LM
CHAPTERS 689 - 691
CHAPTER 689
Jane, can you hear me? Jane, can you feel me? If you can hear me or feel me, just say something. Just move your eyelashes or your fingers. Don't let me feel so lonely while I'm waiting for you.
He thought. He was so lonely, he felt like he had been abandoned by the whole world.
"Jane." Edwin held her hand to his lips and kissed her gently. Deep inside his heart, he kept calling her name. He hoped that she would respond to him. He hoped that he could hear her gently call out to him - Edwin!
But after waiting for three long months, her eyes were still closed tightly and she still lay quietly, not willing to open her eyes to look at him. Was this the punishment she had given him? The punishment for faking their divorce when he knew that she had been threatened.
She must have known the truth, so she punished him in such a cruel way, letting him know how sad she was at that time.
"Daddy!" Suddenly, the door was pushed open. Janell poked her head into the room and softly called out to her father.
Hearing Janell's voice, his heart, which felt like it was immersed in an ice cellar, melted. He hid the pain in his eyes and turned to look at the door with a gentle expression.
"You' re here." Janell rushed to her father's arms and wiggled. She looked up at her mother lying on the bed and said, "Daddy, I miss Mommy."
She wanted her mother to wake up, wanted her mother to tie up her beautiful braids, wanted her mother to hold her in her arms and kiss her, and she wanted her mother to accompany her to kindergarten.
When her mother came back, she had always done.these things for her. After her mother was injured, it was her Little Aunt and.grandmother who took care of her.
Although her grandmother and aunt could tie her.hair just as well, it was never as good as how her mother did it. She wanted her mother.to do a lot of things with her, but her mother had been sleeping all the time.
No matter how much she called her, her mother did not wake up. Was it because she was not as.cute as she used to be so her mother didn't want to see her? Was that why she didn't.want to wake up?
Thinking of this, Janell's big eyes became dark, "Daddy, Mommy doesn't want me anymore?"
Because she didn't have a mother when she was born, her heart has always been more sensitive than other children. She thought that her mother had abandoned her.
"Silly girl!" Edwin kissed her pink face and said gently, "Mommy loves you the most, how could Mommy not want you?"
"Then why is Mommy not waking up?" She asked pitifully. It felt like if he did not give her the answer she wanted, she would burst into tears.
"Because Mommy was injured when she tried to save us, she was badly injured, that's why Mommy.." Speaking of this, Edwin felt a tight squeeze in his heart, which made him feel a little breathless.
"Mommy was injured.because she loves Daddy and I? So it's not because Mommy doesn't want me anymore?" She was small, but she was very smart. She understood her father's words.
"Little Cutie, you're right." Edwin rubbed her head and hugged her tightly. In the past three years when Jane was not around, it was this little kid who gave him the strength to go on.
Now, while waiting for Jane to wake up, every day that passed felt like utter torture. And still it was Janell who accompanied him, who made him firmly believe that she would wake up.
His baby was so sensible because her mother was also a caring person. She had inherited all the best personalities of her mother.
"Daddy, Little Aunt said I can stay with Daddy for a little longer today." She repeated what her.aunt had told her.
After the New Year celebrations, Janell went to a kindergarten in New York. Angela Carter and some bodyguards took her to and from her kindergarten every day.
After the explosion, Father Carter, Mother Carter, and Angela all rushed to America as soon as possible. It was the first time in decades that they had not celebrated New Year's Eve in their own country.
At that time, when he heard the news, Victor James also wanted to come. But because of his unique status as a member of the military, it was not easy for him to exit the country.
He only came to visit after the New Year. After staying for a few days, his work forced him back to Jiangbei before he could help Edwin with anything.
Father and Mother Carter would visit Jane at the hospital every day. They wanted Edwin to go back and have a good rest, but Edwin didn't leave.
Jane had been admitted to the hospital for three months, and Edwin stayed in the hospital for three months. For the past three months, he had not walked out of the suite.
