Chapter 772


    An eerie silence engulfed the ward when there were only three people left there and none of them


    spoke.


    Sitting on the hospital bed, ine felt uneasy and jittery.


    Howard''s gaze made her on pins and needles.


    Why did he look at her like this without blinking? She felt goosebumps all over her body.


    "Ahem." Finally, she cleared her throat and looked at the man standing at the end of the bed. "Dr.


    Perkins, aren''t you on a business trip? Why are you back?"


    However, Vincent remained expressionlessly silent.


    The awkward silence ensued.


    Licking her dry lips nervously, ine was about to say something when Vincent finally shifted his


    gaze aside and asked, "Who are you?"


    Paul knew that thest name of ine''s employer was Perkins, so when he heard her calling him


    "Dr. Perkins", he immediately figured out his identity.


    Smiling tteringly, he started, "Hi, Dr. Perkins, I''m..."


    "Get out!"


    Vincent interrupted him with a cold voice before he could finish.


    Stunned, Paul stammered, "W-What?"


    Vincent frowned and snapped, "I don''t like to repeat myself. Get out."


    Upon hearing that, Paul went stiff and turned to ine. "ine..."


    It was an awkward situation for her right now. Although she didn''t know why Howard was angry, she


    could feel that he was not in a good mood right now.


    "Paul, go back." After thinking for a while, ine said, "Come and visit me tomorrow morning. You


    can go back to have a rest tonight."


    After all, he was a just young kid. ine figured that he was already feeling sorry for making her be


    admitted to the hospital. After being stared down by Howard, He must be eager to leave here as


    soon as possible out of fear.


    Hearing her words, he immediately blurted, "Okay. I''ll see you tomorrow. Bye."


    ine nodded and urged, "Be careful on your way back."


    After Paul left, she quickly got up from the bed, found a chair, and asked Howard to sit down. "Dr.


    Perkins, why did you suddenlye back? Here, have a seat."


    Vincent looked at her coldly and asked, "How did you get hurt?"


    "I slipped..."


    "Don''t lie to me. Tell me the truth," he urged with a cold expression.


    With a serious look, she looked up at him and started, "It is the truth. I slipped..."


    "Ruben!"


    Vincent shouted, and then he heard a loud bang outside the door when Ruben stumbled into the


    room. "Hey. Did you call for me?"


    Giving him a cold re, Vincent huffed, "Are you eavesdropping on us?"


    Ruben rubbed his nose awkwardly and replied, "N-No..."


    ine was surprised to see him though. "Mr. Lawson, why are you here?"


    Putting up a pretentious surprise expression, Ruben said, "Oh, I have a stomachache, so I came to


    the hospital to have a check. I didn''t expect to meet you here. What a coincidence."


    Was it?


    Skeptical appeared on ine''s face.


    Upon seeing it, Ruben quickly asked before she managed to suspect anything, "What''s going on?


    Are you okay?"


    "I slipped. The doctor said I can be discharged tomorrow."


    Initially, ine wanted to ask both of them to sit, but the ward she was in was very small and it


    made the atmosphere particrly tense as two tall and sturdy men stood in a tiny space.


    Without thinking much, Ruben blurted, "Good to hear that. We went to your house but no one


    answered the door, only to find that you weren''t home. We''re so worried..."


    Before he could finish his words, Vincent shot his cold re towards him.


    Ruben broke out in a cold sweat for nearly made a slip of the tongue again.


    The reply was out of ine''s expectation though. "Y-You went to my house?"


    Why didn''t Howard just go in when he returned to his own home?


    What did Ruben mean by that? Did he misspeak, or did she misunderstand his meaning?


    Cursing himself in his mind, Ruben cleared his throat and exined with an awkward smile, "I


    mean, I went to your house to look for you, but realized that both of you were not home, so I was a


    little panicked, wondering what had happened to you."


    Looking at ine''s confused and skeptical expression, Ruben held his stomach and grimaced in


    pain, which sessfully diverted ine''s attention. "Are you alright?"


    "I-I''m fine. My stomach hurts again."


    "Do you need to see the doctor?"


    "Oh, it''s okay. Maybe it''s food poisoning. I''ll be fine soon."


    "Okay."


    Clearing his throat awkwardly, Ruben uttered, "Well, go on. I''ll go to see the doctor now."


    After that, he left.


    The ward fell into silence again, and she didn''t know what to say.


    Eventually, Vincent broke the silence by saying, "I will not hold the person who hurt you


    ountable, but you have to tell me who did this to you."


    The look in her eyes was uncertain. "I''m fine. You don''t have to..."


    "If you don''t want to say it, I will find it out by myself, and when I do, the person who hurt you will not


    end well."


    With a look of consternation, ine questioned, "W-Why did you do this?"


    "You are mine. I don''t like to see my woman being bullied."


    ine pursed her lips, feeling jittery.


    The look in the eyes of Vincent turned cold, and it was getting a little creepy. "Do you want to tell me


    or not?"


    Before she spoke, a head suddenly popped out from the door followed by a familiar voice, "Listen to


    me. Every word he says is true and serious. When he promises you he won''t hurt the person who


    harms you, he won''t. But if you conceal the truth and he finds out himself, that person will not be so


    lucky."


    The corner of ine''s mouth twitched. "Mr. Lawson, aren''t you going to see a doctor?"


    "It doesn''t hurt anymore all of a sudden, so I came back."


    ine was unconvinced.


    After saying this, Ruben shrunk and stood steadily.


    Looking down at her toes, she hesitated for a moment before saying, "It was an ident. My


    brother didn''t expect such an ident to happen. He just pushed me lightly, but I didn''t stand firm.


    On the way to the hospital, he was scared..."


    "It was that kid who hurt you?" Vincent interrupted her.


    ine nodded. "But he didn''t mean it. I''m really fine. It''s just a small cut. It''ll heal in a few days."


    With his deep eyes staring at her for a moment, Vincent nodded and said, "Let''s go."


    At this moment, ine asked, "Go? Where to?"


    "Home."


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    "But the doctor said that I have to stay the night for observation."


    "We have a doctor at home."


    This was the only sentence that Vincent had blurted before he left.


    On second thought, ine agreed. He was a doctor himself, so he could check her out if anything


    happened to her at home.


    Furthermore, she didn''t want to stay in the hospital, so she discharged herself and went out with


    him.


    Outside the door, Ruben was waiting for them and he immediately stood up when they came out.


    "What are you doing?"


    "Go home," Vincent spat out the two words.


    "So I can leave now?"


    ncing at him indifferently, Vincent blurted, "Go and drive the car."


    Ruben looked askance at him.


    "D*mn, he takes me as a driver again. I''m a graduate of Oakwood Academy, but instead, I''ve been


    driving for him over and over again!"


    "This is so annoying!" Howard screamed inside his brain.