A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 390

Dean was not cheerless. He listened to the jokes and laughed, though not as much as his mates. After all, h e had just come out of a coma and his body was still weak.

Just when everyone was about to leave, Dean said to Brandon Tyson, his second officer, "Can I have a moment with you, Brandon?"

Brandon nodded and sat down on the edge of the bed." What is it, Captain?”

"I have a backlog of several cases to follow. Go back and tell the chief to assign the cases to someone else."

Brandon furrowed his brows, looking not too happy." Why assign them away now? You have spent a great deal of time and effort on those cases. I am not going t o do it.”

"Don't be emotional. How can I work on those cases with my current condition?”

"You are only hospitalized temporarily. After you recover, you can continue to work on them.”

"Brandon! Don't you dare to say something like this to me again. Those are murder cases. How can you take them lightly?" Dean became dead serious.

Brandon did not dare to say a word again. So he

reluctantly obliged. "Yes, Captain."

At this moment, the attending doctor walked in. He looked at Dean. "The accident did not hurt you anywhere else. Judging from your X-ray images, you are only injured in the legs. What you are experiencing now is a manifestation of paralysis caused by dislocation and compression of the spinal cord, and requires timely surgical treatment."

Dean nodded, then looked at Brandon, who stood there looking startled. "You may leave now."

"But Captain, your legs-"