Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 292

"Oh." Shelton chuckled, "Don't worry, it won't happen. I will marry you. And we even settle the date. How could I die before we get married?"

Although he said so, he didn't tell me whether he was infected or not.

"So, you are infected, aren't you?"

I asked him again.

"I'm not sure for the time being. After all, the virus will be incubated for some time." Remaining silent for a moment, Shelton continued to say, "However, based on the current situation, the likelihood that I am infected with the virus is quite high."

"You are lying to me."

Hearing what he said, I immediately panicked.

"To be honest, hearing that you are concerned about me so much, I indeed feel that although I have fallen ill this time, it is worth it. Even if I die, it is indeed worth it."

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? You aren't allowed to die!"

I never thought that Shelton would die, not even for one second.

However, this kind of possibility took place right

now.

"Okay."

Judging from Shelton's voice, I could sense that he was happy. And I could even feel that he surely was smiling at this moment.

"You probably will die. What are you so happy about?"

"It is worth it even if I die." Shelton coughed a few times over the phone and continued, "Janetta, I've been by your side for so many years. But I've never felt you care for me, need me, and like me.

In fact, the reason why I have been caring about you and helping you for so many years isn't that I want you to be grateful to me. Instead, I hope that you can get used to my existence one day and rely on me even if you don't love me. However, I didn't feel so before today.

I have a strong sense of insecurity all the time. I am afraid that you will leave me, that you will be with Patrick, and that you will do as you used to do and be with him despite that you will be his mistress..."

Shelton's words made my heart skip a beat.

I held the cell phone in my hands and shook my head. "I won't make you feel so anymore."

"Anyway, I am quite happy today. For the first time, I know that you are worried about me. Does it mean that you care about me?" "Yes, I'm so worried about you."

I admitted it.

At this moment, I was worried about Shelton so much.

If something did happen to him, I indeed couldn't bear it.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine. I want to marry you."

"Well, I'll wait for the day when you marry me." I nodded, "Never should any accident happen to you. Or I'll marry someone else."

"In that case, I have to work harder on keeping myself secure."

After Shelton finished his words, he coughed a few more times.

Hearing him cough, I was quite nervous now.

As I was about to say something, I heard someone talking on Shelton's side, "Director, Doctor Roger has symptoms of renal insufficiency!"

"I'll be right there." With that, Shelton said to me, "Janetta, I have something to do here. I'll hang up first."

"Okay."

As I was about to hang up, Shelton suddenly said,

"Don't tell anyone about this, especially... my father."

"I see."

I nodded.

Shelton paused for a while over the phone and said, "Janetta, I love you. I am surely the man who loves you the most in this world. So... I certainly won't die."

After that, he hung up the phone.

I looked at the wallpaper of my cell phone with tears in my eyes.

I muttered, "Shelton Cowell, you have to be alive!"

It was Shelton's birthday the next day.

After trying my best to see Glenn off the spirit, I hugged the cell phone in my arms.

There was still no update.

It was the weekend for the next two days when Glenn wouldn't go to the kindergarten. So I accompanied him to the Museum of Science and Technology and the zoo of City Y.

During the period, Glenn asked me, "Mom, why didn't Mr. Shelton accompany us?"

"Mr. Shelton." Hearing Glenn's question, I felt a little melancholic. After a while, I said, "Mr. Shelton is busy. He will come back to accompany us soon."

Throughout the weekend, there was no news about Shelton.

I couldn't fall asleep all night, fearing that I would receive the bad news of Shelton's death when I woke up.

That was how I had missed Seth's call last time.

This time, I was so afraid that something bad would happen to Shelton.

On Monday, I sent Glenn to school and sat alone at home, waiting for Shelton's call.

During the period, I kept calling him, only to be always greeted by the indifferent voice in the system.

I was in a turmoil in my heart.

In the middle, I went to Glorious Light Hospital several times, only to find that it was still heavily guarded.

Fearing that the public would be in a panic, the media hadn't even covered this incident or revealed it to the public. So I could only gather some information from the online hearsay.

At midnight of Tuesday, I logged onto Weibo and searched Glorious Light Hospital, only to find in surprise that the first one ranked among the search result turned out to be, "It is said that two patients in Glorious Light Hospital have been infected with MERS Virus and died."

All of a sudden, I felt nervous in my heart!

Two people had died.

I remembered that Shelton had told me that two people in his hospital had a fever. And one of them was him.

"Could it bethat..."

"It's impossible!"

I continued calling Shelton in a hurry.

Shelton's phone was still turned off.

"It can't be. It can't be."

i was so afraid now and kept telling myself that Shelton would be fine.

I couldn't wait any longer. Before I could put on my clothes properly, I put on my pajamas, put on my coat, and went out!

It wasn't until I got out that I found that it was snowing outside.

I stood at the door, intending to hail a taxi there. It was probably because it was snowing that I couldn't get a taxi at all either by the car-hailing software on my cell phone or standing at the door.

I put on my cotton slippers and headed for Shelton's hospital.

I kept walking for more than an hour.

Then I saw a familiar car parked next to me.

The car door opened. And someone stood by my side.

It was a familiar scene. And it was Shelton again.

Last time, I wanted to find Patrick. And I intended to go to Shelton this time. That was where the difference lay.

Upon seeing him getting out of the car, I hugged him directly, looked up, and asked, "Are...Are you alright?"

"Yes." Shelton picked me up in his arms and said, "Get in the car first."

It wasn't until he hugged me in his arms that I found that my legs had been frozen early and that I couldn't even bend them with ease.

Shelton frowned slightly. Putting me in the back seat first, he drove home on his own.

"I've seen the news on the Internet that two doctors in your hospital have passed away..."

"No." Shelton shook his head, "Two doctors have been infected. However, because of the timely rescue, they are now out of danger."

"Then you..."

I cared about Shelton the most.

Shelton looked up at me through the rearview mirror, "I just had a fever. Now the fever is gone. And my cell phone is powered off. I didn't even have time to charge it. So I came back first." Speaking of this, he looked a little worried, "Sorry, I should have charged my cell phone first. Sorry to make you worried about me."

"I'm indeed worried about you."

I lowered my eyes slightly.

As Shelton and I looked into each other's eyes through the rearview mirror, my face burned slightly.

Shelton drove the car to the underground garage of the community. Getting off the car first, he put his coat on my legs first and said, "Come on, I'll hold you in my arms."

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Ignoring my words, Shelton directly picked me up in his arms.