Dear Ex-wife Marry Me (Maja and Ian) novel Chapter 1740

The assistant glanced up and chuckled, "Don't know him, just curious about the kind of guy you’re into. He seems pretty solid."

The corners of Carol's mouth curled upward - any praise for Felix made her day.

"Then you'd better sing his praises in front of my dad, okay?"

"Will do, Ms. Miller. Have you finished chatting with Mr. Miller?"

"Yeah, I just came to grab a cup."

She took a paper cup from the side and sneakily bumped Felix with it. Felix stood aside, unresponsive.

She didn't give it much thought and took the cup back into the hospital room; after exchanging a few words with Abner, she left.

As she came out, she bumped into the assistant about to knock on the door.

"I've left my dad in your care. Call me if there's anything."

"Sure thing, Ms. Miller."

Carol hurried to find Felix, latching onto his arm.

"Felix, let's go. Are you stopping by to see Listina, too?"

"Yeah."

"Alright, I won't go in then. You go ahead."

When they reached the ground floor, Felix indeed went into Listina's room. Listina noticed a scratch on his neck, barely hidden by his collar.

Jealousy turned her eyes red, "Did you two sleep together?"

Felix didn't defend himself; instead, he picked up an apple nearby.

"Fancy a bite?"

Listina gripped the blanket on her legs so tightly she almost broke her nails.

"Felix, are you with her just for the Miller family shares?"

"Yeah."

"And you're going to get Abner sent to jail, right?"

"Yeah."

Listina felt uneasy, sensing things were moving in an unexpected direction. Tears started to roll down her cheeks.

"Felix, we never broke up, right? I was just upset because you get confessions all the time, and it made me insecure. I'm not exactly a knockout, and you turn heads wherever you go. You know I get jealous easily."

"Listina, have some fruit."

"No, listen to me. I'm scared you'll actually fall for Carol! You promised it was just a fling."

"It was, just a fling."

Felix frowned, his thoughts drifting. That used to be his wish.

But now, he didn't want Carol in jail. A pampered lady like Carol, if she had to live a life like Abner's downfall, it would be a thousand times worse than jail. Abner was indeed her father; he knew exactly what Carol feared most.

Felix lowered his lashes and left the room. When he looked up, he saw Carol, asleep against the wall not far away.

Alone on the chair, amidst the bustling nurses, no one disturbed her.

Felix approached and nudged her shoulder. Carol opened her groggy eyes and stood up, "I need to hit the restroom. What took you so long?"

"Aren't you the one who always complains about dirty public restrooms?"

"Yeah, but when you gotta go, you gotta go, right? Plus, I'll get some alcohol from the nurse for sanitizing."

She headed to the nurse's station for some rubbing alcohol. The nurse handed her a bottle with a smile.

"You're Listina's friend, huh?"

Carol didn't want to chat, because she was anxious to hit the restroom.

"Yeah."

She was about to hurry off when the nurse added something that piqued her curiosity.

"Listina is so lucky; her fiancé is such a catch."

Carol's gossip radar went off, and she leaned in closer, "Who's her fiancé?"