Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

"Who let this woman in?" Nelson demanded furiously as he stepped into the room. "Nurse! Take this woman out of this room, and make sure she never enters again!"

His shouts woke Melinda, and she slowly roused to the picture of something that seemed to have come out of a melodrama.

"What do you have in your hands? How dare you touch Soaring Group’s documents so easily?! Do you think you’re a part of the company or something?!"

Nelson was still berating Emily, glaring back and forth between the woman and his grandson. He was clearly disappointed, and beyond furious.

He was still the head of the family, as well as the family business, damn it! This woman had some nerve to get her hands on such important files; no one outside of the company should have even laid eyes on those papers.

Jonas was looking on helplessly, but kept his silence. Emily, meanwhile, had a horrified expression, and the documents shook in the air as her hands trembled nervously. Melinda rose and walked over to the bed, then calmly took the papers from Emily and placed it on a nearby table. Then she went to Nelson and helped the old man towards one of the seats.

"Didn’t I tell you it was nothing to worry about?" she chided Nelson softly. "You shouldn’t have come all this way." The old man only grunted.

A nurse came close and took hold of Emily’s elbow, urging her to stand and walk out the door. The actress turned to Jonas with a pleading look. "Jonas."

But he was looking at his wife, and nobody was really paying attention to Emily. Well except for the nurse who was now pulling at her. And Nelson.

"What do you want?" he shouted at her. "Do you want me to call security to get you out of here? You’d better get out of my sight while I’m still being patient!"

Emily’s face flushed in mortification. She was a celebrity, after all. If they weren’t in the VIP section of the hospital, there would no doubt be a crowd taking photos or videos right now, immortalizing her moment of humiliation for the world to see.

Nelson’s reputation reached far and wide, and this hospital was caught among his vast network of connections. The nurse, along with its many employees, dared not displease him.

As the door closed behind their unwanted visitor, Nelson snorted to express his displeasure. Jonas noticed, but it was his wife he addressed. "You must be tired after everything that happened. Why don’t you return with Grandpa and take a good rest? I’ll be all right. The nurses will take care of me."

Melinda opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Nelson interjected. Apparently the old man was full of energy at the moment.

"Indeed, you must be exhausted. That’s why I had Mary bring some of your necessities here. You’d be clean and comfortable as you take care of Jonas. It’s far too inconvenient for you to keep going back and forth, not to mention tiresome as well."

The wily patriarch would never pass up an opportunity to get these two alone so they could spent some time with each other without interruption, doing things that couples were supposed to do.

There was a knock on the door just as he had finished speaking, and Mary entered carrying a bag that contained Melinda’s clothes. She also had with her what looked to be a picnic basket, which was filled with food.

"You often forget the basics whenever you’re busy." Mary smiled as she handed them to Melinda. "Please take good care of yourself before you take care of Mr. Gu."

"Thank you, Mary." Melinda laughed softly, because the servant wasn’t wrong. Nelson left soon after that, and with Gavin and Mary with him, the young couple didn’t worry much about their grandfather.

In truth, Melinda was starving, and as soon as they were alone again she propped open one of the food packages Mary had prepared. There were many of her favorite dishes and snacks, and among them was a container of shrimps sautéed in butter, which was her favorite.

She plopped on the chair by the hospital bed, and started to merrily chow down her shrimp. Seeing her blissful face as she chewed, Jonas scoffed and turned his back on her.

"What is it?" Melinda mumbled over a mouthful of food. "Do you want to eat some, too?" Jonas turned to shoot his wife a look of mock disgust. "Too bad you can’t have any," Melinda taunted, and bit into another forkful of shrimp.

Jonas wanted to devour something, all right, but it wasn’t the shrimp he wanted to sink his teeth into. The memory of their episode in the cinema flashed briefly before his eyes, and whatever small fire burned in his chest quickly dissolved.

and resigned himself to watching Melinda eat without any consideration to

in the hospital for three days. Even though he was

period, because, as expected, she looked after Jonas at the cost of

gaunt features. She scolded Jonas as they stepped into the living room, telling him off for not taking proper care of

the patient." Besides, even though he was bedridden, he had still

days that followed, husband and wife would often be cooped up in Jonas's office, poring over company documents. Pretty soon they were spending most of their time

wear Melinda further in this manner, but her daughter-in-law was undeniably competent in dealing with

his wife had greatly mellowed out, and she was sure that spending more time alone

when it came to time and location anyway, so Queena let

coax

they were in the living room this time, with Melinda huddled over at the couch with a

his mother. "Don’t pester her so much. You’ll find it

she really wanted to do during winter was sleep all day at home. "Oh, all right," Queena huffed. "But she’s better off here than in the office. And you need to come home more often, too, even if only for dinners! I will have William supervise

was her way of making sure Emily didn’t get any

Like, say, a weekend at a hot spring resort in the mountains." She gave her son a pointed look as she let her words drift off, and Jonas quickly took the hint.

all right," he said impatiently as he rolled his eyes. "Is there anything else you wanted, Mom? Because if there isn’t,

be using when you talk to your Mom? It’s really true what they say, that

her hands around the younger

she returned the embrace. "I’ll be your darling child from now on.

at their display, and shook his head as

for the hot spring even as he loosened his tie, and in

woke up to a light shake from Jonas. Her busy days and exhausted nights had

froze and stared at his wife with a stunned

a pillow, and rolled

back lightly this

important than sleep. Melinda tossed in the

the urge

picked her up, still partially covered by the blankets, and carried her over to the bathroom. He plopped her on the counter, wet a towel, and rubbed

being awakened so rudely, but sullenly

toothpaste on it, and when it seemed like he was even going to brush her teeth, she grabbed it from his grip and ushered him out of the bathroom. She was dressed and ready to go in

was owned by Soaring Group. They had the option to get to the establishment by car,

gone halfway when Melinda clutched at his arm and begged him to stop. She was

were about to give up beneath her. "I

didn’t even seem winded by their trek so far. He smirked at Melinda, and she took great pains to stand straight and cross

turned his back to her, bent on one knee, and then reached both arms behind him. "Come on." He was going to give her a piggy back ride all the way

at her own expense. He offered her

silence as they continued on their way, and after a while Melinda felt her nose prickle with

was a moment she had fantasized countless times in the past,

however, much had happened between them,

She looked around and saw that there were other people