Please Love Me, Mr. George novel Chapter 54

After a while, I heaved a sigh. "I’m alright. It’s just that I’m missing you!"

How could I tell her about my illness? I didn’t know how because it was not something physical.

Sleepy, Diana simply asked, "Are you going through one of your sleepless phases again, honey?"

I opened my mouth but didn’t know what to say. "Yeah. Go back to sleep. Let’s talk tomorrow!"

I hung up and curled up under the covers, all my hopes dashing to pieces.

Finally, when I almost fell asleep, I felt someone getting in bed and taking me into his arms. It must be Dennis. I was sleepy and didn’t say anything, but closed my eyes and went on sleeping.

I was stressed and hadn’t got enough sleep recently, so I was in a bad place mentally and felt weak during work hours.

Jackie brought some papers for me to sign on, poured me a glass of milk and stared at me, saying, "Ms. Kennedy, you look haggard lately. Maybe you should go to the hospital for a check-up?"

I shook my head. "I’m alright. Go ahead with your work. I didn’t sleep well, and that’s all." Which was the truth.

Worried, Jackie stared at me before she left with the papers in her arms. She took a few steps and stopped, looking back. "How about asking Dr. Bennett to check on you? He came here today. I just ran into him in the elevator!"

Medicine was both Mario’s interest and lifelong pursuit. Although he was one of the shareholders of the George Group, he seldom visited here.

Probably, Dennis planned to invest in medical research in the future, so he set a medical lab for Mario in the office building, and Mario was the one in charge of the project.

I nodded approval.

I could tell I had been in a bad condition recently, so I took a rest in my office before I went to Mario’s.

Mario’s office was on the same floor with Dennis’. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but happened to see Olivia, in a white dress, standing in Dennis’ office as I walked out of the elevator.

I knew Olivia liked dressing herself as a fairy girl, so I could tell it was her at a glance. It wasn’t news that she would pay Dennis a visit in his office, and I wasn’t in the least interested in what they were talking about, so I went straight to Mario’s office and knocked on the door.

"What is it?" A mellow and deep male voice came through the door. I could tell it was Dennis’ voice immediately because it was so recognizable.

"Dennis, I’ve figured it out. I don’t want to go abroad, nor do I want to get into show business anymore." Olivia seemed very determined, and her tone sounded heavy as she spoke.

"OK."

Dennis’ response was not in the least warm.

Mario didn’t open the door for me, so I kept on knocking. Was he asleep?

"Marcus will come in a while. I’ll ask him to send you back," said Mario flatly.

Disappointed at Dennis’ reaction, Olivia continued after a long pause, "I’ve given up. Isn’t that enough?"

There was silence for a moment, but soon Dennis’ stern voice rang out, "Olivia, I told you before. Don’t make any decision for me. Clara is pregnant. If you want to stay in Newton Town, I’ll cover all your daily expenses, but I won’t be responsible for your emotional life. I have my own family!"

"Family?" Olivia asked in a shrill voice. "Then what about me? My brother left me in your charge. I…"

"But Calvin didn’t ask me to marry you. Olivia, we all have our own ways to go in life." Dennis couldn’t sound more indifferent and emotionless.

"Do you love her?" Olivia asked, her voice shaking. "You don’t love her at all. You choose her just because she’s pregnant with your baby, and you feel you have the duty to protect them. Dennis George, you don’t know yourself at all. You don’t love Clara. You just have to be responsible for her. Just like how you’ve treated me in the past, you’ve protected me out of responsibility!"

There came another piece of silence, and I thought the conversation between them was over. Since Mario didn’t come out, I could only go back to my office.

However, at this point, Olivia’s voice came out of Dennis’ office again. "Dennis, I beg of you. Please let me stay with you. I won’t ask you to do anything, and you can do whatever you want. Just don’t leave me alone. I’m unable to leave you now after all these years."

Now that Olivia pleaded with Dennis and made a compromise, she sounded so pitiful.

I lowered my eyes, finding us miserable. Admittedly, once a woman fell in love, she would lose herself.

"What are you doing here?" Suddenly, a male voice rang out. I came to my senses, only to see Mario coming out of his office with sleepy eyes.

I was amazed. It turned out this guy was sleeping just now?

"I was looking for you!" I said. Before Mario could reply, Olivia’s voice came out of Dennis’ office again.

"Dennis, I know you don’t love Clara. You’ll be ruined by this loveless marriage. It’s true that you have a baby now, but it won’t bring happiness to you. On the contrary, it’ll become a huge gap between you. You’ll get into hot water because of the baby for the rest of your lives!"

Mario also heard Olivia’s voice. He looked at me and raised his eyebrows. "Eavesdropping?"

I didn’t know what to say.

"It’s not like that!" I tried to convince him. "I need to talk to you!"

"What is it?" Mario asked, but his attention was fully paid to the conversation in Dennis’ office.

"I don’t feel well recently. I want you to check on me and tell me whether it’ll affect the baby!" Now Mario was listening to the conversation next door with rapt attention.

I covered my forehead with my hand. "Dr. Bennett!"

He shot me a glance, signaling me to keep on eavesdropping.

It seemed that Olivia thought her theory was absolutely right. She went on as she wept, "You know Clara loves you, but you don’t love her. She’ll have a mental breakdown some day in the future. No woman wants that."

"Miss Pearson, you’re not me. How do you know what I want?" I couldn’t stand it anymore. Besides, Mario was also here, so I walked into Dennis’ office and stared at Olivia with perfect nonchalance. "Unfortunately, Miss Pearson, even if my husband doesn’t love me, we have our own baby now, which means, he and I are officially a family now. You might have been living in your fairyland for too long, so you know nothing about the mortal world, and that’ll explain why you think only when the couple love each other can their marriage last."

"You…" My sudden appearance shocked both Olivia and Dennis, but the next moment, Olivia glared at me and retorted, "Do you really think you’re able to keep him with a baby?"

I nodded. "Actually, I wasn’t quite sure about that, but judging from your reaction now, I’m more confident of my future. After all, what he puts first now isn’t you, Miss Pearson, but me and the baby in my womb."

Dennis’ face darkened a little when he heard what I said, while I ignored him and continued, "Of course, you can keep on being a shameless woman and stay with him, waiting. Maybe someday after I give birth to the baby, he gets bored at home, and he also gets tired of me, and then he starts to think of the trash outside home for a change. At that time, your wish might be fulfilled that he gives you another home outside his real home!"