The Day He Matured

More than half an hour later, Richard returned with a lot of food in his hand. He carefully poured the noodle soup into a bowl and fed it to me.

I eat very naturally, without hesitation, and shyly. Perhaps because my sleazy and pathetic appearance had already been exposed in front of him, my shy nerves no longer reacted to him.

“Is it delicious?” He asked softly.

I didn’t answer, just nodded.

Seeing that the screen of the phone he left on the table lit up, I quickly raised my hand to signal him to answer the phone because I was busy chewing.

Richard is very polite, he set the vibration mode, not letting the bell ring.

“I’m listening.”

Richard held the phone in one hand, while the other continued to pick up the lean meat and bring it to my mouth.

The distance between us is quite close so I can hear the female voice on the other side of the phone talking about the documents and contracts that need to be reviewed by him before sending them to the partner.

“Okay. Email me, I’ll check it out tonight.”

He said and quickly hung up the phone.

I looked down at my useless hands. I know he still has a lot of work to do, he can’t be by my side and take care of me until the day I recover.

The doctor said it would take at least six weeks before I could move and do light work.

“Richard, I…”

“I know how to organize my own affairs. Lean on me, at least for now.”

Hearing his words made the bridge of my nose sting and tears were about to flow, fortunately, I could hold back.

There are people who are no different from soul mates, before I could say it, they already understood what I wanted to say.

I will accept all of Richard’s help during this time, will keep it in mind and if one day he needs my help, I will not hesitate to run to him.

This time, he saved my life, and I will be forever indebted to him.

“Bella, can you tell me what happened? You share the car with the president of Sunshine Bank and his mother, right?” Richard asked when I took a sip of sugarcane juice.

“Yes. I went on a trip with them and when we went to a deserted road, an accident happened. I could only drag Brian out, and his mother exploded with the car.”

I bowed my head, and Richard was silent for a long time.

He gently placed his hand on mine. I knew he was using his actions to comfort me.

“The person you are dating is him, right? Chairman of Sunshine Bank?”

“Yes.”

Richard’s sigh made me raise my head to look. The expression on his face now was extremely complicated, his eyes turned to the window, where the dark purple curtain of time was gradually covering the hospital campus.

What is he thinking about? Is he sad? Or mad at me?

“Bella, I don’t want to be curious about your private life. I just want you to understand that there are things that should be said to ease your heart. You chose to call me in times of trouble, trust me. I need to know what you’ve been through. What problem are you having? What do you want? I can’t guess all your thoughts.”

This man is very similar to Brian, he knows how to make my tear glands work.

I was so choked up that I couldn’t open my mouth to answer him, just nodded rapidly.

Only five minutes later, I calmed down and told Richard everything.

I told him when Brian and I started dating and then I was discovered by Mrs. Alina and she asked me to leave the house after finishing my first and last trip with them.

As for the fact that Brian is not the grandson of the president of Hana Group, I kept it a secret and did not mention that Hellen forced me to leave before he woke up.

“You should have been in the hospital and asked the nurse to call me. You are panicking and going out on the street will be very dangerous.”

“I just want to fulfill my promise to Mrs. Alina. I should leave Brian as soon as possible.”

Richard’s phone screen lit up again. He took it, pressed the listen button, and told me to stay still in the hospital room, then answered while walking.

I leaned back against the head of the bed, relaxing my body. I have understood the saying that health is gold.

If I could walk like the old lady in the yard, I would be satisfied. At least she’s going faster than me right now.

“Why hasn’t Richard come back yet? He’s probably buying a dress, isn’t he?”

I wondered when I found out that he hadn’t brought me any dresses just now.

I hope he remembers because I’m a little shy to remind him. If I ask him to buy food and drink, it’s fine, but if I ask him to buy clothes, I’m a bit shy.

I was thinking about how I should shower and change clothes when the door suddenly opened and Caily’s head popped in, startling me, almost screaming.

Where did this girl come from? Did she enter the wrong room?

