Chapter 556
Nova was still awake. She was watching the news when she saw the notification. Instead of clicking on the notification, she glanced at it and chose to ignore Brian. Brian waited for a while but did not receive any reply. He misinterpreted the silence to mean that Nova had slept and decided not to send any more messages. He lay on the bed, his mind running through the events of yesterday and today.
There must be something wrong with him. Nova was the one who was throwing tantrums, why was he trying so hard to coax her every day?
This is crazy!
Never in my life have I done something as ridiculous as this. I have never had to coax anyone in the past!’ Brian concluded to himself.
Brian thought, ‘Nova must have come into my life to torture me. She came in with so many secrets, but she still has me wrapped around her finger.’
The next morning, Nova suggested to Brian, “Let’s go visit Miss Adkins after work today.”
Brian glanced at her with a hint of surprise in his eyes. “Okay.”
On the way to the office, Brian asked Nova, “Did you barricade your door last night because you didn’t want to see me?”
Nova rested her elbows on the window and said lazily, “No, I just thought it would be dangerous to leave the door open. You’re still being indecisive. I wouldn’t want anything to happen with you.” Brian remained silent at the accusation.
“When was I indecisive?” he asked with a cold expression.
Nova didn’t say anything else. It seemed as though she would rather not waste her breath on a conversation that was not going to end in an agreement on both sides.
After work, Nova walked out with a lot of fruits and nutritional supplements.
Brian was quite happy to see her like this.
When they arrived at the hospital, Nova held Brian’s arm as they walked to the inpatient department together.
Nova smiled brightly. She had specially put on very beautiful makeup today. As soon as she entered the ward, she formed a sharp contrast with Louise, who was pale and sickly-looking.
The contrast was as different as night and day.
Louise’s gaze fell on their intertwined hands and her eyes burned from jealously.
Nova smiled and placed the nutritional supplements on the table. “Louise, I bought these for you. Thank you for saving my mother.” Louise clenched her fists tightly under the blanket.
A check was suddenly placed in front of her. “This is 400 thousand dollars. My mother would like you to use it for your recovery.” Brian’s expression changed.
Louise looked at the check as her hands trembled with anger, Jasmine’s motive for doing this was obvious!
She was trying to use the money to send her away to prevent her from using this matter as a bargaining chip to pester Brian in the future.
Louise felt like she had just been slapped in the face.
Nova looked at Louise in confusion with a smile on her face. “What’s wrong, Louise? If you think it’s too little, I can add another 400 thousand dollars for you?” 400 thousand dollars for just one injury was a great deal!’ Louise thought.
Louise wanted the money, but what she wanted more was to be liked by Jasmine again.
From the current situation, it seemed like it’d be hard for Louise to change Jasmine’s mind.
Even so, how could Louise accept the money in front of Brian?
Louise lowered her eyes and allowed a trace of loneliness to flash across her face. “There’s no need for this. I saved Jasmine willingly.”
Nova had expected that Louise
would not accept 400 thousand
dollars to save her face. In fact, this
iet
check was not given by Jasmine. The only things that Jasmine had prepared were the nutritional supplements. Jasmine would not have wanted Louise to have the benefit of receiving money as well.
Nova was the one who prepared this check. She knew that Louise would be too embarrassed to accept it in front of Brian, so she deliberately brought Brian along. Nova was sure that this would anger Louise too. It was killing two birds with one stone.