Lulu bit her lip.
“Stop it…”
Before she could finish, Zachary’s lips were already on hers.He was holding her very tightly.
Despite Lulu’s disgust, she could not refuse for appearance’s sake, so she pretended to be embarrassed.
“Don’t…”
Zachary brushed against her cheek.
“We’re lovers.Kissing is fine.” Lulu said, “But I forgot about that.”
“You’d remember if I kissed you more.”
“You’re such a scoundrel.”
She pretended to pout and slipped out of his arms.
Zachary naturally knew that he should not be impatient, and he simply bore with it.
“Why? It’s normal for lovers, and I will take responsibility for you—just say the word, and I will marry you right away.”
Lulu did not want to talk about that, so she quickly changed the subject.
“When would you finish work? It’s so boring staying here.”
“I’ll be done soon,” Zachary said.
“Hurry,” she urged.
“Yeah.”
Still, he was only done when the skies were dark and it was almost time for dinner.
Zachary looked for a restaurant that offers delicious seafood stew for Lulu, and she ordered a lot of seafood, along with an extra spicy stew.
As Zachary glanced at the pot of redness that resembled magma bursting out of a volcano, he then glanced at his bandaged arm.
As a doctor, he knew that he should not be eating that stuff since it would ruin his recovery.
Seeing that he was not moving, Lulu put some stewed mackerel slices on Zachary’s plate.
“Why aren’t you eating, Zachary? Don’t you like to eat with me?”
“No,”
Zachary went to work right then.
“Of course I love being with you.”
Lulu diligently put more chunks of seafood in his plate then.
“It’s good.You should have more.”
Zachary had a low tolerance for spicy food in the first place.
Greasy, spicy food like this was basically torture to him! However, he did not want to be a killjoy since Lulu was eating happily, so he braced himself as he stuffed the food down his mouth.He was soon sweating bullets from the forehead, and he soon chugged two glasses of water.
Lulu slid a peek at him just then.
“You don’t like spicy food?”
“Yeah.”
“Sorry, I didn’t know…”
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“I’ll do anything for you.”
Lulu smiled.
“In that case, you should have more.Once you get used to it, you could come here more often with me.”
Zachary smiled lovingly.
“Yeah.”
However, his throat was burning and he was rasping! Lulu pretended not to notice and kept putting more food on his plate.
“This is good too.Have some more.”
Zachary ate everything she put on his plate, even taking off his jacket from the neat and distractedly draping it on the back of his chair.His cheeks were flushed, and the sweat over his brow was the size of peas.He was almost passing out from the spicy violence and Lulu had to drive him home.
As she helped him to his room, she told him, “You’re still hurt, so you shouldn’t bathe.”
“I’m thirsty,”
Zachary rasped, wanting nothing but water right then.
“I’ll get it for you.”
As she poured some water into a glass, she also dropped a pill into it.
Zachary, however, could not sense anything by then.
All his medical acumen as a doctor was gone and he felt like his whole body was on fire—a dialysis might not be out of the question! Then, after he drank the glass of water from Lulu, he began to feel drowsy! thuy Lulu simply sat by his bed, watching and waiting.
Once she ensured that he was sleeping like a log, she quietly left the house, intending to look for Ricky, only to find Ricky waiting for her right outside!
Ricky quickly ran up to Lulu the instant he saw her, hugging her without a care.
“You remember me, right? You wouldn’t have given me that look earlier otherwise…I thought I was imagining it, but you came.I was right!”
“Actually, I don’t,” Lulu said.
It certainly dampened Ricky’s enthusiasm, but he did not seem to buy it.
“You can forget everyone, but not me!”
He was holding Lulu’s shoulders, looking straight into her eyes! Lulu did not flinch, however, and she met his gaze.
“Well, I don’t remember you, but I understand that you’ve been good to me and always told me the truth. I’ve seen your rage toward Zachary Slate and how excited you were to see me, and I know that you’re a good person.”
Ricky’s eyes welled with tears from excitement.
“I’m not just a good person—I’m the one who loves you, and wants to protect you,” he said, taking her hand.
“You have to come with me.” Nonetheless, Lulu shook her head.
“I can’t.”
Ricky lost his composure right then.
“Why? Are you really with Zachary? He dumped you to get married, or do you really want to stay with him after what he did to you?”
“No. I actually lost my memory because Zachary’s mother tried to kill me,” Lulu explained.
“I was saved nonetheless, and thus decided to have my revenge. That’s why I can’t go with you.”
Ricky stared at her.
“Won’t you be in danger?”
“No,” Lulu said with a determined gaze.
“Zachary doesn’t know that I know what his mother did, and I’m still feigning ignorance. That is why he’s defenseless against me, and I would have no trouble against him. I will make him suffer!”
“But won’t you be in danger if you were exposed?” Ricky protested.
“I can help you with your revenge—just get away from him already.
He was genuinely concerned for Lulu’s safety since they almost managed to kill her once before, though he was also worried that she and Zachary would rekindle their relationship if they kept spending day and night together.
“No, I’ll do this myself,”
Lulu smiled.
“You don’t have to worry about me.”
“How could I not?!”
Ricky cried in earnesty.
“Just come with me— I’ll protect you.”
Lulu shook her head anyway.
“You might be able to do it, but this is my problem and I want to do it myself.”
Ricky had more to say, but Lulu cut him short.
“Let’s keep in touch.Do you have a number?”
“Can I see you anytime I want?” Ricky asked.
“When it’s convenient,”
Lulu corrected him.
As such, Ricky had no choice but to agree despite his worry, and reminded her, “Try to keep your distance from Zachary.Don’t let him have his way with you.”
Lulu nodded.
“I know.I will take good care of myself —it sickens me whenever he tries to get intimate with me, so nothing’s gonna happen.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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