Chapter 21

Brian seemed to be doing something on his phone. After a while, he lifted his head from the phone screen and looked at her. “Are you tired?”

“I want to go upstairs. Can you carry me up?”

“Sure.”

Brian carried her upstairs and settled her in a guest room. As he waited for Louise to fall asleep, his phone vibrated.

He answered the phone, exchanged a few words, and then went downstairs.

Outside the door was a delivery guy. Brian took the items from him, paid, and then headed toward the maid’s room on the first floor.

Grace’s door was not locked. He quietly entered the room and found her sound asleep.

He stood quietly by the bedside, watching her for a moment. He gently placed the medicine by the bed and then left the room.

Grace woke up again, this time due to hunger.

As she moved her leg, the top of her foot grazed against the bedsheet, causing her to inhale sharply from the pain.

She turned on the light, and her gaze fell on the medicine bottle at the bedside. She picked up the bottle and glanced at the Instructions, her eyes darkening.

Did he put it there for her?

“How could that be possible? Grace, don’t delude yourself. How could he possibly care about your well–being?” She thought.

It must have been bought by Melvin.

Grace took the medicine and left to find Melvin.

“Miss Sherman, this must be placed by Mr. Brian. I haven’t bought any medicine for you,” said Melvin.

“Not bought by you?” Grace was taken aback.

“I really didn’t buy it. It must be Mr. Brian who bought it. Is there a problem, Miss Sherman? Aren’t you happy that Mr. Brian bought medicine for you?”

Grace’s mood was complicated, her expression heavy. If he wanted to be indifferent to her, then let it be complete Indifference. Why bother showing occasional concern?

She walked back to her room in a daze and tossed the medicine into the trash bin.

She couldn’t be moved by such a trivial matter again. There were still more than two months left, and their relationship would be nothing. In that case, it was better to cut off the unwarranted thoughts sooner.

The next day, in the living room, Brian glanced at her foot.

To his surprise, the injury on her foot showed no signs of improvement. In fact, it seemed to have worsened.

He furrowed his brow. “Haven’t you applied any medicine?”

“The medicine at the bedside? I used it, Grace replied indifferently.

Brian’s gaze darkened.

She had used the medicine, and her foot was still this severe? He bought the best and most expensive one.

Grace obviously didn’t want to engage in much conversation with him. She gave a brief reply and went about her own business.

“If you’re injured, rest properly. Don’t try to be tough,” Brian said displeased, observing her stubborn demeanor.

Grace wiped the table while saying. “Thanks for your concern, Mr. Brian. My injury is on my foot, not my hand, so I can still do things.”

Brian felt inexplicably annoyed hearing her words.

Did this damn woman not understand words? Was she naturally inclined to do such things?

“With your foot in such a condition, what can you do? You’ll only cause trouble for others. Go back to your room!” Brian sternly glared at her.

At that moment, Louise called out from the staircase upstairs, “Brian.”

Brian turned to look at her, his gaze softening as he quickly walked over to bring her down in his arms.

He stood in the living room, looking at her. “Louise needs to visit the Adkins family. You don’t have to prepare meals for her these days.”

Grace was surprised but suddenly felt relieved, and even the pain in her foot seemed to disappear instantly.

Seeing Louise leave, Melvin quickly took away the tasks from Grace’s hands, asking her to rest. He then instructed someone to prepare a lot of nourishing food for her.

During lunch, Grace looked at the table full of dishes and almost shed tears of gratitude.

“Melvin, perhaps you are the only one in this house who is kind to me.”

“These were all ordered by Mr. Brian. He mentioned that you’ve been frail lately, so he instructed me to prepare some nourishing dishes for you to take good care of your health.”

Grace found it a bit hard to believe. “Really? He instructed all this?”

Melvin smiled and explained, “Miss Sherman, Mr. Brian does care about you. He just doesn’t always show it.”

“Melvin, please don’t say anymore. I’ll be leaving in a little over two months, and after that, 1 won’t have any connection with Brian. Talking about these things is meaningless.”

Melvin wanted to say something but hesitated.

Grace forced herself to eat a lot, regardless of whether Brian ordered it or prepared by Melvin himself.

She accepted it as long as it was good for the child in her belly.

The Adkins family.

Louise had just returned home, and Marshall asked her, full of concern, “Sweetheart, how’s your back?

Can you walk now?”

“Dad, I’m fine.”

Marshall looked her over, noticing that her walking still seemed somewhat unnatural. His expression darkened, and he asked, “I heard it was one of the maids from Brian’s family who did this to you?”

Brian stood on the side, showing a respectful and polite demeanor as he slightly bowed his head. “Mr.

Adkins, it was my negligence in taking care of Louise. I assure you, I will make sure such incidents won’t happen again in the future.”

“If it weren’t for my daughter’s deep affection for you, I wouldn’t bear to let her go to your house. I finally got my daughter back, and within a few days at your place, she ended up with a broken bone!”

Marshall exclaimed, his face filled with anger.

Brian bowed his head in silence and said, “I will take good care of her from now on. Please rest assured, Mr. Adkins.”

Marshall still harbored his discontent as he continued, “I think that maid should be dismissed! Being so clumsy in her work and causing my daughter to end up like this, I’d break her legs if it were up to mel”

Brian furrowed his brow slightly. For some reason, hearing someone speak ill of Grace felt like a thorn piercing his heart.

He explained, “Mr. Adkins, that maid was sent over by my mother, so it’s not convenient to dismiss her.”

“What’s inconvenient about it? Trying to harm my daughter, isn’t that reason enough for dismissal?”

Marshall exclaimed, his chest heaving with anger.

“Ah, come on, I heard that maid has been taking care of Louise for quite some time. Don’t be too aggressive about it,” Shannon Intervened, trying to smooth things over.

Marshall finally fell silent at this.

“You go take Louise upstairs to rest first,” Marshall suggested.

Shannon took Louise’s hand and said, “Louise, come with me.”

Louise obediently followed Shannon upstairs, saying. Thank you.”

“Thanks for what? Your mother passed away early, and you’ve been on your own since childhood.

From now on, just consider me your mother. I only have Ava as a daughter. She’s been rebellious since she was little, breaking my heart. If only she were half as obedient as you.” Shannon sighed as she spoke.

Although Louise had only recently returned, she was quite adept at winning people’s hearts. Shannon did not feel any resentment towards her and asked with concern, “How have you been at the Francis family?”

“Thank you, Mom. I’m doing well, and Brian has been treating me well, too,” Louise replied.”

Shannon nodded and continued to ask, “Is that maid really sent by Mrs. Francis?”

40% 20:09 Louise suddenly remembered that on the day she got injured, she had intended to inquire about the background of Grace. At that moment, Grace hadn’t answered her question, and she ended up injuring her back in the process.