Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Are You Trying to Make Me Leave with Nothing? (Part 1)
Even if Raina North can’t develop pharmaceuticals, just with that one injection, she qualifies to enter The Veridian National Hospital. Moreover, from her observations these days, Raina seems to know more than just a little about pharmacy.
Raina North didn’t mean to explain.
Once the effects of the drug completely wore off, Raina finally relaxed, and had some time to consider other things, especially her clothes, which were wet and clinging to her body very uncomfortably.
"Director Woods, could I borrow a set of clothes?"
Wanda Woods was about to agree when she sensed Elias Hawthorne’s gaze.
She shivered, and without hesitation, refused, "No."
Then, without hesitation, she turned and left the lounge.
Raina North: "..."
Elias Hawthorne strolled over, sat down on the sofa beside her, and coldly looked at Raina.
Raina, clutching a blanket, scooted towards the bed with wary eyes: "Thank you for your help earlier, President Hawthorne. I won’t waste your valuable time any longer."
Elias’s eyes narrowed slightly: "So, you’re planning on using me and tossing me aside, huh?"
"..."
Though that’s what she meant, why does it make her sound so terrible?
"President Hawthorne, I’m doing this for your sake. You see, you’re such a fine young man, staying in a room alone with me, a single man and woman, if it drags on too long, people might misunderstand."
Elias said blandly: "If I leave so quickly, they’ll suspect I’m a quick shooter. Raina, being too quick isn’t good for a man."
"..." Raina couldn’t help but look at Elias with a suspicious gaze, hesitated for a while before speaking: "President Hawthorne, there’s a question—should I ask it or not?"
"What do you think?"
"I think, based on humanitarian principles, I should give you a reminder." Raina prepared her words: "President Hawthorne, holding it in too long is bad for your health. No matter how busy you are with work, you should find a girlfriend to ease your mind and body."
Elias coldly stared at Raina for a while, until she almost felt the urge to run away, before speaking: "Raina, I’ve underestimated you. You actually dare to scheme against me like this."
"Huh?" Raina looked bewildered. What did she scheme against this man?
"Still won’t admit it." Elias advanced towards her; his tall figure enveloped her: "You incited me to commit adultery within our marriage, attempting to gather evidence to force me to leave with nothing."
Pu chi—
Raina nearly choked: "Ho-ho-President Hawthorne! You truly misunderstood! I absolutely didn’t mean that! I was just worried about your health!"
"If you’re really worried about my health, what you should do is lie down yourself." President Hawthorne twirled a strand of Raina’s hair: "You need to remember, you’re my wife."
This wasn’t the first time Elias Hawthorne reminded her like this.
Raina’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, speaking seriously: "President Hawthorne, you know full well that the marriage between us is a mistake. Since you’re reluctant... "
"Who said so?" Elias looked at her and said, one word at a time: "I am very willing."
"Elias Hawthorne..."
"If you don’t believe me, I can prove it." Saying this, Elias approached her again, so close that his breath touched her face.
Raina quickly dodged, but there was nowhere to go.
She gritted her teeth: "Elias Hawthorne, aren’t you forgetting about your mess with Claire North!"
Unlike the last time’s abrupt change, Elias Hawthorne was calm this time: "Baby calls you mommy. He said that he just borrowed Claire North’s belly to come out and meet you."
Raina North: "..."