Slap!
“Ouch!” Armand held onto his arm, “Grandma, how do you have so much strength? You’re going to disable me if you hit me again. By then, how can I have children?”
“You’re not disabled now, and I don’t see you have children too. Let me tell you this, Armand. You’re not a kid anymore, don’t joke around. I’m serious about this, and you cannot let me die with regrets.” “You’re going to live forever…”
“Kiddo!” Elizabeth gave him a slap on the arm again. Armand leaned closer towards her, “You might as well beat me up to death now. I’m going to go crazy from your naggings anyway.” Elizabeth was truly furious now, “Do you think I like to nag you? If you have brothers, I wouldn’t care if you’re single for your whole life. Do you think it was easy for me to raise you?”
As she said, her eyes became teary, “Your dad passed away just like that, and your grandpa left me a long time ago too…”
Armand was afraid that his grandmother would bring up the past. He quickly drew a piece of tissue and wiped her tears.
“I won’t ask much from you. I just don’t want to see you single when I’m dead. How can I die in peace? How could I, knowing that our family’s going to cease to exist after this generation?” Armand laid at the side of the bed irreverently. He didn’t want to talk nor move.
He really did not want to accompany her here.
However, she was old and had no children by her side anymore. Her only son had passed away at such a young age. Armand was her only family now. He had to take care of her now that she was hospitalized.
But when he was here, she would nag on and on without end. Perhaps the elderly could talk endlessly about the same matter.
She kept repeating her words that he was almost at his limits.
“I don’t want to force you either. Just do whatever you want. I’m going to die soon anyway.” Elizabeth was still mad.
Armand smacked his head with his fist, “You’re already so old, don’t get mad. If you continue being angry, I’ll just die together with you.”
Elizabeth grabbed his hand, forbidding him from hitting himself, “I won’t force you, but give me a time. I don’t have many years left to live. Can you get married and have children while I’m still alive?” Armand had no choice but to comfort her, “I’ll get married and give you your great-grandchildren in two years, okay?”
He thought of adopting one and tell Elizabeth that it was his child when the time came to comfort her first.
“No, two years is too long. One year.” Elizabeth was determined.
Armand could only nod now, “I promise you, so can you stop the nagging?”
Elizabeth let out a sigh, “When you’re old, even your family dislikes you.”
Armand was speechless.
“I don’t dislike you. What do you want to eat? I’ll go buy it for you.” Armand patted Elizabeth, “I know all these years had been tough for you.”
Elizabeth asked him back in return, “You didn’t eat breakfast this morning, did you?”
How could Armand have the appetite to eat?
She had been blabbering on and on. He was going to go mad.
“You go and eat, I ate earlier so I’m not hungry.”
Armand wasn’t hungry too, but he wanted to go out and get some fresh air. He said, “I’m hungry. I’m going to buy some food.”
Elizabeth told him to just go.
All of a sudden, Theresa did not dare to meet Elizabeth anymore. When she heard that Armand was going to leave the room, she dashed in the direction of the pantry. As soon as she entered, Armand walked out.
Hiding at a corner, she watched Armand walked further away. She only came out slowly after Armand reached the elevator.
Standing in the corridor, she listened to the sound of the surrounding.
She heard the elevator’s doors opened and closed after a moment. She walked over, and sure enough, Armand wasn’t there anymore.
At this time, the door to the other elevator opened. Theresa entered and went down to the lobby too.
She arrived a little later than Armand. When she came out of the elevator, he had already exited from the hospital’s doors.
Theresa didn’t know whether she should head back home or meet Armand. She was stuck in a dilemma.
Upon seeing that Armand did not leave to buy food but turned into an alley, Theresa followed him from behind, wanting to know what he was up to.
Armand squatted by the wall and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He shook a piece out, put it into his mouth, and clumsily lit it up.
This was also the first time Theresa saw him smoking.
She knew very well that Armand never smokes.
However, he was hiding and smoking in an isolated place at this moment. She could see how frustrated he was feeling inside.
To think about it, she was infertile herself, and his only family was urging him to get married and have children. How could he not be suffering deep inside?
Theresa really didn’t want to see him struggling so much.
She turned around quietly. She didn’t go upstairs to see Elizabeth anymore because she had underestimated Elizabeth’s desire for a great-grandson.
She didn’t think about it too much when she came over. She just wanted to see Armand and visit Elizabeth. It was this unplanned action that let her clearly see the problem between herself and Armand. How long could they be together if they didn’t have any children?
Armand may not want one, but it would be impossible for his grandmother to not want one.
She sat by the flower garden on the roadside and gave Armand a phone call as she took her phone out. The call was picked up when it connected after it rang for a short while.
Theresa could imagine what he was doing when he answered the phone late.
He was probably adjusting his mood or putting out the cigarette in his hand.
“Theresa.”
Soon enough, Armand’s relaxed voice echoed over.
If she didn’t see him hiding and smoking to alleviate his emotions, she would definitely think that he was in a good mood right now as she listened to his voice through the phone. However, she knew that Armand was just faking his good mood right now.
He was hiding his inner feelings in front of her.
“It’s nothing. I just wanted to call you,” Theresa lowered her head and looked at her toes, “Armand.”
“Hmm?”
Theresa really wanted to say, ‘Let’s break up.’
‘And stop tormenting each other.’
But she couldn’t say it out loud.
She could actually feel that Armand still had feelings for her.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.