Love Contract novel Chapter 272

"Mary... Mary..."

In his sleep, William frowned and murmured to himself. As he called Mary's name, he suddenly became excited, and he clutched his hands into fists.

"Ugh." Sitting at the edge of the bed, Lucas sighed silently and decided to pack his things up.

"Mary!" All of a sudden, a loud scream came from William. He jolted awake as he screamed her name.

"You're awake." Seeing him wake up, Lucas sat at the edge of the bed again.

"Where am I?" William asked as if in a daze. Frowning, he looked around the room. "Why are you here?"

"This is your home. I'm here to perform a surgery on you," answered Lucas expressionlessly.

"Where is Mary? Is she here?" William had just woken so he was a bit sluggish. He tried to sit up but it was difficult for him.

"Why are you so excited?" Lucas hurriedly helped him up and continued, "Mary is not here. You made her angry so she ran away. Have you forgotten what you did to her?"

William's Adam's apple rolled up and down. He did not forget. How could he forget?

"I want to see her!" William lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

"Don't." Lucas stopped him at once. He pointed at the IV bag beside his bed and said, "The infusion is not finished yet. Also, your body hasn't fully recovered. Besides, even if you go to Mary, she doesn't want to see you."

"I know she doesn't want to see me," said William, who slumped onto a pillow on the bed and scratched his head with one hand. "But if I don't go, she wouldn't see me. I was... I just said something without thinking. She will understand!"

"No woman can understand, William." Lucas pointed at him and enumerated his sins in a loud voice. "You have someone else in your heart. You slapped her. She watched the videos in which you had sex with other women. How do you want her to understand all these?"

Hearing what Lucas had said, William frowned. "Now, you cannot pretend to be pitiful anymore. You need to take actual action to resolve the problems! Why are you so stupid anyway?

Why don't you find the man behind all this? Huh? You're just gonna let those videos spread? What a fool!" The more Lucas spoke, the more excited he became. "If you don't resolve these things, what if they appear again in the future? Or you don't want to resolve them at all?"

"Of course I want to resolve them!" William glared at him and continued, "Four years ago, I failed to figure out my feelings so I lost Mary. And now, I can't make another mistake!"

"Fortunately, you still have your awareness!" Lucas put away the medicine box and said, "I'm leaving. If you feel uncomfortable, call your doctor."

After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and turned to face the stunned William. "Have you figured out who manipulated all of this?"

Seeing that William was not saying a word, Lucas shook his head disappointingly. With that, he turned around and left.

Frank...

William raised his head and looked at the IV drip that was connected to his hand. A dim light flashed in his eyes. At that moment, no one would guess what he was thinking.

In Barry's villa.

"Mary, where are you going?" In the living room, Barry saw Mary come downstairs in a hurry so he asked her, "Are you going out?"

"Yep." Mary nodded and replied fast, "I have to go to R Town to pick up Alick and Elissa."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Barry quickly asked, "How about you eat something first?"

"Yes," Hester chimed in. She came over with a bowl of chicken soup and said, "I just made some chicken soup. You could have some before you leave so you won't be hungry."

Unable to refuse the kindness of the two, Mary gave in. She took a spoonful of chicken soup and brought it to her mouth. However, as soon as she smelled the heavy smell of oil, she retched.

"Blaargh!"

Hester frowned and took the chicken soup back to the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" Barry held her with concern and smoothed her back.

"I'm fine," answered Mary while waving her hand. "I just don't want to eat. Maybe I'm just too tired today and not in the mood to eat."

"Are you really okay?" Barry looked at her worriedly. "Let me go with you when you pick up the two kids."

"No. You don't have to! I can go there myself!" Mary shook her head in refusal. She thought it was not appropriate for Barry to go to the house of the Lan Family. Barry did not disagree further. He understood her and so he just yielded. "Fine, I'll ask Robert to take you there."

"Okay." Mary nodded in agreement. "After I pick up Alick and Elissa, Robert can drive the car back so I won't have to take another ride."

"Are you not coming back?" Barry was shocked at her response. "Where are you going if you don't come back?" he asked wide-eyed.

"I'll go to a hotel and stay there for a while." Mary smiled at him, but sadness was obvious in her eyes. 'I've been back in China for such a long time, but I don't even have a place that belongs to me.'

"I'm worried about you. Besides, what do you have with you?" Barry fumbled around, took out his cell phone and put it into Mary's hand. "When I brought you back today, you didn't even have a cell phone with you."

"Mary, why are you so polite to me? Do you want me to be worried to death?" Barry frowned at her and added, "If you don't come back, I'll personally pick you and the children up."

"Okay." Mary nodded. She was exhausted both physically and mentally. Since Barry was willing to help her, she could use a little help. For once, she could just be a little woman and hide behind him without any worries. "Come back early. Call me if you need anything. I'll be right here. I won't leave."

"Okay."

Mary went out with Robert. After sending her away, Barry returned to the living room and called the jewelry store.

"Correct... A wedding ring... Bring it to me now. .. Alright, thank you."

"Grandpa, hurry up! There are so many chess pieces over there with Alick!"

The house of the Lan Family in R Town was brightly lit. Standing next to Alick, Elissa watched as her brother played chess with their grandfather.

"Elissa, come and have a glass of juice. Grandma just made it!" Amy came over carrying a tray with few glasses of orange juice.

"Yeah!" Elissa bounced up and down and took the juice happily.

"I will capture Grandpa's piece!" Alick grabbed a chess piece with his little hand and pressed it onto his opponent's.

Timothy raised his eyebrows and said, "Alick, your elephant ran too far. It even crossed the river."