Scarlett's POV:

I felt better than last night when I awoke in the morning.

I was a little hungry, so I decided to call Tracy to bring me breakfast. But before I could reach for my phone, Charles pushed the door open, a delicious food box in his hand.

He walked toward me and put the box on the Small table by the bed.

"It's time for breakfast."

But I did not want to talk to him, and I refused to eat whatever he had brought me.

Despite the look of derision on my face, Charles did not seem to be discouraged. He took out the food from the box one by one, unperturbed. Now, I could see that he had brought fried eggs, bacon, sandwiches, and even a bowl of corn soup.

The familiar fragrance greeted me in an instant.

"Mom made it for you. Try have some," Charles urged, looking a little uneasy.

I knew what the look on his face meant. He was lying. The truth was, his mother, Alice, could not cook.

It must be him who had prepared the food.

But so what?

I had changed. I would no longer be touched just because he had made me breakfast.

Although the table in front of me was full of my favorite dishes, I remained unmoved. To spite Charles, I picked up the milk the hospital had provided and drank it.

He frowned and moved the breakfast closer to me.

"Eat the food I've brought. Hospital food is not as nutritious as you think it is."

I looked up at him and snorted. "Who are you? Didn't you say I'm filthy? You should stay away from me then, or else you'll get yourself dirty."

Charles stiffened and looked at me with an inexplicable look on his face.

"Jerry and Jason are waiting for you at home. Are you sure you want to continue talking to me like this?"

A sneer tugged at my mouth upon hearing this. How dare this bastard threaten me with my own children?

I looked into his eyes unyieldingly, but his face showed that he would not make a compromise. For a moment, we stared into each other's eyes. Neither of us seemed willing to concede. But in the end, I lost.

I hated his overbearingness. Exasperated, I put down the milk and leaned against the pillow sulkily.

"Are you implying that I should feed you???" Charles asked with a cunning look on his face.

response. Then, I pressed the call bell, and a young

"What's wrong, ma'am?"

broke into my ward without my permission and disturbed my

"Well..."

clasped her awkwardly and looked back and forth between

the nurse and ordered, "You can leave

a sigh of relief. "Okay,

in the ward the instant the nurse

scooped a spoonful of soup, and

looks like you really want me to feed you," he said with

fuck? He really

straight, grabbed the spoon from his

"Ahem!"

too fast that I choked on it. Not only that, but I also felt that I was going to throw up. I covered

I stood up, I felt a sharp, intense pain in my ankle. I lost my balance

instead of hitting the cold, hard ground, I fell onto something warm. It turned out that Charles had caught me just in time. He then laid me on the

Charles did not let go of me and even gently patted me on the back. With his free hand,

let him touch me. I snatched the tissue from him and wiped my

I'm sorry for making you suffer again,"

be perfectly honest, I thought that the pain

cage in the world. He got

because of his arms but his presence. My heart ached because of

would

do the things that would

and I

about you beat me up? Do anything to me—punch me, kick me, slap me. You can do anything to me as long as it makes

over Charles's face. Seeing that I did not move, he took my hand and

flames of anger burned my reason to

had asked me to beat him up. I would do what

slapped him across

not holding my hand anymore. His face tilted sideways due to the impact,

stunned for a second. But just like he had promised, he did not

me again if you're still not satisfied." Charles closed his eyes and moved his

gritted my teeth in anger. I raised my hand to slap him again, but I could not bring myself

at a stalemate, the doctor came

a beeline to the doctor. "Doctor, my wife sprained

doctor came over and touched my swollen ankle. His mere

the patient hurt her

and just shot daggers at

gaze, and he cast a reproachful glance at

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