Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 171

I, who wasn't reconciled, wanted to go inside, only to be blocked outside by the relatives of the Archer Family.

Tracy's son warned, "If you continue to poke your nose into our business, I'm going to hit you!"

"Forget it."

When I wanted to break in, someone stopped me.

I turned around and saw Shelton standing behind me unexpectedly.

He, who was wearing a white coat, didn't look conspicuous in this hospital at all.

I lowered my eyes and slowly walked to the stretcher on the side where Rosy was lying, holding her hand.

This feeling was the same as what I had felt when I used to hold Seth's hand.

Rosy had been dead. But her body didn't completely get cold. There was a little of warmth in her body.

Rosy had been in a coma for a long time. She, who could only rely on the breathing machine and the nutrition needle to maintain her life,

had been skinny early.

It was the first time that I had touched Rosy so thoroughly and vividly over these days.

Touching her skinny hand, I suddenly had doubts about what I had always believed in.

Holding Rosy's hand with my hands, I lowered my head and muttered, "Mr. Shelton, the way you see it, is someone brain- dead already dead? Was it right or wrong for me to insist on capriciously keeping her alive by relying on the breathing machine before? Would she, who was so thin, be in so much pain at that time?"

"After all, you did so because of your filial piety to her." Shelton pressed my shoulders with his hands, "As long as you did it with good intentions, nobody can judge whether what you did is right or wrong."

"Is that so?"

"Well, your persistence will move your grandmother."

Shelton comforted me.

It was unknown whether it was because of his presence that I, who was sad, calmed down a little.

I held Rosy's hand and stood next to her.

Behind us, Tracy was still arguing with the doctors.

It was unknown how long had passed...

A doctor said, "I will push the patient away."

Then he pushed Rosy, intending to leave.

I looked at him in panic and asked, "Where are you going?"

It probably was because of the fact that the hospital was quarreling with Tracy that the doctor didn't treat me well. Instead of answering me, he continued to push the stretcher forward.

I chased after him. But Tracy stopped me. "Stop it. He is going to push her to the morgue. What? Do you want to follow her to the morgue?"

I said right away, "Yes!"

Tracy looked at me as if she were looking at a lunatic. Then she let go of me directly., "Then you should follow him quickly!"

At this time, the doctor had pushed the stretcher where Rosy was lying far away.

I wanted to chase her, only to be hugged by a strong arm from behind, "Don't go there. It's not a good place. If girls go there, you will easily get sick."

"But..."

"The body will be sent to the funeral chamber tomorrow. You will see her then. Don't worry."

It was Shelton who was holding me in his arms.

His voice sounded deep and warm, which was of healing power to me at this time.

I stood there and watched Rosy being pushed farther and farther away from me. Finally, she was pushed into the elevator by the doctor. For no reason, I felt numb in my heart.

I couldn't cry or shout out.

I couldn't even ponder on it.

It was as if what happened right now wasn't reality, but a dream. And after I woke up from the dream, Rosy would still be alive...

By the time I turned around again, every one of the Archer Family had left.

Shelton said that he would send me home. However, when I came to my senses, I found that he had driven into Unit No.1, City Y.

I, who was a little embarrassed, explained to Shelton, "I moved out of here. And I no longer live here."

"I know." Shelton parked the car, got out of the car, and opened the door of the passenger's seat for me, saying, "You will stay at my house." "What?" I sat in the car and looked at him in a daze.

I had woken up in the middle of the night. And in the end, I was slow-witted.

Shelton looked at me and adjusted his glasses, "There is a guest bedroom in my house. I won't be at ease if I let you go home alone."

"Don't worry. You're the beloved one of Patrick. I won't do anything to you."

After Shelton finished his words, he smiled faintly.

His words stung me deeply, as if they sounded harsh to me.

"Am I the beloved one of Patrick? It has never happened."

I believed that Shelton wouldn't do anything to me. And I also believed that the reason why he would take me to his house was that he was sincerely worried about me.

It was almost five a.m. I didn't need to go to bed. So I simply went upstairs with him.

After I arrived upstairs, I saw him take out a key to open the door.

After turning the lock around for a long time, he didn't open it in success. So he changed another key.

Unit No.1, City Y was a high-end residential quarter. And the keys to the houses here were custom- made ones. There was a unique blue-and-white porcelain head on the head of the key.

He got two keys. And he could open his house with one of the keys only.

I, who didn't overthink it, teased him. "Mr. Shelton, it seems that you have more than one house here."

Shelton also joked with me, "Hehe, I have many houses here. In fact, I'm a low-key rich man."

Shelton also joked with me.

We went into the room.

Shelton took me to a guestroom and said, "You are the first one to use my guestroom. Don't worry. Everything here is new."

After that, he went out.

I looked around and found that Shelton's home was sort of a "minimalistic" style.

There wasn't any extra furniture or things in his house. It was so neat as if it were a model house of a real estate company.

However, the bed in his house was very soft. And the quilt was soft as well. As soon as I lay on it, I unconsciously became drowsy.

I quickly took out my cell phone. After setting the alarm clock two hours later, I fell asleep.

I woke up naturally.

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I picked up the cell phone and looked at the time...

It was 11:30 a.m.!

"Oh my god!"

I quickly got up from the bed. As soon as I opened the door, I saw Shelton sitting neatly on the sofa with a cup of coffee in his hand.

When he saw me, he asked with a faint smile, "Are you awake?"

"Ah, well, I'll go first." I changed my shoes and said, "I set an alarm. But I accidentally turned it off."

Before I could put on my shoes, I heard Shelton say, "I have called Patrick and asked him to file a leave for you."

"What?"

My hand was in mid-air.

I turned to Shelton and saw that he looked like he didn't know what had happened. And he said, "Isn't he the boss? Won't it work if he files a leave for you?"

"Of course, it works."

"It surely works well."

"But it's not a big deal. Why did Shelton ask Patrick to file a leave for me?"

I didn't know whether I should thank Shelton or feel depressed.

Shelton said gently, "There is a toothbrush for guests in the bathroom. You should clean yourself up and go to work after having lunch with me."

"Do you have to deal with anything urgent at work?" Shelton looked at me without any intention to force me, "If yes, I will send you to the company directly."

In fact, I didn't have to deal with anything urgent at work.

Thinking that I should treat Shelton with a meal because of what he had done for me last night, I took off the shoes I had changed and said, "Nothing. Let's have lunch together."

After that, I went to brush my teeth in the bathroom.

As I brushed my teeth, I always felt like I had forgotten something important. But I just couldn't remember it.

When I finished cleaning myself up and sat in Shelton's car, intending to have lunch with him, it suddenly occurred to me...

"My laptop!"