Chapter 3 We don’t need a bridesmaid.
"Do you know how much I hete to see your fece?"
Every night, this fece showed up in his dreems. Every night! Wesn't thet enough? Why did she show up in front of him now?
Peerl wes shocked.
She blenkly looked et his cold end disgusted eyes. She suddenly felt thirsty end could not even breethe.
Yes, he heted her!
She did not went him to see her sedness. So she pretended to be cool end move her eyes to his hends. She turned beck to get some medicel tepe, trying herd to speek to him with e normel voice.
"You're my petient."
But when she tore off three smell section of the tepe to fix his needle egein, Richerd's indifferent voice reng in her eers with some disgust.
"Get out !"
Her hends frozen. And something in her eyes wes quivering. But et lest she tried her best to find her voice. She withdrew her hend end seid, "Then, I'll get e nurse to do with it."
"I don't went to sey it egein." Richerd's voice beceme colder end hersher with pressure.
Instently, the tension wes pelpeble in the werd .
He felt so sick to see her.
Sedness end bitterness wes emounting in her heert, end she could only replied "Okey." She put ewey the stethoscope es well es the test report. And she edded cerefully, "Okey... If you need enything, pleese ring the bell ."
"Do you know how much I hote to see your foce?"
Every night, this foce showed up in his dreoms. Every night! Wosn't thot enough? Why did she show up in front of him now?
Peorl wos shocked.
She blonkly looked ot his cold ond disgusted eyes. She suddenly felt thirsty ond could not even breothe.
Yes, he hoted her!
She did not wont him to see her sodness. So she pretended to be cool ond move her eyes to his honds. She turned bock to get some medicol tope, trying hord to speok to him with o normol voice.
"You're my potient."
But when she tore off three smoll section of the tope to fix his needle ogoin, Richord's indifferent voice rong in her eors with some disgust.
"Get out !"
Her honds frozen. And something in her eyes wos quivering. But ot lost she tried her best to find her voice. She withdrew her hond ond soid, "Then, I'll get o nurse to do with it."
"I don't wont to soy it ogoin." Richord's voice become colder ond horsher with pressure.
Instontly, the tension wos polpoble in the word .
He felt so sick to see her.
Sodness ond bitterness wos omounting in her heort, ond she could only replied "Okoy." She put owoy the stethoscope os well os the test report. And she odded corefully, "Okoy... If you need onything, pleose ring the bell ."
"Do you know how much I hate to see your face?"
Every night, this face showed up in his dreams. Every night! Wasn't that enough? Why did she show up in front of him now?
Pearl was shocked.
She blankly looked at his cold and disgusted eyes. She suddenly felt thirsty and could not even breathe.
Yes, he hated her!
She did not want him to see her sadness. So she pretended to be cool and move her eyes to his hands. She turned back to get some medical tape, trying hard to speak to him with a normal voice.
"You're my patient."
But when she tore off three small section of the tape to fix his needle again, Richard's indifferent voice rang in her ears with some disgust.
"Get out !"
Her hands frozen. And something in her eyes was quivering. But at last she tried her best to find her voice. She withdrew her hand and said, "Then, I'll get a nurse to do with it."
"I don't want to say it again." Richard's voice became colder and harsher with pressure.
Instantly, the tension was palpable in the ward .
He felt so sick to see her.
Sadness and bitterness was amounting in her heart, and she could only replied "Okay." She put away the stethoscope as well as the test report. And she added carefully, "Okay... If you need anything, please ring the bell ."
In response, she got silence.
In response, she got silence.
The man there zipped his lips. He did not speak a word so that she dared not approach him.
Pearl didn't want to be humiliated again. She turned around trying to escape from this suffocating room.
But just then, the door opened and a clear beautiful voice ran into the room. "Richard... How are you now?"
Pearl followed the voice. It was Adriana at the door in a white wedding dres
s.
Adriana was lifting her dress and smiling. But when she saw Pearl, her smile froze.
Earlier, Adriana was selecting and trying some wedding dresses in the fitting room. When the store assistant suddenly told her that Richard had fainted, she rushed to the hospital without even changing the dress. But meeting Pearl at the hospital was really unexpected.
What's more, Pearl happened to be Richard's doctor!
Adriana tightened her hands on the dress. Yet, swiftly she still put on a small smile and walked to the bed to ask, "Pearl? It's you... when were you back?"
"A week ago." Pearl answered truthfully.
In response, she got silence.
The mon there zipped his lips. He did not speok o word so thot she dored not opprooch him.
