“I don’t understand. I’ve been lying in bed for five years…so why are there calluses on my hands? And my heart ached for no reason other than having dreams and headaches.”
He raised his head to look at Rachel. “Doctor. Can you please tell me what happened to me?”
Rachel furrowed her brow after hearing what Steven had to say. She narrowed her eyes and looked at this man who had clear and pure eyes.
She frowned.
The old Luke she knew was a gangster leader. He had an extraordinary identity, and his method of solving problems was different from regular folks. He had the skill and ability to trick all of the people in Sea City and Merchant City. He had vicious, cold eyes; ones that looked beyond and further than everyone else.
However, this man who went by the name of Steven Hughes had clear, bright eyes, much like the eyes of a kid who had not known the evil in the world.
Rachel hesitated when she saw the look in Steven’s eyes. She furrowed her brow and looked into his eyes. “Do you really want to know what happened?”
She was a doctor. She understood once Steven knew the truth, his future would never be peaceful anymore. Thus, she had to remind Steven of all of the pros and cons before telling him the truth.
Steven nodded as an ominous feeling rose in his chest. “My past…”
He paused and did not finish his sentence. He cocked up his head. “Does that woman, Gwen, have anything to do with my past?”
Just as Steven finished talking, a sharp female voice came from below.
“Where’s Steven? I want to see him! Get him to come downstairs!”
It was Kate’s voice. Followingly, they heard Steven’s assistant’s voice, “Ms. Miller, Mr. Hughes is very busy now. Can you please wait for a while?”
“Very busy?”
Kate raised her volume and pitch. “Is he busy rekindling with that shameless woman?”
After leaving her house, Kate finally received word from her people.
They found out Steven went to the airport behind her back. In addition, there was a woman in his car when he left the airport, and he brought her to his private estate.
Once Kate got to know of this, she was furious that Steven lied to her and went to the airport.
The Hughes Group did not have any overseas partners nor relatives living outside of Saigen City! Why did Steven go to the airport? Was it because he wanted to stop Bethan and Gwen from leaving?
Combined with the photo from before, Kate suspected the woman Steven brought to the private estate was Gwen.
She knew it. Bethan and Gwen, those two conniving bitches, would not leave Saigen City without a fight! Although they looked like they were not after anything, they had contacted Steven secretly!
Frankly speaking, Kate blamed herself. She thought she had total control over Steven, that they were in the clear.
She underestimated Gwen and Bethan. She should have known that since Brettley had seen Steven, Gwen and Bethan would never lay low.
Her anger spiked when she thought about Steven spending time alone with Gwen upstairs in the room. She bit her lip and pushed away the two assistants that were blocking her way to rush upstairs.
“Steven! Come out now! Don’t listen to them!”
Kate dashed upstairs in one breath and kicked open the bedroom door.
At that moment, Rachel was sitting on the chair, drinking coffee in the bedroom. Steven furrowed his brow while standing beside the door as if he was about to open the door. His face blanched as Kate kicked open the door.
Rachel put the glass down on a nearby table and glanced impassively at Steven, who was standing at the door. “Is this the kind and loving girlfriend of yours you told me about?”
Kate faltered momentarily at the sight before her. She furrowed her brow and shot Rachel a puzzled look. “What’re you doing here?”
Was it not Gwen who came home with Steven?”
“What’s wrong? You don’t like seeing me here?”
Rachel curled her lips into a smirk and crossed her arms in front of her chest. Then, she leaned against the chair and gave Kate a disdainful once–over. “Have I disappointed you? Who did you expect to see standing here, if not me? Do you need my help in contacting her and getting her here?”
Kate’s expression darkened upon hearing this. She narrowed her eyes and glared at Rachel.”
Don’t you dare!”
“What makes you think I don’t?”
Rachel stood up, picked up her doctor’s bag, and sauntered in Kate’s direction. “Considering the fact that I even dared to accept your precious fiance’s invitation to come and examine him…”
She stood defiantly in front of Kate and finished her sentence, “There’s nothing else I’m afraid of.”
