Filed to story: Revenge Marriage Sweet Love Novel Read Free Online
“Don’t worry, I’ll go down and arrange for it immediately.”
…
Cate waited downstairs for half an hour before someone took her to the manager—Mr. Frank’s office.
Frank poured her a cup of tea. When they sat down, his phone suddenly rang.
He apologized and said, “Ms. Cox, something urgent came up in the Engineering Department. Please wait a little longer.”
Cate could do nothing but nod.
After waiting for more than 20 minutes, it was almost 5:30 p.m.. She secretly became worried. It seemed she would be going back late again today.
Lest Shaun doubted her again, she took the initiative to call him. “I might be back late today. I’m still waiting for a client.”
Shaun was quite satisfied that she would take the initiative to report her schedule, but he became inexplicably displeased that his woman had to wait for someone else. “Where are you?”
“At Hudson Corporation.”
Shaun looked outside. It seemed he was not far from Hudson. “Oh.”
Cate realized that he did not intend to ask anything further and ended the call after a few words.
Before long, a man in a black suit came in. “Hello, are you Ms. Cox? Mr. Frank isn’t available now, so let me take you to the field to have a look at the houses. This is my name card.”
Cate looked at the business card. His name was Hector Whitaker.
“Can we go into the houses already?” Cate found it strange.
“One of them has already been roofed and just lacks an external wall, so we can go in and have a look.” Hector laughed. “The company attaches great importance to these houses. The designing companies that come usually do their measurements on-site.”
Cate’s heart was slightly moved. “Are there other designing companies coming?”
“Yes, there’s another company our manager knows of.”
The two chatted while walking out. Cate tried getting more information about the rival company from Hector and had unknowingly walked to the back of the site.
“Ms. Cox, you can go in from there.” Hector squeezed under a scaffold
Cate was just about to go in as well when a man’s stern voice suddenly sounded from behind.
“Get out of the way!”
Before she could react, she saw a figure dash toward her and tackle her to the ground.
Then…
With a crash, seven or eight ceramic tiles fell on the spot she was standing, shattering and spraying debris all over the ground.
Cate was tightly protected under a man’s chest. When the surroundings quietened down, she emerged from his arms with a pale face. “Are… Are you okay?”
It was Shaun!
“You idiot! Who told you to go to the construction site?” Shaun quickly picked her up with one hand and carried her to a safe place.
“I… I’m here to measure the rooms.” Cate’s legs were shaking. She seriously wondered if this was a bad year for her. Why did she encounter danger wherever she went?
“Then why didn’t you wear a helmet?” Shaun yelled at her. “If I weren’t nearby just now, your head would’ve been smashed in by now!”
“I’m sorry, I forgot.”
Cate suddenly noticed the debris on his right arm. She remembered that he had not used his right arm when he was shielding her from the tiles earlier. “You… Was your hand hit?”
She wanted to take a look, but he flinched violently when she touched his shoulder. “Don’t touch it.”
Cate immediately knew that it was not a light injury. “I’ll call an ambulance right away.”
She had just ended the call when Hector anxiously ran out from inside the building. “Ms. Cox, are you alright? I’m sorry, I didn’t know this would happen.”
“So you’re the one who brought her here, huh? I’ll get to the bottom of this.” Shaun grabbed Cate’s hand and walked out of the construction site.
However, the faster he walked, the paler his face got and the more anxious Cate became. “Stop walking. Let’s wait for the ambulance to arrive.”
“Don’t worry, it’s just a minor injury.” Shaun’s face was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
Cate was at a loss. “Then show me.”
“Are you a doctor? Would you know how to inspect wounds?”
Cate was silenced by his words, only to completely panic when she saw blood stains seeping out from his back. “Your back is bleeding.”
“Shut up.”
Cate really did shut up. She anxiously called for the ambulance again.
Fortunately, the ambulance arrived after three minutes.
After getting in, the paramedic immediately cut open Shaun’s clothes. When a large area of bloody bruises and wounds were revealed on his back, Cate was stunned.
She did not dare to imagine if she were to suffer those wounds. She would definitely have fainted from the pain, but he had not said a word since he was injured. He even held her and walked around.
She suddenly did not know how to describe this man.
Sometimes, she hated that he always humiliated her, but he repeatedly saved her from despair time and again.
This time, he even got injured.
She was sure that if he had not come today, she would have been dead by now.
“Young lady, don’t cry. The wounds on his back are just superficial injuries,” the paramedic told her.
Cate, “…”
Was she crying? She had not noticed at all.
When she wiped her face with her hand, there really were tears.
Shaun glanced at her. A faint sense of helplessness welled up in his heart, along with a hint of sweetness.
She really did love him too much. She only knew how to cry when she saw him getting hurt. What a little fool.
“But he might have a torn ligament in his shoulder, so he must have surgery immediately,” the paramedic continued.
Cate was speechless. The paramedic should have finished speaking in one go. In the end, Shaun was badly injured. When she twisted her foot as a child, the pain had made her feel as if she was about to die. The pain of having torn a ligament was beyond her imagination.
The paramedic asked, “What’s your relationship with him? We’ll need a family member to sign the paperwork for the surgery later.”
Cate was stunned. She also did not know what her relationship with Shaun was right now, but Shaun said, “She’s my wife.”
“That’s good. In that case, she can sign the papers later.”
In the ambulance.
Cate looked down at Shaun on the stretcher. He looked straight at her, his eyes deep and dark.
Her face inexplicably turned red and her heart also raced.
His wife…
It was the first time he called her that way outside. It was both unfamiliar and strange.
However… Their marriage license was indeed legal.
After arriving at the hospital, the doctor pushed Shaun to have an MRI scan. He also let Cate sign the papers after the diagnosis was confirmed.
She held onto his belongings and waited outside. Chase and Hadley arrived soon after.
After Shaun’s surgery was finished, the two helped arrange for him to stay in the VIP ward.