Chapter 30
The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me
âLet go of her!â
Philip glared at him uncompromisingly.
Allen Charles was grinding his teeth. Joey was pale as paper in his arms and he had no choice but to soften his voice, âMy friend is a doctor in a nearby hospital. Allow me to send her to the hospital before itâs too late if you really care for her. â
Philip immediately gave in, âAll right, but Iâm going with you.â
Allen cared greatly for Joey, which made Philip realize that he wasnât a stranger to Joey after all because his concern for her was undoubtedly genuine.
âAs you like!â
Allen quickly ran to his car with Joey in his arms. Damn, he deeply regretted his recklessness when he got into a fight with Philip. Otherwise, she wouldnât have been hurt at all. âBaby, hang in there. God, help me...â
Apparently the doctor Allen had talked about was Chance.
Chance was actually the son of a very powerful official and there had been generations of officials in high positions in his family. Otherwise he wouldnât have made friends with Allen since childhood. Yet informal as he was, he had always hated constraints and hypocrisy of officialdom, so he had decided to become a doctor who ran a well-known private hospital instead.
As it happened, his hospital wasnât far away from the Walter Group. Allen Charles drove fast and arrived at the hospital in fifteen minutes.
Allen had made a call to Chance. When they arrived, Chance was already waiting outside with his medical staff and an emergency stretcher.
However, after Chance checked up Joey, he curled his lips and gestured to the doctors and nurses to leave with the emergency stretcher. He was a little annoyed, âItâs just a flesh wound. Donât be so nervous. There is no need to make a big fuss about it. I thought it was your father falling ill. Carry her to my consulting room.â
âBut she passed out.â
Allen wasn't convinced.
âItâs normal. First, she was kicked. Second, she fell badly. Third, she didnât get enough sleep last night and hasnât eaten anything today. Besides, she was frail and had a bit of a fever.â
It seemed that Chance knew her health conditions very well.
Allen felt sorry for her. She must have avoided him and felt painful about it. He didn't hesitate anymore. He picked her up and rushed into the hospital Philip followed them.
Joey slept for a long time until she woke up thirsty at midnight.
âWater...â
She opened her eyes slowly and found Allen and Chance by her side. Neither of them had fallen asleep and their eyes were red.
They were happy to find her awake and brought her water soon.
With two glasses of water in front of her, Joey raised her head and looked at them one by one. Finally she stretched out his hand for the water in Philipâs hand.
Philip was pleased and his exhaustion was gone.
Allen felt hurt and disappointed.
âYou should go back. Iâm fine.â
White walls, white bed and white sheet made her immediately realize that she was at the hospital right now. She felt a dull pain in her stomach which reminded her of the fight between Allen and Philip after work.
âIâm not leaving.â
Allen stared at her. He wouldnât leave unless she explained why she had been avoiding him.
âSince youâre not leaving, me neither.â
Philip looked at Allen unamiably. What if Allen âassaultedâ Joey again when he was gone? He had to stay to protect her.
Joey closed her eyes helplessly. She didnât understand why Philip suddenly cared for her. But she wasnât really in the mood to think about it. She buried her head in the pillow, trying to ignore them.
However, when she woke up in the next morning, she found herself in a whole different place. She looked around for a while before she recognized that it was Allenâs villa where she had been once.
The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me ï¤Chapter 29 Two men Fight over a woman Now she was held in Allenâs arms with her head rested on his broad chest.
She jumped to her feet in surprise. Why wasn't she at the hospital?
Allen was woken up by her. He opened his eyes and greeted her naturally, âHey, baby!â
Joeyâs eyes sparkled because she had always liked the way he called her baby. But...she somehow recalled the night of Ben Hawkâs assault again.
She jumped out of bed and said in panic, âWhy am I here? Where is Philip?â