He gave his men full responsibility to take care of his business at Shengtian. He put all his mind on Jane. If Jane did not wake up, he wouldn't have the mood to do other things.
Angela was responsible for picking up Janell every day. She would take her to the kindergarten in the morning and then take her to the hospital in the afternoon, so that Janell could chat with her father and mother in the hospital.
As for Edwin's feelings for Jane, Angela felt that no one could see it more clearly than she did. During the few years when Jane was missing, Angela watched Edwin go through it with her own eyes.
And for the past three months, she had been watching Edwin stay beside her. Every time she saw Edwin looking blank and sad, like his soul had left him, Angela would tear up silently.
She felt sorry for her brother, but she couldn't think of any way to help him. Sometimes, she would think that if she could choose, she would change positions with Jane, so that Jane could wake up and reunite with her husband and daughter.
But that was only in Angela's imagination. She couldn't help with anything else, so she could only watch her brother feeling sad.
In the past, in her memory, her cold brother would always look distant and unfriendly, someone not to be messed with. No matter where he went, he would be the strong person everyone looked up to.
There was nothing in life that could stump him. Until a few years ago, Jane suddenly disappeared from his life... At that time, Angela knew that her cold brother was not a "God". He was just an ordinary human, flesh and blood. He could get hurt and feel pain too!
When others were in pain, they would have someone by their side. When he was in pain, he could only lick his wounds alone. No one could help him.
Because for a long time, it had become a habit for him to support the whole family. Everyone was accustomed to being protected by him. And no one could protect him.
When he was injured, he would hide his wounds and would never let anyone worry about him..
CHAPTER 690
After Angela sent Janell to the hospital, she didn't accompany her to the ward because she was afraid she might be too sad and cry if she saw her brother.
Her cold brother was forbearing enough. How could she cause more trouble for him? So she stood outside and quietly guarded the three of them.
Since he was a child, he had taken care of her. When they grew up, he was still taking care of her. Angela had never done anything for him. So at this moment, she wanted to stay there and guard the family of three.
She couldn't do more for them, at least she could help them keep the peace. She also believed that her sister-in-law would definitely feel her brother's affection beside her and wake up.
As the doctor said, Karen's brain could still react to external stimuli. As long as they regularly talked to her, she could wake up sooner or later.
Even if it was only a possibility, Angela believed that her sister in-law would wake up. She was sure of it.
Thinking of this, Angela leaned against the door and listened to the voices in the ward quietly.
"You miss Mommy huh?" Edwin put Janell next to her mother and sat down, then said, "Tell Mommy what you really want to say. Although she can't answer you for the time being, I'm sure she can hear you."
Edwin had always believed that even though Jane was not awake, she could feel them and hear them. Therefore, he would spend every day with Janell by her side, telling her many stories.
He believed that as long as they persisted, Jane couldn't bear to let them be sad any longer. She would definitely make it. She had endured the hardest three months. She would definitely wake up and be with him and their Janell.
"Mommy, Daddy said that you've slept for three months, and I've grown taller. Daddy said that you have to wake up quickly, or you won't be able to carry me if I grow taller."
Janell remembered what her father had said. Her father told her that she was her mother's most precious treasure. As long as she came to accompany her mother every day, her mother would wake up.
She rubbed her eyes and said, "Mommy, I don't want to be a child without a mother anymore. Wake up quickly."
While she was talking, Edwin noticed out of the corner of his eye that a finger on Jane's left hand seemed to move slightly.
However, when he took a closer look, he realized that the hand was still stationary, as if it was just his imagination. His heart beat heavily again. In just a few seconds, he felt like he had experienced the ups and downs of life again.
Edwin said, "Janell, what did you learn in kindergarten today?"
She thought for a moment and said, "I learned the Little Bear Dance. When Mommy wakes up, I'll dance for Mommy to see."
He said, "Our baby is so smart. You've mastered the little bear dance so quickly, when Mommy wakes up and sees that our baby is so good, she will be very happy."
She replied, "I also made a new friend."
Edwin replied exaggeratedly, "Wow, you made a new friend. Is it a boy or a girl?"
