Landing on Her Heart: Mr. Warner, Let's Get Back Together!-Chapter 193: Sleeping Together on the Hospital Bed
A sense of pleasure she had never experienced before was mixed with a humiliating sense of guilt.
She didn’t want to go through it again.
"Then let me ask you, where do you plan to go after taking Luna away? Somewhere I’ll never be able to find you?"
Elias Warner’s eyes were bloodshot.
Does this woman really want to leave him that badly?
To leave him, she spoke such heartless words.
Did so many heartless things to hurt him.
Yet why can’t he find it in himself to hate her?
Instead, his heart aches to the point of suffocation.
He had tried to leave her on the cruise.
Now he should be reborn, start anew.
Thinking of this, Elias Warner calmed down a lot.
"Between you and me, it’s only a superior-subordinate relationship in the company. I just announced the establishment of a large aircraft business. You leave right after taking on the image ambassadorship. Are you trying to ruin my company? Even if you compensate me ten times the penalty, can you make up for the company’s losses, Annelise? There must be limits in life!"
The cold voice was devoid of any emotion.
Annelise’s lips twitched, indeed it was like this.
Elias Warner was stating facts; if she breached the contract with the company at this time, Elias Warner’s newly established business would definitely be affected.
The company’s stock would plummet.
His status in the Warner Family would then...
Annelise didn’t want to owe him anymore.
"Then what do you want me to do?" Annelise asked.
"I hope you’ll cooperate with all of the company’s current activities. Once the company stabilizes, you can go wherever you want, I can give you back your freedom! Wherever you take Luna, it has nothing to do with me anymore, but before the company stabilizes, you cannot disappear!"
"Okay, I agree!"
Elias Warner’s request was not excessive, it had nothing to do with her personal matters.
Since she took on the company’s image ambassadorship, she ought to do her part in promoting the company.
Even when it came to Renee Perry, she had a reasonable explanation.
Upon careful consideration, she felt this condition was acceptable.
"Alright, then President Warner, I’ll take my leave first! I’ll continue going to the company tomorrow to do my job well!"
After Annelise finished speaking, she prepared to leave the ward.
Just a few steps away, a pair of large hands stopped her from behind.
Annelise panicked and tried to pull away, but Elias Warner pulled her back, almost causing her to fall.
In his panic, Elias Warner held her tightly, preventing them both from falling to the ground.
"Hiss"
Elias Warner’s brow twitched, the sudden movement had tugged at his chest wound.
This wound was an old injury sustained during an expedition to Cryonia.
Annelise was terrified and didn’t know what to do.
She quickly asked, "Are you okay? Are you alright?"
Elias Warner was surprised, looking up, "Are you concerned about me?"
"I... I am not, I’m just worried you might extort me?"
Annelise explained nervously.
"Extort you? What do you have for me to extort? My wound has opened up, help me treat it!"
"Oh!" Annelise responded softly.
She found the medical kit in the room and cleaned Elias Warner’s wound.
Seeing his chest indeed has a wound, likely frostbitten by Cryonia’s harsh weather.
It must have been repeatedly injured, causing it to fester. Although it had been cleaned, it looked shocking.
What had he gone through?
Why so foolish?
Was it because of what she had said?
Annelise panicked.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and apply the medicine!"
Elias Warner’s words pulled her back from her thoughts.
Annelise applied the medicine to his wound and gently bandaged it.
"Why don’t you sleep here tonight? The wound might get infected, you might get a fever!"
Elias Warner did not order or request her opinion, he just looked up, gazing at her.
"Alright!"
Annelise said, "This counts as overtime, right? Hopefully, I get my pay normally!"
Elias Warner frowned, this woman really was all about money.
Wasn’t there a bit of concern for him?
"As you wish, it’s cheaper than hiring a nurse if we calculate hourly!"
Elias Warner carelessly lay on the bed.
Annelise went to sit alone on the couch in the outer room.
Seeing Annelise leave, Elias Warner tossed and turned in bed.
Damn it!
He finally managed to fall asleep here today, didn’t expect this woman would show up halfway through. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Now she wants to leave after causing a stir?
His whole body now felt unbearably hot.
"I need to take a shower!"
Elias Warner shouted towards the outer room.
Annelise had just fallen asleep on the sofa, she was exhausted today.
On the way back from Breslin, she hadn’t stopped, she went to the villa to visit Luna and then came back to the hospital.
Hearing Elias Warner shout, she immediately sat up on the sofa.
Rushed into the hospital ward.
"I need to take a shower, what kind of caretaker are you? I’ve called so many times, didn’t you hear? How can you shamelessly ask for a salary like this?"
Elias Warner glared at Annelise.
Annelise considered Elias Warner was deliberately giving her a hard time.
In the middle of the night, suddenly wanting to shower, crazy!
Annelise said, "Your wound is on the chest, not the legs. You don’t have difficulty walking, so why are you calling me?"
"You’re a caretaker, aren’t you supposed to be diligent and dutiful? I need a shower, I’m injured, feeling weak! Am I supposed to jump in the water and get out, and that counts as a shower?"
Elias Warner countered.
