Brian woke up briefly throughout the night because of pain. Lily watched over him and made sure nothing worse was happening.
"How are you feeling?" Lily asked and she leaned in when Brian wanted to say something.
"Just... uncomfortable." Brian replied.
Lily knew Brian was in pain and reassured him, "I'm here."
"Lily... can you hold my hand?" Brian smiled. Lily agreed and held his hand as he tried to sleep it out. Lily's hand was warm and Brian held it on tightly.
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"Lily! Lily!" Lily woke up hearing someone calling her. It was Ray and Lily immediately got up. She saw Daniel and suddenly felt weak and dizzy.
"Daniel... I..." Daniel caught her immediately.
"Lily! Lily!" Daniel tried to wake her up but she passed out. He asked Ray to watch over Brian while Daniel asked a nurse for help.
Daniel carefully placed Lily on the bed while the nurse did her IV.
"Nurse, is she okay?" Daniel asked.
"The doctor will come soon. Please wait." Daniel nodded and few minutes later, a doctor came in.
"Are you her family member?" The doctor asked. Daniel had to think of something to say so he went with the flow.
"I'm her husband." Daniel replied.
"Miss. Liang needs more rest. Her body is weak due to stress and she needs to eat more regularly. Other than that, she's pretty healthy." Daniel thanked the doctor. When the doctor went out, Daniel sat down and looked at Lily. He fixed her hair and moved them behind her ears. She was sleeping peacefully. Daniel leaned in and kissed Lily on the forehead. Slowly, he kissed her on her lips. He got up and fixed her blanket before he went out.
Ray and Jeffrey were both peeking from the outside. They started to laugh silently but Daniel noticed them and gave them an evil stare. Ray and Jeffrey cleared their throat and looked at each other. They acted like nothing has happened.
As they drove back to the office, Ray looked at Daniel and placed his arm around Daniel, "You scored big time, my friend." Daniel looked at him and gave him papers to do.
"Finish this by afternoon or else don't even think about having dinner." Ray pouted and went on working. Daniel smiled as he thought about kissing Lily like he already marked her his territory.
"What are you thinking about?" Daniel looked at the doorway and saw Elizabeth coming in. She sat on the usual side of the couch.
"Let's have a talk, Daniel." Daniel sat on the other side of the couch and waited for her to start as he drank his coffee.
"Tell me the truth about that night." Daniel looked at her and smiled, "Oh. The time you spent a night with a random man. You were right. It was my idea."
"You!" Elizabeth was about to slap Daniel but then she stopped in mid-air. She calmed down and told Daniel, "I know this is your revenge on the past. But, it's already over. We can restart our relationship. The world already know that we are dating. We still have arranged marriage, remember? Since we are still dating, why don't we don't go out to eat. I'm starving for some steak and wine. Hm? Please? Please?" Elizabeth was going to touch Daniel but he stood up and ignored her.
"Elizabeth, I didn't let you come in here and play. I need you to answer me. Where is your father? If you don't tell me, I'll have the police come and track him down. It won't be so hard for them." Daniel sat down on his desk.
"Hahaha, you think I'll tell you. You will never find him. Hahaha." Elizabeth laughed. Daniel smirked and called the police into his room.
"I just called the police. Tell me now or bring your whole body to jail." Daniel threatened her.
"You dare.." Elizabeth grabbed a flower vase and tried to murder Daniel again but Jeffrey came right on time and made her kneel down.
"Quiet. Or else I'll kill you." Jeffrey threatened her as well. Elizabeth struggled but of course, she wasn't able to defeat a bodyguard.
The police arrived and arrested Elizabeth for attempted murder. She glared at Daniel, "I'll never forgive you." Daniel smiled, "You still have lots of charges. Just wait patiently. Also, I told the media that we broke up." Daniel signalled the officer and they immediately took Elizabeth.
Daniel finally took a huge sigh of relief. There was a huge ruckus in the lobby. Now that everyone know that Elizabeth was charged with attempted murder and hiding a suspect... all of the news media will want to uncover the truth.
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Lily woke up and stretched, she looked around and there was no one in the room. She saw a small note on the tableside:
Drink and eat this sweet bun. From Brian. Lily immediately got up and checked on Brian.
He wasn't in the room anymore. Lily asked the nurse but she told Lily that Brian was already discharged.
Discharged? Wasn't he in serious condition just now?
"Excuse me, nurse. Do you know where he is?" She asked. The nurse looked behind Lily, "Isn't he behind you?" Lily turned around and Brian laughed.
"You were so cute. You thought I left, right?" Lily was upset, "Stop joking. I seriously thought you left me." Brian played with her hair again, "I was out taking a walk and bought some snacks. You were sleeping so heavily and I didn't want to disturb you. I heard you fainted. Daniel came two days ago and he carried you into this room. You slept for two days straight like a log." Lily was confused.
"I slept for 2 days?" Brian nodded, "Seems like you never gotten a good sleep. Did you eat yet?" Lily shook her head.
"Let's go back into the room." As they went in, Brian opened juice can and helped her open the sweet red bean bun package.
"Here you go and sit on the bed. Eat slowly." Brian smiled and looked at her.
Lily ate the bun slowly and she cried.
"What happened?" Brian sat beside her. He comforted her and wiped her tears.
"Nothing, it just tastes like before." Lily smiled and sniffed.
"Red bean was your favorite. I'm glad I still remembered that. You know how i could find you in the hospital?" Lily shook her head.
"Daniel told me to find you and comfort you because he knew you will get hurt because of Elizabeth and his relationship. He just told me go find you but he doesn't know that I already liked you long before he did. Lily, Daniel is a good guy but when he made you cry... my heart hurts for you. I will never make you cry. Do you want to give me a chance?" Lily stopped eating and sat still.
"Are they still together?" Lily asked.
Brian was afraid to answer because he knew Daniel and Elizabeth had already broken up.
"Brian? Are you okay?" Lily asked.
Brian looked at her and decided to let her know.
"This is the latest news article. Let me know when you finish. I'll go out for awhile." Brian excused himself and waited outside the door. His tears fell. It hurts.