Chapter 37 Deliberate ingratiation
Flora didn’t have any strength to break free from Clayton again, nothing changed when she woke up again, and a tearing pain came from somewhere in her body that made her shiver uncontrollably.
She was forced against Clayton’s chest, listening to his ridiculous concern, wondering what tricks he was playing again.
And after this lesson, Clayton no longer dared to let Flora take a bath alone. He picked her up from the water and dried her off before carrying her back to bed.
He picked up the ointment on the side of the bed and squeezed it in his hand helplessly, surprisingly, he felt a sense of embarrassment that he had never felt before.
“Does your body still hurt?”
Clayton finally couldn’t help but speak up, he didn’t know how much force he used to vent the anger in his heart, but he understood that it must have hurt her.
His slightly cold palm, just touching Flora’s ankle, was subconsciously dodged by her, after which her body stiffened.
Clayton naturally sensed her defensiveness, and he gently took hold of her ankle.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m putting medicine on you.”
He said softly and comfortingly, looking at the stinging wound, Clayton really felt like too much of a jerk.
Flora closed her eyes tightly, the shame in her heart made her unable to imagine the picture at this moment, the burning pain somewhere became much lighter because of the ointment, however for Clayton this person she never paid any attention.
Clayton, fearing that he also realized how much Flora annoyed himself, did not stay in the bedroom after he gave Flora the medicine, but went straight to the study.
“Stop trying to kill yourself, as long as I’m alive, you don’t want to die, you know I’ll do what I say.”
In order to prevent Flora from seeking death again in his absence, he could not bear to be ruthless in his threats.
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Flora didn’t know how she had fallen asleep, and it was already afternoon when she opened her eyes again.
“Awake?”
Clayton sat in front of her, his gaze a complex mix of tension and concern that Flora couldn’t be bothered to observe.
Flora didn’t pay any attention to him, she propped up her arms and got up, no longer in pain underneath her, though there was still some slight discomfort from walking.
“Your clothes, I have them ready for you.”
Clayton got up along with her, and his tone was surprisingly mixed with a hint of deliberate ingratiation.
Flora where there is still the energy to look deeper into this, a taste of the consequences of refusing Clayton, so now she chooses to obediently yield.
She took the dress in Clayton’s hand and quickly put it on.
“You have an injury, it will be better to wear a skirt.”
Clayton explained redundantly as he stood behind her.
Flora still had an icy attitude, she tidied herself up, not really in the mood to deliberately dress herself long ago, she casually washed up and then went downstairs.
According to Clayton’s arrangement, she needed to go to the hospital every day to take care of Blair until she was discharged.
“Where are you going? I’ll go with you after dinner.”
Clayton pulled Flora who was going to go out, she hadn’t eaten any water since yesterday, Clayton couldn’t help but worry.
Flora gave him a look and obediently sat down with him.
The housekeeper had already had the meal set up, but the atmosphere in the restaurant today was very different from usual, as the usual gentleman did not even want to go home, let alone eat with Flora.
But now the two of them are behaving differently, Flora looks indifferent, while his husband is taking great pains to give her food.
The butler didn’t know what was going on between the two of them, but the weird atmosphere made him retreat from the restaurant in silence.
“Eat more.”
Clayton was very patient in giving her the dishes, the moment his chopsticks landed on the plate, he froze, he never seemed to know what Flora liked to eat, and finally could only pick some nutritious ones to put on her plate.
Under Clayton’s attentive “service”, Flora was still eating the food that had been piled up on her plate.
It was as if she was a shell of her senses, without emotion or feeling hungry or full.
Her lack of desire gave Clayton a headache, and he held back his anger as he threw the plate in front of her into the trash.
“Flora, are you trying to eat yourself to death?” Clayton finally couldn’t hold back his anger.
“Mr Ward said to eat more, what’s wrong with me doing what I’m told?”
Flora’s expression was unmoving, her eyes downcast, her tone of voice as if she were reading a text, pale and without a trace of emotion.
“You …”
Clayton was furious, he looked at Flora angrily but finally could not say a word of rebuke.
“Mr Ward if there is nothing else, I will go to the hospital first.”
Flora got up and reported to Clayton with deliberate and detached politeness, then picked up her bag and got up to leave.
Clayton slowly closed his eyes with hidden anger, he rubbed his temples fiercely, even if his heart held a lot of fire, but in the end, he could not get up.
Theo heard that Flora came to the hospital, immediately ran up, in the VIP floor corridor, just ran into Flora’s slim silhouette.
“Theo immediately called out to Flora, he quickly ran to Flora’s front, sizing her up, fearing that she might be hurt in any way, “How are you? Did Clayton give you a hard time?”
“I’m fine.”
Flora smiled and shook her head, on the way here she still put some lipstick on herself, now it does not look too haggard.
Flora finished and turned slightly to the side, she suddenly looked back at Theo, “Theo, thank you, I think I already know what to do.”
Theo had brought back all her memories of the past, she was so much more enlightened, she had lost so much over the years in her humble love for Clayton, and now wanted to live back to herself again.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
“I’m really happy that you’ve figured it out.”
Theo nodded firmly like a child, and they looked at each other, smiling at each other as if they were back in school again.
But Theo also understood that they couldn’t go back to the past, but for now he was content as long as he could still see her.
He looked at Flora’s fading back, and his determination to make himself stronger became even stronger.
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“You’re here? Your face looks very bad oh.”
Blair propped herself up on one arm and said mockingly to Flora, her heart even happier as she glanced sideways at the still somewhat obvious slap marks on Flora’s face.
“Your face looks very rosy, did Daniel come again last night.”
Flora glanced at Blair and said in a cold voice.
“You …” her words instantly enraged Blair, she looked at Flora angrily and warned fiercely, “Flora, you better not mention that name in front of Clayton. ”
Blair clutched the sheet tightly, although she had provoked the relationship between Flora and Clayton, but she could still obviously feel Clayton’s detachment from her, and she was never going to be careless about it.
“Blair, I really don’t understand what you have to hate me for, you’re jealous that I have everything, but you don’t know that you have the thing I want most in the world.”
Flora walked to the window, looking out of the window blue sky, people are like this, never know what they have, in fact, is exactly what others envy, and in the end, because of their own unsatisfied, and only after losing all feel regret.