CHAPTER 116: CHAPTER 116: FEED HER

Juliana suddenly became nervous and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Dad, what are you talking about? You won’t go down, you definitely won’t see Aidan," Rosalind Linton said.

The old man ignored her and continued, "Do you think an old man like me doesn’t keep up with the news? The recent hot search, I just saw the photo, and the next time I checked, it was gone."

Juliana was very surprised.

The old man said, "I can’t understand why you were hiding it from me, until yesterday when a woman brought a photo and asked me if I recognized the person in it... I said I didn’t know, but I could see clearly, that’s my Aidan, isn’t it?"

Tears fell from the old man’s eyes.

Juliana quickly said, "Grandpa, he... I’ll let him..."

Rosalind Linton widened her eyes, speechless.

But the old man closed his eyes, "No, don’t disturb him. There must be a reason you didn’t let me know..."

Rosalind Linton recovered from her surprise and pushed Juliana’s shoulder, "When did you know? Why didn’t you even tell me!"

"If I let you know, you’d only harm your son. Don’t you know what kind of person you are?" the old man cursed.

Rosalind Linton stopped pushing Juliana and sat with her mouth pursed on the chair.

"Juliana," the old man used all his strength to hold her hand, "some people came to the village asking for your whereabouts. I didn’t tell them. One of them said they came without Rocco knowing..."

"Rocco?" Juliana frowned.

The old man struggled to breathe and gasped a few times.

"Aidan is kind and filial but not as perceptive as you... I beg you to preserve the Linton Family’s bloodline for me. I’m entrusting him to you..."

"Grandpa..."

Juliana wanted to give him oxygen, but he refused.

"Girl, I’ve always been a burden, if it weren’t for you, I would have left long ago. Although you were adopted by the Linton Family, you’ve given enough back over the years. Now you still have to take care of them... My old face really..." the old man gasped heavily, "but aside from asking you, I have no other way."

Juliana’s face was already covered in tears, "I promise you, Grandpa, please rest and take it easy."

The old man didn’t listen, his eyes glaring at Rosalind Linton, "You’re the most useless! After I’m gone... you must not make things difficult for Juliana... taking care of you is her kindness... you must listen to her... if you dare to plot against her..."

The rest of the words were left unsaid as the old man’s murky pupils suddenly dilated, the last bit of light in his eyes extinguished like a blown-out candle.

"Dad..."

"Grandpa..."

Rosalind Linton and Juliana both kneeled down.

The doctor came in, checked him over, and then covered the old man with a white sheet.

Tears ran down Juliana’s lifeless face.

She stood up and walked out of the ward, Adrian Langley came rushing over.

Regardless of how Elias Langley at the door of the ward might think, seeing the old man already covered with the white sheet, he "thump" kneeled down.

Juliana raised her hand and slapped him, "He’s already gone, what’s the point of pretending to be a filial grandson now? Go be the young master of the Langley Family!"

She seemed to have a big issue with the Langleys.

Quinn Shepherd looked at Elias Langley’s expression, not daring to speak.

"Juliana," Adrian Langley’s eyes were red, "I don’t covet wealth and riches, it’s just... we lived such a hard life, I want to establish myself in the Langley Family, then..."

Juliana interrupted him, "With the family together, can it really be called hardship no matter how tough life is? Look at the old man lying inside, can you live with yourself for a lifetime?"

Adrian Langley lowered his head in guilt.

Juliana ignored him and walked woodenly out of the building, even losing a shoe she didn’t notice.

The sky was raining, but she couldn’t feel it.

The wind lashed the rain against her, cold to the bone, and she didn’t react.

Sharp stones cut her soles, but she found it comforting, like atonement.

Elias Langley watched her for a long time, until she stumbled, he finally rushed into the rain.

"Juliana!" He turned her around.

Gone was her usual sense of strength, at this moment she appeared so fragile as if she’d shatter at a touch.

"I have no family, what do I do? I don’t have a home..."

Tears streamed down Juliana’s face, causing a sudden tightness in Elias Langley’s chest.

He was a little surprised.

Having witnessed life and death so often over the years, he thought himself as hard as iron.

And up till now, he couldn’t say he had any feelings for her.

But at this moment, seeing her tear-streaked face, her bitten, bloodied lips, his heart inexplicably felt pity for her, even a desire to hold her close.

So the next second, he quickly followed his heart.

Elias Langley wrapped Juliana’s soaking body in his arms, palmed her trembling head, pressing her face against his shoulder, gently patting her back like comforting a child, "Your grandpa wants you to live well, seeing you like this won’t let him rest in peace, don’t cry, hmm?"

"But I want to cry. Can’t get a divorce and you’re not allowing me to cry, why?"

Juliana clutched his collar, her hysterical cries suddenly turning to sobs of air from excitement.

Elias Langley’s alarm bells rang just then, as Juliana suddenly went limp in his arms.

He picked her up, and Quinn Shepherd hurriedly rushed over with an umbrella.

"Should I prepare a VIP room in the hospital?" Quinn Shepherd asked.

Elias Langley glanced at the inpatient building, then carried her and walked away...

The Apex Hotel penthouse suite.

Elias Langley carried Juliana to the bathroom, just took off his own coat wrapped around her, and was stunned by the visual feast before him.

The water-soaked summer clothes clung tightly to her skin, the curves beneath the fabric faintly visible.

Elias Langley seemed to understand why Evan Grant wouldn’t let go.

Juliana had a stunningly beautiful face without makeup and a naturally alluring body.

Even someone as indifferent as him found it hard to look away, let alone others.

The woman was unconscious, and here he was thinking?

Elias Langley shook his head, cleared his mind, and realized his ears were burning.

Her clothes couldn’t be touched anymore.

Just at that moment, Quinn Shepherd came in with a doctor and nurse.

Elias Langley stepped out of the bathroom, let his gaze linger on the nurse for two seconds, and instructed, "You, help her change clothes."

The nurse nodded, took a few steps, then asked, "Should I give her a bath first?"

Elias Langley, "You may."

Nurse, "Are there clean clothes for after the bath?"

Elias Langley, "My shirt."

Nurse, "After changing her clothes, will you carry her out?"

Elias Langley cast a sidelong glance at her, "Are you the queen of questions?"

Nurse, "..."

Juliana’s condition wasn’t great; she was stimulated and caught a cold, quickly developing a high fever while unconscious.

Fortunately, the doctor left medicine to handle any situation before leaving.

Juliana curled up in the spacious bed, the man’s large shirt on her, the skewed collar revealing a flushed collarbone. Her lips were very dry, but ironically added a fragile allure.

Elias Langley stood at the bedside, gazing at her intently, and in a daze, felt it was he who had the fever.

At this moment, Quinn Shepherd had prepared the antipyretic medicine and knocked on the bedroom door.

In accordance with the "Boss Nurturing Taboo Code," he dared not glance at the woman on the bed.

Elias Langley turned around, took the antipyretic medicine from his hand.

However, when he brought the medicine to Juliana’s lips, the man paused.

She wouldn’t wake up, how would she open her mouth to drink the medicine?

Just then, Quinn Shepherd made exaggerated gestures at the bedroom door, amusingly signaling, "Use your mouth, feed her with your mouth."