"Why don't you come over here and push the goddamn chair?" Athena moved herself from the side of the bed to the wheelchair and yelled at Ophelia.
"Yes, Princess," Ophelia hurried over to push the wheelchair for her.
It's not that Athena could not walk.
Six months ago, Athena suddenly woke up. Ophelia wanted to contact Christian first, but to her surprise, the first thing Athena did after she woke up was to threaten her and she was not allowed to mention even a word to Christian.
She knew what Athena could do. While Athena had been in a coma for almost ten years, there was a huge organization in Japan that had been taking care of Athena. It seemed to be related to Athena's mother, but she was not sure about the details.
Anyway, in short, she should never cross Athena.
Ophelia pushed Athena towards the special ward as she whispered, "Princess, with more practice, you can actually walk on your own, and you've tried several times. You can stand up and walk a few steps each time."
"There's no rush. I have my own plans." Athena's face was expressionless.
Ophelia pushed the wheelchair to the special ward.
After the glass, in the ward, there was a pinky delicate carved baby girl sitting on the carpet. She was surrounded by many toys, and she curiously picked one of them up, had a look, put it down, and picked up another.
Although she looked frail, she looked obviously beautiful with her large eyes, dark pupils, and delicate features. She already looked so beautiful and she must be a charmer when she grew up.
Athena looked through the glass, silently.
It was said that daughters looked like their fathers, and indeed Iris looked like Luther. She was so beautiful that she could not even take her eyes of that little girl.
Ophelia reported from the side, "Princess, Iris has just woken up a few days ago and is still not acclimated to the outside world and needs to stay in the special ward for a while. She has been able to sit up and swallow liquid food today."
"After all, Iris has been kept alive by instrument since birth, and now that she's awake, it will take a long time for her to adjust to the outside world and learn to take care of herself and communicate."
"How long will it take?" Athena frowned. She didn't have the patience to wait too long.
She could not wait to meet Luther.
"If Iris is gifted enough and we have a professional to help her with the recovery, it would take perhaps six months for her to be like a normal child." Ophelia returned.
"Hmm. You should keep an extra eye on her. I want her to recover as soon as possible. Also, the matter of Iris is definitely between only you and me." Athena snorted coldly, "After all, for them, Iris never exists and she should be dead long ago."
After saying that, she glanced at Iris inside the special ward.
Turning coldly, she pushed the wheelchair herself and headed outside.
Six months ago, when she woke up, she still remembered everything. After that, she got all the news about Luther through various channels – magazines, news reports, online messages – and she even sent her people to ask about him.
At the same time, she learned about Joyce.
Joyce gave birth to two babies – the boy was born healthy and the girl, since her birth, relied on instruments and various nutrient delivery tubes to stay alive. Doctors determined that the girl had no more than a 5% chance of survival and would not live past the age of two.
In order to keep Joyce from being devastated, Christian chose to tell Joyce directly that the girl did not survive when she was born.
There was no hope so that there would not be greater disappointment.
So Joyce, herself, was unaware that Iris was still alive.
Six months ago, after she woke up and learned of Iris' existence, she immediately bought her way up and down the hospital, which then claimed to the public that Iris was dead.
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