Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

As soon as Bruno returned to Ocean Villa, he received a call from Freddy.

"Bruno, how is Mashauva doing? Has her coming-of-age ceremony ended?"

He sounded very anxious and out of breath.

Bruno looked at his watch and pursed his lips. "The ceremony was yesterday, and you're only calling now? What do you think?"

Freddy said regretfully, "She'll only ever celebrate it once in her lifetime. Can't believe I didn't get to see her in a gown."

Even though Bruno could sense the disappointment in his voice, he didn't know how to comfort him, finally saying after pondering, "You had no choice."

The night before the ceremony, Freddy's mother was suddenly struck with acute appendicitis, and her family hurriedly brought her to a hospital for surgery. As the only child, Freddy naturally couldn't leave.

In addition, his father worked far away, and couldn't be back when it happened, so Freddy had a lot of things to deal with by himself.

It just so happened that it coincided with Mashauva's ceremony. Distressed as he was, he couldn't leave his mother aside and attend her ceremony but only asked Bruno to give her his gift.

With that thought in mind, Bruno said, "How is your mother doing? I'll come by after I go home for a bit."

"Don't." Freddy sighed. "You don't have to come. My mom's fine. The operation went well; she just needs to stay for a few days."

Bruno shut off his car and said as he walked into his house, "Give me your location. I'll drop by in around ten minutes."

"Really, it's fine."

After some thought, Freddy added, "You know what, I'll send you the address. Tell me when you're at the hospital, I'll come and get you." "Alright."

Bruno hung up the phone and walked up the stairs.

He went back to his room and changed his clothes. When he came back down, he bumped into his mother.

"You're back?" "Yes, I'm going out again though, I have something to do." "What is it?"

"Freddy's mother was hospitalized yesterday."

Minerva had always known Freddy was Bruno's best friend, so she was a little worried when she heard that Freddy's mother was hospitalized. "What happened? No wonder Freddy didn't come to the ceremony yesterday. Are you going to visit her now?"

"Yeah, I am."

"I'll go with you."

However, Bruno stopped her, "I'm planning to ask Mashauva if she wants to tag along."

Hearing that, Minerva stopped in her tracks, knowing what he was planning that instant.

"Alright, I'll go another day then. Drive safe."

He hadn't planned on calling Mashauva initially. After all, she probably hadn't rested well the night before, and he should let her do so right then.

However, when he thought of how Freddy was faring, Bruno figured he should ask if she wanted to tag along.

Of course, he would just inquire. If she was willing, he could pick her up but so be it if she said no.

After getting into the car, Bruno waited for quite some time before sending a message to

Mashauva.

"Did you get some rest?"

It was a minute later when he received her reply.

"No, I had a good night's sleep last night. Why would I need to rest?"

Another message came right after.

"What's up?"

Only then did Bruno make a call.

"Bruno?" her voice rang from the other side.

With that, Bruno drove out of Ocean Villa. Looking ahead, he asked, "Why didn't you rest when you got back?"

"I'm not sleepy. Don't worry about me. I really slept well last night."

"In that case, would you like to go somewhere with me?"

"Where to?"

He noticed she was still wearing the same clothes from that morning when she climbed into the front passenger seat, putting on her seatbelt before she finally looked at him. "Bruno, you still haven't told me where we're going."

"The hospital."

Mashauva's face turned slightly grim, hearing that.

"Hospital? Are you sick? Or are your legs itchy from the floodwater? I told you..."

"No, none of that," Bruno interrupted her. "Relax, it's not me. We're going to visit Freddy." Freddy?

Only then she realized what he meant.

"We're visiting him in the hospital? Freddy? In the hospital?"

"Yes."

"What happened? He didn't attend the ceremony yesterday. Could it be..."

Blood drained from her face, thinking the worst.

"Relax, he's fine. Freddy's mom had an operation yesterday; that's why he couldn't attend and asked me to hand you his gift."

"But why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

"Would you still be able to go ahead with the ceremony if I told you?"

Freddy had especially enjoined Bruno not to tell Mashauva about it, saying he knew how she cares a lot about her friends, so if she found out, she wouldn't be able to focus on the ceremony. Thus, Bruno promised to keep it from her.

"I was initially planning to visit after dinner last night." But who would've thought there would be a storm? It even poured for hours and flooded the roads.

"So Freddy's mom is sick? Freddy must've been distraught. Let's hurry then."

After arriving at the hospital, Bruno sent a message to Freddy.

"We're here."

After stopping the car, he stood at the entrance of the hospital with Mashauva.

Freddy came out a few minutes later.

He was stumped when he saw Mashauva. Walking to them, he said to Bruno upsettingly, "Why did you bring her here too? Didn't we agree..."

"Freddy!" Mashauva interrupted him and said with a serious expression, "How could you do this?"

Stumped, he replied, "What did I do?"

"Why wouldn't you tell me your mom was admitted to the hospital? Although I held my coming-of-age ceremony yesterday, it wasn't a full-day event. If you'd have said something sooner, we could've visited yesterday afternoon, and you don't have to keep vigil alone."

Her tone was grave, and her face was tense.

"Freddy, how could you?!"

Freddy gave in immediately. "I'm sorry; my bad.

Don't be mad. I just didn't want to distract you from your celebration."

"My coming-of-age may be important, but so are you. Please don't do this again."

She continued to give him a severe scolding.