Chapter 168: You’re Clearly Unwell
Francis just followed Scarlett to the door of the washroom.
When Scarlett heard his footsteps, she instantly turned around and locked the door because she didn’t want him to see her vomit. She felt very embarrassed.
“Scarlett, are you okay? Please open the door, okay?” Francis begged.
But Scarlett was focused on rinsing out her mouth and getting cleaned up.
“What matters is your health, it’s not the time to be mad at me! Please let me in.”
‘Don’t come in, I’m fine!”
“The doctor is on the way, just let him give you a general check,” Francis said.
“I’m fine. I don’t need a doctor!” she shook her head.
“Listen to me, don’t try to be strong. You’re clearly unwell.” Francis reproached her. He felt very angry that she didn’t take her own health seriously.
“I was just carsick, it’s not serious.”
“Carsick? Are you serious?” he frowned.
“It’s just… I got dizzy from looking at my phone on the way back.” She pushed him away and walked out of the bathroom. She felt ashamed of herself.
Shirley looked at her worriedly and said, “Madam, I have asked the cook to make some porridge for you. It will soothe your sickness.”
“No, thanks. It’s fine. I got used to vomiting all the time during the first trimester of my pregnancy anyway.” she said.
Shirley asked in shock, “Is it possible that you are pregnant again?”
Francis felt shocked and thought to himself: she was a racing star, how could she get nauseous so easily? It was very likely that she was pregnant again.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
“No, of course not. I know my body well, it’s not possible.”
Francis looked at her suspiciously and said, ‘You are a careless person, are you sure?”
When she heard that, Scarlett started doubting herself and began to do some mental math.
“What’s the date today?” she asked.
“It’s the 15th.”
Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I’m not pregnant. You really scared me!”
Shirley felt kind of disappointed and looked at her, “Well, I’d better ask the cook to make some porridge for you.”
Shirley went to the kitchen and left Scarlett and Francis there, looking at each other.
“I’m so sorry to let you down!” Scarlett said.
“It doesn’t matter. We still have many opportunities to make it happen.”
Scarlett’s cheeks turned bright red.
***
While seated in the classroom, Scarlett suddenly got a call from Eve.
“What?” Scarlett asked.
“Do you know the original photos of Vivian you sent to her are spreading across the Internet? When did you do that?”
“I never did that.” Scarlett was stunned.
“You didn’t? Then how did it happen? Can it be Vivian herself?” “How could it be?” Scarlett stood up and felt upset.
“What are you gonna do? She definitely will think you have done this.”
Scarlett tried to calm herself down and continued, “Just let me think. I need to think…”
Scarlett thought to herself: those photos were only in the hands of Eve, Vivian, and herself.
Who was behind this? Who would try to frame her? What would Vivian think about that? Vivian would definitely believe that it was all her doing.
Although Scarlett had decided not to ask Francis for help, she was really confused now, so she gave a call to Francis,
“What’s the matter?” Francis asked.
“Have you seen the news on the internet?”
“What’s that? Is there someone scolding you on the Internet?”
“No, it’s not me this time, it’s your ex-wife!” Scarlett said nervously.
After a silence, Francis finally asked, “Who do you think it could be?”
Scarlett swallowed hard and hoped that Francis could tell her the answer, but he didn’t.
All of a sudden, a student poked his head out of the door and said, “Are you Scarlett? I’m Scout Davis. Your professor asked me to inform you to go to the lab for some materials.”
When she heard that, she rushed to hang up the phone.
“Sorry, which building did you say?”
“I can point it out for you.” he smiled.
Scarlett took the watch out of the drawer and put her cellphone in her pocket. “Yes, please. Thanks!”
“Okay!” he smiled.
Later, Bell came across them, and she noticed that Scarlett was acting abnormally, so she grabbed her arm and asked, “What happened? Did someone scold you?”
“No, nothing happened. I gotta go get something.”
Bell stared at Scout suspiciously and asked, “What is that? Isn’t Sarah in charge of that?”
He smiled and explained, “Well, Sarah is not here today, so the professor asked Scarlett to get it.”
Upon hearing that, Bell let go of Scarlett and said, “We will go get barbecue later. When you come back, come and join us. And don’t be late.”
Scarlett patted Bell’s face and smiled, “I’m afraid I’ll be late, so you’d better go without me.”
“Hey, why do you always have no time?” Bell protested. After that, Bell just said goodbye to them, and Scarlett left with Scout.
It got dark early on winter nights, and there was no one on the road at the time. Scarlett followed close behind Scout.
“Scarlett, I learned that your husband is a rich man. Is that right?” he suddenly asked.
Scarlett looked up at the back of his head and said, “Yeah, he is a bit richer than most people, I guess.”
Suddenly, Scout turned around and pointed a knife right at Scarlett’s throat.
“Do you think you can take me down so easily?” Scarlett smiled. She was a little shocked by this sudden turn of events, but she had learned to be prepared for anything over the years.
However, the door of the minibus parking on the road suddenly opened, and several strong men got out from it. They were all wearing masks.
We just want money. You are asking for trouble if you don’t cooperate.”
Scarlett frowned and surrendered by raising her hands, “Don’t be impulsive, I’ll go with you.”
After that, Scout pushed her into the car, and they rushed to drive away.
They took away her phone, the necklace around her neck, and the watch on her wrist. But after they took a close look at the watch, they decided it was worthless, so they just threw it on the seat. It wasn’t even a Rolex.