In the middle of the night, the room with only one wall lamp on was extremely quiet. Only Elizabeth's faint breathing could be heard.
James sat on the chair beside the bed and had been staring at Elizabeth's sleepy face for a long time. He didn't even move.
Looking at her sleeping face quietly, he felt warm and relieved in heart, but he was also somewhat depressed.
In fact, his life could be said to be perfect. He had a good family background, outstanding appearance, enormous knowledge, a high status, a warm family and a beloved wife. In a few months, he would have a child.
Even though he once had a difficult period, compared to the things that he had got, that period of time was so insignificant.
The first half of his life was successful and smooth, and he was confident that he would live happily or even had a better life in the rest of his life.
But, what about Xavier?
They grew up together and lived in the same house since childhood.
Xavier should have had a pleasant life just like him, but...
When he thought of Xavier's pale face and his panicky and flustered look, words couldn't describe how grieved he was.
He closed her eyes tightly, but he couldn't get rid of the irritation in his heart.
James pursed his thin lips, stood up and went to the small balcony outside the ward.
As soon as he opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew over. However, he didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he felt a kind of unspeakable pleasure.
Leaning against the wall, he lit up a cigarette.
In the night, the cigarette gleamed like a firefly.
Looking up at the distance, he saw the dim and yellow streetlights, as well as cars passing by.
He just stood there silently. His expression didn't ease, and he frowned hard.
Samuel hadn't called him... which meant that he hadn't found the person Xavier had seen.
It was so annoying!
After smoking the cigarette, he couldn't care about any public morality. He flicked the cigarette butt casually, and then it bounced and fell to the ground.
He should go and find Richard the next day. Perhaps, with his help, things would progress a little faster. He had promised Xavier, so he needed to solve the problem as fast as he could. Only in that way would Xavier be able to extricate himself from this kind of uneasiness and fear as soon as possible.
When Zena came out of the cafe, she felt terrible. Anger and unwillingness filled her heart.
She really didn't expect to see Xavier there and didn't expect that Xavier would refuse her so thoroughly.
It was said that men were ruthless, and this was right. Not to mention that Xavier had always been neither cold nor warm to her.
Ha-ha...
She was stupid, because she thought that Xavier was different from other men and he would definitely help her.
"Dad, I have no other way now." Zena smiled bitterly, "You know what? Today... my studio was taken back by Jimmy."
When Albert heard this, he was not excited. After all, he had guessed that it would happen, "Mm."
His simple answer made Zena a little disappointed, but she refused to give up, "Dad, please help me. You don't know that after Jimmy took back my studio, he even fired all the employees. They are waiting for my reply now. I really don't know what to do." "Zena, what do you want me to do to help you?" Albert asked in reply, but he continued before Zena could say a word, "You haven't forgotten what I told you yesterday, right? You agreed to let Jimmy take back the studio. Now, you are not in charge of there anymore, so you can't decide whether they go or stay."
"Dad, how can you say this? Those people have worked with me for a long time! It was my negligence that caused them to be fired. I was too angry and panicked, so I didn't ask Jimmy what he would do in the future."
"You know that it was your negligence." Albert sighed, "Zena, can't you just accept the fact? We don't need to care about those people. Just give up your dream. I'm old now, and I can't manage the company well many times. Just take this opportunity and go back to the company to help me. When I retire, you can take over the company. To be honest, if you don't come back, I really can't rest assured if I have to let someone else manage the company."
"No!" Zena refused without thinking.
"You..."
Hearing Albert's words, Zena knew that he would not help her no matter what and she was very upset. After all, in the past, although her parents couldn't get the moon or stars for her, basically, they would agree to all of her requests.
But why did they all change?
"Zena, what on earth do you want to do? I've reasoned with you. Besides, it's your fault. I talked to Jimmy and John for you, but they didn't agree. What can I do? Do you want me to kneel down in front of them at my age?" How could he do that?
Besides, his family was rich enough to raise Zena even if she lost her job. In his opinion, it was a good thing. After all, from the very beginning, he didn't want her to be a designer. "I don't want you to kneel down." She couldn't ask her father to do that.
"I've told you everything. What do you want from me?"
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