Janell did not like to make friends with other children of the same age. She would either feel like the other children were not good looking, or she would think that other children were not as smart as her. So Edwin was genuinely curious.
"It's a little boy. His hair is blonde, and he looks like a doll." This was the description that she could think of.
Edwin pictured a small boy with blonde hair and fair skin. He stroked her head and said, "Well, one day, you will grow up and get to know more and more friends in the future."
"But I don't want many friends, I only want Mommy and Brother Lucas." As for Andrew, she didn't want to get too close to him.
These days, Andrew would come to the hospital after school. He would sit with them for a while and then go home with Janell.
"Mommy heard your wish, and she will wake up." Edwin pinched her pink face and ignored the other person she had mentioned.
That Lucas. He had disappeared for more than half a year, but the little girl was still obsessed with him. Edwin didn't know whether it was a good thing or not.
In life, the greatest pain was when you miss someone dearly. But it was a pain Edwin was willing to endure. To miss a person, and to feel pain in the heart...
Maybe this was what separated humans and animals. It proves that someone is of flesh and blood, not a cold blooded animal.
When did Edwin stop being that emotionless, cold blooded animal?
If he had to think back, it wasn't after he registered his marriage with Jane. It was when he saw her for the first time.
Some things you remember for a lifetime. Sometimes it's love at first sight. Maybe it was that one glance, that one time, he always remembered that stubborn, beautiful girl.
The first time he saw Jane, it was snowing on Christmas Eve. On that day, happy Christmas songs could be heard all around. The melody was so lively that many people hummed along when they heard it.
On that day, when he had returned to Kyoto, he had originally planned to put an end to the relationship which had never existed. He was always like this. He didn't like to put things off no matter what, and he wouldn't be bound by any thread.
However, before he could end that relationship in person, something happened. The elder sister had a child with the fiance of the younger sister, yet the two families sided with the elder sister and kicked the younger sister out.
He didn't know whether it was out of sympathy or some other feeling, but when he saw Jane, who was in a thick jacket, kicked out of the house, he asked the driver to follow her.
He never liked to meddle in other people's business, yet he followed her to the bar by chance and saw that she was getting drunk alone.
Edwin still remembered that day like it was yesterday. Jane sat alone in the corner, downing glass after glass. Many malicious eyes were already locked on to her, but she didn't realize the risk. She drank the alcohol like it was water.
Next to her, there were two men discussing together, "Look at that drunk girl. She probably has just been dumped by her boyfriend.
The other man said, "Just nice. We don't have any female companions. We can make her play with us later."
"Look at that chick. Tsk tsk, she was born to seduce men.".
CHAPTER 691
"Let me go first, let me warm her up." The men rubbed their hands, as if Jane Ronan was food on their plates.
"Why do you have to go first? You went first last time, this time it should be me." The other man said discontentedly.
"You chose to let me go first previously, but now that the girl is pretty, you want to go first? You wish."
None of them were willing to concede. "How about.. let's go together!" The man suggested again.
The conversation between the two men became more and more disgusting. Their eyes were fixed on Jane, and they wished they could throw themselves at Jane immediately.
Edwin had heard all of what they had said. The more he listened, the more he frowned. His fingers tightened around his glass.
She was just a stranger who had nothing to do with him. For some reason, when he heard other people insulting her, he got angry and wanted to tear the two sloppy men into pieces.
"Let's go." The two men exchanged glances and stood up at the same time, walking towards Jane.
The two men sat down in front of her. One of them reached out to grab her hand eagerly. Just as she was drinking happily, she was suddenly grabbed by someone.
She frowned in disgust, pulled back her hand, and glared at him, "F**k off! Don't ruin my mood!"
Even though she glared at them fiercely, she had been drunk for quite some time already. Her stare was not scary, but soft and flirty.
"Hey, she has a temper." One of the men smiled obscenely and reached out at Jane again.
"It's boring to drink alone. Let the two of us drink with you, and we promise you a good time."
