Chapter 180 Waiting for You to Be Together
At the critical moment, Andrew snapped back to his senses and propped himself up on the bed with one hand, managing to avoid actually falling on Olivia and waking her up.
Breathing a sigh of relief, he quickly repositioned her properly.
Olivia looked peaceful in her sleep. Clearly, she was sleeping deeply and had no idea what she'd just done.
Andrew felt both helpless and amused. He could only tuck her in properly before turning to leave.
However, the brief touch seemed to linger on his neck.
That spot felt a bit itchy. He couldn't help but reach up to touch it, and his eyes seemed to darken a few shades.
Andrew went straight back to the children's room to continue playing with Bianca.
Bianca's mood changed quickly. After confirming she was fine mentally, Andrew took her to paint together, pointing out some areas where her technique could improve.
The two of them, one big and one small, were completely absorbed in it.
Before they knew it, it was noon.
Olivia slept deeply through this nap and didn't wake up even at lunchtime.
Andrew took Bianca to lunch.
Today's lunch included braised prawns, which was one of Bianca's favorite dishes.
However, the shells were quite hard and her little hands couldn't peel them. Andrew knew this, so wearing gloves, he peeled many for her himself, taking care of her personally.
Bianca ate happily.
Yara had wanted to help, but watching the whole time, she found there was no opportunity for her to step in.
Because Andrew alone was taking care of the child perfectly well.
Wiping her mouth, serving her food, helping Bianca clean her hands.
Every action showed care and gentleness.
This scene made Yara sigh again: This is what a father and daughter should be like, right?
Andrew's presence seemed to fill what had been missing in Bianca's life.
At Silverbrook Manor, Michael hadn't come home all night. It wasn't until noon that he finally walked through the door.
Sophia, who had been waiting anxiously all night, immediately rushed up to him with concern. "Michael, why are you only coming back now? You didn't answer your phone last night either. Do you know how worried I was..."
If it were before, seeing her care so much about him, Michael would definitely have been touched.
But now, for some reason, he couldn't summon that feeling.
His expression was indifferent as he replied, "Busy with work."
After speaking, he casually handed her his coat.
Sophia could only take the clothes, but her hands gripped the fabric tightly, hiding her true emotions.
Michael was lying to her!
He had actually left the company early and went to that Bianca's kindergarten!
Saying he was busy with work was complete nonsense!
She had gone to the company looking for him yesterday and hadn't seen him at all!
The suit jacket carried a faint smell of alcohol.
Sophia clenched her teeth.
She suspected Michael had spent the entire night with that little bastard Bianca!
The alcohol smell on his clothes might be from drinking with Olivia!
After all, this was a trick she herself had used to death.
Just thinking that Michael might have done something with Olivia while drunk made Sophia crazy with jealousy!
He had kicked Olivia aside for her sake back then.
Why was he now paying so much attention to her?
Did he see her value at the summit? Is that why he started paying attention to her?
Sophia felt panicked, afraid that Michael was becoming interested in Olivia, but she didn't dare show any of it. She could only continue pretending to be considerate, asking with concern: "Have you eaten? Should I make you something?"
"Yeah."
Michael responded flatly, then added: "And prepare my medicine while you're at it."
Yesterday, after leaving Bianca's school, Michael had felt a fire burning in his chest.
He had planned to come home, but for some reason, thinking about Aiden being here and remembering Olivia's accusations, which stuck in him like thorns, made him irritated.
He didn't want to come back and deal with Sophia and her son, so he went to another private residence instead.
During that time, he drank some alcohol and somehow ended up hungover until today.
After waking up, he finally returned to Silverbrook Manor.
He didn't know if it was the alcohol, but he felt his legs going numb again.
Lately, the episodes were becoming more and more frequent.
It must be because he was too busy, plus not getting proper treatment, that was causing it.
The medication was becoming less and less effective!
Sophia watched him frown and put on an expression of nervous concern, asking: "Michael, are your legs bothering you again?"
"Yeah."
Michael nodded.
Sophia looked very worried and immediately said: "Then let me massage them for you first, to help relieve it."
With that, she knelt down and started rubbing his legs.
Michael didn't refuse her kindness.
But Sophia's technique was very unprofessional.
She had no idea where the pressure points were. After all her random pressing, not only did the discomfort in his legs not ease, but the originally numb and aching areas felt even worse.
He endured it for a while but finally couldn't help stopping her. "That's enough. Go get me some food and medicine first. I'm going to take a shower and change clothes, then come back down."
After saying this, he took his clothes and went straight upstairs.
Watching his retreating figure, Sophia looked somewhat stunned.
