Christopher took a few steps backward and made his way downstairs. He then took his mobile phone out to call Eudora.
"I'm sorry, I still have a lot of matters to attend to here, so I can't go to the hospital. I hope Juju is alright!"
"She's fine!" Eudora shook her head. She paused for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, have I troubled you? I..."
"Eudora..." Christopher interrupted her quickly and continued, "Eudora, I should be the one to apologize. I accidentally met a girl on my way to your house this morning and I think that I'm starting to like her."
Eudora frowned. She said, "You..."
"Let's call off the wedding, okay? Didn't you say that you would give me your blessings if I happened to meet someone I like? Could you give me your blessings now?"
Eudora's instinct told her that this was not as simple as he claimed.
"What kind of girl is she?"
"A drunk girl. She bumped into me in a daze. She's very cute, just like a little rabbit. I think she had already stolen my heart and this was the first time I felt this way about a girl."
His words were reasonable and Eudora was a little convinced. "Then... I wish you the best of luck."
"Thank you!" Christopher clenched his mobile phone tightly but there was still a smile on his face. "I'll introduce you to her if I have the chance."
"Okay!" Eudora nodded in reply.
Christopher finally broke down after hanging up the call. He smiled bitterly and took out the diamond ring that he had prepared from his pocket.
Eudora had agreed to his proposal the other night, but she did not accept the ring.
He thought that he could finally give it to her today, but in the end, it still stayed with him.
The diamond ring dazzled brightly and it stung his eyes. Christopher threw it casually into a trash can next to him and slowly left.
He had only taken a few steps forward before a girl in a hospital gown suddenly stopped him.
"Hey, you've thrown the wrong thing away!"
Christopher was surprised. He turned around to see a girl smiling at him. "Your diamond ring."
"I don't want it anymore! You can have it!"
The girl was taken aback. She said, "You're not proposing to me. Why would I want your diamond ring?"
Christopher could not help but laugh. He was feeling a little helpless and this little girl was reprimanding him out of nowhere.
He wanted to end the conversation quickly, so he just said randomly, "Then I will propose to you now. We will get married immediately if you agree to it."
The girl was surprised and her fair face suddenly turned red. Christopher knew that no sane person would not agree to it. She would probably just think that he was flirting with her, so he was ready to walk away.
To his surprise, the girl behind him suddenly ran to him and grabbed his arm.
"You're the one who said that, okay? Wait for me, I'll go upstairs and get changed. We'll get married right away. Whoever that doesn't go is a bad puppy."
This time, Christopher was speechless.
After Eudora hung up the phone, she looked at the sky and decided to go out to buy some breakfast.
However, she was worried about leaving Juju alone in the hospital. The door was pushed open when she was about to call for food delivery.
Amos was still wearing the same clothes as the night before. He entered with a bag of breakfast.
"I bought them from a shop nearby. I don't know if it fits your appetite but you could have some first! I'll ask Auntie Valerie to bring some soup in the afternoon."
Eudora pursed her lips. She said, "Thank you for last night but you don't have to bring anything for us."
At the moment, however, Juju struggled to sit up from the bed and said, "Mommy, I'm hungry. I want to eat." Eudora was speechless.
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