Chapter 147
The man had taken a chair and placed it before him to use as a table. He was working on his laptop. His sleeves were rolled up
slightly, revealing his firm arm muscles. Genevieve’s light cough attracted his attention. Hence, he looked up and saw that
Genevieve had woken up. She was staring at him with a blank look in her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, he turned off his
laptop.
“Do you want some water?” Genevieve didn’t respond. She simply pulled the blanket higher and curled up under it. When
Armand saw that her temper was acting up, he raised his brows and walked to the bedside. In a gentle but domineering manner,
he lifted the blanket on her and embraced her with one arm. Then, with his other free hand, he took the jug on the shelf and
poured her half a cup of warm water before putting it before her lips. “Drink up.” Genevieve struggled for a moment, but when
she noticed that she couldn’t escape his embrace, she slapped the cup away.
Luckily, Armand had a firm grip on it. Nonetheless, some water was spilled on the blanket. “Genevieve, you need to drink some
water,” Armand said sternly before moving the cup back to her lips. Once again, Genevieve pushed it away. The look in his eyes
darkened. When he saw how she was unwilling to cooperate, he took a mouthful of the water before turning around to kiss her
directly on the lips. Genevieve struggled as hard as she could, but her lips were still being forced open by him. After drinking
some water, she felt much better. The process was repeated a couple of times until she was fed half a cup of water. Only then
did he place the cup back on the table and used his thumb to wipe the water away from her lips. “Do you want something to
eat?” Armand asked. Genevieve looked up to glare at him. Are you treating me like a three-year-old mentally disabled child? She
had opened her mouth, but she couldn’t voice out a single word. Noticing that she could not speak, Armand frowned and
pressed the bell by the bed to call the doctor over. Soon, the doctor was there with a few nurses to give Genevieve a checkup.
“Mr. Faulkner, when Ms. Rachford was sent here last night, I’ve given her a throat CT scan. When I got the results, it was already
too late in the night, so I didn’t come here for fear of disturbing her,” the doctor said. “Ms. Rachford has suffered damage to her
vocal cords, so she can’t speak. But then, the damage isn’t permanent. All she has to do is to rest for some time, and it will
gradually recover.” “All right. Thank you, doctor.” Armand nodded. “You’re welcome.” At that moment, Patrick came in with a set
of breakfast in his hands. There were dark circles beneath his eyes. It was obvious that he hadn’t slept for the whole night. When
Patrick saw that Genevieve, who was lying on the bed, had finally woken up, he finally felt relieved. “Armand, breakfast is here.”
Because Armand was here, Patrick didn’t stay to talk with Genevieve. After he put the breakfast down, he went out with the
doctor and nurses. Armand walked to the table and opened the bag of breakfast. He then took out a container of hot oatmeal
from it. Right after he opened the lid, he turned around, only to see that Genevieve had covered herself with the blanket again.
He had to pull the blanket away once more before he asked, “The blanket stinks of disinfectant. Do you like the smell so much?”
The man opened the notepad on his phone and passed it to Genevieve. “Type out what you want to say to me.” Genevieve took
the phone and typed away. Armand lowered his head to see the words on the screen of the phone. It read: I don’t want to eat. I
want to sleep. Can you please get out? “Eat something. Or else your stomach is going to hurt.” Armand locked her in his
embrace once more while he stirred the oatmeal with a spoon. “Or do you want me to feed you again?” Genevieve clenched her
teeth at the thought of how she was fed water earlier. She passed the phone to him once more after typing: What do you think of
the incident last night when I was attacked outside the shooting club? Do you think it was an accident? The man didn’t speak,
but when Genevieve saw the frown on his brows, she instantly understood everything. In fact, she knew who was the one who
had harmed the other two women who were supposed to marry Armand. She also knew who was the one who had planned the
car accident last time. Now that she was in danger again, she no longer thought of it as an accident. Furthermore, she had never
been to Springwyn before this, so she wondered how that man could have coincidentally appeared and mistaken her for
someone else right when she came out of the shooting club. She even suspected that Queenie had only dared to attack her
because Marilyn was the one who had ordered her to do so. Genevieve suppressed the jealousy in her heart before typing away
on the phone again. Her message read: You’ve told me again and again that you don’t miss Marilyn, but you condone anything
she does. You’re such a great man indeed. After a pause, she added: Mr. Faulkner, let’s get a divorce.