“Bella, oh my god, why are you so seriously injured?”

Caily put down the bag in her hand and looked all over my body, her face wrinkled like a grandmother’s.

Before I could ask, she quickly took out from her bag a towel, toothbrush, toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, and dark blue, black, and dark red dresses.

And what made my eyes widen the most was that the underwear matched the color of each dress.

While rummaging through her bag, Caily said that Richard bought some dresses for me and called her to ask her to come to the hospital to help me shower.

I know that Richard has the same passion for fashion as me, so the fact that he chose and bought me dresses did not surprise me. However, he paid attention to every little detail that moved me deeply.

“Richard is very careful, he bought them and immediately brought them to the laundromat, just now, he just ran there to get them and give them to me. You wear this dress.” Caily raised the dark blue dress and blinked at me.

“Yes.”

“Come on, I’ll take you to the bathroom. Your dress is full of blood, it looks horrible. But just wipe your body with water, can’t shower with shower gel at this time.”

Different from the way she talks, when she helped me wipe my body, she was extremely considerate, careful, and gentle.

I also did not expect that one day, Caily would be the one to stay by my side and take care of me when I needed someone the most.

That’s why there is a saying “In tribulation, you will know who is really good to you”. As for me, I abandoned Brian when he needed me.

Surely when he wakes up, he will hate me terribly.

That’s also good, right? He will hate and forget me and return to Hellen, continue to write the unfinished youth love story with her. That would please his grandfather and he would lose nothing.

If I stubbornly cling to him, I am afraid that the president of Hana Corporation will be angry and abandon him and not bring him back to the US for treatment.

His life is the thing I want to keep the most, more than the love between me and him.

“You look more beautiful now.” Caily took two steps back and looked at me after letting me sit neatly on the bed.

“I didn’t know that Richard had your phone number. From the time we met at the restaurant, I waited for you to call me, but you didn’t call.”

“The director of a partner company bumped into me, causing my phone to fall down the drain. I can’t get it up, the contact number is gone. Last week, I happened to meet Richard while having a meal with a partner, so I asked for your phone number and asked for his phone number. I was going to ask you to go for a walk this weekend with me when you got into an accident. When I heard Richard announce the news, I almost fainted.”

I nodded after listening to Caily finished talking and then asked her to take out her phone to find some information about the accident and Brian.

However, there was not a single piece of news about his accident. Just old articles that interviewed him or news about Sunshine Bank’s situation during the time of solving problems related to Hana corporation.

And most recently, an article was published about the bank’s year-end party.

“I think Hana Corporation has blocked all the information and asked to remove the articles. Richard said that he only knew about the accident of Sunshine Bank’s chairman two hours ago, after hearing his assistant accidentally mentioned it. He searched the internet and couldn’t find any news. Fortunately, you called when he got off the plane after a long business trip to Singapore.”

That’s right. Perhaps the Hana corporation has blocked the news. I bit my lip and sighed.

Did Caily just say that when I called, Richard just got off the plane? He is tired when he has to sit on the plane for a long way, but he still despite running to me and taking care of me until now without a moment’s rest.

“Did Richard talk to you about me and Brian?”

“He told you to go on a trip with Brian and Mrs. Alina and had an accident, then you called him and he brought you here from the provincial hospital. I also did not expect you to work as a domestic helper for that billionaire family. It really shocked me.”

It turned out that Richard was like me, saying what he should say, just enough to explain Caily’s questions and keep important privacy secrets for me.

Caily put a box of fried fish balls on the table and then fed me while eating.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Why didn’t I realize how adorable this girl is after all these years of studying together?

According to Caily’s words, Richard has gone home to shower, change clothes and will go to the hospital and stay with me tonight.

As for her, she will go back to the inn because tomorrow she will escort the elderly boss to a remote province to negotiate a contract.

“Don’t worry, tomorrow he will hire a nurse to take care of your personal hygiene.” She swallowed the fish ball quickly, smiling and saying.