The President's Secret Wife by Josephine

Chapter 056 He Lied to Me
Penny came over in her pajamas, and was completely shocked when she saw Jenny. “Why are you. here?” In no time, she
found that Jenny was soaked all over and got into a mess with her hair disheveled. “Come on in.” Penny drew Jenny in, got a
bath towel immediately, and covered her with that towel to wipe. her wet hair and body.
“You guys enjoy your chatting. I got to go.” Jerome Cook was smart enough to leave first after saying
that.
It was not until he left that Jenny felt relaxed slightly. She threw herself into Penny’s arms and burst into tears in an instant.
“Penny, I feel so upset, and I don’t think I can hold on anymore.”
“What happened?” Penny quickly realized something was wrong and asked, “Did Barret Smith bully you
again?”
Jenny, leaning against Penny’s arms, felt so tired that she didn’t want to say a word.
In the living room, the TV was still on. Penny turned down the TV. Jenny kept leaning against Penny’s arms and watched TV
quietly. Jenny did not cry anymore, and nor did she speak. She was as silent as a doll. Seeing Jenny’s look, Penny felt so
distressed, and dissed Barret mentally a thousand times.
After a long time, Jenny raised her head and looked at Penny with a pale face, “Penny, I’m so cold that I
want to take a shower.”
“Okay, sit here, and I’ll run a bath for
“Um.”
you.”
Soon, Penny had run a bath and got some clothes for Jenny. When Jenny entered the bathroom, Penny was very worried.
“Jenny, let me accompany you!”
Jenny shook her head, “It’s okay, I can do it alone.” She wanted to be quiet and to be alone.

The bathroom, filled with rising hot mist, was like a fairyland when Jenny walked in. The temperature
inside made Jenny feel comfortable and warm. Glancing at the bathtub ahead, Jenny did not take off her clothes but walked in.
The bath water was so warm. Jenny closed her eyes and soaked herself in the bathtub without any hesitation.
A flood of water inundated her shoulders, her neck, her face, and her entire head in the end. Soon, Jenny was immersed in
water. She felt as if her whole body was floating as a result of the buoyancy of water. With her long hair spreading out in the
water like vines, the water surface turned dark black. It seemed that only at this moment could she stop thinking and empty
herself willfully. She could be true to herself, instead of disguising or hiding herself.
When her head emerged from the water, Jenny took a deep breath and reached out to wipe off the water droplets on her face.
Those droplets tasted a little salty, astringent. At this moment, even she herself
could not tell whether she was crying or not.
Penny had been standing outside and waiting quietly. She dared not to walk back and forth, for fear of putting too much pressure
on Jenny. Penny felt Jenny was in bad shape and was afraid that Jenny would have an accident if she left. As a result, Penny
dared not to walk away, either. Penny became so anxious when twenty minutes passed. Having been hesitating for a long time,
she knocked on the door, “have you finished it, Jenny?”
It took a full minute before Jenny’s voice came from inside. “Um, in a minute.”
After another seven or eight minutes, Jenny opened the door in her pajamas. The moment Penny saw her, Penny breathed a
sigh of relief. She was almost terrified of death. In a moment, seeing the blush on Jenny’s face, Penny touched her head and
asked anxiously, “Why is your face so red? Have you got a fever?”
“No, it may be a result of a long time of bath and the mist inside.” Penny felt what Jenny said made sense, so she did not think
too much about it.
At night, Penny stayed with Jenny, and turned off the light and left the room until she fell asleep. However, Penny had not known
that Jenny opened her eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling, not long after Penny left.
Jenny felt so bad and everything was awful. And she could not cheer herself up for some reason. She opened her mouth and
tried hard to learn smile with eight teeth uncovered, just like what she had been trained before. She tried once, twice, eight times,
ten times...She tried so many times but failed. She could not smile and she felt she seemed to forget how to smile.

Happiness, anger, sadness, and joy are instincts of a man. How couldn’t she learn such a simple thing? She did not believe it.
The more she failed, the more she tried. In the end, She did not remember how many times she tried. Even though her face
became stiff when she tried so many times, she failed to make a bright smile. Leaves would be destined to turn yellow when
roots were dead. Similarly, one could not smile when his/her heart was withered.
Penny had an irregular routine due to acting all year around and frequent acting at night. She stayed up a lot and had developed
a habit of going to bed late and getting up late. Concerned about Jenny, she deliberately set alarms, however. Thus, she woke
up very early. She opened the door and said in a gentle tone, “Jenny, I’ve made breakfast for you. Get up and have it.” Seeing
the empty bed, she was stunned for
a moment.
Jenny was not here. As Penny approached, she found a note on the bedside table. It was left by Jenny, and the writing on it was
delicate and neat. “Penny, thank you for taking me in last night. I’m much better. I know you’re busy with your work. You need to
have a good rest. Don’t worry about me. Jenny.” Penny called Jenny as soon as she had read the note. There was no response,
however.
Jenny had planned to go home to go over what she had learned. After one week, she would have an interview at a nationally
renowned hospital, which caught her fancy. It was the goal she had been going for. So she had to spare no effort without any
discount. Besides, her mother used to work at that
hospital. As an off-staff nurse, her mother gained low wages and benefits, however.
When Jenny was a child, her mother often said, “Jenny, if you are into medicine, you must go on with.
further study to work at this hospital one day. And you will see those doctors and professors heal the wounded and rescue the
dying. It’s admirable that they bring patients back from the brink of death. They’ve done what I yearn for all the way. It’s a pity
that I have no chance, but I wish that you can work here and become a respected doctor.
“Besides, with a decent job, you won’t be rootless or homeless. When you become a member of
authorized strength, your life will be guaranteed when you are old, and I will feel relieved.”
Thus, for the sake of both her mother and herself, she was going to do her best anyway. Plans had not
kept pace with the changes, however. On the way back, Jenny suddenly suffered a severe headache and felt dizzy.

Last night, she felt alternately hot and cold. She had thought it was because she was caught in the rain, and did not take it too
seriously. Until now, all the symptoms indicated that she had had a cold and
might have had a fever. Thinking of her baby, Jenny touched her belly immediately