The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 431: Unable to Meet

When Austin Xavier arrived, Julian Hawthorne was just changing clothes. He walked into the ward and saw Paige Sterling lying on the bed eating fruit, his mouth twitched.

He had heard that Paige had a miscarriage and thought she would be lying in bed, looking as if she had lost all hope.

Who would have thought this woman appeared as if nothing had happened, rendering Austin’s internet-search consolations completely useless.

Unable to find anything to say for the moment, he stiffly asked, "Are you okay?"

Paige glanced at him, "Thanks for asking, I’m fine."

Hearing her speak to him so indifferently, Austin’s tone turned cold, his lips bearing a habitual sneer, "You really are remarkable, getting hit until you miscarried."

Paige shot him a look, "Are you insane?"

Coming into someone’s hospital room to stab at their wounds; looking for a fight?

"You’re the one who’s insane." Austin nearly instinctively wanted to argue with Paige, but remembering she was still hospitalized, he forcibly held back and coldly said instead, "Look at you, the man you longed to marry treated you like this, causing your miscarriage, and yet he’s nowhere to be seen."

He waited to see regret appear on Paige’s face.

But there was none; her expression was calm.

Paige had no patience to tolerate Austin’s sarcastic remarks and directly called for the bodyguard to have him leave.

The bodyguard had no choice but to gesture for Austin to exit.

Austin’s face turned a bit ugly, "Paige! After all Julian has done to you, do you still want to stay with him?"

"That’s my business, isn’t it? Is it your turn to meddle?" She then waved dismissively, "Hurry up and leave."

The people she wanted to see wouldn’t come, but those she didn’t want to see kept showing up one after another, it was very annoying.

By afternoon, Simon Hawthorne also came by. Seeing his brother standing in the corridor, with bodyguards at the door of the ward, he knew what had happened.

He walked up to Julian, "Brother, are you okay?"

Julian didn’t speak, Simon sighed and patted his shoulder, "You focus on staying with Sister-in-law at the hospital, I’ll handle things at the company."

He wanted to say that Mrs. Hawthorne had already been taken away by him, but feared mentioning her would make Julian go crazy, so he said no more, "I’ll go see Sister-in-law first."

"Wait," Julian said, "Take this with you."

Simon looked at the high-definition camera in his palm and froze, "Brother, you haven’t seen Sister-in-law yet, have you."

Julian’s expression gave Simon the answer. At this moment, Simon truly felt some pity for his brother.

So worried he couldn’t eat or drink, yet still unable to see her in person, resorting to such methods.

Simon’s eyes showed sympathy, "Brother, don’t worry."

Jared Sullivan had ordered the bodyguards to block Julian, but hadn’t said to stop other members of the Hawthorne family, so Simon easily went in.

On Julian’s end, he could see the situation in the ward from his phone.

Seeing Paige not lying weakly, and with the mood to play games, Julian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Simon sat down on the chair, "Sister-in-law, are you feeling better?"

Paige glanced at him, "Much better."

Some words, Simon found hard to speak but had to, "Sister-in-law, I’m sorry, my mom she..."

Simon couldn’t find any excuse for Mrs. Hawthorne for the moment and stopped, "I have already sent my mom abroad."

Paige showed no particular reaction, just responded with a simple "oh."

Simon further said, "Sister-in-law, I know my mom’s actions were wrong, and I’m not in a position to beg for your forgiveness for her, but my brother was innocent in all this. Sister-in-law, if you’re angry at him, you can hit him or scold him, please don’t ignore him, he’s about to go insane..."

Paige finally paused.

She wasn’t naturally melancholic; she felt a bit sad after the miscarriage but couldn’t show it, nor did she want others to see her sadness, so she just looked forward, ate when she should, played when she should, as if she had already walked out from under the shadow.

But in actuality, the pain in her heart couldn’t be ignored, and under these circumstances, she somewhat didn’t want to see Julian.

Because Julian would surely be just as upset, two sad people together wouldn’t create any positive effect.

Seeing Simon remind her that by not seeing Julian in such days, he probably was imagining all sorts of things wildly, perhaps feeling as if the sky was falling.

Indeed, Julian had thought a lot as Paige suspected.

These past few days, he had stayed by the hospital but couldn’t meet Paige.

He was being watched by Jared’s men, not daring to force his way in, yet Paige had never come out from her end either.

Julian knew, if Paige wanted to come out, Jared wouldn’t stop her.

Unless Paige didn’t want to see him.

Facing this possibility, Julian couldn’t help feeling down and anxious, conjuring countless pessimistic conclusions in his mind, although now he was dressed neatly as always, deep down he felt awful.

At this moment, looking at Paige’s silent figure through the phone, he couldn’t help wanting to cry a little.

Before long, Simon came out from inside, "Brother, I see Sister-in-law really wants to see you too, if you can’t go through the front door, find another way, it’s not even Sister-in-law who’s blocking you..."

Seeing his brother seem enlightened, Simon left.

These days when Julian wasn’t at the company, Simon was the one holding it up; he was very busy.

Geez, his brother immersed in romance, willing to abandon everything for love, leaving his younger brother to have to step up, truly a tough fate.

In the evening, Julian climbed through the window from the adjacent ward into Paige’s room.

He did it while Jared was away, but as soon as he climbed outside Paige’s window, he happened to lock eyes with her, and the next moment Jared opened the ward door and walked in.

Julian didn’t want to confront his father-in-law, so he quickly hid.

Once Jared came in, he immediately asked his daughter if she was feeling better.

Paige was speechless, "Dad, I’ve been fine for a while, the doctors even say I can be discharged."

Paige had recovered quickly, now seeming perfectly normal, yet Jared didn’t allow her to leave the hospital, insisting she needed more observation.

He also didn’t allow Paige to work in the ward.

Paige was lying in the hospital every day, eating and sleeping, she was about to grow mold.

"Dad, let me be discharged."

Jared rejected Paige’s suggestion once more, "No, you still need to stay at the hospital for a few more days, what if there are lingering aftereffects?"

Paige sighed.

Jared said, "You should take this time to rest well, focus on recovering your health, don’t worry about anything else, listen to me."

Could Paige say no?

Her dad had returned to single life and had nothing else to divert his attention, focusing all his paternal love on her.

Jared now had no ambition, having hired professional managers to run the company, already living an early retirement lifestyle, his daily hobby being in the park showing off his daughter to old folks.

The days Paige spent in the hospital, he ensured three hearty meals for her every day.