Chapter 247 Like A Child
At this moment, Jarrod’s eyes were filled with coldness and cruelty.
Jamie was so frightened that she couldn't help trembling all over.
Jarrod was rarely harsh to her.
He did the same on the yacht before.
He threw her away without hesitation, and she fell to the ground.
This was all for Nicole, that bitch.
Jamie realized that Jarrod was changing.
He no longer treated her as treasure like before.
"Jarrod, don't...Don't you love me anymore?"
As she spoke, tears welled up in Jamie's eyes.
But she tried her best to hold back her sobs, making her look aggrieved and pitiful.
Nicole hadn't woken up yet, and Jarrod was already getting irritable.
He said in a voice tinged with impatience, "That's not true."
"Not true? But you were harsh to me just now!"
Jamie sniffed and shouted.
"I am mad at you!"
She had to show Jarrod that she was not a pushover.
After all, she knew that he liked her for being unruly.
He detested weaklings.
Jamie knew Jarrod was fond of women who occasionally showed weakness and stubbornness.
Sure enough, Jarrod's tone softened a bit.
He said, "Enough.You haven't fully recovered yet.Go back and rest first."
But Jamie was not pleased at all.
Instead, she got even angrier.
Was he trying to coax her? Or was he driving her away? Jamie gritted her teeth and said hatefully, “Jarrod, are you just going to
let go of the fact that Nicole hurt me? She was serious about killing me.
And what she did to me still gives me nightmares every night!"
"She has been punished,"
Jarrod said indifferently.
For a moment, Jamie felt like she was about to lose control of her emotions.
Her face contorted in anger.
Nicole had already been punished? What did he mean? Nicole was still alive.
She wasn't punished enough.
Jarrod was even sorry for Nicole because Nicole had lost her child.
Could it be that it was Jarrod's child? At the thought of this, Jamie clenched her fists tightly.
Nicole was such a bitch! Jarrod noticed that Jamie just kept her head down, and she seemed sad.
He rubbed his temples and shook his head wearily.
"I know you're upset.I'll ask Alec to take you to choose another villa by the river tomorrow."
With this one, Jamie already had three villas and five large apartments under her name.
Jarrod was always generous to Jamie.
He never cared about those things and just gave them to her at will.
He once promised her before that he would transfer eight percent of his company's shares to Jamie after their wedding.
It was a substantial amount of money.
The expression on Jamie's face softened a little.
She realized that although she hated Nicole to the core, she couldn't immediately kill her.
Suddenly, Jamie thought of something.
She pouted and said, "But Jarrod, why did you send someone to investigate my brother? Don't you know you are making me
Jarrod didn't say anything about it.
He just frowned.
Jamie leaned on him, shook his arm, and said coquettishly, "Don't let Alec make trouble for my brother, okay?"
"Alec is not making trouble," Jarrod said with a smile.
But his smile did not reach his eyes.
"Jamie, since he is your brother, I respect him.But it doesn't mean I can let him interfere in my affairs at will.Do you understand?"
His smile sent a chill down Jamie's spine.
She had known him for three years, but she had never seen him smile like this.
It was said that the one Jarrod was smiled at was usually the one he was about to be dealt with.
At this moment, a nurse suddenly came out and asked, "Are you a family member of the patient in Bed 2? She is awake."
Jarrod's heart tightened for a moment.
He casually shook off Jamie's hand and said, "Go back and rest.Don't make a scene here."
After saying this, Jarrod turned around, walked to the ward, and closed the door behind him.Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
Jamie looked at the closed door with viciousness in her eyes.
It was as if some venomous snakes were about to crawl out of her eyes, enter the ward, and tear Nicole apart.
At this moment, her phone rang.
It brought her back to her senses.
Jamie took it out, looked at the screen, and saw Howe's name flashing.
Howe had been constantly bothering Jamie.
Now that he was calling, she had no choice but to pick it up.
She impatiently said, "Howe, what's wrong with you this time?"
"Jamie, that Alec took those two women away!"
Howe replied anxiously.
"What if they fail to stick to the scheme and expose me? What should I do? I only did what you said, sending someone to deal
with that chick."
But Jamie seemed not bothered at all.
She said casually, "Howe, calm down.You have nothing to worry about.So what if Jarrod finds out? After all these years, do you
still not know how he treats me?"