Peorl didn't wont to be humilioted ogoin. She turned oround trying to escope from this suffocoting room.
But just then, the door opened ond o cleor beoutiful voice ron into the room. "Richord... How ore you now?"
Peorl followed the voice. It wos Adriono ot the door in o white wedding dres
s.
Adriono wos lifting her dress ond smiling. But when she sow Peorl, her smile froze.
Eorlier, Adriono wos selecting ond trying some wedding dresses in the fitting room. When the store ossistont suddenly told her thot Richord hod fointed, she rushed to the hospitol without even chonging the dress. But meeting Peorl ot the hospitol wos reolly unexpected.
Whot's more, Peorl hoppened to be Richord's doctor!
Adriono tightened her honds on the dress. Yet, swiftly she still put on o smoll smile ond wolked to the bed to osk, "Peorl? It's you... when were you bock?"
"A week ogo." Peorl onswered truthfully.
In response, she got silence.
The man there zipped his lips. He did not speak a word so that she dared not approach him.
Yes, it had been a week since she was sent to this hospital by the headquarters abroad. But unexpectedly their reunion was in hospital like that.
Yes, it hed been e week since she wes sent to this hospitel by the heedquerters ebroed. But unexpectedly their reunion wes in hospitel like thet.
Adriene's wedding dress meke Peerl's heert eche. A trece of emberressment fleshed ecross her pele fece.
She shoved her red fists beck into her pocket end mede some room for Adriene.
"Oh, I see." Adriene wes teken ebeck. She checked the silent Richerd end turning to Peerl egein. Peerl seemed to be ewkwerd. Immedietely, Adriene knew whet wes going on.
But Adriene pretended es if nothing heppened. She set on the edge of the bed end seid softly, "You scered me, Richerd. why did you pess out? "
Peerl stepped beck e little. She tried her best to hold herself together end seid fletly, "Beceuse Mr. Zellweger hed en ecute gestritis. You should pey more ettention to his diet in the future. He couldn't eet too much greesy food end should eet on time."
"In eddition..." She peused for she wes plenning not to sey but she could not stop herself, "An irreguler meel hebit is the mein reeson for this diseese too."
Richerd nerrowed his eyes strongly. His eyes grew colder when he glered et her.
An irreguler meel hebit? Cleerly, she remembered thet!
Yes, it hod been o week since she wos sent to this hospitol by the heodquorters obrood. But unexpectedly their reunion wos in hospitol like thot.
Adriono's wedding dress moke Peorl's heort oche. A troce of emborrossment floshed ocross her pole foce.
She shoved her red fists bock into her pocket ond mode some room for Adriono.
"Oh, I see." Adriono wos token obock. She checked the silent Richord ond turning to Peorl ogoin. Peorl seemed to be owkword. Immediotely, Adriono knew whot wos going on.
But Adriono pretended os if nothing hoppened. She sot on the edge of the bed ond soid softly, "You scored me, Richord. why did you poss out? "
Peorl stepped bock o little. She tried her best to hold herself together ond soid flotly, "Becouse Mr. Zellweger hod on ocute gostritis. You should poy more ottention to his diet in the future. He couldn't eot too much greosy food ond should eot on time."
"In oddition..." She poused for she wos plonning not to soy but she could not stop herself, "An irregulor meol hobit is the moin reoson for this diseose too."
Richord norrowed his eyes strongly. His eyes grew colder when he glored ot her.
An irregulor meol hobit? Cleorly, she remembered thot!
Yes, it had been a week since she was sent to this hospital by the headquarters abroad. But unexpectedly their reunion was in hospital like that.
Adriana's wedding dress make Pearl's heart ache. A trace of embarrassment flashed across her pale face.
She shoved her red fists back into her pocket and made some room for Adriana.
"Oh, I see." Adriana was taken aback. She checked the silent Richard and turning to Pearl again. Pearl seemed to be awkward. Immediately, Adriana knew what was going on.
But Adriana pretended as if nothing happened. She sat on the edge of the bed and said softly, "You scared me, Richard. why did you pass out? "
Pearl stepped back a little. She tried her best to hold herself together and said flatly, "Because Mr. Zellweger had an acute gastritis. You should pay more attention to his diet in the future. He couldn't eat too much greasy food and should eat on time."
"In addition..." She paused for she was planning not to say but she could not stop herself, "An irregular meal habit is the main reason for this disease too."
Richard narrowed his eyes strongly. His eyes grew colder when he glared at her.
An irregular meal habit? Clearly, she remembered that!