsome gentle face in her sight were all real.
Fabian also spotted Julie. He greeted her very politely and courteously, “Miss Charles, how are you feeling? I didn’t know you were in the hospital. That’s why I only came to see you now. My apologies.”
Julie was stunned, not knowing what to say for a while.
On the other hand, Julie’s mother quickly replied, “You’re too kind. It’s already nice enough for you to come to visit Julie. What are you sorry for? Please sit down.”
Julie’s mother was very polite. Then, she bowed her head and asked Lillian kindly. “Little girl, you look so beautiful. What’s your name?”
Lillian blinked her big clear eyes and glanced at Fabian.
“Her name is Lillian.”
“Lillian? That’s a really special and nice name. Come sit down, good girl.”
“Mr. Johnson, Lily, you should sit down first.” Julie finally came back to her senses and greeted.
Lillian turned and walked toward Julie, passing the bouquet in her hand to Julie.
Seeing the bouquet that Lillian just handed to her, Julie’s annoyed mood seemed to be relieved at once.
“Thank you, Lily.” She thanked Lillian and took the bouquet.
Julie’s mother finally felt relieved when she saw a smile on Julie’s face.
She had not seen her daughter smile since she got hospitalized.
“Julie, you should talk first. I’ll go outside to buy something.”
Julie also wanted to speak to Fabian alone, so she nodded. “Okay.” 1
Fabian, Lillian, and Julie were soon left in the ward.
Julie was also very puzzled by Fabian’s sudden visit. At the same time, she also held a trace of expectation in her heart.
“Why did you suddenly come to the hospital to visit me, Mr. Johnson?”
“Originally, I wanted to prevent people from misunderstanding our relationship, so I didn’t want to take this trip. But I heard that you were injured and got hospitalized because of me, so I thought I needed to come and visit you.” Fabian’s explanation was very straightforward. There were almost no subtleties at all.
The only hope that remained in Julie’s heart was also disillusioned in an instant.
Sure enough, she was overthinking again.
“Don’t take it to heart, Mr. Johnson. I was injured because I didn’t pay attention to where I was going and fell accidentally. It has nothing to do with you, Mr. Johnson.”
“I have to apologize no matter what,” Fabian apologized sincerely. “Where did you hurt yourself, Miss Charles? Is it serious?”
Julie retracted her hands when she heard the words. The wounds that were already healing somehow became more painful.
“It’s okay, they’re just flesh wounds. My mother came to take me home from the hospital today,” Julie said while looking at Lillian, who was sitting quietly beside Fabian. “What about Lily? Is she okay?”
“Lily is fine, since I’m taking care of her, I won’t let anything happen to her again,” Fabian promised. His gentle gaze fell on Lillian’s little face, and there seemed to be a very subtle and special light in his eyes. Julie’s heart trembled inexplicably.
“You care so much about Lily, Mr. Johnson.” Julie sighed softly.
“Lily is my only ‘family’ in this world,” Fabian said softly.
Julie was a little taken aback. ‘Family?’
“By the way, there’s one thing I hope you can do for me.” Fabian asked for a favor.
Julie was very curious and thought it was related to Lillian. “What is it? Mr. Johnson, please tell me.”
“I hope that when you go back to work, you’ll explain to your colleagues that you and I are not dating.”
Julie was stunned. She did not think that this was what Fabian wanted to ask of her.
She suddenly felt that she was too naive, she could feel that Fabian did not have any feelings for her, but she still had some unrealistic fantasies and expectations, she thought that this man would become interested in her.
Despite the desolation in her heart, Julie remained indifferent and calm on the surface.
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