Female Novel
Chapter 117
What plan?
A vicious smile grew on Beatrice's lips.
“Didn't she recently become the lead designer at Luther Group's headquarters? We'll start with her job,then. Don't worry. With Jessica helping us out, we have more than enough ways to ruin Bailey'sreputation at work.”
At night, Bailey stepped out of the taxi and was about to return to her condominium when she spotted afamiliar figure at the end of the street.
The sky was dark. The only lights around her were the scattered glow from the dim streetlights.Nevertheless, she still managed to see who it was with just one glance—Edmund Chivers.
Five days later, he had finally reappeared.
“Hello, it's been a while.” When she spoke, she tried her best to make herself sound calm.
Edmund had never thought that she would greet him in the same way she usually would, so he froze inhis spot.
Bailey walked over and smiled while waving her hand in front of him. “Snap back to your senses. Whatif a ghost comes and steals your soul while you're in a daze?”
“You...” Edmund couldn't refrain from laughing. “You're you indeed. No matter how serious somethingis, it never seems to affect you.”
Is that so?
Bailey only smiled and shook her head.
Nothing else in the world seemed to matter as much anymore since she had experienced losing achild.
“Without me, Edmund, you're still you; you're still the gentle, polite, and graceful son of the Chiversfamily. It's a fact that there's no such thing as not being able to live on without someone.”
“No,” Edmund said hoarsely, grabbing her shoulders. “Bay, I've spent five days suppressing theoverwhelming feelings in me, but my past few days of living like a walking dead have told me that mylife is colorless without you. I feel empty.”
Bailey narrowed her eyes and cried out in fury, “Edmund, ask yourself. Am I worthy of you?”
A pained expression came over Edmund's face. “I love you, so everything about you is good to me,and I think you are worthy of me in every aspect.”
“What about Simon? He's your cousin, and now the whole world knows that I gave birth to two of hischildren. How are you planning to cross this moral line and marry me?”
Her words were like a dagger stabbing Edmund's heart.
He slowly closed his eyes, seemingly mustering the courage to do something. A long while of silencenovelbin
later, he took in a deep breath as if he had made up his mind.
The moment he opened his eyes, he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. At the same time, hewhispered into her ear, “Simon has a girlfriend, and he doesn't intend to marry you. Bay, let's go backto Archulea soon, okay? Let's give each other a chance and give me a way out of this. Can we dothat?”
Bailey could not bring herself to reject him out loud, as Edmund had humbled himself so much for her.
Even if she did, she could not give him an outright rejection, for that would destroy him.
“All right. I'll try to settle my matters in Hallsbay as soon as possible. We'll go back to Archulea afterthat, and if we're fated to be, we'll talk about our future.”
Indeed, Bailey had been thinking about going back to Archulea. Artemis was too interested in her, andto avoid causing a scandal and hurting her children, she had no choice but to choose to leave Hallsbay.
“Really?” Edmund tightened his hug. “Are you really willing to go back to Archulea?”
Amused, Bailey sighed and said, “Edmund, my social circle is in Archulea. Going back is just a matterof time. Don't assume that I've given you many things; these are nothing in comparison with how yousaved my life back then.”
With that, she pushed him away before grabbing his arm and towing him into the residential area. “It'scold out here. Let's continue our talk inside.”
Edmund was still processing the joyous news, so he made no attempt to stop her as she dragged himupstairs.
In the condominium, Zayron and Susan were huddled up on the couch, watching television.
When they saw their mother bringing Edmund into the house, they jumped off the couch.
“Daddy Eddy!”
“Daddy Eddy!”
Bailey could sense their delight. She guessed that her children really saw Edmund as their own father.
Edmund pushed Bailey away before hunching over to hug the child running toward him.
“Daddy Eddy, it's been five days since you've come to see me!” Susan complained as she planted akiss on his cheek. “Don't worry, Daddy Eddy. You're the only one I'll call Daddy. No one else will begood enough for the name.”
A gentle and doting smile spread across Edmund's face. He leaned over to kiss her forehead and said,“Then I'll be your daddy forever.”
It was then Bailey cleared her throat and studied her surroundings. “Where's Max?”
Zayron huffed. “His grandma's people came to take him away. Apparently, his great-granddad hasbeen diagnosed with a terminal illness, so he's—”
“Zayron,” Bailey interrupted before turning to Edmund. “The boy doesn't have a brain-to-mouth filter.Don't take his words to heart.”
“It's true that my grandpa has been diagnosed with a terminal illness,” Edmund said, dropping the smileas a worried look appeared in his eyes. “It's a malignant tumor, and no one dares to operate on him.”
Shock flickered past Bailey's eyes, but it soon disappeared. She frowned and asked, “Is it serious?”
“Yes. It's a malignant tumor in his central nervous system, and it's spreading toward his brain. It's verylikely that it'll turn cancerous.”
Bailey's eyes widened.
A tumor on the central nervous system? It's that bad?
“It's in a perilous location, so it's definitely a tough case. It seems that there's no one in the medicalindustry who can do this surgery because the survival chances for it is less than twenty percent. Theones who have done the operation are either dead or in a coma. Still, don't be too anxious. There'salways hope.”
Edmund smiled and gazed at her. “You sound like you know medicine. You've managed to state therisks involved accurately without looking at his report.”
Bailey returned the smile. “It's just casual research when I'm free. Isn't the Revelle family, a family ofdoctors, specializing in this? Perhaps you can make a visit to the Revelles and find out if Old Mr.Revelle can do anything about it. After all, he has quite the reputation as a surgeon.”
“I've visited the Revelles, and Old Mr. Revelle has called his granddaughter. Ms. Veronique will bereturning to the country in a few days' time.”
Bailey stiffened as the memory of Veronique's words to her echoed in her mind.
So she's coming back to treat Old Mr. Chivers.
“Ms. Veronique has inherited her surgical skills from her grandfather. She's the most brilliant individualamong three generations of Revelle. With her there, everything should be fine, so be at ease.”
Despite his reassurances, Bailey still felt a little worried.
Three years ago, Veronique had been invited to Eskaria to perform a craniotomy for the king ofEskaria. However, in the end, she did not do the operation, for the king's tumor, too, had been on thecentral nervous system, and she had not dared to do it.
In the end, it was...
All Bailey could wish was that Veronique's skills had improved after three years and that she couldcomplete the operation by herself.
“Bay, you've been overseas for many years. Have you heard of a woman named Anonymous?”