Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Chapter 54

Damon grinned and said, "Really? How come I’ve never noticed you have such a problem before?" "Did you ever bother to get to know me before?" Suddenly, I found my backbone and glared at Damon defiantly. Sure enough, I succeeded in diverting the conversation. I thought of the man who hit me with the stick and asked, "Did you call the police? About me getting beaten up." "I did. The guy’s cooling his heels at the police station now." Damon opened a food box, revealing a steaming chicken and abalone soup. "Cherry made this from home." No wonder it smelled familiar. I took the food box and started to eat. As I was eating. Damon broke the silence. "I’ve let Cherry go. She’s leaving tomorrow." The spoon nearly slipped from my hand, but I didn’t turn my head for fear of aggravating my injury. Instead, I widened my eyes and asked him, "Why?" "The guy who beat you up today, Ariel uncle, is the brother of Cherry’s husband. It’s not appropriate for her to continue working at our place." Damon explained slowly. A chill ran down my spine. Did Damon already know that Cherry was Ariel’s mother? If he had looked into Kent, he surely would’ve checked out Ariel’s family, too. It wouldn’t be hard to figure out who Cherry was. I had initially wanted Cherry to stay at our place a bit longer, but since Damon had already made up his mind, I let it be. "Alright, I get it." I calmed down and continued eating. As I was eating, I kept sneaking glances at Damon. He knew that Cherry was our nanny, but did he never suspect that I actually knew Ariel? Damon was busy replying to messages on his phone. I remembered that my mom’s roast chicken should be ready soon, so I said to him, "Thanks for bringing me food today. Since you’re busy, you should go." "Okay." Damon stood up to leave.

I rolled my eyes. If he was in such a to leave, then why did he even bother bringing me food? more. No sooner had Damon left than my mom arrived. Although I had already eaten quite a bit, I couldn’t resist the temptation of the roast chicken and forced myself to eat some. My mom wanted to stay overnight. My mom reluctantly went home. Just as I was about to drift "Hello?" Without checking the phone but I refused. It was just my head that couldn’t move, not my body. rest. a nurse had checked my ward and gave me some injections, I was ready to get some sleep. to ID, came "Eliana, it’s me." Ariel’s I immediately became alert. My phone rang. Luckily, I was in a private room, so the noise wouldn’t disturb anyone else. the phone, "Who’s this?" phone. She spoke softly and nervously, "Are you asleep?" clearer, "Oh, it’s you. No, I’m not asleep. What’s up?" "Eliana, I heard about what happened. I hurt you today, and you had to be hospitalized. I’m calling to apologize on his behalf. I’m sorry." Ariel’s tone was filled with sincerity. I could tell that she genuinely meant her apology. I chuckled, "So that guy is uncle, huh? What a coincidence. I was only there today for work. I didn’t expect something like this to happen." Ariel replied, "Yes, Eliana, we really do have a connection. I just found out today that my mom has been working at your place. But... she’s been fired."" It seemed she knew quite a lot. I was a bit disappointed that I didn’t hear what I wanted to hear. Since Ariel knew that her uncle, me and that her mom worked at my place, didn’t she know that Damon was my husband? After all, I went to the Chemical Plant with Damon, and Cherry was fired by Damon. "It must’ve been my husband who fired her. I’ Upon hearing my words, Ariel fell silent, after what happened today, he was pretty pissed." I said with a laugh. "Alright." I hung up. When she spoke again, her voice sounded a bit strained, "I know, Elian. You should get some rest." That night, I didn’t sleep very well. Probably due to the head injury, I kept having fragmented dreams about my past love, which almost made me think my condition had worsened when I woke up the next day.

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