She comforted him, "You are my brother.How can I let something happen to you? Don't worry.I am here.He won't do anything to
you."
Howe was relieved to hear Jamie's words.
He chuckled and said, "That chick is really lucky.But it's a pity if she dies."
Howe couldn't help clicking his tongue when he recalled Nicole's curvaceous figure.
He thought she was a seductive bitch.
He wanted to have a taste of her.
Of course, Jamie knew Howe very well.
She could tell what his words implied.
He was interested in Nicole, and he wanted to have fun with her.
Jamie blinked a few times.
"Howe, if you really want to..."
Inside the ward, Nicole had just woken up.
Nicole leaned against the headboard, and a nurse was feeding her porridge.
The wounds on her hands, face, and neck were still visible, but they were better and less swollen than before.
When Jarrod walked in, he hinted at the nurse to leave.
He took the bowl from the nurse and continued to feed Nicole.
He thought Nicole would reject him.
But he didn't expect she didn't refuse at all.
As soon as the spoon was in front of her, she opened her mouth obediently.
Perhaps because she ate too fast, some porridge flowed out from the corners of her mouth.
He said, "Why are you acting like a child? Eat slowly.This food is all yours.No one will take it away from you."
As he spoke, he didn't realize that there was a hint of endearment in his voice.
Nicole was always like a prickly cat.
She rarely behaved obediently in his presence.
And when she finally did, he couldn't help but tease her.
But soon, he realized something was wrong.
She never responded to all his words.
There was no expression on her scarred face.
She was like a broken crystal doll that could break even at the slightest touch.
Jarrod was a bit frustrated, but he didn't show it.
He picked up the bowl again and continued to feed her.
Nicole ate silently.
After the last spoonful, Nicole's expression fluctuated for a moment.
Then, she made a retching sound.
She vomited all the porridge Jarrod had just fed her.
The sticky liquid was all over the bed and Jarrod's shirt and arms.
The strange smell of stomach acid permeated the air.
Jarrod's face darkened in an instant, and his eyebrows furrowed tightly as if he could crush a fly.
But unexpectedly, he didn't throw his temper at Nicole.
Finally, Nicole no longer looked like a fragile crystal doll.
Instead, she gripped the quilt tightly.
Her face was as pale as a sheet, and she let out painful moans.
The nurse rushed to the ward when she heard the noise.
And she was shocked by the scene in the ward..
She looked at the empty bow! on the bedside table and asked in surprise, "Mr.Schultz, did you feed her the entire bowl?"
Jarrod held up his arms and nodded with a frown.
The nurse was dedicated to her work.
Since she didn't know who Jarrod was, she only treated him as an ordinary person.
She said, "Miss Lawrence has a weak stomach, and she has just woken up.She can't eat too much.And she isn't able to speak,
so you have to learn to observe her expressions."Expressions? Jarrod thought for a moment.
Then, he realized he hadn't seen any expressions from Nicole just now.
The nurse thought Jarrod was a careless person.
She asked him to clean up his clothes in the bathroom.
Then, she cleaned up Nicole's bed.
It was already late when she finished cleaning up.
The nurse wiped Nicole's body, changed the bed sheet, and tidied the bed.
Then, she tucked Nicole in and sat by the bedside while Nicole closed her eyes.
When Jarrod returned to the ward after changing his shirt, he asked the nurse to have a rest.
The dim night light created a shadow of Jarrod's tall and straight figure.
His angular and resolute facial features were highlighted, revealing a cold and rugged handsomeness.
His dark eyes were emotionless while he stared at Nicole on the bed.
Nicole was very thin, and she looked too small now.
Nicole was 5.6 feet tall.
But as she lay on the bed now, her height was imperceptible.
Jarrod slowly approached her and reached out to brush aside the stray hair on her mouth.
But as soon as his fingers touched her hair, she slapped him fiercely.
Caught off guard, he bore the slap.
Five red fingerprints immediately appeared on his handsome face.
"Nicole Lawrence!"
Jarrod's eyes darkened instantly.
His voice when he called out Nicole's full name was filled with intense murderous intent.
No woman in the entire Ardlens was bold enough to slap him in the face, not even Jamie.
His anger surged, and his expression became ferocious as if he wanted to skin Nicole alive.
Suddenly, he raised his hand.