Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 823

As soon as Elaine exited the hospital, her phone rang. Pulling out her phone, she saw Howard calling her.

Recalling what Howard did to her just now, she did not answer her phone on purpose.

In the end, he kept calling her. It seemed like he had no intention of giving up until she picked up.

Left with no choice, she had to answer his call, "Hello."

"Where are you?"

"Outside?"

"Come back."

Elaine kept quiet.

She walked up to a bench and sat down. Donning hospital gowns, several patients were strolling in the garden.

Seeing her remaining silent, Howard sighed. "Don't be mad at me. It's my fault. I should have controlled my emotions better."

Elaine did not answer him. She looked down at her feet instead.

Howard added, "You looked really charming just now. Your sparkling eyes were far more beautiful than the stars in the sky!"

That was why he could not help but kiss her.

However, he had no idea that his behavior would scare her.

She was very different from all the other women that he dated before. Pure as an angel, she made his heart flutter with just the smallest move.

"Dr. Perkins!"

It seemed like Elaine was annoyed. "If you keep acting this way, I won't speak to you again."

Howard chuckled. "What did I do?"

Elaine was speechless.

"Men are all the same. I'm teaching you about men, silly."

But no one asked him to teach her using this method?!

"I'll hang up now. I'm making a move first. You should stay behind to look after Miss Kaur..."

Upon hearing that, Howard felt a sense of discomfort creep upon him. "She's your love rival, and you're asking me to take care of her?"

Elaine remained silent.

Why didn't she know that she had a love rival?

Howard continued to speak, "Elaine, I'll ask you a question, and you have to answer me honestly."

"Sure. Go ahead.."

"Norissa wants me to marry her," Howard enunciated each syllable carefully. "What do you feel after listening to what I said? Be honest with me."

Stunned for a moment, Elaine did not know how to answer him.

Howard kept blabbering on, "If I marry her, we won't be able to meet up often in the future. I'll belong to someone else. Do you... want this to happen?"

Elaine kept quiet.

After waiting for a while, Howard started to lose patience. Anxious, he asked, "Why don't you answer me?"

Moments later, Elaine asked, "Dr. Perkins, is Miss Kaur pregnant with your child?"

Howard shook his head. "I'm not sure. We need to do a checkup."

"I think it's your child..." Elaine muttered to herself. "Otherwise, why would she have the courage to approach you? Even if she's lying now, she won't be able to hide the truth once the child is born."

Holding the phone, Howard was unsure how to respond.

That was exactly his concern as well. If Norissa was lying to him now, wouldn't she be afraid that he would expose her in the future?

So there was a possibility that the child was his?

Carefully, he enunciated word by word, "I won't marry her. Don't worry. Even if the child is mine, I won't marry her. If she decides to abandon the child after it was born, the Perkins Family will adopt it. Grandpa will take care of it, and well live our life..."

Elaine was left speechless.

Why did he change the topic all of a sudden?!

Howard was gradually going off track, so Elaine quickly stopped him. "Dr. Perkins, you take care of Miss Kaur first. I will go back and tell Grandpa what happened."

"No!"

Upon hearing her words, Howard hurriedly interrupted her. "Grandpa won't be able to accept it if you tell him!"

Elaine was taken aback. "So... are you planning to keep deceiving him?"

"We need to keep it from him for as long as possible." Howard sighed. "I will tell him when the time comes. You don't have to worry about this."

"Alright then."

"Take a taxi home. If Grandpa asks about me, tell him that I have to perform an urgent operation, and I will only be home at night

"Okay."

"I'll hang up then."

After Howard was done talking, he hung up the phone.

Elaine sat at the same spot for a while. Just as she was about to leave, her phone rang again. She thought that Howard had something else to tell her, but when she looked at her phone screen, she realized that it was not Howard.

Seeing the number on her screen, she turned pale instantly.

This was... his number. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

It was Vincent's number.

Why was he calling her all of a sudden?

For the past few days, she had been on tenterhooks. She was afraid that Vincent would come looking for her again, but he was quiet for quite some time. Just when she thought that he had given up, he appeared.

Holding her cell phone, she was glued to her seat, not daring to answer her phone.

It was not until the phone stopped ringing that she felt a wave of relief wash over her.

Holding her breath, she did not dare to move an inch just now...

Then, she blocked his number before getting up to leave.

As soon as she returned to the Perkins Family's mansion, she saw a repairman coming out from the house. Maya was seeing him off.

"Miss Jacob, you're back?"

Maya took the bag from her hand. "Oh, what did you buy?"

"Some fruits. I noticed that we're out of fruits, so I brought some."

"That's great. Mr. Perkins loves fruits. He'll be delighted to know that you bought him some fruits."

Pointing at the repairman, who just left, Elaine asked, "Maya, who is that?"

Maya opened the door for Elaine, and she went in. Bending down to remove her shoes, she heard Maya said, "The repairman. I thought Mr. Howard hired him to repair the television?"

Upon hearing that, Elaine was stunned. "What? Dr. Perkins?"

"Yes, he said that Mr. Howard hired him to repair the television. By the way, today's newspaper finally arrived. I have no idea what are these people doing. How could they make such a mistake..."

Immediately, Elaine's expression turned dark. "Where is Grandpa?"

"He's reading the newspaper. It's one of his habits. He has to read the newspaper every day to feel at ease. He had been feeling restless the whole day because he didn't read the newspaper this morning..."

"Miss Jacob?"

Before Maya finished her sentence, Elaine had already rushed into the living room without taking off her shoes.

Maya called her, but it seemed like she did not hear her at all.

As soon as she entered the living room, she walked up to Ronan, who was sitting on the sofa. "Grandpa..."

The next second, Ronan dropped the newspaper in his hand...

The television was showing the same news she watched in the hospital this morning...

Soon, Ronan's hand started trembling...

Maya followed after Elaine. Noticing that something was wrong with Ronan, she was shocked. "What's wrong..."

Before she finished her words, Maya's gaze fell on the television. She muttered to herself, "Isn't... Isn't this where Mr. Howard works? Who is this doctor surnamed Perkins mentioned in the news? Is it Mr. Howard? That's impossible! Why would Mr. Howard do something like this? He was still fine this morning..."

Suddenly, Ronan stood up and said with a serious face, "Maya, give me the phone!"

Snapping back to her senses, Maya knew that Ronan was going to call Howard. So, she hurried over to get the phone.

Anxious, Elaine approached Ronan and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. The person mentioned in the news might not be Dr. Perkins. He called me just now and wanted me to tell you that he had to perform an urgent operation today. He said he won't be back so early and asked us to have dinner without him."