Substitute Wife for the Mafia King R18-Chapter 348: He’s Here
I was quite shocked at my sister’s outburst, and I had to admit that I hadn’t expected her to get this emotional.
“Listen, after Anthony returns and you marry him just as you’re supposed to, then there wouldn’t be any need for me to be here anymore,” I told her truthfully while trying to remain calm. I told myself that I was being reasonable and that there was no need to consider how I felt about this.
"’You can just stay here. If your plan succeeds, it’ll be like you have reset this whole country and righted all the wrongs. Why wouldn’t you want to live here?” my sister inquired with raised eyebrows.
The ’me’ in the past probably wouldn’t want to live here because I didn’t want to see my sister living a happily married life with Anthony, even if that was the plan all along. I thought that I would be able to stop loving him and that I could genuinely celebrate their union; however, I wasn’t sure if that was something that I could truly do. In fact, that wasn’t even the worst of my concerns. When my thoughts wandered to Bradon, it felt like the entire world around me went dark.
“I just think that I gave up on my life here long ago. I never thought that I would come back the day that I left, and maybe it would have been better had I stayed away,” I replied in a mumble.
"’Leya, it was so hard for you to come back here and just look at all that you’ve been through since you got back. Plus, I am so happy that you are back, and it would mean more than the world to me if you could stay,” Diana said as she grabbed my hands into hers and squeezed them tightly. She stared deeply into my eyes, and I saw tears welling up in hers as she pleaded for me to stay.
“Don’t cry over something like this, Diana,” I warned her because I didn’t want to see her cry.
“Something like this? Are you out of your mind? Why would you leave when you have no real reason to?” Diana asked and she was on the verge of being hysterical.
“Well, I don’t have any real reason to stay here either...” I mumbled.
My sister had a ghastly look on her face as her eyes widened and all color seemed to drain from her face. Suddenly, the make-up that she had on stood out in contrast to her pale skin as she stared at me as if she had just seen a ghost.
“Am I not enough of a reason for you to stay here?” she asked in a whisper while sounding so hurt.
Her words made me pause as a very conflicted feeling came over me. It felt like I had just done my only sister wrong and there wasn’t anything that I could say to erase her pain or the harm that I had caused.
“I just think that this is the right thing to do,” I said, although I didn’t have full confidence in my words.
I would be lying if I said that her emotional appeal did not sway me; however, I couldn’t bring myself to lie to her, and so I couldn’t promise her that at the end of it all, I would remain by her side in the country.
**A week later**
"I have to go out again. I’m so busy these days; I have no idea why things are like this. You’ll be okay alone here, right?” my sister asked as she busied herself with checking her makeup in the mirror.
After our intense conversation from around a week ago, Diana had a change in attitude towards how she took care of me. Although she was probably just as protective as before, the evidence of change in her attitude that I couldn’t ignore was the fact that Brandon could now freely come and go from my hospital room.
"I’ll be fine here. You don’t have to worry. If there’s something that can kill me, it would be boredom and nothing else,” I replied before letting out a soft chuckle.
"Then I guess I have nothing to worry about. Boredom isn’t going to kill you, that is if you can even get bored...” Diana said before letting out a teasing giggle. She waved her hand above her head as she headed to the door.
“Have a good day!” I called after her, but Diana only turned to smile at me before heading out of my hospital room.
I honestly thought that if they wanted to keep me locked up, they might as well rent out a luxurious hotel room instead of keeping me locked up in a hospital. Diana had gone out much more often lately, and usually within around 10 minutes of her departure, I would be welcoming another guest. I looked at the clock on the wall as the hands slowly moved to indicate the passing of each second.
He’s going to be here soon...
10...9...8...
Subconsciously, I started counting down when the time was approaching 10 minutes after Diana’s departure. Almost to the exact second, the door to my hospital room opened, and I turned to offer my guest an excited smile.
’You know, it’s truly amazing how you always appear on time,” I commented before I could stop myself.
"What do you mean? You make it sound like we had an appointment planned between us,” Brandon replied casually as he approached me. I watched as a corner of his beautiful lips curved up into a mischievous smirk. I wondered if I should mention the fact that he always turned up exactly 10 minutes after my sister left, but then decided against it. Even though I didn’t voice it, I couldn’t help but let out a small giggle at the thought.
"Did you come with any good news today?” I asked one of the usual questions that I always asked him. I didn’t dare to hold my breath as I waited for his answer because I had already gotten used to being disappointed. The only good news I wanted to hear was that I could leave the hospital.
–To be continued...
