Conquest Game: The Aloof Husband is Dangerous!-Chapter 254 - 217: Is This a Hospital?

When Laura Quincy received another call from Jonah Xavier, it was already ten minutes later. The surrounding noise was overwhelming, and it took her a lot of effort to understand what he was saying.

"Can you make it back to the mall? We’re heading there now."

"I’ll give it a try."

"Alright, contact me once you arrive."

After hanging up, Laura and Little Kim struggled to head in the direction of the mall, bumping into others countless times and nearly being knocked down several times.

"Ms. Quincy, are you alright?"

"I’m fine."

"But you don’t look well."

"There are too many people, it’s a bit stifling."

Laura felt her head getting heavier, the surrounding clamor was overwhelming, and she wasn’t sure if her brain was oxygen-deprived or if the noise was making her dizzy...

If not for the last bit of willpower supporting her, she would have collapsed long ago.

"Sorry! Please let me through."

Eventually, all Laura remembered was mechanically repeating this phrase, her brain had long stopped functioning, and even her steps felt unsteady...

From a distance, she seemed to see Jonah Xavier waving at her, and then... she knew nothing...

When Laura woke up again, she was stunned to find herself in a hospital...

"You’re awake?"

"I... you... is this a hospital?"

Upon opening her eyes, Laura saw Jonah Xavier sitting beside her bed and couldn’t help but ask in confusion.

Jonah got up and poured her a cup of warm water, "You fainted. Little Kim wanted to stay with you, but the company urgently needed the contract, so I let her go back first."

Laura was momentarily stunned. She remembered fainting, but everything afterward was a blank. Suddenly, a scene flashed through her mind—many people rushing at her with cameras...

"Ah—"

"Laura, what’s wrong?"

Seeing her pained expression, Jonah couldn’t help but ask. Before she woke, he had already asked the doctor. Without medical records, it was impossible to be certain, but her head had indeed been hurt in a car accident, and forgetting some things was likely related... 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Laura scratched her head, her voice weak, "I’m fine."

Jonah tentatively asked, "Did you remember something?"

Laura glanced at him, "Counselor Xavier, are we close?"

Now it was Jonah’s turn to be stunned. She looked at him expectantly, with innocent eyes and a seriously earnest expression, without a hint of sarcasm or anything else...

"Remember what our high school homeroom teacher used to say? High school friends are lifetime friends. What do you think, are we close?"

His answer was ambiguous and clever, leaving Laura unsure how to respond for a moment.

In her current memory, she wasn’t close to Jonah Xavier during high school. They were classmates for three years, so there were interactions, but it didn’t really count as... friends.

Back then, she had just lost her most beloved mother and, after such family upheaval, knew that getting into college was her only way out, so she buried herself in her studies, rarely interacting with classmates other than Nina Pierce...

In her mind, having one close friend was enough.

"Thank you."

"Are you going to keep being so polite to me?"

"If it weren’t for you yesterday, I might have..."

"Since you insist on being polite, then how about you treat me to dinner when we get back?"

"Ah... sure!"

Laura was momentarily stunned, then quickly reacted and eagerly nodded in agreement.

Jonah chuckled softly, "Alright, it’s a deal."