Chapter 312


    J pulled back and said, “You’re my most valuable friend, Laney. Thank you for always helping me


    in any way you can.”


    Laney’s smile dimmed. The sincerity in J’s eyes made her chest tighten in guilt.


    Everything she had done, everything J was grateful for, it was all because of Ethan was paying her


    to be J’s bodyguard. However, J had no idea and even regarded her as an important person in


    her life.


    “Please don’t mention it,” Laney said, shaking her head and casting her eyes downward. “I like helping


    other people.” These minor injuries were nothing to her, really. She had survived worse battles when


    she was younger.


    And if she were to be perfectly honest, she liked J, too. J personified beauty and kindness.


    Laney didn’t want to cause any unnecessary worry.


    How would J react if she somehow found out that Laney had been hired to approach her?


    “I know, Laney” J said with a small chuckle. “That doesn’t change the fact that you’re the nicest


    friend I’ve ever had.”


    Laney sighed helplessly. She took a good look at J and noticed the dark circles under thetter’s


    eyes. “Did you stay here all night? I’m fine by myself, you know. The nurses will check up on me


    regrly. You should go home.”


    “Don’t worry about it. I used to work all night all the time. This is no big deal.”


    Laney pursed her lips. “But today is a weekday. Don’t you have to go to work?”


    “Well, I—Yes…” J stammered. The matter hadpletely slipped her mind. “Yes, you’re right. And


    I haven’t even filed for a leave of absence! Oh, I have to go. Do you need me to file yours, too?”


    “Please, and thank you.” Laney breathed a sigh of relief and nced at Ethan, who had been standing


    by the door of the ward. J was finally leaving the hospital.


    A few momentster.


    J jumped out of the taxi and dashed through the lobby of the Larson Group building.


    As she was going through the entrance, she ran into Garrett.


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    “Aha! I just caught you getting to workte, Lind,” he teased, peering at J through his sses.


    ‘Why is she in such a hurry, anyway?’ Garrett asked himself. ‘Her husband owns the entirepany.


    Does she think her sry is going to get docked or something for beingte?’


    J stopped in her tracks. She turned to him with a pleading expression. “I apologize, Mr. Harding.


    I’ve had to deal with some personal business. Laney is in the hospital, you see, and I’ve just been to


    see her.”


    Of course, Garrett had already known about Laney’s condition.


    Still, he blinked innocently and asked, “Then, how is Laney? Is she doing all right?”


    J naturally thought he was only making small talk, but she did recognize an opportunity to


    smoothen the procedure for Laney’s leave of absence. And so, she said, “As a matter of fact, Laney


    was badly injured and couldn’t even get out of bed.”


    Garrett froze, his eyes wide with shock, his heart clenching. He made a decision there and then to see


    Laney as soon as he could.


    Later, after work.


    Garrett bought a basket of fruits and a bouquet of flowers. He also swung by a pastry shop and got his


    favorite cake before heading to the hospital.


    Laney was sitting on the hospital bed at that moment, her arms and legs wrapped in gauze. She stared


    woefully at the dumbbell in the far corner of the room. There was a part of her that desperately wanted


    to pounce on the damn thing and do some strength exercises. Of course, she knew she wasn’t in the


    right state to do that. She still needed a lot of rest. But old habits die hard, as the saying went. Besides,


    she wasn’tfortable just lying in bed and staring at the ceiling all day.


    Garrett arrived just then, but instead of going inside the ward, he hung back and leaned against the


    door frame. He followed the direction of her gaze and noticed the dumbbell. Then his eyes wandered to


    her toned arms, thinking how theyplimented the rest of her body. It was an odd thought, but there


    it was.


    “I heard you were hurt so badly, you can barely get up. I see that isn’t the case at all. You must be a


    superhuman or something.” Garrett strode into the room, his armsden with his offerings.


    Laney had turned at the sound of his voice. She looked startled at first, but her expression soon turned


    wary. “Why are you here?”


    Garrett set everything down on the table before grinning cheekily at her. “You’re my secretary. Do I


    need any better reason to be here?”