Chapter 1467
Chapter 1467
Chapter 1467 She Cares About Titus and Julia
"Yes, President Fuller." Tom nodded.
"Also, get more people to protect Sonia," Toby said. That's the top priority, he thought.
Tom also knew that now was the final stage where not even the slightest carelessness was allowed in everything, so he listened to Toby's instructions with a serious look on his face. "In that case, President Fuller, I'll make the arrangements."
"You may go now." Toby nodded.
After Tom had left, Toby took out his phone, upon which his expression softened at last. Staring at Sonia's beautiful smile in the photo on the phone's screen with overwhelming tenderness, he kept caressing her face with his thumb. As night was deepening back in the country, she had probably gone to bed, or he would have called her to look at her and listen to her voice. Even if they had just spoken over the phone last night, he missed her nonetheless as long as he hadn't heard her voice for a while.
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The next day, Sonia and Mary had breakfast and groomed themselves before heading for Trifecta Hospital.
Tim tagged along with them this time. He came this morning to check Sonia's eyes and was going to set her up for surgery at first, only to be startled when she said she was going to visit Julia and thus would like to have her surgery postponed to the afternoon. Only then did he learn that such an incident had happened to Julia, so he tagged along with them, wanting to know how serious her injury was. Of course, he was doing so for Sonia's sake, knowing that she still cared about Julia. Otherwise, he wouldn't have tagged along.
Coincidentally, Julia had just come around when Sonia arrived.
The moment Sonia came up to the ward, she heard Julia and Titus talking to each other; it was mostly Titus asking Julia how she was feeling at the moment.
Sonia stopped and listened quietly. When she heard Julia lament with a sudden sigh that she hadn't visited her at First World Hospital yesterday, she instantly felt a twinge in her heart, and her eyes reddened as well.
Mary was able to notice this, so she gently patted Sonia on the shoulder. "Young Mistress Sonia, I'll knock on the door."
"Uh-huh." Sonia nodded.
Mary stepped forward and knocked on the door. She and Sonia were the only ones here, whereas Tim was absent; he had gone to the orthopedics department to learn more about Julia's condition and wouldn't be back until a while later. Naturally, the bodyguards stood guard in the corners while keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings.
"Who is it?" An unfamiliar female voice rang from behind the door; it was probably the nurse's aide. Soon after that, a middle-aged woman dressed in blue scrubs poked her head out of the door and saw Mary and Sonia outside. She asked with a puzzled expression, "May I know who you are?" This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
Instead of introducing herself in detail, Mary merely replied, "We're Mrs. Gray's friends."
The nurse's aide nodded skeptically before stepping aside to let them in.
Mary came in and smiled at Titus and Julia, who were lying side by side on their respective sickbeds. "Hi, President Gray and Mrs. Gray."
Titus and Julia were both surprised to see her, especially Julia, who was astonished. "Mary?" She asked, "What brings you here?"
"We've heard about your injury, so we're here to see you," Mary said while handing the presents she was carrying over to the nurse's aide next to her.
The nurse's aide immediately took the presents from her and put them away.
When Julia and Titus heard the word 'we,' they exchanged a brief look and saw the excitement and disbelief in each other's eyes. Finally, Julia asked urgently, "Mary, who do you mean by 'we'?" Could she be referring to Sonny?
Seeing how excited they looked, Mary knew they must have figured it out. After giving them a smile, she turned around and dragged Sonia in from the outside, saying, "I'm referring to Young Mistress Sonia and me, of course."
"Sonny!" Titus and Julia's eyes reddened at the sight of Sonia, especially Julia, who never imagined that Sonia would come to visit her. Forgetting about her injury, she threw back the covers in excitement and was just about to get out of bed.
At the sight of this, Sonia instinctively cried out, "Stay there!"
Her words instantly brought Titus and Julia to their senses. "That's right; you've got to stay in bed. You have yet to recover from your injury. What if it gets even worse?" Titus advised as well. Then, he threw back the covers, staggered out of bed, and walked toward Sonia.
Julia was both annoyed and pleased when she saw him like this. On the one hand, it annoyed her that her husband selfishly took the opportunity to get close to their daughter while leaving her here; on the other hand, though, it pleased her that she wasn't dreaming. Not only had Sonia come to visit her, but
she also cared very much about her and told her to stay in bed, recalling her injury sooner than anyone else did.
"Come on, Sonny, have a seat." Titus stopped after getting near Sonia. In the end, he didn't get too close to her physically, nor did he hug her or take her hand, because he knew that Sonia would surely say no to it. It pleased him enough that he was now able to receive and spend time with his daughter in such proximity.
Mary took a look at Titus. Finally, she also said to Sonia, "Have a seat, Young Mistress Sonia."
Sonia had been unable to stand for a long time since her pregnancy, or her feet would swell easily. Therefore, she sat down without rejecting the chair that Titus had moved over.
Titus' smile broadened when he saw her sit in the chair.
Mary sat down next to Sonia before saying to Titus and Julia, "President Gray and Mrs. Gray, Young Mistress Sonia has heard about what happened to you here yesterday, so we're here today especially to visit you two."
Titus nodded slightly. "Thank you for coming—and for bringing us so many presents."
Mary replied, "You're welcome. These presents are prepared by Young Mistress Sonia and Young Master Toby, actually." Before they left home this morning, a bodyguard brought them some presents prepared by Toby, which were all healthcare products that could help Julia recover sooner.
Hearing that it was Sonia and Toby who had prepared these presents, Julia got so overjoyed that she even shed tears of happiness. "Thank you so much, Sonny."
Sonia shook her head. "It's nothing. H-How are you doing?" she asked hesitantly while looking at Julia.
Unexpectedly, the question made Julia burst into tears of emotion right away.
Sonia was dumbfounded at the sight of this. In the end, Titus explained, "Please don't take this to heart. Your mom's just overjoyed."
Sonia shook her head to indicate that she didn't mind. After falling silent for a while, she turned to look at him, asking, "What about you, then?"
Titus' eyes widened; his facial muscles trembled slightly. Apparently, he also didn't expect Sonia to ask about him all of a sudden. In reality, he knew that she had been ignoring him as much as possible these days. Although he was upset about this, he was able to understand her doing so. After all, he was the one who had done actual harm to her, while Julia had never done that. Therefore, he understood and was open-minded about the fact that Sonia was more accepting of Julia. It was fine as long as Sonia gradually acknowledged Julia as her mother; as for whether Sonia would acknowledge him as her father, he didn't care about it anymore. As a result, he also didn't expect Sonia to care about him and ask how he was doing. Little did he imagine he would actually hear her care about him right now!
His skinny hands clenched into fists in excitement as he shook his head repeatedly. "I'm fine! I'm fine!" Given his health condition, it was good enough for him to be able to stay awake for several hours a day.
Sonia nodded to indicate that she had understood.
After that, silence descended upon the ward again. The atmosphere was strange, as everyone had no idea what to say.
Mary also felt quite uncomfortable being caught between them. After pondering for a moment, she eventually stood up and said with a smile, "Let's talk about something that'll make us happy. Young Mistress Sonia had a surprise during her pregnancy checkup yesterday."
"Mary?" Sonia immediately turned to look at her.
Mary gently patted the back of her hand. "It's alright, Young Mistress Sonia. This is a good thing, so it's not a big deal to let them know about this."
Now that she had said so, Sonia had no choice but to let her get her own way.
Titus and Julia looked at Mary. "What is it that you're talking about, Mary?"