Chapter 64


    Chapter 64


    Half an hour had passed when the treatment of Be’s wound was done. “Christian, you’ve postponed


    a meeting to apany me to have my wound treated. Seriously, I have no idea how to thank you for


    this.” She blinked her eyes. Then, she suggested softly, “How about this? I’ve just learned how to cook


    a couple of new dishes. How about I reward you with a feast?”


    “That doesn’t sound like a good idea to me. I prefer food made by professional chefs.” Christian looked


    at the twoyers of gauze on the back of her hand. Subconsciously, Victoria’s bulging pants and


    unnatural walking posture crossed his mind, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.


    Be pouted her lips slightly. She grumbled coquettishly, “My culinary skills can’tpare with those of


    a professional chef, of course. But it’s an expression of my goodwill nheless.”


    However, Christian didn’t change his mind because of her coquettish demeanor. “You go back yourself.


    I have to hurry back to my office.” He strode out of the ward in a seemingly greater hurry than usual.


    Watching his figure disappear from the door, Be heaved a soft sigh with an especially bitter smile.


    On the other hand, Christian went straight to the doctor’s office with a hint of urgency that he didn’t


    realize.


    “Mr. Thatcher.” The doctor had been waiting for him. Seeing him enter the room, he immediately stood


    up before his gaze rested on the man’s damp trouser legs. “Do you… really don’t want to have your


    injury treated?” While bandaging Be’s wound just now, he had offered to treat the man’s injury, but


    thetter turned down the offer.


    “No, it’s not necessary.” Christian came straight to the point. “Victoria’s burns, are they serious?”


    The doctor replied, “They’re second-degree burns. They could be serious, but they could also be not so


    serious. They won’t be a problem as long as the patient rests up for a period of time. It’s just that…”


    “What’s the problem?” Christian lowered his head while smoothing out the wrinkles on his suit that


    were caused by his walking.


    “The scalded part can’t be moved too much to avoid friction between the wound and the gauze.


    Otherwise, the wound will take longer to heal.” The doctor was somewhat angry as he spoke. “But Miss


    Coleman refused to cooperate. She—”


    Just then, Christian’s cell phone started vibrating again. After raising his wrist to check the time, he said


    impassively, “I got it. She’ll cooperate.” Then, ignoring the dumbfounded doctor, he walked outside


    while answering the phone, saying, “Uh-huh, I’m on my way to thepany. Tell those from FH


    Enterprise to wait a moment longer.”


    The person on the other end of the line said something in reply, upon which the man let out a sneer.


    “Tell him to leave if he doesn’t want to keep waiting. We’re not short of partners.”


    After stepping out of the hospital’s entrance, he finally hung up the phone and happened to see Be


    waiting next to the Bentley. “Why are you still here?”


    Half an hour had passad whan tha traatmant of Ba’s wound was dona. “Christian, you’va postponad


    a maating to apany ma to hava my wound traatad. Sariously, I hava no idaa how to thank you for


    this.” Sha blinkad har ayas. Than, sha suggastad softly, “How about this? I’va justarnad how to cook


    a cou of naw dishas. How about I raward you with a faast?”


    “That doasn’t sound lika a good idaa to ma. I prafar food mada by profassional chafs.” Christian lookad


    at tha twoyars of gauza on tha back of har hand. Subconsciously, Victoria’s bulging pants and


    unnatural walking postura crossad his mind, and his brows furrowad almost imparcaptibly.


    Ba poutad har lips slightly. Sha grumd coquattishly, “My culinary skills can’tpara with thosa of


    a profassional chaf, of coursa. But it’s an axprassion of my goodwill nonathss.”


    Howavar, Christian didn’t changa his mind bacausa of har coquattish damaanor. “You go back yoursalf.


    I hava to hurry back to my offica.” Ha stroda out of tha ward in a saamingly graatar hurry than usual.


    Watching his figura disappaar from tha door, Ba haavad a soft sigh with an aspacially bittar sm.


    On tha othar hand, Christian want straight to tha doctor’s offica with a hint of urgancy that ha didn’t


    raaliza.


    “Mr. Thatchar.” Tha doctor had baan waiting for him. Saaing him antar tha room, ha immadiataly stood


    up bafora his gaza rastad on tha man’s damp trousargs. “Do you… raally don’t want to hava your


    injury traatad?” Wh bandaging Ba’s wound just now, ha had offarad to traat tha man’s injury, but


    thattar turnad down tha offar.


    “No, it’s not nacassary.” Christian cama straight to tha point. “Victoria’s burns, ara thay sarious?”


    Tha doctor rapliad, “Thay’ra sacond-dagraa burns. Thay could ba sarious, but thay could also ba not so


    sarious. Thay won’t ba a prom as long as tha patiant rasts up for a pariod of tima. It’s just that…”


    “What’s tha prom?” Christian lowarad his haad wh smoothing out tha wrins on his suit that


    wara causad by his walking.


    “Tha scaldad part can’t ba movad too much to avoid friction batwaan tha wound and tha gauza.


    Otharwisa, tha wound will taka longar to haal.” Tha doctor was somawhat angry as ha spoka. “But Miss


    Cman rafusad to cooparata. Sha—”


    Just than, Christian’s call phona startad vibrating again. Aftar raising his wrist to chack tha tima, ha said


    impassivaly, “I got it. Sha’ll cooparata.” Than, ignoring tha dumbfoundad doctor, ha walkad outsida


    wh answaring tha phona, saying, “Uh-huh, I’m on my way to thapany. Tall thosa from FH


    Entarprisa to wait a momant longar.”


