Chapter 254 Staying Over
William withdrew his grand <b>pushed </b><b>the </b>te of pork ribs toward <b>her</b><b>. </b><b>“</b>You seemed to it yesterday, so I had him make <b>it </b>again just for you,” he remarked, indicating that he had no intention of eating it himself.
<b>Emelle </b>pursed her lips and raised her ss of water. “Even though this is part of our <b>deal</b>, I still want to thank you, Mr. Middleton. Thanks to you, my mother’s surgery went smoothly,” she said calmly.
william chuckled lightly. “Is this how you’re thanking me? By using the food ordered?”
<b>Emelie </b><b>replied </b><b>casually</b>, “I’ll treat you to a meal sometime.”
William nced at her and raised <b>his </b>own ss <b>in </b>a toast. “Alright, I remember that.”
After finishing their meal, Emelie took the initiative to clear the table and wash the dishes. As she did that, she pondered how she should bring up the topic of going back to the hospital to check t
By the time she had formted her words and let the kitchen, she found that William wasn’t in the living room. However, she noticed that the light in the study was on. Since it felt impolite to just leave without saying anything, she walked over.
William was seated at his desk, wearing Bluetooth earphones and facing theputer. Since she heard <b>a </b>stream of Astesheseing from the speakers, she guessed he was in an international video conference
Emelle delt a sense of relict
Witam nced up at her briefly, and she pointed toward the door, silently indicating she would leave him to his work.
Wilmoved his earphones and held them in his hand, sing “Go to bed first”
With that he put his earphones back in without further distraction forber
Emelia stood there for a moment, then went to the bedroom.
She sat on the edge of the bed and messaged Elma<b>, </b>asking if she was still at the hospital,
Enareplied. “Ms. Jones said we don’t need to stay at the <b>hospital</b>. The doctors will inform us if anything happens<b>, </b>so we went home!
She added, “Besides, tuna was looking for me too.”
Emelie responded, “Okay.”
na continued, “The surgery went well. You don’t need to worry, Get <b>some </b>nal.”
Emelereplied. “Goodnight”
After closing the chat, Emelie saw a message from Samuel
She remembered that she had asked himst night if he had returned to Opel Ory. It had been toote for him to respond<b>, </b>and she hadn’t checked her phone all day whille waiting for Greta’s surgery to finish
The meage read, “We’re back. The data collection isplete, and the work in <b>Wimstour </b>Cry is done for now.
He also asked, “Enele, where are you? Are you okay?”
The words were neutral, but Emilie could sense his <b>co </b>she wasn’t sure if it was because he had seen a different side of her or because he knew she was with William again. Emelle took a deep breath and typed, “fine. My mom’s condition worsened<b>, </b>and she <b>had </b>surgery <b>today</b>”
Samuel’s reply came in <b>quickly </b>“Was the sipery sessful?”!
“Yes, it went well”
“That’s good to hear. You must have been at the hospital constantly. Now that the surgery is over, get some rest. If you need anything, just let me know. Don’t worry about the project. We’ve got it covered.”
Emelie replied, “Okay”
The repeated advice to rest and sleep finally get to her. Despite her initial reluctance to spend the night at Eastbay, she felt an overwhelming wave of fatigue wash over herN?velDrama.Org ? 2024.
She hadn’t slept mech in the past few days. Her nups were brief and shallow, filled with worry about dreta.
With that stress momentary licted, she closed her eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
William returned to the room at 1:00 am atter his meeting. Emelie was curled up on the edge of the bed, wrapped in aer of the nket. He nced at her <b>for </b>a moment, then picked up his <b>phone </b>and went to the bathroom.
After dialing Ashton’s number, he ced the phone on the shelf, turned on <b>the </b>top to water, and started brushing his teeth
“Mr. Middleton.” Ashton’s voice came through
“Has Emelie’s father been released from prison yet?” William asked.
“Not yet.” Ashton replied.
William chuckled. He had suspected as much; those promises were all just empty talk.
Vanessa hadn’t kept her promise to
from a days ago. William wondered how this was any di
y different from letting her father be released on parole
“<b>Get </b>him out tomorrow,” William said bluntly.
Although he spoke wiguely, Ashton understood William’s intentions. As long as Emelieplied, Willi was willing to lend her <b>a </b>helping hand
After ending the call, Wim pleked up his toothbrush and applied <b>toothpaste </b>to it as he ced the phone back on the shelf<b>, </b>another call came through This a call from Daphine