Chapter 646
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Ellie glanced at the time and walked towards the door, intending to call for someone to carry Alex away. However, the memory of the forced kiss flashed in her mind, and she spun back around in a huff.
Dawn would break in two or three hours. He was tough; lying on the floor for a few hours shouldn’t be a problem.
Alex’s upper body lay on the balcony, his lower half in the ward, his entire body sprawled beneath the curtain separating the room from the corridor.
Ellie bent down and brought his splayed legs together, then drew the curtain. Noticing his exposed legs, she simply shrugged and left him be.
Turning around, she noticed a red ring on her finger. She took it off, placed it under the lamp for closer inspection, and observed the olive–shaped solitaire diamond. At least ten carats, she reckoned; it was undeniably valuable.
After thinking for a while, Ellie turned around and stuffed the bracelet into Alex’s coat pocket.
He plays the hero and protects the big star when it matters, but then he gets drunk and comes here to act like a fool. I’m doing him a favor by pricking him.
Ellie lay back on the hospital bed and turned off the light. After a whole night of turmoil, she didn’t know when she fell asleep. She was awakened by some movement in the ward in the morning.
“Mom, aunt.” Seeing her mother and aunt enter the ward, Ellie quickly checked the time. It was almost eight o’clock.
“It was too late last night, so we didn’t come over. We just sent the kids to school this morning. We come and see you and Oscar.” Whitney’s voice was very soft, afraid of waking up the child.
She bent over to check Oscar’s injuries, her heart aching. “Ellie, how are you?”
Joanna pulled Ellie to stand by the bed, her heart aching with blame. “I told you to leave the children with me, but you insisted on taking care of them yourself. How can it be convenient to take two children with you everywhere you go?”
“That’s right, we are both at home, and we could take care of the children. We won’t mistreat them if you leave them with us.” Whitney came over, trying to take the opportunity to persuade Ellie to leave her two children in their care.
“Mom, Aunt Whitney, last night was just an accident. I’ll be more careful in the future.” Ellie understood what her mother and aunt meant, but she still insisted on keeping the children by her side.
As the three were talking, Alex’s parents knocked on the door and came in. Seeing them, Joanna and Whitney’s expressions changed slightly.
“Auntie Nancy, why are you here so early in the morning?” Ellie walked up to them politely and greeted.
“Ellie, are you and the child badly hurt?” Nancy forced herself to speak. She came to the bedside and looked at Oscar, who was still sleeping. She was both excited and distressed.
She had never been so close to the two children before. Now that she had a closer look, she realized that this boy looked exactly like her own son when he was little.
Nancy swallowed all her words, not daring to say a word. Five years ago, her son almost died for Ellie, but even so, Ellie didn’t forgive him.
For the sake of her son’s normal life, she chose to erase all memories of Ellie from his brain. Five years later, she thought her son finally had a chance, but who knew such a thing would happen again.
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