"I don't have time." Charles always felt that Nancy's smile was too weird. Actually, since he came back with the children, Nancy had started behaving strangely.
Nancy was not angry. In fact, she was very gentle. What was going on?
Did she figure it out? Was she willing to just be a housewife and raise their children while supporting her husband as he worked forthem?
But the question is, was Nancy a woman of obedience?
How could she let go of her ideals and her patients?
Charles had guessed randomly. His eyes wandered, so he did not look at the document.
"Well... How about I sing you a song right now? Haven't you heard me sing?" Nancy asked playfully.
Charles got even more confused. He had no idea what Nancy was trying to do.
"Nancy, do you really not care that I'm practically imprisoning you here at home?" Charles asked Nancy while squinting his eyes.
"I do care, very much so. Think about it. I have a lot of patients waiting for me to come back. How can I just forget about that? And besides, as the one having the highest authority at the hospital, you won't be that harsh to your subordinates, will you? How can I stay at home all day long? It's just not fitting, you know. What I think is that you just didn't like the fact that I had dinner with Rick... Achoo!" She rubbed her nose and continued, saying, "Charles, my darling, I did have dinner with Rick.
It's true. However, the hug that we shared in that photo is too misleading. I love you. Didn't you know that?"
Charles shrugged a little and said, "Ah, but didn't you say that you like Rick? There is no woman in the world who would not like a man like him. And now you're telling me that you love me. Nancy, please tell me now which of your words are true and which ones are just lies?"
"It's all true... Ahem... Well, not entirely. It is true that I love you. It's not true that I like Rick. Do you want me to like him?" Nancy asked in a calm voice while looking at Charles' gloomy face.
"What if I never let you go back to work?" Charles asked tentatively.
He was so vexed that day that he trapped Nancy at home and asked someone to take over her position in the hospital. Nancy should have known it by now. Why didn't she mention it?
Was it that she was just pretending not to know anything and that she was just hoping to be able to get to work the next day or maybe even a few days and still be the director of the pediatric department?
"If you don't want me to work, then I won't. I will just stay here at home." She nodded a little. "That's fine by me, Charles," Nancy said and smiled indifferently.
Charles was taken aback. Was this even the Nancy he knew?
He was just so baffled.
"Nancy, what's your plan?" The more Nancy didn't seem to care, the more nervous Charles felt. He was afraid what was going to happen next!
"What's wrong, Charles? Did you forget that you locked me up at home? I will now fulfill that little fantasy of yours. I will cook for you, serve you, and take care of the children. What is not clicking? Are you having a fever?" Nancy said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone and touched Charles' forehead. His temperature was normal. "I know you have a problem with your mental health just like Nana. How about I ask Rick to check on you?'¹
"Hell no!" Charles wanted to kill when he heard his name. Not to mention that Nancy was even the one who thought of inviting him over.
It would drive Charles crazy!
"Nancy, stop this madness and go to bed right now!" Charles roared. He felt that Nancy was being too much already.
"You really are something else, Charles. You have trapped me at home and yet I have just fulfilled your wish, but now it seems that you don't like how things are anymore. Tell me, Charles, what on earth do you want me to do to satisfy you?" said Nancy sadly.
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