SWNOVELS Chapter 10
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Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Nadia felt a bit awkward. After all, she didn’t know James very well, and they had just gotten the marriage license during the day. She wasn’t prepared to bring James to meet her grandmother yet because she didn’t know how long their marriage. would last. However, James’s grandmother, Daisy, insisted that her grandson accompany her. Since it was difficult to refuse her kindness, Nadia had no choice but to obey.
“Mrs. Howe, we’re leaving now. I won’t be coming back tonight. I’ll be staying with my grandmother.”
Elena had been busy all day and had to take care of her son at night, so Nadia was the only one who could stay with Iris at night.
“What? Nadia, don’t forget that tonight is your wedding night.”
That night, Daisy’s most important task was to make sure Nadia and James had their wedding night.
“That won’t do, Daisy said firmly. After speaking, she tugged at her grandson’s clothes and whispered, “I don’t care how you do it, but you must bring your wife back tonight.”
James looked troubled, thinking that his grandmother was being too demanding. He had already made a big concession by agreeing to marry Nadia, and now his grandmother wanted them to have their wedding that night.
“Grandma, you’re making it too difficult for us, aren’t you? She has the right to leave at any time. I can’t make decisions for
someone else.”
Nadia didn’t know what they were murmuring about, and she couldn’t wait any longer. Her grandmother had to be hungry at the hospital.
“You don’t need to accompany me. I’ll go now,” Nadia said and entered the elevator.
Daisy took the opportunity to push her grandson and smiled. “Let James accompany you. It’s late, and it’s not safe to be
alone.”
James looked at his grandmother, knowing that if he didn’t go with Nadia, there would probably be horrible consequences. He reluctantly followed Nadia into the elevator.
Nadia instantly felt the air in the elevator freeze. She couldn’t even breathe.
It felt like a dream. She couldn’t believe it. She had gotten married in just one day, and she married a man she had known for
less than 12 hours.
Standing so close to James, she realized that he was taller than she had imagined. He was about seven inches taller than her.
The elevator reached the basement floor. James walked out first. In a low voice, he asked, “Which hospital is your grandmother in?”
As he spoke, he looked around the surroundings.
“Kingsley Hospital,” Nadia answered softly.
James glanced around but didn’t see his car. He furrowed his brows and gritted his teeth, cursing inwardly, “Harold, now you’re in trouble, big trouble!”
Harold had finally finished his early shift and returned home. After finishing his dinner, he leisurely sipped on his coffee.
If only his boss had gotten married earlier, he, as an assistant, wouldn’t have to work so hard.
James walked about 50 feet ahead and circled back, but he still couldn’t see his car.
Nadia didn’t know whar James was doing, but she didn’t dare ask or say anything. She glanced at her phone and saw that it was already 8 p.m. Wasn’t James supposed to take her to the hospital? Why was he wandering around in the underground parking garage; Could it be that he couldn’t find his car?
“He said he’s a programmer,” she thought. “Does programming all day long make his brain malfunction?”
James searched around but couldn’t find it. In the end, he had to take out his car keys and pressed the unlock button. Hearing the sound, he realized that his lousy car had been parked by Harold in a corner of the parking garage, blocked by a pillar.
After getting into the car, neither of them said a word. Nadia felt particularly awkward, so she decided to break the silence. “You must be very busy today, right? I’m really sorry for tonight. I didn’t know Daisy would call you, Nadia apologized.
James, with an expressionless face, said, “It’s not your fault. Don’t worry about what she said.
This was their wedding night, but he was a human, not an animal.
To be precise, he was a sophisticated animal with emotions.
“Okay.” Nadia nodded her head.
Chapter 10
After that, they kept silent. Half an hour later, they arrived at the inpatient department of Kingsley Hospital.
Nadia, carrying a box of cupcakes, entered the ward and saw her sister sitting by Iris’s bedside. The nurse had just finished removing the IV drip.
Nadia pur
the box of cupcakes on the nearby bedside table and frowned as she looked at her sister.
“Elena, didn’t I say that I would stay with Grandma tonight? You need to take care of Ray, right?”
Elena stared at Nadia intently. “Nathan came back from work. After dinner, I handed Ray over to him. He’s not just my son. Nathan can take care of him for a while. It’s no big deal.”
As soon as Elena remembered how Nathan had pulled her hair and choked her in front of so many people at noon, she realized that she couldn’t spoil him anymore.
“Let’s not talk about my situation right now. I heard from Grandma that you got married. Has Jim found a job?”
When it came to Jim, Elena was filled with frustration. Nadia had scrimped and saved to put him through college for his postgraduate studies, but he had been unemployed for six months since graduating
Now Nadia was saying that she and Jim had obtained a marriage license, and Elena was genuinely worried about Nadia’s future. How would they get by?
Nadia didn’t want to discuss her matters in front of Iris, not wanting to worry her.
Nadia quickly emptied the cupcakes from the box and handed one to Iris.
Upon hearing that, Iris was no longer in the mood to enjoy the cupcake. Worried, she looked at Nadia and asked, “What did Elena just say? Has Jim still not found a job?”
Nadia didn’t want Iris to worry about her, so she hurriedly explained, “Grandma, he has found a job. Don’t worry. I told you that yesterday, didn’t I?”
After speaking, Nadia gave her sister a signal with her eyes, indicating for Elena to not say anything further.
After Iris finished eating the cupcakes, Nadia chatted with her for a while and finally led Elena out to the corridor.
“Elena, I got married, but the groom isn’t Jim.”
Nadia didn’t want to hide it from her sister since Elena was the person Nadia was the closest to in the world.
“Not Jim? Then who? Nadia, please don’t scare me. Is the 90 thousand dollars related to your marriage?” Elena’s intuition told her that something was terribly wrong. Nadia had opened a flower shop in partnership with someone else. Nadia said that a friend had lent money to her. However, Elena knew Nadia’s friends well. They were not wealthy people, so it was not possible for them to lend 90 thousand dollars to Nadia in one go.
“Do you know Mrs. Howe? I remember that you met her once. I married her grandson.”
“Do you know her? And what about Jim?” Elena asked anxiously.
“Elena, you don’t need to worry about me. Jim and I have already broken up. Mrs. Howe’s grandson is a programmer, earning a salary of four to six thousand dollars per month. He has a car and a house, and he’s a good person. The 90 thousand dollars is the engagement gift he gave me, so you don’t have to worry about me anymore.”
Upon hearing that the 90 thousand dollars was the engagement gift, Elena widened her eyes in astonishment.
“Nadia, that’s a large sum of money. Did you sell yourself? Listen to me. Return that money to them. We can’t accept it. Otherwise, they might look down on you and humiliate you every day. A programmer who can afford to spend 90,000 dollars on a wife is either disabled or an ugly monster.”
In Elena’s opinion, her younger sister was very beautiful. She couldn’t bear to see Nadia marry someone like that.
Elena was both worried and heartbroken for her sister, blaming herself for not being capable as an older sister.
“Nadia, there’s no turning back now. We’ve already paid Grandma’s medical expenses. It’s important to treat her illness. Besides, I’ve already told him that the 90 thousand dollars is a loan from him.”
“No, even if we have to sell everything we own, we must return it. We are not…
Just as they were talking, James stepped out of the elevator. He had come to see how the food delivery was going and discuss how to handle the situation when he returned. He didn’t expect to overhear the conversation between Nadia and Elena. They said that a programmer who would do that was either disabled or an ugly monster. Were they talking about him?
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