CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO CHINA

He just stared at her like that, his voice hoarse, acting righteous as if the reckless behavior earlier wasn’t his doing, "What did I do?"

Annelise couldn’t speak.

She covered her chest, avoiding his gaze, and answered the phone at the door.

She didn’t answer earlier, but now she had to find out what happened to Luna!

This is Luna’s most dangerous moment; any accident might cost her life!

She couldn’t care less if Elias Warner might hold her accountable now.

She answered the phone, turned the volume down to its lowest, with her back facing him.

This way, he probably wouldn’t hear the voice on the other side.

Her long silky black hair covered her back like a waist easy to grasp.

From the thin shoulders to the slender waist, it was an even more mesmerizing curve than five years ago.

Elias Warner closed his eyes, his Adam’s apple rolling deeply, his sharp jawline moving, turning his gaze outside the window.

"Hello."

Annelise answered the phone softly.

On the other end was Dr. Flora’s voice.

"Luna’s Mother, Luna has woken up. There’s now an eight-minute video visit time. Why aren’t you here? If you answer the video now, you can see Luna!"

Annelise instinctively covered her mouth tightly, guilt, self-blame, happiness all flooded her heart!

Luna woke up!

Her Luna is so strong.

"Is she okay?"

"Yes, the surgery was very successful, and she woke up within the scheduled time. If everything goes smoothly these two days, she’ll be transferred to a sterile ward. I’m outside the PICU now; can you video now? Luna is waiting for you!

This is enough!

But at this moment, not being able to be by Luna’s side, she’s going to disappoint Luna again!

Annelise’s tears pattered down on her chest, overlapping with the water stains from earlier, converging, disappearing.

"It’s not convenient!"

She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, her heart breaking.

"Sorry."

Ultimately she couldn’t hold back and hung up the call herself.

She trembled, her shoulders shaking, looking at the bustling scene outside the window as if her heart was torn apart.

She wanted to return to the hospital.

She wanted to go back to Luna.

Luna woke up and couldn’t see her, just thinking about how scared she must be.

She didn’t dare gamble, couldn’t afford it!

She sent Dr. Flora a message, "Dr. Flora, please place the Peace Lock beside Luna and tell her, it’s what mom wore since childhood, having it there is like mom being beside you."

Finished sending the message.

Annelise turned off the screen, gripping the phone tightly.

She took a deep breath, rubbed her eyelashes stained with tears with the back of her hand.

Before she could turn around and negotiate with Elias Warner.

The man’s voice sounded behind her.

"Is it Chase Perry? Wanting you to go back to him?"

The sharp voice was like the ice of deep winter, saturated with a piercing cold.

Annelise bit her lip, her breath tense. The words she wanted to say stopped.

"Stop dreaming! You can’t go back!"

He wouldn’t let her return.

Annelise’s back stiffened, her face pale like paper.

This time, Elias Warner’s phone rang.

Annelise faced away from him, stubbornly refusing to turn back.

Elias Warner picked up the phone, barely speaking, just listening to the person on the other end.

"Mr. Warner, I know I shouldn’t bother you, but Luna has woken up and her mom isn’t here. There’s a few minutes for a video visit, she wants to see her parents, can you be her father once more?"

His gaze unintentionally swept to the woman facing away from him, the words of refusal that were about to come out swallowed back.

Elias Warner coldly replied, "Okay."

"Great, thank you so much Mr. Warner, I’m calling you on video now."

Within moments, the video ringtone sounded.

Elias Warner answered the call.

On the other end, Dr. Flora’s voice rang out in the silent car cabin.

"Mr. Warner, I’m turning the camera towards Luna now, speak to her. She still has the respirator inset and can’t speak, but she can hear your voice, all the encouragement you give, she can hear it."

Upon hearing Flora’s voice that second.

Annelise suddenly turned around, her bloodshot eyes tightly fixed on Elias Warner’s phone.

She bit her lip fiercely, feeling all her blood boiling to the extreme in this moment!

The caller was Flora!

It’s her Luna!

Elias Warner hunched holding the phone tightly, responding simply, "Uh-huh, I’ll talk to her."

The next second, the camera turned.

Annelise instantly saw a turbulent change in Elias Warner’s eyes.

But that change vanished quickly, no longer detectable.

Annelise dared not display too much excitement, nor could she see Luna’s appearance in the frame, but she knew without thinking Luna’s current state.

Her heart went up in her throat.

Although Elias Warner didn’t want any more involvement with Luna.

But hearing the child wake, the mom who swore last night she’d be with her daughter wasn’t there.

He just wanted to scoff.

But the child is innocent.

The child’s wish before entering surgery he still remembers, how desperate would she be if she woke and couldn’t see her parents?

This was heart transplant surgery, fragile against any ripple.

She needs strength, needs hope.

"Sorry Luna, daddy’s busy and can’t be by your side for now, you are the strongest and bravest, aren’t you? When you get better, you can punish daddy however you want."

"Quickly level up, in a few days mommy will come to take you home, okay?"

Beside him, Annelise watched Elias Warner talk to Luna, his voice soft yet full of power, clearly he is such a cold and arrogant person, yet even for an unrelated child he can show tenderness.

Annelise couldn’t help but feel her nose sour, averting her gaze to the window.

Although Luna on the other end couldn’t respond, Annelise could feel her Luna’s condition was very good.

She was much more at ease.

Until Elias Warner hung up the call.

Annelise only then adjusted her emotions, looking back at him.

Elias Warner hung up the call, his elegant legs crossed, his gaze resting on her, meeting hers.

Annelise tested the waters: "Is it your daughter? Is she sick?"

"Don’t get too happy; my daughter just has a minor issue, she’ll recover quickly." Elias Warner pursed his lips.

"Oh, I didn’t mean to replace your daughter, just didn’t expect you would have a daughter already, what’s the child’s mom like?"

Elias Warner’s eyes were cold as knives, staring at her, "A thousand times better than you."

"Then I’m relieved." Annelise didn’t look at him again, facing away from him, "I thought about it. Since you already have a child and a beloved woman, I won’t bring up the past anymore, nor foolishly hope you’ll take responsibility and become the Warner Family’s daughter-in-law."

She said, "To avoid unnecessary trouble, I will keep my distance from you and won’t let anyone know about the child’s past presence."

"Of course, your punishment, I will continue to endure."

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she felt the gaze behind her turn instantly cold, like a sharp sword piercing her.

Elias Warner’s pitch-black eyes surged with great waves, sneering, "Fine, don’t regret it!"

"What do you want to do?" Annelise felt anxious inside, not knowing what kind of torment he might devise for her.

At the moment she turned around, she met the man’s cold gaze.

Elias Warner’s expression was grim, simply towering over her, as if to see through her entirely.

But he couldn’t see any disappointment or concern in her eyes.

She used to get jealous easily, unhappy for long if another woman stole a glance at him.

Let alone him having a child with another woman.

Now, he’s had a child with another woman, and she’s indifferent, even considering stepping aside.

Clearly this was testing her, but in the end, the only one suffering was himself.

The hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched tight, Elias Warner word by word, wishing she’d let him see inside her heart right now, "You’ll know when you return."