"Are you just asking for trouble?" Damon bellowed, grabbing Ariel by the throat. His eyes were full of murderous intent
Ariel was practically lifted off the ground, gasping for air
But he quickly tossed Ariel aside and ca to check on .
I was pretty lucky. Just a couple of droplets of the acid hit my left cheek, but the pain was hard to ignore.
Damon quickly grabbed a towel and gently dabbed my cheek.
"Let’s get you to the hospital," Damon decided, glancing at Ariel before dialing Cooper to keep an eye on her.
Ariel’s eyes had no ounce of regret, just the satisfaction of revenge.
Damon called a couple of servants to watch over Ariel before we headed to the hospital.
After so tests and treatnt, the doctor said I was fine. Worst case scenario, I might have a couple of tiny scars on my cheek, but you’d have to squint to see them.
After taking my dicine, I just conked out on the hospital bed.
When I woke up, it was noon. I had a mini heart attack when I saw the ti on my phone, thinking about work, but here ca Damon with lunch.
"You’re malnourished. You need to stay here for a while," Damon put the lunch on the table, giving a cold look, "So, you want to be a workaholic?"
"I’m perfectly fine, just need to eat more," I was just worried about work.
Damon blocked , "Eat your lunch first"
I frowned at him, "Can you stop bothering ?"
"I’ll go with you to the eting with Sinoplast Corporation in three days," Damon tried to reassure , "Isn’t that your main project these days?"
Damon knew my work like the back of his hand, which was surprising and guilt-inducing . I was supposed to take over the company for my mom, yet I didn’t know as much as Damon.
I took this lesson to heart.
"I’ve almost closed the deal," I declined and said, "Just one last step. No need for your help. Mr. Coleman,"
"Until the contract is signed, it’s all talk. Sinoplast Corporation is also working with other companies. Aren’t you afraid of losing the opportunity?" Damon raised an eyebrow at .
I recalled the president of Sinoplast’ recent attitude towards , definitely colder than before. Plus, he could back out at the last minute with my family Issues and choose soone else.
All my hard work would be for nothing then. But if Damon had co with , things might have turned out differently.
Seeing my hesitation, Damon seed to have read my mind and continued, "Sinoplast Corporation is now seeking collaboration with Coleman Co. If i reject them, they’d likely choose your company"
"You did this on purpose, didn’t you?" I almost guessed Damon’s intention. If not for him, our companies wouldn’t be competitors.
Indeed, Damon admitted without any concealnt, "Yes, I anticipated your refusal to collaborate, so I had approached other companies beforehand, and Sinoplast was very interested."
I wanted to slap Damon. He obviously ca to make trouble for .
And now he was offering to accompany to negotiate with Sinoplast Corporation, and it was like criticizing first and then comforting .
"Damon, you’re a shaless bastard!" I shouted at him but didn’t hit him for fear of retaliation.
Damon’s face turned sour instantly. After a few seconds of silence, he threatened coldly, "If you don’t eat and stay in the hospital on ti, I’ll sign the contract with Sinoplast Corporation right away."
With that, he turned to leave.
I couldn’t afford to lose this golden opportunity. Sinoplast Corporation was very important to . I quickly grabbed Damon’s wrist, gritting my teeth, "Alright, I’ll eat and stay in the hospital, okay?"
"If you had listened earlier, wouldn’t everything be fine?" Damon smiled again, leading to the table, helping sit down, and opening the lunch box.
All my favorite foods were in there, definitely not a coincidence, he must have prepared it specially
He pulled a chair over and sat next to , "You have to finish all of this."
There were four dishes and rice in the lunch box. How could I finish all of it?
I replied, "This is too much, I can’t finish it."
"Then eat two thirds of it." Damon leaned on the table, resting his cheek on his palm, staring at , "You’re too skinny. It feels like I’m holding a skeleton when I hold you"
I kept my head down and ate, "I didn’t ask you to hold ."
Damon chuckled and said, "I hold you if I want to You used to cling to , and now it’s my turn to cling to you"
In my previous life, I did like clinging to Damon. Even if we couldn’t et, I would cling to him ntally by texting or calling him.
He was really petty, using the way I treated him in the past to treat now.
"Eliana, are you alright?" Sofia rushed to the door, checking my face anxiously, "Is your face okay?"
I quickly shook my head, "I’m fine, just a little sore. How did you know?"
Sofia’s eyes landed on Damon, who looked a bit awkward.
Seeing this, Damon quietly stood up and left.
After Damon left, Sofia sat down and explained the situation.
Turns out Cooper told Mitch, who then told Luna.
Luna was taking her kid for a vaccination today and couldn’t co. Clara had an important eting and asked Sofia to check on .
Damon and I are so closely knit that any small incident between us can spread like wildfire in our relationship web
"Ariel’s been nabbed, She’s in the police station now," Sofia was filling in on recent events, "If Damon decides to co down on her, she will get so heat for sure I don’t know if Nancy’s gonna pull strings for her".
"She totally will," I replied without a second thought.
Even though I had no idea why Nancy was so soft on Ariel, my gut told she would keep shielding Ariel.
Sofia nodded and said. "That woman got so serious clout. She might just have a trick up her sleeve to get Ariel out of this ss"
Seeing a lot of food still on the table, I let out a burp and slid a plate over to Sofia, saying, "Co on, dig in."
Sofia happened to have missed lunch, so we chatted while chowing down, and in no ti, we’d polished off all the food on the table.
"I’m heading off now, and I’ll co see you again tomorrow" In the afternoon, Sofia left the hospital room, full and satisfied, while I rested in bed.
Then, Hunter gave a call
I hadn’t been in touch with Hunter for a while, mainly because I had been swamped and didn’t have ti for chitchats. But now that I was hospital-bound, I had plenty of spare ti.
"Eliana, what did Ariel do to you? Are you badly hurt?" Hunter asked, sounding worried.
"I’m fine, Hunter, don’t sweat it." Every ti I heard Hunter’s concern, I felt like I was being cared for by my little brother, and it lifted my spirits.
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