Female Novel
Chapter 499
She didn't know how to react to Maddox's gaze. In the end, Minerva could only shift her eyes awayfrom his.
As a doctor, Abigail naturally knew how to examine Maddox's wounds. Minerva waited at the sidefor a while. Sure enough, she heard Abigail suck in a sharp breath. After that, she asked indisbelief, "What, what happened? How did you get hurt like this?"
No one answered Abigail's question. She was still looking at Maddox's wound and after a while,perhaps it was because she couldn't bear the sight any longer, she sat down aside to calm heremotions.
After she calmed down, Abigail looked at Maddox and asked.
"Don't tell me that these injuries were caused by Janice?"
Upon hearing this, Maddox sneered and said, "Does it seem like I could have done this to myself?"
Abigail was speechless.
Although Abigail knew that Janice might have hurt Maddox, she did not expect the wound to be thatserious. She had seen this kind of wound before... but it was very rare. However, the wound was sobad that Abigail still had its innage imprinted in her mind.
As such, Abigail could tell from a glance how Maddox's back had gotten injured.
If those injuries were really caused by Janice, it seemed reasonable for her to be sent to court.
He was injured so badly; it could be considered as a crime of intentional harming.
"Then..." Abigail suddenly did not know what to say. She had come here because of Janice'smother, but now... seeing that her nephew was so badly hurt, she was definitely worried about himmore.
However, since he was already injured, Abigail was more curious about the other matter now.
Her gaze landed on Minerva with suspicion. "What does this matter have to do with her? When didyou meet her?"
She steered the topic to Minerva? Minerva sighed in her heart. She felt that this was unavoidable.However, Maddox's face grew dark so she figured that she should be the one to explain it.
Thinking of this, Minerva gave a slight smile.
"Auntie Stark, Mr. Yardley is now a client of my company."
Upon hearing this, Abigail's eyes widened in surprise. Maddox was a client of her company? Whatdid she mean?
However, Maddox on the other end of the room frowned after hearing Minerva's words.
"Client? What do you mean?"
Minerva said softly, "I have a design company. Mr. Yardley has issued an order in our company."
Hearing this, Abigail finally understood what was going on.
According to what she was saying, was it Maddox who got himself involved in this matter?
Thinking about it, Abigail realized that from the moment Minerva had pushed open the door of theward, her nephew's eyes seemed to be stuck on her, but she had addressed him as Mr. Yardley,which she obviously found strange.
"Why have you changed the way you address me again?" At this time, Maddox askeddiscontentedly.
Minerva did not know how to answer.
She felt a little awkward but she didn't answer Maddox's question. She just looked at Abigail andsmiled politely.
The atmosphere was tense. Maddox saw that she did not answer, so he simply called her,"Minerva."
Minerva blinked, then smiled and said, "Actually, Mr. Yardley got injured because he was saving me,so during his hospitalization, I had been here to take care of him."
Upon hearing this, Abigail received more information.
She quickly collected her thoughts in her mind and said with her hands folded, "It seems that youhave already met that girl, Janice, and... She also knows about your existence."
As she spoke, Abigail narrowed her eyes and looked at Maddox, "So during this period of time, youwent to her company while you were on blind dates with Janice?"
Maddox frowned and didn't say anything. He was still thinking about the way Minerva hadaddressed him.
"Well, Miss Lowell... She used to be one of my clients."
Abigail was speechless. What was happening? Janice was also her customer? Why have thesepeople mingled with each other?
Her mind was a little muddled. Abigail felt that her mind might crumble if she continued to thinkabout it. Thus, she went straight to Minerva and said, "Come out with me. Let's have a chat."novelbin
Minerva knew that it was inevitable. She could only nod and say, "Okay."
However, just as the two of them were about to leave, Maddox said, "You're not allowed to go!"
The two of them stopped walking. Abigail turned around and saw Maddox stand up coldly. His eyesseemed to penetrate through Minerva. "I don't allow you to go. Come back."
This brat! Abigail couldn't help but grit her teeth.
Minerva did not budge. After a while, she turned her head and said, "Someone has to explain allthis at the end. You should just rest. We'll be back in a minute."
However, in the next second, Maddox stood up from the bed and stepped forward to grab Minerva'sarm.
"If I say you're not allowed to go, then you're not allowed to."
Minerva frowned, "Maddox Yardley, you..."
Maddox's lips curled up slowly when he heard her call his name again. He stared at her with a pairof intoxicating eyes. "It would be even better if you called me without my last name."
Abigail, who was on the side, was speechless.
This brat had become so good in flirting that he didn't seem to mind that his aunt was present at thescene?
Thinking of this, Abigail looked at Minerva carefully. She had always known how important thiswoman was to Maddox, but she didn't expect that after five years, Maddox had completely changed
because of her.
"Let go of me," Minerva struggled to pull her hand back.
However, Maddox held on to her wrist tightly. When he saw that she was about to break free, hedirectly entwined her fingers with his and held on tightly.
He explicitly did that right in front of Abigail, which made Minerva's pale cheeks burn red. She saidfrantically, "If you don't let me go, I won't take care of you anymore."
This sentence had a great impact. Maddox who had just tightly held her hand immediately releasedhis grip because of her words, though he was still displeased. Hence, he said, "Then you are stillnot allowed to go out."
He was seriously injured so Abigail was unwilling to make things difficult for her nephew. She said,"Alright, you two don't go out. I'll go out, okay? I'll find out more about this matter myself, have ameal, take a bath and then I'll come back!"
After that, Abigail immediately left.
After she left, Minerva asked coldly, "Can you let go of me now?"
After the threat was gone, Maddox let go of her hand, but he took a few steps forward and was veryclose to her.
"Don't say too much to her. You don't need to explain anything to anyone anymore."
"When did I say that I was going to explain to her?" Minerva pursed her lips. "She's your aunt andshe's the one that had introduced you to Miss Lowell. She's in the most difficult position now so Ifeel that it's necessary for her to know about this. If you don't want to tell her, then let me tell her. It'sjust a few words anyway."
"But what if she blames you?" Maddox suddenly asked.