Chapter 1197 The Guess (Part One)


    Hearing ire talk that way, Gerard''s heart sank. There was nothing he could do to change the fact. All


    he could do was try and make the future brighter. He smiled bitterly about her enthusiasm. He could do


    nothing else, except shaking his head sadly.


    "ire, are you close to Gerard?" Belinda asked. She saw Gerard and ire talking back and forth.


    They seemed to know each other.


    "Not too close. We only met once. Why?" ire smiled gently. She felt nervous in front of the gang.


    Edward, Duke, and the rest of them were so different from her friends. Everyone here acted in a decent


    and elegant way. They werefortable around each other. They even teased each other. They were


    nothing like her friends. Those friends of hers could only bully other people and let their parents clean


    up their mess. Her friends were rude, to boot.


    "Oh! I see! I thought you were old friends, considering the way you were carrying on." Belinda smiled


    as she looked at ire and Gerard. Then she turned to Daisy and whispered in her ear.


    "Slow down, Kevin! You know what too much spicy food does to you!" There was worry in Leena''s


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    tone. Lee told her about Kevin''s issues with indigestion. Spicy food seemed to be the trigger.


    "Don''t worry, babe. I can take care of myself." Kevinforted Leena, or at least tried to. He knew his


    limits well, and no one was more careful about his health than him.


    "Leena''s right. I would have forgotten about your indigestion problem if she didn''t mention it. Kevin, you


    really should take care of yourself. No more tummy aches. And remember to take the pills with you. It''s


    not good to forget them." After all, Daisy had worked with Kevin for several years. She knew about all


    his quirks, including his health issues. Sometimes, it was impossible to ignore.


    "Oh, is it serious?" Tom looked at Kevin curiously. Kevin looked strong and ought to be healthy, at least


    as far as he was concerned. But, of course, he couldn''t know everything.


    ''No, just a minor stomach ulcer. Nothing serious." Kevin replied casually. He had a devil-may-care


    attitude about it. But the truth was, he didn''t know how serious it truly was. He didn''t have regr


    checkups at a medical center. The ulcer might have gotten worse thanks to his unhealthy habits.


    "Hey, stop by sometime. We could check it out. Pain is a sign that something is wrong." Tom wouldn''t


    care so much about Kevin, but this was the man who was to spend his whole life together with Leena.


    Tom wanted Leena to have a healthy and long lived husband to take care of her. That was why he said


    this.


    "Okay, I''ll go if I have time. Thanks, doctor." Kevin knew it would be rude to refuse, so he said yes.


    "Ha! It looks like we''re in the same boat! You''re afraid of Tom, too! That''s why you always remind


    yourself that he''s a doctor." Belinda found it funny that Kevin called Tom "doctor." After all, they were all


    family now. There was no need for Kevin to be too formal.


    "Well, am I scary?" Tom looked at Belinda and asked,ughing as he did so. He didn''t understand


    where her fear came from. Why would anyone be afraid of him? His job was to save lives, not take


    them.


    "No, you''re not scary, Tom. But no one likes going to the doctor," Leena answered Tom''s question. She


    felt the same way Belinda did.


    "Okay, so all of you have ''doctorphobia''. Nice." Tom knew Leena was always reluctant to go to the


    hospital and he knew why. But why did Belinda not want to go?


    "Not me. I''m not afraid of you at all. I''m just a busy man. Who has time for doctor visits?" Kevin said in


    a confident way. He was a soldier. After all the things he had suffered from, he was not afraid of a


    doctor at all. A needle here and there, and cameras, MRIs, X-rays. None of that came close to getting


    shot.


    "You''d better get checked out by a doctor soon. If you don''t feel like it, do it for Leena." Duke nced at


    Kevin coldly. ''For Leena''s sake, Kevin really needs to take care of himself. He can''t avoid hospitals his


    whole life, '' he thought.


    "You''re right. I''ll check my calendar and figure out when I can make it." Kevin knew it was Leena that


    Duke really cared about. Duke didn''t give a fig about him, but he knew Kevin made Leena happy. And


    her happiness was all Duke wanted.


    "Men are way moreplicated than women. If we care about someone, we just say it. But you guys


    don''t. You rationalize a lot to hide your true feelings. You exin things too much, and end up looking


    foolish." Belinda rolled her eyes at Duke. Even though he was her husband, she still couldn''t


    understand why he was so indirect. Why couldn''t he juste out and say things, instead of beating


    around the bush?


    Duke squinted his eyes and looked at Belinda. ''Good. She must have forgotten how much of an animal


    I am in bed. That''s why she said that. Well, tonight she''ll know. She''ll pay for mocking me.''


    "Belinda, have some fish! It''s brain food." Leena made fun of Belinda. She wondered why Belinda was


    razzing Duke so much tonight.


    "Thanks, I -- Hey! Are you implying I''m stupid? I''ll make you eat those wordster!" Belinda said that in


    a huff. ''Leena and Duke are really family. One teases me at home, and the other makes fun of me in


    public. Did they reach an agreement to bully me? Like sister, like brother...''


    "Implying? No. My bro was unhappy. Yet you kept teasing him. I''m not sure what you''d call that," Leena


    said in an innocent way. ''What''s wrong with just stating the truth?''