Annelise couldn’t argue with Elias Warner, so she helped support him to the bathroom.
He unabashedly stripped off his clothes in front of Annelise.
Annelise blushed fiercely.
His sturdy chest, the eight-pack abs, and his exceptional features, even if a bit haggard, still resembled a tragically beautiful top male model.
She swallowed hard, feeling quite pathetic.
She stood there helplessly, not knowing what to do.
"What are you standing there for? Help me scrub my back!"
Elias Warner stood under the showerhead; although the water covered half his body, water was transparent, impossible to cover up.
"This... doesn’t feel appropriate, should I call Sylvia Lowell instead?"
Annelise picked up her phone, ready to dial.
"You might as well call the press to watch me. Why are you afraid of me taking a bath? It’s not like I’m going to eat you."
Elias Warner pulled Annelise over and murmured beside her ear.
Annelise felt a rush of airflow brushing against her ear.
She thought Elias Warner was doing it on purpose.
She quickly dodged away.
Yet Elias Warner pulled her close again, pointing to his most private area.
"Don’t forget, when you’re washing, this part needs to be cleaned too!"
Annelise: ...
Annelise picked up the bath towel and began scrubbing Elias Warner’s body.
Fortunately, Elias Warner didn’t do anything to her.
After the shower, Annelise lay on the sofa and fell asleep.
She was utterly exhausted.
Since Elias Warner had disappeared for half a month, she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep.
Even after showering, Elias Warner couldn’t fall asleep.
Damn it!
With this woman around, how could he sleep?
He went out to the living room and saw Annelise lying on the sofa without anything covering her.
Her arms were crossed over her chest, curled up on the sofa, like a despondent cat.
This woman didn’t even know how to take care of herself.
Elias Warner went back and covered Annelise with the bedding from the bed.
He then felt the sofa, realizing it was much harder than the bed in the hospital room.
He picked Annelise up horizontally and placed her on the hospital bed.
They lay on the hospital bed together.
However, since the bedding was too small, it could only cover one person.
With Annelise taking up most of the quilt, he could only cover himself with a corner.
After a long night, a nurse entered in the morning, needing to do a check-up.
Before saying anything, Elias Warner gestured for silence.
The nurse quickly left the room.
When Annelise woke up, the room was already empty.
Only a nurse was tidying up the room.
"Excuse me, where did the patient go?" Annelise hurriedly asked.
"The patient has already been discharged!"
Elias Warner was still injured, and he has been discharged already?
While Annelise was pondering this, a phone call dragged her back to reality.
"Annelise, why haven’t you come to work today? President Warner is back and wants you in his office, saying there’s an important event for you to attend!"
"Oh, I’m coming right away!"
Only then did Annelise realize she didn’t remember when she had lain down on the hospital bed.
But she couldn’t recall how she ended up on the bed.
While she was on the bed, where did Elias Warner sleep?
She was a bit bewildered but didn’t want to dwell on it.
She got up quickly, dressed, and took a cab to The Airline.
She hurriedly jogged all the way to the office.
Chloe Joyce saw Annelise rushing back and asked, "Annelise, where were you yesterday? You’ve never been late, why are you late today?"
"I... I was just too tired and overslept!" Annelise replied while changing into her work uniform.
"Annelise, Captain Warner has changed a lot since coming back. He seems more handsome, and more masculine even though he looks a bit haggard!"
Chloe Joyce gushed with infatuation while gossiping with Annelise who was changing.
"Really?"
"Yeah, Annelise, when you see Captain Warner later, you will definitely be smitten!"
The two of them hurried together towards the meeting room.
As soon as they reached the meeting room, they encountered Chase Perry and June Winter.
June Winter glanced at Annelise, never expecting this woman could become the Warner Group’s goddaughter and also secure the role of brand ambassador.
Previously, she always thought Annelise was a simpleton; no matter how long the Winter Family cultivated her, she was still a simpleton.
When she was learning piano at the Winter Family, her mother always compared her to Annelise.
Saying her real daughter was the rightful heiress of the Winter Family, blessed with good genes, learning everything fast and well, much stronger than the fake heiress Annelise.
But after the last competition, she realized the gap between her and Annelise.
It made her lose face terribly in the socialite circle.
Now everyone knew she, the real heiress, couldn’t match up to a counterfeit heiress.
Annelise indeed had the ability, losing the Winter Family heiress title only to gain the Warner Group’s ambassador and goddaughter titles.
All achieved through her talent.
June Winter realized it was her mother’s prejudice against Annelise.
Turns out, she really couldn’t compare to Annelise.
Chase Perry stood beside June Winter, wanting to say something upon seeing Annelise but stopped.
Recently, he heard rumors about Annelise and remembered every detail.
During the last annual meeting, although he wasn’t present, he knew about Elias Warner leaving the venue with her.
This made him somewhat jealous.
Later, for an unknown reason, cousin Elias Warner appeared on a cruise ship headed to Cryonia for an expedition.
But he guessed Annelise must have said something hurtful to his cousin.
Otherwise, with his cousin’s stature, how could he suddenly become so despondent?
Even having some "suicidal" thoughts.
