The first to react in the ward was Ariah. Immediately, she stepped forward and pulled Stanley away. Only then was Sharon able to breathe again.
"All right, all of you can leave now."
Then, Ariah turned to the doctors behind her and said, "You guys can see that she's now awake, right? She's alright, so you guys can go work on other patients now."
All the doctors turned to look at Stanley.
But Stanley's gaze was fixated on Sharon.
Immediately, Ariah cleared her throat and reminded Stanley, "Stanley?"
"All of you can leave now."
As Stanley said that, he waved his hand without even turning to look at them.
The leader among the doctors nodded and said, "Let's head out first. Miss Cruz, please inform us if you have any discomfort."
"Alright, sure. I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused."
Embarrassed, Ariah thanked the doctors.
Slowly, the doctors gradually walked out, and the ward became quiet again.
At that moment, both Ariah and Stanley were staring at Sharon, which made her feel a little uncomfortable. Suddenly, she moved her body and asked, "This is a hospital, right?"
Immediately, Ariah crossed her arms. "What do you think?"
That response left Ariah at a loss for words.
Well, fine. That was a stupid question.
Then, Sharon shifted her gaze to Stanley. "Honey, how did you manage to find me?"
When Sharon opened her eyes to find that she was already in the hospital, she was surprised. Before she lost consciousness, she was clearly still in that small house.
"Where's Sadie? Is she alright?"
However, Stanley still sat there quietly without saying a word.
The way Stanley stared at Sharon like that made her scalp feel a little tingly, and she couldn't help but feel that he was mad at her...
"The two children are fine. They should be home by now." As Ariah looked back and forth between Stanley and Ariah, she also noticed that something was off, so she quickly found an excuse to leave. "I suddenly have the urge to visit the bathroom, and I shall make a move first. You guys enjoy yourselves, okay?"
After that, Ari ah left.
It was dead silent in the ward, only with the breathing sound of Stanley and Sharon.
A moment later, Sharon reached out to pull Stanley closer as she asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
With a sigh, Stanley answered, "What do you want me to say?"
Before Sharon was awake, Stanley had been in a state of anxiety. Now that Sharon had woken up when Stanley thought about it, Stanley couldn't help but be mad at her.
"Just say whatever you want to say. If you keep looking at me like that without saying a word, I will be afraid."
"Are you still even afraid of anything?" Then Stanley pursed his lips. "Why weren't you afraid when you went to find William on your own?"
Sure enough, he was angry because of that matter.
With a pair of teary eyes, Sharon looked at Stanley pitifully, "I was afraid. I was even scared to death."
"Why did you still meet him on your own when you were afraid?"
"I know that you will come to save me, so I have nothing to fear even if I were to go to a dangerous place alone."
The way Sharon explained herself made Stanley choke on his words.
This unconditional trust Sharon had made his emotions grow uncontrollably.
When Sharon saw that Stanley didn't say anything, she knew she had successfully convinced him.
However, she could never tell Stanley that she had risked her life to save her daughter. If he had known that she thought like that, he would definitely not forgive her.
Cheekily, Sharon blinked her eyes and looked at him. "Well, my prediction was not wrong. You really arrived in time to save me."
As Stanley's face darkened slightly, he asked, "What if I didn't make it in time? What if something happened to you?"
"There's no 'what ifs'. I mean, I'm fine now, right?"
Suddenly, Stanley hugged her again, and Sharon was once again shocked by his strength.
"What do you want to eat?"
"I'm okay with anything."
"I'll ask Anthony to buy something then."
"Okay."
Then, Stanley stood up and left the ward. As soon as he opened the door, the person who had been eavesdropping by the door directly fell to the ground. With a frown, Stanley helped her up before he dragged her out of the ward.
"What were you doing?" After Stanley closed the door of the ward, he frowned.
Awkwardly, Ariah coughed, "N-Nothing."
Coldly, Stanley looked at her. "Didn't you leave earlier?"
"Oh, I did leave, but in the end, I came back..."
The glacial gaze from Stanley made Ariah uncomfortable, so she hurriedly explained, "Alright, don't look at me like that. I was just afraid that you guys will fight, so I stood outside and eavesdropped."
Tongue-tied, Stanley remained silent.
"When I left, I saw that there was something wrong with your expression. I was afraid that you would bully Sharon, so I came back after a few steps. Since you both are on good terms now, then it's none of my business. I shall leave now..."
"Wait a minute."
"Is there anything else?"
Immediately, Ariah turned around.
After a moment of silence, Stanley took out the potion from his pocket and said, "There's still a small portion of it left with me, whereas the other half had been taken by the doctors to be tested."
Excitedly, Ariah took the potion over. "This is the mysterious potion from Tasnil that the man with glasses talked about?"
"Yes," replied Stanley calmly.
When Ariah sized up the bottle, she even wanted to open the bottle to take a sniff. In the end, she was afraid that it would be harmful, so she didn't act recklessly.
"William said that Sharon drank this." As Stanley stared at the medicine, he uttered, "I'm afraid it will harm her body."
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