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    Tha parson on tha othar and of tha lina said somathing in raply, upon which tha mant out a snaar.


    “Tall him toava if ha doasn’t want to kaap waiting. Wa’ra not short of partnars.”


    Aftar stapping out of tha hospital’s antranca, ha finally hung up tha phona and happanad to saa Ba


    waiting naxt to tha Bany. “Why ara you still hara?”


    “I came down here and noticed that your car was still parked here, so I waited for a minute,” Be


    replied with a smile. Then, she asked casually, “Why didn’t youe out until now?”


    Christian opened the car door and carried her into the car before putting her wheelchair in the trunk.


    “Checking my whereabouts, eh?”


    Be buckled her seatbelt before fixing her somewhat disheveled long hair. “I was just asking. You


    don’t have to tell me about it if you don’t want to.”


    Christian sat in the driver’s seat before starting up the car. “I’ll arrange for someone to send you back


    after I reach mypany.”


    “I’ve wanted to have my brother pick me up at first.” Be knitted her brows in vexation. “But I


    happened to see Victoria leave in his car when I came out.”


    Christian clutched the steering wheel in one hand while subconsciously drumming on it with his other


    hand.


    “Christian, I’ll have to trouble you on the day of my brother’s engagement.” Be bit her lip. “It’s not like


    I want to think of Victoria in such a vicious way either, but she… I’m really worried about it. If she really


    makes a scene at the engagement ceremony, both my family and the Palmers will be a


    laughingstock.”


    The traffic light turned green, and the Bentley elerated all of a sudden.


    Staring steadily ahead, Christian smirked. “What’s the point of you asking me over and over again to


    help with this? This is something that can be solved by your family by hiring a few more bodyguards.”


    He darted a look at her as a dark glint shed across his eyes. “If you’re saying this for the purpose of


    letting me know that Victoria is having an affair with your brother, I already know that.”


    Be maintained her smile even after he pointed out her motive. “The old scores between Victoria and


    me were settled the moment you broke her leg and sent her to jail. Christian, I don’t hate her anymore.


    Just let her leave the club and don’t humiliate her anymore.”


    Christian mmed on the brakes at a red light, producing a loud screech as the tires squealed. “Did


    you say that purely out of kindness?”


    Be leaned forward because of inertia. Luckily, she was alright since she was wearing her seatbelt.


    “Even if I were to say so, I’m afraid that you wouldn’t believe me. To be honest, I said that not only for


    Victoria’s sake but also for my own selfish reasons.”


    The green light came on, but the car in front of them—which had a sticker implying that its driver was a


    probationary driver—didn’t move for a long time. Christian honked his horn, saying, “Uh-huh?”


    “Victoria only has opportunities toe into contact with my brother because she’s working at Delta


    Club. Once she leaves the club, it won’t be that easy for her to get in touch with him again.” Be


    turned to look at the side of the man’s handsome face. She asked in a soft voice, “Christian, could you


    do that?”


    The probationary car went dead several times before finally starting up sessfully. The cars behind it


    honked one after another.


    Christian drove slowly behind the probationary car. “As expected of you and your brother. You both like


    to meddle in my clubhouse’s affairs.”


    “In that case, will you agree to it?” Be asked with a smile.


    The probationary car in front of them turned a corner, after which Christian sped up his car. He let out a


    chuckle, saying, “There’s one thing that you’ve got the wrong idea about. No matter how I treat Victoria,


    it has nothing to do with you. So, whether you forgive her or not won’t novelxo fast updateaffect


    my decision.”


    “I thought you’d agree to it without hesitation since you and Victoria are on such bad terms,” Be said


    meaningfully while staring fixedly at him. She continued, “Seems like the truth is a bit different from


    what I imagined.”


    Christian kept on driving quietly without denying it.


    A hint of dejection flickered across Be’s eyes, but she resumed her usual expression soon afterward.


    After a while, she said, “There’s one thing that I’m especially curious about. I hope you won’t mind if I


    take the liberty of asking you about it.”


    “You’d better not ask about it. Since you’ve said so, I think I’ll mind if you do so,” Christian replied.


    Ignoring his reply, Be asked, “Is it because of Victoria that you’ve neither dated me nor gotten


    engaged to me over the past two years?”


    “What if it is? And what if it’s not?” Christian asked impassively in reply.


    When Be heard this, her heart sank at once, and the smile faded from her lips. She asked softly,


    “We’re only getting married for the sake of our families, but I’m sincerely in love with you and want to


    live the rest of my life with you.” After pausing for a moment, she continued, “I hope that even if you


    have no ce for me in your heart after we get married, you won’t have a ce for another person


    either.”


    Christian’s countenance didn’t change from start to finish. “If you can’t ept it, you can get married to


    someone else. My family won’t say another word about that.”


    Be’s pupils shrank at once. Losing herposure, she looked at him with her eyes full of disbelief.


    When the Bentley stopped in front of the Thatcher Group. Christian looked the same as usual, as


    though he didn’t notice Be’s expression. “You’ll have toe down again if you go up, so I’m not


    gonna invite you to go up with me. I’ll get someone to send you back in a minute,” he said. With that,


    he stepped out of the car and entered thepany right away.


    It wasn’t until he disappeared from her sight that Be finally withdrew her gaze while feeling bitter. At


    this moment, she suddenly found herself admiring Victoria for being able to persist for over ten years


    despite such an attitude from him…