Leilani tried to take Waylen’s hands away again and answered, “I’m not scared. Leave me alone. If you didn’t help, I would keep away from her too. I can do it by myself.”
After finishing the conversation with the doctor, Rebecca turned to look at Andrew, Leilani, and Waylen. Leilani looked at Rebecca. Her face had turned pale as if there was no blood on her face, but Leilani couldn’t tell the reason. Probably, Rebecca was scared because of the woman or because of Leilani.
After all, Rebecca also looked terrible.
Leilani raised her mouth and joked, “Come to comfort your fiancée. She was so timid, but she always likes to make a big plan. Does she want to be a mad bride?”
Andrew couldn’t help laughing. Realizing it was improper, he stopped and coughed for hiding his inappropriate behavior.
Andrew gave a glance over Leilani and thought to himself, “How to mean Leilani is. She is always aggressive. I would have thought Leilani never treated Waylen in this way. It is tough to argue with her.”
There was a sound of rush footsteps. A man went into the room. When Rebecca saw the man, she said sadly, “Cousin, something wrong with aunt..”
The man immediately rushed to the woman and knelt, “Mom. Mom. How are you?”
The woman got hurt and fainted. The doctor had no time to comfort the woman’s relatives. The doctor just asked a nurse to take off the woman’s clothes, take her to the bedroom, and then pull cold water on her body.
Since the woman should take off her clothes, many people got out of the bedroom.
All the people stood in the hall. Finally, Rebecca also got out of the room. Seeing William Webster was here, she walked to comfort him, “Cousin. I heard from the doctor that there was just a little sulfuric acid. I guessed that the aunt would be fine.”
William put his hands on the black iron railings. He looked dangerous and worried. Everything was unknown to him.
William didn’t ask what happened and how it happened. Rebecca knew William seldom speaks. He had many ideas in his mind, but couldn’t express himself. Rebecca couldn’t hold it anymore, and said directly, “Cousin, aunt loved Max so much. When she knew Max was dead, she…”
William nodded, showing he got it and said nothing. Then he turned to look at Leilani, who was in the same line with him and was standing beside Waylen.
William directly walked to Leilani.
Since William didn’t reply to her, Rebecca felt embarrassed. But when William walked to Leilani, Rebecca was joyful and thought to herself, “Although my cousin doesn’t like to speak, aunt is terrible now. How could he do nothing? William must punish Leilani hard.”
Leilani was standing against the railings, waiting for the result. Although it was her fault, the thing happened because of her.
Leilani was afraid that the woman was in danger because the sulfuric acid was intense and hot.
Andrew and Waylen were standing beside Leilani. Since Andrew’s legs got hurt, he couldn’t stand up for a long time. Therefore, Leilani turned to ask Andrew to come back to his room and have a rest.
William, however, was here. Andrew didn’t leave and stared at William.
Although William had no outstanding appearance, he had a brush cut and a scar on his right eyebrow. On the whole, William looked strong and masculine.
Leilani had seen William, who was the man wearing a mask. It was the first time that Leilani had seen his face.
William left a wrong impression on Leilani’s mind. She still remembered how William pestered her on that night.
William stood before Leilani and stared at her, saying…
William Webster stood in front of Leilani. He ignored the owners of different looks and asked Leilani if she was okay.
Leilani was quite calm. But she was a bit surprised at Webster’s attitude. After all, she accidentally hurt his mother. It made sense if he asked for explanations.
Also, she was prepared to give it to Webster.
However, Webster didn’t do so. On the contrary, he was asking about her with care.
Webster’s behavior also raised the alarm in Waylen’s mind. He couldn’t help recalling how Webster was going after Leilani at the party the night before. He suddenly cut in.
“I always think it’s a great manner to mind one’s own matters.”
“I’m fine. It’s your mother I’m worried about. I didn’t know it was concentrated sulfuric acid.”
Webster clenched his fists beside his pants and released them. He smiled awkwardly.