With that, she circled past Kate and strode away. Kate remained motionless, her hands clenched into fists next to her. Steven furrowed his brow, glancing at Rachel’s retreating figure, and barked orders at his assistants, “Please see Dr. Liddell off.”
“No need!”
Rachel’s voice rang out before the assistants could even answer. “I can hail a taxi on my own. I wouldn’t want Ms. Miller to misinterpret our relationship.”
The color drained from Steven’s face.
A split second later, he turned to stare at Kate. “What’re you doing here?”
This was his private residence that he had just purchased two weeks ago without anyone’s knowledge, the reason being that he wanted someplace where he could escape Kate and the Hughes family’s prying eyes. Despite knowing that everyone had his best interests in mind, he could not help feeling annoyed at their attention. Therefore, whenever he felt frustrated, he would spend some time alone in this house.
Moreover, he always thought that no one knew about the existence of this estate, apart from his two assistants, so how did Kate manage to find him here? “..”
Kate furrowed her brow. The truth was, she had known about this house from the moment Steven signed the contract behind her back.
She had stationed her men to keep an eye on him 24/7 from the moment he awoke from his coma. Just recently, she thought that Steven had finally been rid of all the conscious thoughts that belonged to Luke, which was why she had stopped tracking him so much. Never had she imagined that just a week after she stopped following Steven around, those bitches Gwen and Bethan would arrive in Saigen City and try to steal her man! “Have you been following me all along?”
Steven’s eyebrows knitted tightly as he interrupted her before she could even explain herself. “If you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have managed to find this place at all.”
He closed his eyes and let out a bitter chuckle. “Is this how little you think of me, Kate?”
Kate was silent for a long time before turning around and leaping into Steven’s arms. “Steven, I only did this because I care too much about you! I love you so much that I wanted someone to protect you every minute of the day! If you don’t like me doing this…I’ll stop, and I won’t do it again in the future.”
Steven’s voice lowered to barely above a whisper. “Apart from tracking my every move…”
He lowered his head to meet Kate’s shimmery, wide–eyed gaze. “What else have you been doing behind my back?”
Kate froze when she heard this.
A split second later, she lifted her head, staring right into Steven’s searching gaze, and bit her lip nervously. “What are you trying to say, Steven? Do you not trust me?”
Steven chuckled when he saw how Kate tried to deflect responsibility. “You’re the one who didn’t trust me in the first place.”
Steven never thought that his fiancee would secretly track his every move.
If she had not, how could she have discovered the address of his private residence, much less know that he had brought a woman home from the airport?
Steven did not remember much about his first impression of Kate. Although he had known since he was young that the Hughes and Miller families were close and had a marriage agreement, he never cared much about these customs.
However, when he awoke after five years of being in a coma, everyone told him that he and Kate had gotten engaged prior to his accident. Not only that, but his parents also emphasized how much Kate had sacrificed for him during the past five years.
Therefore, Steven had always been inclined to think that Kate was a kind and loving woman who was utterly devoted to him.
The few times he came across Gwen and developed feelings for her, he would thereafter be overcome by his guilt and feel that he was betraying Kate, but at this moment…
Staring at the woman before him, Steven suddenly realized just how foreign she seemed.
He could not believe that Kate, the fiancee that loved him above all else, was secretly following him all along!
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, Steven!”
Kate wrapped her arms tightly around his body. “I was worried that something bad would happen to you because…”
She bit her lip and said, “I love you, I really do, and I don’t ever want to lose you again, so I…”
“Is that so?”
Steven gently pried her hands away and plopped down in the nearest seat.”
You’re doing this because you love me?”
He lifted his head to stare coldly at Kate. “If you do, why have you never seemed bothered by the fact that I frequently have headaches and nightmares?”
He narrowed his eyes. “What have you done to me when I was in my coma, Kate?”
Kate’s entire body stiffened upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously, her whole body frozen in stupor. “Steven… Did… What did Rachel tell you just now? Please don’t believe her! She’s not telling the truth!”
Kate lunged forward, got onto one knee, and grabbed hold of Steven’s hand in desperation.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.