Love Contract novel Chapter 79

Mary bit her lips nervously and asked, "Why aren't you eating? Is there something wrong with the food?"

"I have no appetite," said William. He put down the chopsticks on his plate and then stood up to leave. "Well, I should pack up my things and go to work."

"Okay," said Mary, taking a sip out of her cup. As soon as she raised her head, her eyes caught sight of William's broad gym-honed shoulders from the back and the loose bath towel tapering to his waist.

'Oh no! I shouldn't stare at him like that!'

Mary immediately lowered her eyes to her plate and finished her meal.

While Mary was clearing up the bowls and chopsticks from the table, William walked out of the bedroom and asked, "Do you want to come along?"

"Sure!" Mary nodded, untying the apron from her waist and leaving it on the sink.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the car."

William coughed and wheezed all through the drive constantly.

"Please stop over here for a moment!" Mary grabbed his arm and said.

"Here? Why? What are you doing?" Glancing at her with confusion, William pulled over to the side of the road.

"I'm going to get you some medicine for that cold!" Mary put down her bag and pushed the door open. "Just wait here, I'll be right back!"

She sprang out of the car and bolted across the moderately busy road.

Before William could say anything to stop her, he helplessly watched her run into the pharmacy in a hurry. He smiled and shook his head, eyebrows raised in incredulity. Indeed, the pain in his throat was unbearable.

Shortly after, William saw Mary running out of the pharmacy with a large bag in her hand.

'Hold on! Why are there so many medicines? I'll never finish eating these!'

William burst into laughter, deeply amused by the woman's high-spirited behavior. However, just a few seconds later, he heard the sound of tires screeching to a halt and almost out of nowhere, cars appeared in front of his car, blocking his view.

The screeching noise of tires repeated a few more times as speeding cars on the road came to a stop one after another. William couldn't tell what was going on and more importantly, he couldn't see where Mary was.

"Mary!"

William shouted as he rushed out of the car.

It seemed as though the nightmare from six years ago had returned, bringing with it all the painful memories spinning back and forth in his mind.

William strode forward with some apprehension. His heart almost jumped out of his throat as he shuttled through cars.

'If something happens to Mary, I'm not going to forgive myself!'

"What's the matter with you? Are you blind?" The driver of the truck stuck his head out of the window and cursed at Mary.

"I'm so sorry!" Mary, still suffering from shock, stood up from the ground and sincerely apologized in a hurry.

As soon as William ran over and saw this scene, his clenched fists gradually loosened when he stood behind her. However, the anger in his heart suddenly rose.

"Get out of here before I lose my temper!" the truck driver said to Mary.

"I'm truly sorry!" Mary mumbled as she lowered her head and took two steps back, only to bump into someone.

"Sorry... William!" Mary's eyes widened as soon as she turned around and realized that the person behind her was none other than William.

The man frowned and pulled Mary to the side of the road. As they walked to the car, he yanked her hand and yelled at her, "Are you an idiot? Didn't you see that truck? Do you have some kind of death wish or something? "

"I...” Biting her lips, Mary held the medicine bag tightly with her right hand to cover the wound she had incurred just now.

William coughed violently and his face turned red. "Why aren't you saying anything? Didn't you see that truck ?"

"I... I am truly sorry." Mary lowered her head, feeling sad and said nothing more.

The woman almost got hit by a truck right now. Although she shouldn't have been so reckless, it didn't help when the man scolded her instead of comforting her.

"Get in the car!" William shouted at her with a cold expression on his face.

"Okay," Mary replied, sniffling quietly.

After getting in the car, with a pale face, William stepped on the accelerator and the car rushed out of there like an arrow from a bow. As they arrived safely at the gate of the company building, William was about to unfasten his seatbelt.

"Your medicine." Mary sheepishly handed the bag to him.

Suddenly, William snapped, his eyes turning red, as he grabbed the bag from her hand and threw it at the rear windshield.

As soon as the bag made contact with the glass, all the medicine inside got splattered all over the back seat.

The broken bottles of medicine resembled Mary's heart which all of a sudden was shattered into pieces.

Mary struggled to speak because of the lump in her throat and she was afraid that she would choke if she forced herself to speak. Gritting her teeth, Mary opened the door and rushed out.

As she slammed the door shut, William rubbed his temples to relieve his stress, helplessly watching her walk away.

'This woman is nothing but a big headache!'

Mary rushed inside the company building with nothing but a bag in her hand. She wanted to go to the bathroom as quickly as possible to wipe the tears from her face.

"Bang!" Mary accidentally bumped into someone because

she was in a hurry.

"Sorry..." After apologizing, she lowered her head, about to run forward, but someone grabbed her hand from the back and pulled her.

"Mary?" Victor caught her.

"Victor?" Mary couldn't stop the tears from escaping her eyes as she looked at him.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" asked Victor with concern.

"Nothing, nothing..." Looking away to avert his eyes, Mary said, "I should get going!"

"Did he make you cry again?" Victor frowned, seemingly disappointed.

"No... That's not it!" Mary shook her head repeatedly.

"And your clothes?" asked Victor, glancing at her clothes to find them all messy and dirty. "Come with me," he said.