Desperate Lovers novel Chapter 71

"That's really a pity, I do like Angela."

Denise sighed, “Well, when are you going to marry Jessica?”

James frowned and didn’t answer.

“If you don’t have someone else in your heart, what are you waiting for? It would not worth it to both upset your grandfather and loss hundreds of millions.”

Denise said.

James said while having his meal, "I knew what I am doing."

"Well,"

Denise let out a great sigh, ''Usually when you say that, I would be relieved.

But this time somehow, I feel more stressed.”

James glanced up at her, then lowered his head back to his meal. He tried to change the topic, "Angela’s leg was scalded. She is now in the First Hospital."

"How did she scald her leg?"

Denise put down her spoon, shocked and concerned, "Is it serious?"

“By hot tea. She would need to be hospitalized for a while."

"Hot tea?"

Denise raised her eyebrows slightly, "I heard that Greyson had smashed your clubs and splashed Jessica with hot tea. So, Jessica also accidentally scalded Angela with hot tea?"

James said yes.

Denise chuckled and said vaguely.

"I don't know if it's good or bad that the Smiths has such a smart daughter.”

She looked at James, who was eating attentively, and tapped the table twice, "You seldom have dinner at home. It’s so abnormal. Did you just come back to inform me of Angela’s scalded leg on purpose?"

"I didn’t say that."

James said.

With her chin propped on her hands, Denise examined her son's handsome face, "Can I regard it as a way that you care about Angela?

Son, do you really have no feelings for Angela?"

“Ms. Denise."

James put down the chopsticks and wiped his mouth.

Denise raised his hands in surrender and sighed.

"Perhaps I gave it too much thought."

At this moment, James's phone rang. He reached it but put it back on the table when seeing the caller ID.

Roaring for thirty seconds or so, the phone still failed to raise his attention. After a while, Denise's phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Denise glanced up at James and sighed, "Why it's so hard to have a peaceful meal?"

She answered the phone and chuckled.

“You call me at this moment, you're not going to invite me for a dinner, are you?

Really?

I'm so sorry, Adeline. I just finished it."

"You ask me why James has canceled the lawsuit against Greyson?

“Well, about that, I have no idea at all,either. James told me nothing."

"Hand the phone to him?”

I'm at home. He’s still at the office. He didn’t come back.

Well, well, that's it, I'll scold him when I see him. That's so unkind."

Denise hung up the phone and peered at James, "You are a grown-up now. Don't let me clean up the mess for you next time."

"I am always a child before you."

James said.

Denise criticized him with a smile. Then, she got up and took her handbag, "It's still early. Come with me to visit Angela in the hospital."

On returning to the hospital, Angela called Greyson to tell him the whole story.

Her dad answered the second half of the call, during which he kept scolding her, complaining about how hard it was to get that land.

Angela listened numbly and didn’t retort until he hung up the phone.

The doctor came in to put on a drip for her. As he changed her bandage, he warned her in a serious tone, "Your leg have been broken once and now it is scalded. If you don’t cooperate with our treatment and run around again, I won’t take the responsibility if your leg gets inflamed or infected."

Angela nodded absent-minded. She was occupied with something else in her mind.

Her attitude pissed the doctor off. He left angrily after telling her to call him or a nurse when the drip was over.

"How do you manage to make your doctor so angry?"

Denise pushed the door open and walked in. She ordered James to put aside several boxes of gift and a pot of chicken soup they carried with.

Angela ,who was lying on the bed, saw them come in, sat up with her hands propping on the bed. Her back tensed up, "Auntie Denise, Mr. James."

"Help yourself, girl."

Denise sighed and said to James, "Go help Angela so that she could lie down."

James agreed, then walked over to Angela. He wrapped his left arm around Angela’s waist and let his right hand through her neck, half-hugging her so she could lie down.

With his breath enveloping her, Angela could even hear his strong, powerful heartbeats as her left ear pressed against his chest.

She held her breath spontaneously, and this time, every cell in her body, not just her back, tensed up.

"You two are quite a match in height and face. Anyone would regard you two as a young couple."

Denise teased.

James took out an apple and peeled it as if he hadn't heard it.

His long, white fingers streaked between the red skin and the yellowish of the apple, which looked like a work of art now.

"I’m flattered."

Angela glanced at James, the tip of her nose exuding sweats, "Mr. James and Miss Jessica are the real match."

James stopped peeling the apple. The long red peel broke off and fell onto the ground.

He picked it up and threw it into the trash can.

"They match each other in terms of appearance, but it’s hard to say in other ways...,."

Denise said meaningfully.

"Well, let’s not talk about her. I saw you doctor go out angrily. What did you do to him?

"I don’t know."

Angela fudged.

James handed the peeled apple to Denise and try to speak in a casual way, "The doctor had asked her to recuperate in the hospital, but she went to the company to see me this afternoon."

Raising her eyebrows slightly, Denise thrust the apple to Angela by the way, "You should love yourself first, whether others love you or not.

What is so important that you have to meet James this afternoon when your doctor has told you to stay in the hospital.”

Pursing her lips, Angela didn't answer and handed the apple back to Denise.

She didn't dare to eat an apple peeled by James.

Denise didn't ask further seeing her reluctance. Instead, she smiled as she passed the apple to Angela again, "Take it. I'll let James peel another one for me."

Angela took the apple and looked at James spontaneously.

“Take a bite.”

James took another apple and began to peeled it.

Angela took a small bite but couldn’t feel the taste.

She was confused. Sometimes he hated her in guts and even wanted to kill her, but other times he just treated her like anyone else. Only god knows what he was going to do next.

"How much hot water did it take to hurt you like this?"

Denise felt a bit sorry when she uncovered the quilt and saw Angela's scalded leg.

Angela was afraid to say something bad about Jessica, as it might make James unhappy, she remained silent.

"A jug of tea."

James frowned slightly but quickly unfold his eyebrow as he handed a peeled apple to Denise.

"I don’t wanna smudge my makeup, so I'll pass it. Eat it yourself."

Denise pushed the apple back to James and chuckled.

"Splashed an entire jug of hot tea on Angela by accident, Jessica is really something."