Chapter 287

Chapter 287 Humble and Affectionate Ex-Husband When it was about noon, Hailey helped Owen sit up, set the small table, and served the dishes. Owen looked at the hearty meal and smiled. To her eyes, his smile was awkward and weird. She had opened his skull but had not done anything to his brain. Why did he keep smiling?

“What are you smiling about?”

Owen looked up at her. “Doesn’t this feel Déjà vu?”

Huh? Hailey was puzzled but soon realized what he was talking about. It was true. A few days ago, she was the patient, and he visited her with a lunchbox. Now it was the other way around.

Hailey laughed bitterly, “What a bad year! Both of us end up in the hospital.”

The word “us” made Owen’s heart tremble. He stared at her unblinkingly. His dark, deep eyes were twinkling.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there rice on my face?” Hailey gave him no chance to hit on her. She handed the knife and fork to him before saying, “Dig in.”

“Oh,” Owen clutched the fork like an obedient kid and asked, “Have you eaten?”

“Yeah, go ahead with your dinner,” she replied.

When he finished his meal, Hailey cleaned the table and took out the garbage. Owen stopped her, “You can leave the work to the nursing workers.

“It’s alright. I’ve done such work before.”

Although Hailey was pampered, she had done chores, and she was efficient. Owen watched her clean the room deftly. Bitterness rose from the bottom of his heart. It was true. She did all kinds of chores when she was taking care of him back then. Not to mention taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor, she had even emptied the urinal for him and massaged him.

It took great love for her to look after him like an indefatigable nanny. Unfortunately, he was immersed in his sorrow and worries back then. He was discouraged and pessimistic, hurting those around him. He failed to feel her kindness, affection, and devotion. He took everything for granted.

Looking back, he felt ashamed of himself. How much she was disappointed that she signed the papers without hesitation when he filed for divorce! Love should not be spoiled or squandered. He should have understood that long ago.

“Hailey.” Owen grabbed her hand that was sweeping the floor and gazed at her. “Stop the work. I want you here to keep me company rather than serve me.”

Hailey looked at him strangely. “What do you want me to do?”

“Nothing, you can go ahead with your business. I’m content to have you in sight.”

Hailey felt helpless. His humble and affectionate stance was a bit too much for her. People would think that he was crazy about her. Then again, she was glad to stop cleaning and go ahead with her business.

She had asked Chris to clean up an area for her to work here. Although she was not in Poya, she still needed to get busy. It was the same with Owen. Even during his recuperation, he handled urgent tasks in person.

In the spacious ward, the two bosses got busy with their work. One was signing off documents, and the other was having a teleconference. When he was tired, Owen leaned against the pillow, rested for a while, and openly watched Hailey do her work. Chris’ and Patrick’s description of her was not quite the same as what he saw. Hailey was much more serious when she was working. She seemed to be tireless. She talked fast. Her words were logical and analytic. Her tongue was venomous when she criticized people. He couldn’t help wondering how hard it was to work for her. It posed no difficulty for him though since he was much smarter than Chris. In the future, if he couldn’t achieve anything, he could work as an assistant at Crystaldale.

He could take Chris’ place and become her right-hand man. He would protect her and solve all kinds of problems for her. He suddenly entertained the idea of retiring, being a house husband, and enjoying his family life.

Hailey was talking to the VP about the racecourse project. The northern suburbs racecourse would soon open for business. Not in Poya, she put Ryker in charge of the project, but there were still a lot of things yet to be done. She urged Ryker to get things ready as soon as possible and open up on schedule. “Okay, that’s all.”

Just as she was about to hang up, Ryker mentioned something else. Hailey frowned and said, “The Mazedew Group oversees the spa hotel. It happens that I’m with Mr. Moore now. You can ask him about it.”

Holding her phone, she turned around and came over. Owen collected his thoughts and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“The spa hotel at the racecourse has some details up for debate.”

“Put me on speakerphone. I’ll talk to him.” Owen nodded.

Hailey turned on the speaker. The project manager of Mazedew Group, Ryker, Owen, and she had a teleconference to finalize the details. When the conference was over, it was already dusk. The twilight was beautiful. Hailey held her phone that was scalding from the long call and finally felt a bit tired. She yawned and blinked.

“Tired? Take a rest.” Owen was distressed to see her tired face.

Hailey shook her head. “I’m fine. It’s time for me to go.”

As they had agreed, she would only be here during the day. The nursing workers would take care of him at night.

“Have dinner with me before you go,” Owen asked her to stay, unwilling to part with her.

Instead of giving a response, she fiddled with her phone and then heard him asking, “Dr. Newman, will I be discharged from the hospital before Valentine’s Day?”

People usually called her Dr. Grace, so she was a little puzzled at first. She clutched her phone, came to her senses, and hummed lightly, “No.”

“Can I take a day off?” Owen hurriedly raised a finger, “One day will be fine. As I said, I’d like to spend Valentine’s Day with you.”

“As I said, dream on.” Hailey forced a smile. Owen was speechless.

“Get well.” Dr. Newman rejected it flatly and turned to leave. Maybe because she moved too suddenly, she felt dizzy and shook. “Watch out!” Owen was startled and subconsciously held out his hand to steady her.

Hailey lost her balance and fell on him. Polly opened the door, pushed the wheelchair in, and bumped into the scene.

They looked at each other and froze. Quick in reaction, Winnie hurriedly pulled the wheelchair back and closed the door. “We didn’t see anything. You guys go ahead.”