Chapter 49: Jealousy
This feeling lasted until he finished handling Mia's discharge procedures.
Louis checked on the patient from the surgery a few days ago.
With nothing else to do, he offered to see them off.
……
At the hospital entrance, Louis noticed the obvious tension between the two.
No matter how much he disliked James, he was still his good friend.
Regarding Amelia, it wasn't like he hadn't brought it up before.
But James wouldn't tolerate anyone saying anything bad about Amelia.
Every time he barely started, James would stop him with just a look.
Though they were good friends, when it came to matters of the heart, outsiders could never really force their help.
But he couldn't just watch James, who was clearly oblivious, drive his own wife away.
He'd help if he could.
James must have done something really good in his past life to have a friend like him who didn't give up on him and actually helped.
……
A few days ago, when he got the surveillance footage of Amelia at the Luxe Hideaway party for James, he also saved a clip as a "surprise gift."
If Mia saw this gift, she'd definitely feel how much James cared about her.
When women fight with men, it's basically because they feel the man doesn't care about them.
As long as Mia knew that James did care about her.
Words couldn't be trusted, but seeing it with her own eyes, how could she not soften?
Once she softened, everything else would be easier.
"Mia, can I add you on WhatsApp?"
Louis's sudden question made Mia freeze for a moment.
Though she had a good impression of Louis.
This sudden request to add WhatsApp was clearly to put in a good word for James.
Because she had a good impression of him, she hesitated.
Having made up her mind, she didn't want things to become awkward with Louis because of James.
……
Reading Mia's meaning, Louis kept his expression neutral to achieve his goal, one hand in his pocket, and continued, "Though I'm a surgeon, I know quite a few gynecology experts. If you need anything in the future, feel free to contact me anytime."
He was advancing by retreating.
His words implied that he knew she was insisting on divorce and it would be inconvenient to contact him through James in the future.
But with his WhatsApp, if she had any problems, she could reach him directly.
It had to be said, Louis was good at reading people.
As soon as he said this, the hesitation on Mia's face completely disappeared.
Seeing this, Louis took out his phone and added Mia as a friend.
……
James had just put Mia's things in the trunk when he heard Louis asking for Mia's WhatsApp.
His face immediately darkened.
He looked over.
Mia had her back to him, so he couldn't see her expression.
Looking past Mia at Louis, his eyes were full of coldness.
Hadn't he chatted enough with Mia in the hospital?
Now adding WhatsApp too!
Was Louis asking to get punched?
There were so many other women out there for him to flirt with.
How dare he make a move on his wife?
James's gaze toward Louis grew colder.
He didn't speak up to stop it.
Did Louis really think no one would refuse him?
Mia would definitely refuse.
Mia had very strong boundaries - she would absolutely never add another man on WhatsApp!
Even if that person was his good friend!
Confident, James walked to the passenger side, opened the door for Mia, and stared coldly at Louis, waiting to see how Mia would reject him.
But...
"Okay."
Hearing Mia's unhesitating agreement, James thought he was hearing things.
Until Mia, right in front of him, took out her phone and quickly added Louis on WhatsApp.
After adding him, she was clearly guarding against him standing behind her.
She immediately locked her screen.
Before leaving the hospital, Mia had changed her password right in front of him.
This was clearly to keep him out.
When had she ever treated him like this?
In front of him, she had always been completely transparent!
James was speechless.
The old Mia would never add other men's contact information.
She knew he didn't like it.
In her phone, she didn't even have her family's numbers saved.
Among men, he was the only one.
She was a partner who was so trustworthy that he never had to worry.
No need to worry she'd have second thoughts or problems.
She always obediently cut off all the men around her completely.
At first, she wasn't skilled at handling these things.
It was when he caught her, and under his guidance, that Mia got faster and more decisive at handling these situations.
He remembered it was when he was on a business trip for half a month.
Mia missed him terribly.
He came back a day early, and Robert picked him up from the airport.
Thinking of the longing messages Mia couldn't help sending him at night, he had Robert take a cab back while he drove to her school himself.
He didn't know this was called creating a surprise.
He just did what felt natural.
He wanted to let Mia, who wanted to see him, see him sooner.
He remembered her class schedule better than she did.
Naturally, he knew what class she had at that time and when it would end.
When he arrived, her class wasn't over yet, so he sat in the car waiting.
Until class ended.
A group of people came out of the lecture hall, and he spotted Mia in the crowd right away.
She, who was lively and cheerful in front of him, was a loner at school.
She had just come down the steps, looking down and not noticing his car parked nearby.
He saw her and was about to honk to signal her to come over.
Then he saw a tall, handsome guy step out from the side, blocking Mia's path.
Sitting in the car, he couldn't hear what the guy was saying, but seeing the surrounding people's reactions, he knew this was a confession.
Seeing this, displeasure crept into his eyes.
Some wet-behind-the-ears kid dared to compete with him for her?
Mia was his, and could only be his in this lifetime.
When he asked her to be with him, if she hadn't agreed, she might still have had a chance to escape.
But once she agreed, it was as if she was destined to belong only to him for life.
The more time they spent together, the more he felt he would never let go.
What was his, he didn't like others having designs on.
He immediately pushed open the car door and got out, walking toward Mia.
He emanated an intimidating coldness that made people around not dare to approach.
"I'm telling you for the last time, I have a boyfriend. Stop harassing me, or my boyfriend won't be nice to you."
The other person didn't believe it and kept pestering.
Mia's face turned completely cold.
He heard the guy say, if you're so capable, call your boyfriend over, otherwise I won't believe you.
At that moment, he called out to her, "Mia."
Hearing his voice, she looked over. When she saw it was really him, Mia, who had just been cold as ice, immediately smiled with her eyes crinkling.
Like snow melting in early spring, her smile was so sweet it stirred up a possessiveness in him so strong it felt foreign.
He knew that in this lifetime, he would never let her go.
She threw herself into his arms.
As soon as he appeared.
The guy who had confessed to Mia, still acting like a fighting rooster, actually didn't want to give up.
Didn't believe he was Mia's boyfriend.
He did something he'd never done even in his student days - something very childish. In front of everyone, he held Mia's chin and kissed her.