Chapter 208: Chapter 209

Wayne was driving. He glanced at Anna after hearing her words and asked, “What? Do you want to tell me about your medical history? So, do you suffer from schizophrenia as well?”

Anna was speechless when she heard Wayne’s question. So, she said seriously while pretending to be joking, “What if I do suffer from schizophrenia, what will you do then? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe Peace and I met at a mental institution!”

Wayne looked at her, as if confirming something, and replied, “Are you serious? Oh, do you want to hear the truth?”

“Yes, of course! Except for the truth, everything in this world is nonsense.”

Wayne paused for a time, then he slowed the car slightly. He was serious when he said, “If you have schizophrenia as well, I’ll accept it easier than Karl. My grandfather is about eighty years old and he’s gonna die soon, and I have no father or mother...”

Anna cut him off and shouted, “Hey! Stop it! I was just joking, alright?”

“We’re all gonna die,” Wayne said calmly.

“Well, forget it! I shouldn’t have asked you that.”

Anna felt as if she’d just asked a ridiculous question. She knew Wayne well enough to know that no matter what emergency occurred, he would remain composed. Furthermore, he would never act panic as Karl did.

“Did you just want to tell me something?” Wayne asked. They were about to arrive at Anna’s apartment, so he sped up the car.

Watching the speed dial, Anna frowned and said, “Forget it, it’s not important. Let’s talk about it later.”

Wayne then had mixed feelings. In fact, he thought of Jasper, whom Anna was currently married to, when Anna said she had something to confess to him. He felt that if Anna could take the initiative and mention Jasper’s matter to him, there would be no more secrets between them.

After a half-hour drive, they arrived at Anna’s apartment. Anna had reclined back in the passenger seat and was sound asleep by this time. Looking at her face, Wayne let out a sigh.

Wayne took a week off, as he had promised, and stayed by Anna’s side at all times.

By the third day, however, Anna regretted that she had let him do it. She realized that Wayne was a real bummer. All he did every day was read books at home or take her to visit her two kids at his grandpa’s. He wasn’t even interested in going for a walk.

Anna felt resigned when she asked him, “Hey, why don’t you go for a walk? Do you really want to spend every day with me at home?

It’s so boring!”

“What? Do you want me to take a walk alone?” Wayne looked up, put down the book he was holding and asked.

Anna pointed to her leg and said, “Of course! You see, I’ve hurt my leg. So, there’s no way I’m going for a walk with you.”

“Well, I know what I should do,” Wayne said and put the French philosophy book in his hand on the table.

Soon, Gabe arrived at Anna’s house. After making sure Wayne wasn’t calling him because he wanted to attend a board meeting, he left. Until then, he left the brand new wheelchair he brought with him at Anna’s house.

“Actually, I got this wheelchair for my grandpa. But, he doesn’t need it at all. See, you can use it. It’s perfect.” Wayne said as he adjusted the wheelchair for Anna.

Anna almost spitted out the water in her mouth upon hearing his words.

Reluctant as she was, Anna sat in the wheelchair. Wayne then wheeled her out of the house.

It was already September, and the wind had become a little cooler because it had rained the day before. Wayne was so thoughtful that he covered Aona’s legs with a blanket.

They had only barely arrived downstairs when a group of people chatting downstairs approached them and asked about Anna’s injuries.

“Hey, are you Miss Gabriel from the 22nd floor? Did you hurt your leg? How are you feeling?” Someone asked. Anna had to patiently explain to everyone that she was actually just getting burned. Eventually, she even felt exhausted.

“Let’s go.” She looked at Wayne pleadingly.

Anna was beginning to regret suggesting Wayne go out for a walk. She had only wanted Wayne to go out alone, but she didn’t anticipate that she was the one feeling tired.

“Sure, so where are we going?” Wayne asked. He felt dissatisfied because people were always talking to Anna and interrupting their walk just now. So, he wanted to be alone with Anna in another place.

“Well, it doesn’t matter to me. Where do you want to go? I remember that there is a supermarket next to the park.”

“I think that there is no difference between the park and your apartment downstairs.”

Anna covered her face and said, “Well, let’s go to the supernfarket! I’m sure that no one in the supermarket knows me.”

“Great! Oh, by the way, you’re out of eggs. So, we can just go buy some.” Wayne said seriously.

Anna glanced at him and said, “Can we stop eating eggs? Seriously, can you cook anything other than hard-boiled eggs?”

Wayne had told Anna that he knew how to cook. However, when he came out of the kitchen, he held a plate of poached eggs.

The eggs were also fully cooked, and Anna was sick of them.

Upon realizing that Anna was dissatisfied with his cooking, Wayne pushed the wheelchair while thinking and said, “Well, I can try to cook something else for you. I read the recipe last night and I don’t think cooking is as difficult as I thought it would be.”

Anna gave him a contemptuous look and said, “Oh, is that true? Well, I’d love to try your new dishes.”

She felt very skeptical although she said that. Wayne had never cooked before, so Anna assumed that he wouldn’t know how to season the meat.

After they got to the supermarket, Wayne grabbed a box of frozen mashed potatoes and asked Anna, “I can make mashed potatoes with this, right?”

Anna gave him a bemused look and said, “Oh, by saying you can cook, you mean you can cook ready-made dishes.”

“You know, it’s a very time-saving way to cook. I think it’s very convenient.” Wayne said, putting the frozen mashed potatoes into the cart. He pushed the cart with one hand and Anna’s wheelchair with the other.

“You can just push the trolley, Wayne. I can move the wheelchair myself.”

Just before Anna held the wheel, she heard a little girl say, “Lady, can I help you?”

Anna raised her eyes and saw a five-year-old child standing in front of her. As she stood behind Anna’s wheelchair, the kid smiled and blinked her big eyes. She smiled as she held Anna’s wheelchair with both hands.

Two young people, who appeared to be her parents, stood behind the girl.

“I’m so sorry, lady,” the woman kindly apologized to Anna.

“Lizzy, please don’t do this,” she said to the girl as she looked angry.

“She can’t walk. So, I want to help her.” Lizzy said.

Anna instantly lowered her head, her face flushed with embarrassment.

The young woman became alarmed and said, “Oh, my goodness! How can you say that! You may upset the lady. Here, come to me.”

When Anna saw how aggrieved the little girl was, she couldn’t help but say, “It’s okay. I’ve just got hurt on my legs. I’ll be fine after a few days.”

She then looked tenderly at Linzy and said, “Do you want to help me push the wheelchair?”

Hearing that, the little girt nodded.

“So, can you take me to find out where the candies are?”

The little giri immediately looked up hesitantly at her mother.

The woman then nodded and said, “Please be careful, my dear! Don’t run too fast.”

The little girl nodded and pushed Anna’s wheelchair away.

Minutes later, Anna took a box of chocolates from the shelf and said, “Honey, this is super delicious. My son and daughter both love this kind of chocolate.”