One Night Stand With That Beggar

Sierra finally became serious. Seeing that she seemed to believe him, Eddison breathed a sigh of relief.

Sierra looked at him soberly for a while before she stretched out her hand to him.

“Thank you for worrying about me. I’m really happy.”

Eddison shook his head, “I just don’t want you to suffer any harm.”

She chuckled, “With your protection, how would I be harmed? However, I really like Jairus a lot!”

He was staggered, “Are you sure you like him?”

Sierra nodded.

“I don’t know if I’ve told you before, but I grew up in a single-parent family. When I was very young, my dad left. I’ve never felt my father’s warmth in my life. However, Jairus makes me feel secure and wanted. Do you understand that kind of feeling?”

Eddison curled his fingers slightly and mumbled, “I can do that too.”

She looked at him suspiciously. “What?”

Looking at Sierra, he took a deep breath and said, “I said I-”

Before his voice died away, they heard a nurse’s voice coming from the outside.

“Miss Rachel, this way!”

Eddison was astounded. He quickly looked at the doorway, to find that Rachel was walking down the corridor with her head down.

Thinking of the paleness on her face from the previous night, a trace of uncertainty arose in his mind.

Seeing that he seemed preoccupied while staring at the corridor, Sierra took a look as well.

“Is that someone you know?”

He said, “I have something to do.”

Sierra smiled at him, “Go! I’m grateful that you care about me. However, I’ve chosen to live my own life. I believe in my own decision that I haven’t made the wrong choice. Even if Jairus didn’t do good things in the past, I believe that he will change for me.”

In the end, he just pursed his lips without saying anything.

…

Outside, Rachel was standing with a prescription in her hand. It happened that when she raised her head, she saw Eddison coming out from a ward.

She took a curious look at the ward but her arm had already been grabbed by him.

“What happened to you? Why did you come to the hospital?”

She was in pain due to his grasp, and she said, “Ouch, please let go of me first.”

Only then did he realize that he had lost his composure. He let her go and took a step back. He looked at her eagerly, waiting for her answer.

Rachel replied, “It’s nothing. I’m just having a minor headache. That’s why I came here, but it’s just a common cold. The doctor has prescribed me medicine, and I can leave after taking the medicine.”

He saw the prescription and breathed a sigh of relief. Rachel had ended up being in Country M because of him. If something bad happened to her, he would not feel at ease.

As he knew she was okay, he felt relaxed.

However, his words were still not pleasing to the ear as he said, “It’s good that you’re fine. However, this is what you get when you don’t take good care of yourself. Frankly, you had this coming.”

Rachel was not fazed by his tone as she was used to such a treatment.

She gazed at the ward and asked, “An acquaintance of yours is sick? Is it your classmate? Should I go and say hello?”

To her, she was Eddison’s wife.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

She had been taught that a man’s wife should express some courtesy to his friends by at least saying hello to them.

Unexpectedly, he refused her request without hesitation.

“There’s no need for that!”

Although she did not understand him, she complied with him, “Okay! Then, I’ll get the medicine first.”

She finished her words in a muffled voice, turned around and was about to leave.

Maybe because she was not feeling well that day, she had not put on any make-up. In conjunction with the large white T-shirt that she was wearing, she looked as white as a sheet.

Her hair touched his shoulder when she walked past him. He instantly recalled that she had waited for him outside the apartment for the whole night.

For some reason, he couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.

“I’ll go with you!”

The air of despondency, which surrounded her, was dispelled right away.

“Will it trouble you?”

He directly rolled his eyes at her, “Forget it.”

Rachel grabbed his arm hurriedly, “No! You already said that you want to come with me. You can’t go back on your words!”

Exasperated, Eddison said, “Let go of my hand.”

“But you can’t leave me.”

He gritted his teeth and said, “Let me go in three seconds, or you will know the consequences! One-two-”

She seemed to be really afraid, hence she slowly loosened her grip on his arm. Just when she was about to let go of him, they heard a voice behind them. It was a familiar voice to Eddison.

“Eddison, you forgot to take your things. Thank God, you’re still here.”

He was taken aback and unconsciously pushed Rachel away while turning to look at Sierra, who had come out of the ward.

Rachel was feeble that day. As a result, his push made her bump into the back of a chair behind her with a bang.

However, Eddison did not look back at her.

Rachel struggled to get up and looked curiously at the lady in front of them.

Sierra was dressed in a hospital gown, but it couldn’t mask her elegance. At the same time, she was looking concernedly at Rachel. Then, she reproached Eddison.

“You shouldn’t push her like that! Is she injured?”

It was really painful, but Rachel simply waved her hand.

She was the one who had chosen to be with Eddison, therefore she did so as a means of saving his face.

“It’s great that you’re alright. Are you Eddison’s classmate? I don’t think I’ve seen you before.”

Rachel glanced at Eddison and thought that he had most probably never told anyone about his marriage. Hence, she decided to just let him be.

“Nice to meet you! My name is Sierra Campbell. I’m older than you two by a year.”

Rachel said politely, “Hello, Sierra!”

Sierra then handed the item back to Eddison, saying, “Keep it properly. I’m fine here! If you have nothing to do here, it’s better for you to go back to school! Eddie, you’ve been away from school for a while, so I bet there must be a lot of lessons for you to catch up. Thus, don’t come to visit me again and spend your time on your studies instead!”

She was giving him a lecture, just like a teacher. Rachel thought Eddison would not be pleased to hear that.

If he blew his top at the hospital, it would be bad. She wondered if she needed to say something to change the subject.

To her surprise, he nodded obediently.

“Okay, I’ll prioritise my studies!”

In Rachel’s eyes, he seemed to be very compliant with Sierra.

Rachel suddenly felt that Sierra had a great influence on him.

She couldn’t explain why she felt so. It was an unspeakable intuition of hers.

She couldn’t help but take another look at Sierra. At the next moment, she was dragged away by Eddison.

“Let’s go!”

Upon seeing this, Sierra reminded him from behind, “Hey, don’t be so rude to a girl! Be gentle!”

His grasp loosened a little, and Rachel became more worried. Sierra seemed to have a place in his heart no one else could ever have.

She had no idea what to say at the moment.

Both of them were silent. It was not until they had walked far away that Rachel remembered that she had forgotten to take her medicine. Apparently, Eddison had forgotten as well.

With that being said, she was not in the mood to go back to retrieve it.