Chapter 5

No wonder I had barely been able to contact him these past few days.

My face turned pale. “Miss Nurse.”

“Please bill all expenses to the man just now, because he is my boyfriend.”

“The person in that room is only his secretary.”

The nurses’ faces immediately turned ugly, and they said a few things in low voices that I could not hear clearly.

Not long after I was pushed into my room, Ethan Blake rushed in.

“What exactly did you say to those nurses?” He froze when he saw me sitting in a wheelchair. “What happened to your leg? Why are you in a wheelchair?”

The first thing he said after coming in was a question, and his furious appearance made it seem as if he had come to stand up for Noah Hayes.

“I said you’re my boyfriend, so what, was I wrong?” I curled my lips sarcastically. “They all thought Noah Hayes was your boyfriend, after all, you took care of him for three days without leaving his side.”

Ethan Blake pressed his lips together and fell silent.

“Forget that, what exactly happened to your leg?” he asked hoarsely.

I said lightly, “I saw you give the tie clip to Noah Hayes, got distracted for a moment, fell down the stairs, and broke my leg, that’s all. I called you and got brushed off, and since my injury wasn’t as serious as Noah Hayes’s illness, of course I deserved to have my call hung up on.”

The more I spoke, the paler Ethan Blake’s face became.

“Noah had a fever and still worked hard to block drinks for me, so I just didn’t want my subordinate to feel hurt.” His tone was very tired, and he half-knelt on the floor with his head pressed against my chest. “Simon, be sensible. I will never leave you, and my mother wouldn’t want us to separate either.”

I really wanted to ask him whether he had not already agreed to draw a clear line.

But he blocked my words.

I was so tired.

I would not take out even the tiniest bit of love to give him anymore.

I silently let him lean against me, just like every difficult night over the past seven years.