BXBX NOVEL Chapter 136 - 136: Their Relationship Was Not Simple
It was ‘Mr. Grant’ again. John frowned when he heard it and anger surged in his heart.
The woman in front of him was the one he had doted on for twelve years. Now, they were so estranged that they could not even be considered friends.
He suddenly bent over and carried her like a princess. She instinctively hugged his neck but frowned. He said, “Let’s have you get an X-ray scan to see if you’ve hurt your bones.”
She wanted to refuse, but based on how well she knew him, he would never change his mind unless…
In the past, what he could not handle the most was her cheeky sulks. But now, she no longer had the right to act as such with him.
The two took the elevator to the first floor. The guests in the banquet hall had already dispersed. Gabriel was talking to Caleb by the elevator when the elevator door opened with a ‘ding’ so the two instinctively turned to look.
Serenity was slightly shocked when she saw Gabriel standing outside the elevator. When she met his deep gaze, she panicked for no reason.
She struggled to get down from John’s embrace and her right foot barely touched the ground as she met Gabriel’s deep eyes. “President Jones, can you get Caleb to send me to the hospital?”
John glanced at her from the corner of his eyes and frowned slightly.
Gabriel gave John a quick look before his gaze fell deeply on Serenity again. “It looks like President Grant should send you to the hospital.”
“My brother-in-law is very busy.” Regardless of whether Selena was being generous or testing her on purpose, she felt that she and John should maintain a certain distance.
After all, he was married now. She had never thought of interfering in someone else’s marriage, especially not her sister’s.
“Send her to the hospital.” Gabriel looked at Caleb.
John was about to reject him when Serenity limped over to Caleb. He swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and looked at Gabriel. “Thank you, President Jones.”
“You’re welcome,” said Gabriel indifferently with a nod.
Serenity stopped in front of Gabriel and Caleb. Then, she smiled and said, “I’ll have to trouble Caleb for a while.”
Caleb said, “Don’t worry about it.” He helped her sit on the sofa in the lounge area and then went to get the car.
John was obviously not in a hurry to leave as he sat down with her in the lounge area and asked the waiter beside him for a cake and juice.
John took the cake and pushed it along the table to her. “Eat something first.”
John had always been attentive and considerate. Just by looking at her, he could immediately tell what she was thinking and what she needed.
And in this case, she had only unconsciously touched her empty stomach, a gesture he caught with his sharp eyes.
And Serenity had always accepted his kindness. But now?
Now, the better he treated her, the more upset she felt.
The man she had loved for so many years was now using his identity as her brother-in-law to care for her. How could she not feel uncomfortable? How could her heart not ache?
Gabriel turned around after he finished the call and saw Serenity staring at the food on the table in a daze. There was a hint of pain in her eyes as John looked at her silently from the other side of the table.
The way the two of them interacted seemed quite harmonious. To outsiders, there was nothing wrong with them. However, Gabriel was a shrewd person. It was as if his dark eyes could see through things as they narrowed slightly. His expression gradually became complicated.
He could sense that the relationship between the two was not as simple as being in-laws.
John had planned to follow Serenity to the hospital later, but his assistant called about a problem with the new project. So he had to return to the company to call the senior management for an emergency meeting..