“I heard the whole story from the maids. This is not your fault. Even since my parents’ divorcement, my mother put everything she hoped on Max. Now Max is gone, she finds it hard to deal with. I hope we could let this slide.”
Webster was sincere. Leilani was a bit ashamed.
“I also wish your mother was alright.”
Rebecca was utterly disappointed at Webster’s behavior. She assumed he would get to the bottom of it. But he was just another weak man that was charmed by Leilani.
The door was opened, and the doctors walked out. Webster came to them at first.
“Doc, how’s my mother?”
The doctor removed his rubber glove. He said nicely.
“I’ve given my prescriptions. She’s having an intravenous drip. There is nothing serious. But the wound needs special care during the periods in case of infection. I’ve asked my nurse to get the drugs. She’ll give them to you.”
Everyone was relieved at the same time except Rebecca. She hoped for the worse so she could get the most from it.
Unfortunately, she had to take whatever was given to her. She also had to put on a nice smile.
“Great, aunt is okay. Um, Leilani, aunt is hurt and in no condition to move, so I ask the maids to get you another room. I hope it doesn’t bother you.”
Leilani shrugged off. Soon a maid came over to lead Leilani to her new room. Waylen was worried about Leilani’s wound on her feet, so he picked her up and followed the maid without any hesitation.
Leilani didn’t expect that Waylen would suddenly do this in front of everybody. He didn’t mind that Rebecca was also present. His behavior was too sudden.
“Why are you holding me? I can walk on my own. Aren’t you afraid that Rebecca might feel uncomfortable?”
“This isn’t the first time.”
It occurred to Leilani that Waylen held her back to her bedroom when she was attacked by the Tibetan mastiff. Rebecca was there too.
“So, you don’t mind breaking her heart?”
“She’s a tough woman. Are you bothered?”
“Yeah, to some degree,” Leilani was serious. She wasn’t afraid of Rebecca. But shaming her in public would certainly speed up her retribution.
But it wasn’t necessarily bad. She was prepared.
Rebecca immediately had an aggressive and cold look watching Waylen holding Leilani up. After Jamie held Andrew back to his room, she started to talk to Webster, who still stayed in the hallway.
“Webster, Leilani did play a part in Max’s accident. Now she’s done such terrible things to her aunt. I feel so sorry for you.”
Webster was cold and didn’t respond. But Rebecca kept saying bad things about Leilani. But she said more than Webster ever responded from the beginning to the end.
In Rebecca’s mind, Webster was a numb and silent man. He was quite too quiet. Sometimes Rebecca thought the smart Webster that she grew up with was a different man.
Rebecca suddenly stopped talking and checked up and down on Leilani.
“Webster, are you attracted to her?”
Or she couldn’t work it out. Not only was Webster unconcerned about his mother’s injury, but he also extended care to the woman who did this to his mother.
Webster shook his head.
“She’s pregnant.”
Webster couldn’t tell Leilani was pregnant when he saw her wearing the court dress. But Leilani was stunning that day when he saw her again. She was more beautiful than he imagined.
However, the more impressed he was, the more disappointed he was because Leilani was pregnant.
“I think girls in our own class would match you perfectly. Leilani is the sort that enjoys man’s pursuit and attention. She’s not the one for you.”
Webster just smiled. It was all over him to keep silent.
Rebecca found herself so annoyed every time she spent time with Webster. So she decided to speak up her mind.
“But if you really like her, it shouldn’t be a problem. After all, we can hardly track another woman more gorgeous than her.”
“She’s quite the charmer.”
Rebecca’s hope was rekindled because of Webster’s attitude. She was also jealous. She swore in her mind why Leilani would be admired by everyone. Also, she was fortunate because her plan could move on.
However, Webster, the tool was not as sharp as she thought…
As Rebecca was scheming, Webster suddenly turned to her.
“Actually, you’re pretty too.”
Rebecca gave him a sweet smile and suddenly put her hands around his arm. She leaned against his body and whispered.
“Webster, you’re so bad.”
Webster was frozen at Rebecca’s sudden behavior. He asked, not realizing Rebecca was flirting with him.
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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