The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

The sun was scorching hot in the sky.

It was noon when Joey slowly woke up.

She found herself in the hospital bed somehow and surrounded by Allen, Sarah, Martha, Philip and her parents who were supposed to be at home in the countryside now.

When she saw her parents, it suddenly occurred to her that she was getting engaged to Allen today. So her parents had travelled all the way from their hometown to attend her engagement party, only to find her in the hospital. Everyone was overjoyed when Joey finally woke up.

However, Joey's eyes had been fixed on Allen's face since she opened them. She just stared at him with those empty eyes.

They were all worried about her state of mind.

Allen felt very sorry for her. He bent down and took her pale face in his hands, "Baby, how are you feeling? You can tell me."

She stared blankly at Allen's handsome face with her increasingly serious and cold eyes. After a long pause, she said painfully, "The baby...is gone."

He was heartbroken, but his voice was even gentler, "I know. The baby wasn't doing great. It's not your fault that our baby is gone. Don't be too sad. We're young and we'll have another baby."

When he left the hotel and hurried back home, he had gotten the news of her miscarriage. He knew he would never forgive himself and Yolanda.

His mother Mrs. Charles had told him that Joey had lost the baby because she had lost her temper when he hadn't returned home last night. Joey's maids were scared and nodded along.

Joey didn't know that Allen had been misled. She was infuriated by what he had said. She suddenly sat up and grabbed him by the collar, shouting, "It's not an accident. It was your father George Charles who killed our baby. It's him..." "Baby, please calm down."

Allen immediately took her hand and frowned, "My father wasn't at home when you lost the baby yesterday. How could he have hurt our baby? Joey, Chance said that your condition has worsened and you might have hallucinations."

He was suggesting that she was so mentally deranged that she had blamed others for what had happened to her. She shouldn't have pointed fingers at his innocent father. She was shocked by Allen's accusation at first, but she soon realized what he meant.

She stared at him in disbelief. She burst into tears and said in a trembling voice, "You don't believe me. Do you think I've wronged your father? Or, do you think I'm insane?" Hallucinations? What a convenient excuse to put all the blame on her with such an irrefutable symptom. It was clever but malicious.

He shook his head as she pressed him closer, "No, baby, of course you're not. You're just ill. I'll take you to see a psychiatrist when you get better. You'll be all right, I promise." She stared at him with teary eyes.

It seemed that Allen was convinced that she had lost the baby by accident, that it had nothing to do with his father, and that she was mentally ill. The more she thought about it, the more emotional she became. She was sad and helpless, and she couldn't breathe. But she knew she couldn't lose her temper, because if she lost it, everyone would think she was seriously ill, and then no one would ever believe what she said.

"Baby, do you have something to say? Go ahead, tell me." Allen could see that Joey was trying very hard to repress her emotions, but now he could do nothing but calm her down.

Sarah, Philip, and her parents were very concerned about her, too. But Joey didn't want to be comforted at all. Their comforting words only made her more miserable and helpless. She took a deep breath. She knew she had to change the subject right now, because she would really lose her mind if it went on.

There was no denying that she was ill, but she knew that her depression wasn't severe enough to cause hallucinations. She recollected herself and asked, "Where did you go last night?" Allen was shocked by the question. He went pale, "I...had a drink with Martin at the Esiner Club."

Given Joey's current conditions, Allen eventually decided not to tell her about what had happened between Yolanda and him last night for now.

"Then what?" Joey looked into his eyes and clenched her fists.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