Love Contract novel Chapter 350

The families of Mary and William, and Selah and Barry stood outside the door to the ward, wondering if they should stay or just leave.

Ena quickly wiped the tears from her face. "I have to go, " she sobbed, keeping her head bowed.

She then rushed from the ward without another word.

"Ena..."

Mary called, reaching forward to grasp her arm, but William stopped her. "Let her go," he said quietly.

Behind them, Alick and Elissa were at Victor's sickbed.

"Uncle Victor, are you okay?" Alick asked softly.

"I'm fine," Victor said with a shake of his head.

"Then why was Ena crying? Were you being rude?" Elissa asked, her face pinched in an unattractive pout. She grasped Victor's hand. "What has you so mad?

You're wearing such a sour expression!"

Victor glanced at the mess on the ground with an absent-minded expression. "I'm sorry," he muttered, raising his hand to pat Elissa's head as he forced a smile. "I won't lose my temper next time."

"Good. Then you need to apologize to Ena!"

"Well, Elissa," said Mary as she came up behind Elissa, "go out to play with Ray and Alick. We adults need to talk to Victor."

"Okay." Elissa nodded once before standing on her tiptoes to place a kiss on Victor's cheek. "Get well soon, okay?" "Don't you worry. I'll be better in no time." Victor reassured her as he placed a kiss on her cheek.

The children walked out practically wrapped around one another, as if they needed all the support each other could offer.

"Do you like Victor?" Ray suddenly asked, his face scrunched up in thought.

"Of course I do!" Elissa said with a smile.

"Does that mean you don't like me anymore then?" Ray's voice was high from anxiety. "Victor is only our uncle."

"Don't be silly Ray. Of course I like you too!" Elissa said happily.

"Well...I only want you to like me."

"What? Why?" Elissa titled her head in confusion. "What about Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, and Alick? I like them too."

"That's different," Ray said with a frown, but he didn't know how to explain the difference.

"My sister," Alick said with a glare towards Elissa, "is too stupid to understand."

"I understand what you mean though!"

Inside the ward, all the adults were laughing quietly as they listened to the children's strange conversation.

"Come. Sit down," Barry said, placing a protective hand on Selah's belly.

"Oh! I'm fine," Selah scoffed and waved him away with her hand. She was only three months pregnant, and people could hardly tell yet.

"You need to relax. Get off your feet," Barry insisted as he pulled Selah towards the sofa to sit down.

Noticing the mess on the floor, Mary snatched up the broom and began to sweep it up. "Is this the food that Ena brought for you? Why'd you drop it all over the floor?"

"Can't say," Victor curtly replied. He obviously didn't want to talk about it.

"Then what did you say to Ena?" Mary asked.

"Told her to stop coming around and pestering me," Victor said in a cold tone.

The others in the room shared a few looks with one another.

"We know love can't be forced," said Selah slowly. "But do you not even like Ena at all?"

"No, I don't." Victor had closed his eyes, and his voice was still clipped and cold.

"She's just an innocent girl..."

"That's exactly why I don't like her." His eyes snapped open to glare at all of them. "If you've come here to persuade me to try and like her, don't waste your time. But if you've come to visit me as friends, you may stay."

So the four of them sat quietly with Victor for a while before eventually getting up to leave.

"Wait for me outside," said William under his breath. "I need to have a few words with Victor and then I'll come out."

"Sure, okay," Mary agreed with a nod. The others nodded as well and followed Mary out.

"What is it that you have to say?" Victor asked and then jokingly added, 'Tm not ready to go back to the office! My wound hasn't even healed yet."