Chapter 279 Unpredictable
Shocked by his sudden passionate gaze, she shook her head. “Forget it.” Though she wanted to walk away, it was too late – he had grabbed her wrists and gently pulled her toward him. She fell into his embrace weakly, engulfed by his masculine scent.
As soon as she lifted her head, she could smell him, and was immediately reminded of the night they had spent together. “Why are you so warm? Are you ill?” he asked gently, caressing her cheeks.
She shook her head blankly. “I… don’t know. I think you are being too nice to me. This is different from what I experienced before.”
His frown deepened upon hearing that, and his fingers became still on her cheeks. “What’s different?” She plucked up her courage and stroke his nose, chin, up to his jawline.
“You’ve always been a cold person to me, and I feel like I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.” She felt as though those words were spoken from a different person that was not her.
The dreamlike illusion made her heave a deep sigh. With that, she looked at him tentatively. “Do you think I’m being too sensitive?”
Her reluctance and timid reaction completely revealed her insecurities. At that moment, Edgar finally understood how it felt to be needed by someone else.
Why didn’t I see through her thoughts sooner? For a long time after she spoke, he remained silent. She pursed her lips and grumbled, “I shouldn’t have said this nonsense.”
I’ve been wanting to be closer with him. Now that it’s finally happened, what else am I expecting?
She was about to pull away from his embrace in disappointment, but he held her hand. “I’m very happy to hear your thoughts.” It felt surreal when his attractive, low voice rang in her ears.
“You are simply too tired lately. After a few days, you’ll get used to it.” With that, he gently caressed the hair that fell around her cheeks before giving her a gentle kiss. “Don’t worry. You can trust me completely.”
Joy flickered in her eyes as she lowered her head shyly. That night, she lay in the queen-sized bed and looked at the ceiling for a while before slowly closing her eyes.
Even when sleeping, she was smiling. Meanwhile, Edgar stood by the door and watched her sleep through the remnants of the light from the corridor.
Suddenly, his phone rang. He glanced at the caller before picking it up.
“Edgar, you have to see this yourself. It’s related to Jean.” Nathan sighed.
“Alright. I’ll be there right away.”
With that, he drove to the medical facility to meet with Nathan and a few other specialists.
“They are all my dad’s friends; they won’t leak the news out.”
He nodded. “Cut to the chase.”
“The stimulant that we checked last time is very likely from their facility. It’s a type of stimulant that is still under experiment. They are planning to use it to treat Alzheimer’s, so it will highly disrupt the brain functions. They suspect that Jean has already reacted to it.”
With that, Nathan took out a blue pill.
“This is a medicine that has the opposite effect, but it’s still under the experimental phase. No one can confirm what the effects are, but it’s the only solution we have.”
“Are you implying that she might be able to regain her memory after taking this, but there’s also a possibility that nothing happens?”
Edgar had never been a fan of uncertainties; he liked to be in control of everything.
He would reject anything that was unknown to him.
The specialist behind Nathan explained, “But if we leave her like that, the chemicals might slowly flood her brain receptors. No one is able to predict the affects.”
“Since you are not sure about the repercussions both ways, why do I have to make her go through the pain again?” Edgar crushed the pill into pieces.
“You are too impulsive, Mr. Royden. We have the patient’s best interests at heart.”
“If you really do, you shouldn’t even have let the pill fall to the hands of others in the first place!” he growled and slammed his fists on the table.
Silence fell in the room, and the specialists lowered their heads quietly.
“Edgar, the most important thing right now is helping Jean.”
Edgar’s gaze dimmed. With a frigid expression on his face, he said, “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t even be here in the first place. Since there’s no movement from Melody, I’m going to give her another day.”
After that, it’s all up to me how much mess I’m going to stir up.
“Edgar, take it easy,” Nathan suggested in a small voice. If he makes a scene, no one will be able to stop him.
On the other hand, Jean was having a nightmare. Covered in sweat, she jolted awake and found that she was in a completely unfamiliar place.
She put on her shoes hastily and ran out of the door, but the corridor was immensely long with dim yellowish light along the lane.
“E-Edgar!” She spoke his name with a low voice repeatedly. He was in her nightmare just now.
Her body slid down the door of his study weightlessly – she passed out right outside the room.
After he finished with work, he saw her unconscious body as soon as he opened the door.
“Jean!”
Someone seems to be calling me… How affectionate and genuine it sounds!
Jean shook her head, trying her best to open her eyes, but her eyelids seemed to weigh thousands of pounds. The nightmare suddenly replayed in her mind.
Edgar had a dagger in his hand, and he plunged it into her father’s chest. As blood squirted out of the wound, tears flowed down her cheeks.
“Doctor, the patient is having some reactions right now. Her heartbeat, as well as her blood pressure, is rising.”
“Send her to the surgery room immediately.”
The nurse stopped Edgar right at the door. “I’m sorry, but you can only wait outside.”
He could only watch anxiously as they wheeled her into the room, with no other outlets to vent his anger.
Right at this moment, the sound of high heels rang behind him.
Melody came to a stop behind him and took off her sunglasses.
“Finally, you’ve experienced how it feels to lose your beloved. What a dumb woman Jean is – she’s been trying to take revenge on you, but it never crossed her mind that her death would be the best way to achieve that.”
