Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Living in Your Heart (24)

After burning Diana Doll’s coffin, the three people left.

After some discussion, Jacob Green called his subordinate who came along, asking them to bring a few cars and several buckets of paint.

This tomb must not be discovered by outsiders.

Otherwise, it would inevitably lead to endless pursuit.

While waiting for the subordinates, Jacob Green thought of the news he heard these past two days and inquired, "Elliot Gill, I heard Madam Gill is seriously ill. What’s the situation now?"

Elliot Gill’s tone was calm, "She doesn’t have much time left, at most a month."

"Isn’t her lifespan something you can determine?" Jacob Green gave him a sidelong glance, "Don’t think I don’t know what you’ve done."

Elliot Gill didn’t hide anything, "What? Are you going to seek justice for her or publicly accuse me? She killed my mother and sold me off from a young age. Living until today is already a kindness."

"Not only will I not seek justice for her, but I also won’t publicly accuse you." Jacob Green smiled at him, "On the contrary, I should thank you. Whether you are Seraphine or Elliot Gill, you’re a hero in my heart because you did what I couldn’t. You saved the person I love most, and not just once."

"No need to thank me, it wasn’t for you. I did it for the woman I love most."

At that moment, the ’most loved woman’ in their conversation sat between them, glanced left and right, and couldn’t help but smile, "Naomi’s two dads, I hope you two can become friends."

Jacob Green raised an eyebrow, "That depends on whether Mr. Gill is willing to oblige?"

Elliot Gill countered, "Weren’t we always friends?"

Jacob Green extended his hand, and Elliot Gill shook it.

Once the subordinates arrived, the burial objects in the tomb were moved out, the murals were covered with paint, and Marcus Hayes III’s body was also transported away.

The body was temporarily taken to Elliot Gill’s private residence, where Jacob Green left a few people. The next step was to search for Tia Bailey’s coffin and bury them together once found.

Back at the hotel, Lucy Eaton saw an exhilarating piece of news in the communication group.

A young terminal-illness eye donor has been found, and after several years of research, they are ready to operate on Emma Bennett.

She asked Director Finn: [When is the surgery?]

[The day after tomorrow, Tia, are you going to be on the surgical team?]

[Yes.] She joined the ophthalmology research institute just for this day.

[I also hope you can be on the surgical team. After all, what you have learned now is catching up to me.]

Lucy Eaton humbly replied: [How can I compare to you? But I’m very satisfied, Dr. Finn. See you the morning after tomorrow.]

That means they’ll have to return home tomorrow.

She shared the good news with Jacob Green, "Second Highness can have the operation, the day after tomorrow, I will be on the surgical team."

"Finally, the day has come."

Hearing that they were leaving tomorrow, Elliot Gill felt they were in a hurry. After learning it was for Emma Bennett’s surgery, Elliot Gill allowed them to go first while he still had some matters to deal with and would return in a few days.

After the lights went out at night, listening to the heavy rain outside, Jacob Green held Lucy Eaton in his arms and softly said, "I cursed you, wishing to be married to you in every lifetime, no matter how the cycle goes, you will always be my wife."

"Is it really your curse that came true?" she looked up and asked, "Or is our fate just that deep?"

"It’s hard to say, maybe a little of both, or maybe all of it. Being born in that era was a tragedy, with heavy internal strife and forces that needed balancing. Though sitting on the throne, each day was like licking blood off a blade. In the future, I won’t let anyone harm a single strand of your hair. I’ll protect you with my life and never give Elliot Gill the chance to play the hero again."

Lucy Eaton rested against his heart, "You had many concerns back then too. As a secluded woman, I couldn’t assist you with anything and even got angry with you. Now, I feel I was so helpless then, like a bird without wings, always needing your protection. As the ruler of a nation, you had so much to handle, how could you always keep an eye on me? Back then, all I cared for was love, not your situation. Tomorrow, before leaving, I want to visit that 119-meter Aerion."

"Okay." He said in a hoarse voice, "I’ll go with you."

——

"According to our people, when Jacob Green arrived in Country A, he met Elliot Gill at the airport, and Elliot Gill brought along his girlfriend, Tia Bailey."

Charles Sharp held a girl’s photo in his hand, his gaze resting on the girl’s face as he asked, "Then what?"

"They went to the old palace site together, and then Elliot Gill returned to his private residence alone, while his girlfriend, Tia Bailey, actually went back to the hotel with Jacob Green. We checked and found they are staying in the same room. These two are having an affair behind Luna Gill’s back."

"Can’t you see it yet?"

"I don’t understand, sir."

"This little girl is Tia Bailey and Jacob Green’s child, not Elliot Gill’s."

The subordinate’s face was filled with disdain, "Sir, this woman named Tia Bailey is really restless, juggling between two men, even having a child that’s not Elliot Gill’s. That astute man was kept in the dark."

Charles Sharp gave him a cold glance, "Idiot, Tia Bailey couldn’t possibly be Elliot Gill’s woman because she is Lucy Eaton!"

"Huh?" The subordinate was bewildered, "Wasn’t Lucy Eaton declared dead years ago?"

"It was all a deception, this child truly resembles her mother." Charles Sharp sighed, "No wonder it was never publicly disclosed, turns out she’s Jacob Green’s daughter."

"Then, sir, did Lucy Eaton have plastic surgery?"

"Use your brain! Besides plastic surgery, aren’t there other possibilities?"

The subordinate, reprimanded, sheepishly replied, "You’re right."

"Dismissed."

After the subordinate left, Charles Sharp got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, with deep-set eyes, suddenly he smiled.

Truly, Lucy Eaton.

The Lucy Eaton he knew.

We’ll meet again.

We will definitely meet again.

Charles Sharp turned to pick up the car keys and drove to the hospital, where his four-year-old son, Matthew Sharp, had been admitted with pneumonia that afternoon.

When he arrived at the hospital, the bodyguard was standing guard outside the door.

"How is he?"

"The doctor said he needs to be hospitalized for a few days."

He nodded and pushed the door open.

The female nurse was facing away from him, changing the medicine. Lying on the bed, Matthew Sharp saw him coming and immediately sat up, "Dad, why are you so late? I’ve been waiting for you forever."

"Matthew’s dad, Matthew has been waiting for you all afternoon." The female nurse turned around and smiled at him, "It’s clear he really wants your company."

Charles Sharp was taken aback upon seeing her face, more mature than a few years ago, Alice Brooks? Isn’t that the child’s biological mother?