However, before the man could touch Jane, Jane splashed the alcohol on the man's face. She burped and said angrily, "I'm in a bad mood. You'd better get out of my way, or I'll make you suffer!"
She was full of anger and could not find anyone to express it to..She could not find someone to vent her anger. Only alcohol could help her. Alcohol could numb her nerves, and alcohol could temporarily make her forget that she had been betrayed by the people closest to her.
"Haha." Thinking of what happened to her, her father's cruel eyes, her mother's hesitant look, and the couple who betrayed her, she wanted to just grab the bottle of alcohol and finish it all.
"F*ck!" The man felt humiliated. He got up and grabbed Jane, trying to take her away by force.
"F*ck off! Let me go!" Jane wanted to push him away, but she was too drunk.
"F*ck off? We'll bring you somewhere... and then we'll f*ck in bed!" The man said in a disgusting tone into her ear.
The bar was loud and noisy. Things like this happened almost every day..No one knew whether they knew each other or not, so naturally, no one meddled with their argument.
So the two men forced her to go with them. Anyway, she was drunk. No matter what happened that night, she might not remember it at all.
Even if she remembered, at daybreak tomorrow, everything would have already happened. She couldn't make any accusations. Because this could be just drunken sex, a one night stand, who would care?
They could still take the opportunity to threaten her, control her in the future, and make her work for them. However, they had never expected that before they could achieve their goal, they turned around and saw a tall man standing behind them.
The man looked sharp and handsome in a silver-gray suit. He didn't say anything and did nothing. He only looked at them, and his cold eyes under his gold rimmed glasses frightened them.
Just one glance from someone like that was enough for people to look away in fear. The two men were rascals, little rascals that only did petty crime. They didn't dare to offend the big shots.
The two of them exchanged glances and tried to avoid the strong man. However, when they walked to the side, the man stepped in front of them and blocked their way.
One of the men pretended to act brave and said, "Boy, get out of the way. Don't meddle in other people's business!" In.their minds, they had gone through all the young masters of rich families and powerful people in Kyoto. None of them looked like this guy.
This man looked posh and dressed rich, but in fact, that could be only on the surface. On the inside, he might just be an empty can, or perhaps a gangster of lower status than they were.
After thinking about it, the two men became confident and started to act like the hooligans they were. They didn't say much and tried to beat him up.
However, their fists could not even touch the man's clothes, Instead, they let out screams of pain. Before their fists reached him, the man had stepped hard on the back of one man's foot, and then trampled hard on the other man's foot.
He wore glasses and a suit. He looked gentle, but the strength of his foot was as heavy as iron. Their toes were flattened under the sheer force. Feeling the pain, they loosened their hands and let go of the drunk Jane, who didn't have any sense of direction anymore.
Her body collapsed to the left. Edwin Carter leaned to her side to catch her intoxicated and limp body.
"Young Master…why don't you hand her over to me?" Uncle Watson rushed over and saw what had happened.
The young master had a pet peeve, he never allowed women to be close to him. But at this moment, seeing Edwin holding a woman he didn't know in his arms, Uncle Watson could not believe it.
"Take care of the two of them." After saying these words coldly, Edwin held Jane by the waist and strode away.
"Did I see something wrong?" Uncle Watson's voice came from behind, which sounded like he was in awe.
Even Edwin couldn't believe himself. He couldn't believe that he would follow a woman he didn't know, couldn't believe that he would meddle in other people's business, and couldn't believe that he would be carrying the woman in his arms.
In the past, except for his mother and his sister Angela, there was no other woman who could get close to him. Therefore, Angela always thought of him strangely and always assumed that he was gay.
He was very clear about his sexual orientation, but he never cared enough to explain it. He always knew that it was not that he didn't like women, but that he hadn't met a woman who he could fall in love with, a woman he wanted to take care of for the rest of his life.
He walked out of the bar with Jane in his arms. Suddenly the cold wind blew on Jane's face, and she came back to her senses. She moved, but before she could figure out where she was, she moved again. Then, she realized that she was in someone else's arms..
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