Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)

Outside the operating room.

When Morgan came over with a cup of water, he saw Elaine seated on the chair. In fact, she didn't even move an inch, and she looked like a statue.

How long had she been sitting in that position? Was it an hour? Or two hours?

Anyhow, she had been sitting there since Vincent entered the operating room.

At that moment, she was in a terrible state, and it was a ghastly sight as there were dried bloodstains all over her body. On such a night, in the corridor of a hospital, she did look a little scary.

Slowly, he walked over and asked, "Miss Jacob?"

However, Elaine didn't budge.

Left with no choice, he took a seat next to her and uttered, "Miss Jacob, go and have a rest. I'll be here."

Immediately, she shook her head.

Then, he handed over the water in his hand. "Have some water first, and we will wait together."

Although she had no appetite to eat or drink anything, she raised her head and smiled faintly to comfort him, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me..."

It was only then that Morgan realized Elaine's face was ghastly pale, and she seemed spiritless. Shocked, he asked, "Miss Jacob, are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine. What else could happen to me..." Calmly, she answered, "We have been waiting for so long, and they should be done anytime soon. Since Dr. Perkins had not come out to tell us anything, it should be nothing serious. You can rest assured."

"I hope so too."

Then, he put the cup aside and asked, "Miss Jacob, could you tell me how did he get hurt?"

As she lowered her gaze, she said bitterly, "Allen didn't die from the gunshot, so when he was about to take me away, Allen tried to fire another shot at me, but he was holding me in his arms, so he took the bullet for me..."

For a moment, Morgan was silent. After a long while, he sighed.

With a bitter smile, she said, "I didn't expect him to take the bullet for me either. It really surprised me..."

"Well, I'm not surprised. All this time, his feelings toward you were sincere, so it's reasonable for him to do something like this."

Suddenly, her lips moved, and she tried to say something, but in the end, she didn't.

After a long wait, there was finally movement at the door of the operating room.

When Howard appeared in his white coat, Elaine wanted to hurry over, but she ended up falling to the ground, and Morgan stared at her in shock. Although she gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, the wound on her leg was too painful, and she suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

Immediately, Howard strode over, carried her up from the ground, and put her gently on the chair. Then, he squatted in front of her to check her wound.

Meanwhile, she held his hand and asked eagerly, "Did the operation succeed?"

"He's alive. The operation was successful, and the bullets were completely taken out. Don't worry."

"That's great..."

It was only then that Elaine let out a long sigh of relief. Suddenly, she collapsed onto the chair weakly as if her entire body was cramping.

For so long, she had been so tensed, and she was on tenterhooks. Now that she heard these words, she felt like crying.

But she was attacked by a sharp pain.

In a low voice, she exclaimed, "Hiss..."

As soon as Howard ripped off her pants, he flew into a rage. "Elaine, you're crazy, aren't you? Why didn't you tell me that you were shot? Why did you hold it in? Do you want to lose your leg?" With a smile, she comforted him. "Dr. Perkins, I'm fine..."

"Shut up!"

Furiously, he picked her up horizontally and carried her directly into another operating room. "I'm going to take you to deal with your wounds now. You don't have to worry about him." "Okay."

Slowly, she leaned her head on his shoulder. At that moment, she felt exhausted, and she wanted to sleep.

When Elaine woke up, she found herself in a cozy bed. Then, she noticed that Howard was making a call at the balcony in a low voice as if he was afraid of waking her up. Quietly, she stared at his back and did not say anything.

Indeed, Dr. Perkins had lost weight. It had only been a few days, but he was already like this. It seemed that his family's affairs had been a big

blow to him.

After he ended the call, he stood on the balcony for a moment. Although he felt like smoking, he remembered that he was in a ward, so he endured it. By the time he turned around and was about to leave the balcony, he found that Elaine had woken up, and she was looking at him with her head tilted. Hurriedly, he went in. "When did you wake up? Why didn't you call me?"

"I just woke up. I saw that you were on the phone, so I didn't want to disturb you."

"It was a call from my grandfather." As he poured her a glass of water, he said, "Get up and take a sip first. Don't drink too much."

"Okay." Then, he supported her head as he moved the cup to her mouth, and she obediently took a sip.

After she finished drinking, she asked, "My leg isn't broken, right?"

"As long as I'm here, I won't let you lose your leg."

A smile appeared on Elaine's face. "Thank you."

Then, Howard pulled over the chair and sat down beside her. "How do you feel?"

"Well, I'm can't really feel anything. It seems that my right leg doesn't belong to me, and I can't lift it."

"That's because the anesthetic

hasn't been dispersed yet. Once it's

gone, you will be able to feel your leg, but it's dissolved, you'll feel something. It might hurt a little then."

"Okay." Obediently, she nodded.

After staring at her for a while, Howard asked, "Don't you want to know what's going on with Vincent?"

"As long as you are here, he should be alright." The corner of Elaine's mouth twitched. "He's not awake yet, right?"

"No, he's still in the ICU. I need to monitor him for 24 hours and check his vital signs."

"Alright," Softly, she said, "Thank you."

However, he paused for a moment before saying, "Are you saying thank you on his behalf, or do you want to thank me on your behalf?"

"Both. If it weren't for you, his life might have been in danger."

"I'm sure he could still survive without me. Didn't you say that a bad guy like him would be able to have a long life?"

Stunned for a moment, she then smiled. Meanwhile, he also looked at her and smiled. It made her feel a little uncomfortable as he looked at her, "What's the matter..."

"I've missed you so much. It had been such a long time since I last saw you, and I think of you every day." Suddenly, Howard said.

A little uncomfortable, Elaine said, "Dr. Perkins..."

Clearly, he saw the emotion in her eyes, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Seems like you still haven't developed any feelings for me, hub? I guess there's no way I could win you over then. The person that you like is Vincent, right? Earlier, you were crying so sadly, and tve never seen you act like that before."

Although she wanted to refute him, she didn't know what to say.

In fact, he was right. Indeed, she was crying really badly, and it was the first time she had ever felt so sad for a man.

Even she herself did not dare to believe that she would be so sad...

In the past, she had always felt that she hated Vincent, and she even despised him. But now, she was not sure about that.

At that moment, not only was she not sure whether she hated him, she was also afraid that deep in her heart, she had developed feelings for him...

Although he was evil, and he was not a good person, he had never done anything to hurt her. What was more, he even protected her over and over again.

In fact, he was even willing to use his life to protect her.

It was not until then that she realized she liked him.

Faintly, Howard smiled. "By the time he is awake, he would definitely be delighted to know that he was finally able to get you."

As Elaine looked at him, she was a little embarrassed to speak, but he knew exactly what she was worried about. "You would be even happier if I were to give up on you, right?"

"Dr. Perkins..."

"I know you have no feelings for me because if you do, you won't be like this..." Softly, Howard muttered to himself. "This is the first time I really fell for a girl, and I was hoping that you would have feelings for me too. But ve forgotten that love is a two-sided relationship. Now that it is only a one-sided love, and you have no feelings for me, I can't force you to be mine."