She had just detected a hint of anger and impatience in his words.
Why?
She had been doing so well, hadn't she? She had never lowered herself like this for anyone else...
Sophia felt a bit wronged.
Just then, her phone suddenly rang.
Sophia glanced at it and saw that someone had sent several photos from the summit, followed by a message: "Is this all the treatment you get for staying by Michael's side?"
Seeing that last sentence, Sophia was so startled she dropped her phone on the floor.
Her face went pale with fear. It was that damn ex-husband again!
Was he... also at the summit that day?
No... with his status, how could he possibly get in?
Sophia picked up her phone and opened the images to examine them carefully.
She had originally wanted to see from what angle they were taken, but after looking at them all, she realized these were all pulled from the internet!
What happened at the summit had still been reported after all.
Although the Johnson Group had tried to suppress it, some parts about her and Michael still leaked online.
Not surprisingly, they were mocked and criticized by netizens again.
Sophia of course knew there were no kind words online about them, so she had been avoiding looking.
But now...
Looking at the message from this unknown number, she gritted her teeth hard.
This man was haunting her like a ghost. Did he think she would be scared?!
No, she wasn't afraid of him!
As if to convince herself, Sophia didn't want to deal with him and directly blocked the number.
Now she only had one way out, and that was to hold on tight to Michael so she could live a comfortable life!
She absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to ruin it!
Later, after Michael finished washing up and came downstairs, Sophia brought him food and medicine.
She thoughtfully helped serve him food while saying, "Next week is the Medical Commerce Association meeting. These days, some famous doctors should be arriving in Emerald City one after another.
I've already sent people to find out about that miracle doctor from 'Medica Vitae Sect.' If there's any news, I'll tell you right away!"
Seeing her being so considerate, Michael thought about his attitude toward her earlier and felt a bit of remorse.
He replied warmly: "Okay, thank you for your trouble. I'll also have Robert look into it."
Sophia naturally heard the change in his tone and immediately smiled, saying, "Good! Robert is always very efficient. With him on it, your legs will definitely be completely cured and you won't have to suffer from this pain anymore!"
At this point, she sighed again. "Back then, was Olivia's ability not up to par? Why didn't she cure you completely? Otherwise, it wouldn't keep recurring from time to time. Or was she intentionally..."
Sophia left the rest unsaid.
How could Michael not understand what she meant?
She was suggesting that Olivia did it on purpose, deliberately not completely curing his leg problem.
Images of Olivia treating him suddenly flashed through his mind.
Every time she had been dedicated and thorough, and no one knew better than him what the results were like.
Michael instinctively refuted Sophia's words: "That's impossible. She wouldn't do that!"
Seeing his reaction, Sophia's expression showed some annoyance.
She defended herself. "I didn't mean to suspect her, but every time she treated you, there was very intimate contact... and you could only rely on her for relief, right?"
The implication was that Olivia deliberately used treatment as an excuse to create opportunities for intimate moments between them.
This time, even Michael felt this explanation had some possibility.
After all, the old Olivia had indeed wanted to win his favor.
But if she was disregarding his health for her own purposes, that would be too disappointing...
Michael's expression didn't look good.
Sophia, who was secretly watching him, knew her manipulation had succeeded.
She felt secretly pleased.
……
On Olivia's side, she slept until after 2 PM before waking up.
When she came out of her room, she didn't see Andrew and Bianca, and even Lightning was gone.
She couldn't help but wonder and asked Yara, who was busy in the living room. "Where are Mr. Hamilton and Bianca?"
Yara smiled and replied, "Mr. Hamilton took Bianca to Military Base Housing. He said he was going to give Lightning some new training!"
Hearing this, Olivia felt a bit embarrassed.
Andrew had come to help, but she had slept so long and hadn't properly hosted him. Instead, she let him help take care of her child...
Olivia couldn't help asking Yara: "Why didn't you wake me up at noon? Making him work so hard, I feel so bad."
Yara smiled and said, "Mr. Hamilton told me not to disturb you. He said to let you rest well. He also asked me to tell you that if you wake up and want to go to Military Base Housing, you can go, but if you don't want to, just rest at home and he'll bring Bianca back later."
Olivia naturally wanted to go.
How could she feel comfortable letting Andrew take care of her child?
However, before leaving, Olivia still ate something simple.
Yara brought out the food left in the kitchen for her, while saying, "Mr. Hamilton is really a great person. After you fell asleep, he took care of Bianca all day by himself with so much patience.
Bianca really likes him too. Watching them interact, it's just like a real father and daughter.
When you two get together, you'll definitely be a very happy family!"