CHAPTER 170: CHAPTER 170: JULIANA JACOBS WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND HIS NECK

"This is not child’s play. Establishing a caregiving relationship based on a false perception is detrimental to Jared Langley’s recovery. We cannot go along with his illusions."

Victor Langley immediately nodded in agreement, "Yes, how does that make sense."

The moment he finished speaking, the heart monitor sounded an alarm.

"Don’t discuss this here, find another place to consider it."

The doctor rushed back to the bedside.

The four of them moved to a corner in the hallway, and Leona Sheridan grew anxious.

"Honey, listen, as long as you deny it, our son can’t take it. Are you just going to stand by and watch something happen to him?"

Victor Langley said, "But our Langley Family is quite reputable here; having an ’unofficial fiancée’ suddenly appear out of nowhere, especially a divorced woman, how will the public see that? If such rumors spread, it will damage the Langley Family’s reputation."

Juliana glanced at Victor Langley, her gaze inadvertently swept past the tense profile of Elias Langley, a barely noticeable smile flitting across her face.

But Leona Sheridan became agitated, "Didn’t you hear the doctor? My son is lying in a hospital bed now, his life is more important than reputation or face!"

"Sister-in-law, this is not the right way to solve the problem." Elias Langley countered,

"Then what is the right way? Watching him get so agitated that he faints again or even worse?"

Leona Sheridan finished speaking and suddenly froze, coming back to her senses as her gaze moved back and forth between the two men in front of her.

"Something’s off between you two," she said.

The two brothers rarely aligned, yet today, they unexpectedly sided against her twice.

The air was thick with a strange tension.

Victor Langley cleared his throat, "Who among us is qualified to discuss agreeing or not? This should be Miss Jacobs’ decision."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone’s gaze finally turned to Juliana, who had been ignored.

Leona Sheridan immediately grabbed Juliana’s hand, righteously declaring, "You can’t shirk responsibility! My son ended up like this because of you..."

"Protecting her was Jared’s own choice; don’t morally coerce her," Elias Langley interrupted Leona Sheridan’s words.

Juliana’s gaze lingered on his face for a moment, recalling that absurd three-year pact, and suddenly, she smiled, nodding crisply, "Alright."

Leona Sheridan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Elias Langley’s face darkened further, like a cat that had its treat taken away but had to maintain poise.

Juliana casually withdrew her gaze, deliberately avoiding looking at him.

"If that’s the case, then we will cooperate. Once Jared wakes, it’ll be hard work for Miss Jacobs. As soon as he’s recovered, this relationship will immediately end." Victor Langley stated.

"Does a unilateral claim also count as a relationship? Are you going to pick up another woman at the entrance to the civil affairs bureau and call her a second wife?" Elias Langley coldly corrected him.

"How could you say something like that, second brother?"

Leona Sheridan was touched on a sore spot.

If she hadn’t kept a tight watch all these years, who knows how many sisters-in-law she’d have by now.

If they hadn’t been able to find Adrian Langley’s mother, she would’ve been cut out too.

Victor Langley was stumped, "Yes, yes, they have no relation."

Elias Langley turned his face away without expression, feeling displeased inside.

Just then, a nurse rushed over, saying, "The patient is awake and keeps asking where his fiancée is."

In the hospital room, Jared Langley once again sat up on his own.

As soon as he saw Juliana, he reached out his hands eagerly, "Juliana, where did you go?"

Elias Langley appeared nonchalant, but his lips pressed into a straight line.

Juliana stepped forward. Jared, full of anticipation, thought she would hold his hands, but she simply clasped his wrists, placing his hands back on the bed cover.

"Juliana..." Jared frowned.

"You’re not fully recovered, you’re not allowed to touch me."

"I can be discharged now."

"I mean until your memory returns to normal."

Jared, "..."

Just then, Victor Langley received a call from Adrian Langley and hurried back to the company.

In the hospital room, only four people remained, and the atmosphere became subtly strange.

"Why are you just standing there? Go get a basin of water for Jared to wash his face," Leona Sheridan ordered imperiously.

Juliana turned her eyes to her, "Am I a caretaker?"

Leona Sheridan immediately adopted the demeanor of a mother-in-law, "You must serve your fiancé well."

Juliana raised an eyebrow, "Do you kneel and serve Chairman Langley at home?"

Leona Sheridan was struck speechless.

Seeing this, Jared suddenly said, "Juliana, I want to eat an apple."

"Hurry and peel an apple for him!" Leona Sheridan finally vented her frustration.

However, before Juliana could turn around, Elias Langley had already picked up the knife and an apple from the fruit platter, skillfully peeling it.

Leona Sheridan, despite having a mind full of critical remarks like "Peel it thin" and "Cut it into small strips," swallowed all her words as the gloomy uncle took action, not daring to utter a single word.

Elias Langley’s method of peeling the apple was so skillful it was almost fierce.

Jared looked into the unreadable eyes of his uncle, inexplicably feeling a chill on his neck.

It felt as if his uncle wasn’t peeling an apple but his own neck.

In less than a minute, an apple was reduced to evenly sized pieces, lying in the plate.

Elias Langley placed the plate on the small table in front of him, his tightly pressed lips letting out a single word, "Eat!"

Jared shivered, looking toward Juliana, ambitiously wanting her to feed him.

Elias Langley softly stuck the fruit knife into the bedside cupboard beside Jared, the handle slightly vibrating.

"Want me to feed you?" he asked.

Jared shook his head, quickly grabbing an apple and stuffing it into his mouth.

Elias Langley glanced at him emotionlessly and turned to leave the room.

As soon as he left, Leona Sheridan exhaled a breath of relief, still shaky with fear, and in frustration and anger, she vented it all on Juliana.

She ordered unhappily, "What are you still standing there for? Jared just woke up, now hurry and find a doctor to understand the precautions and take good care of him."

Juliana gave her a look, said nothing, and turned to leave.

Jared rubbed his forehead, "Mom, weren’t you two close? When did it become like this?"

Leona Sheridan, "..."

Were we ever close?

Juliana had barely stepped out of the room when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into an equipment room.

The door clicked shut.

In the dim light, Elias Langley pinned her against the wall, eyes flooded with restrained possessiveness.

"Let’s talk."

"No talk."

Juliana turned her face away.

"Then I’ll kiss you."

Juliana turned her face back to look at him, "Don’t be a rogue."

Elias Langley gritted his teeth, "You agreed to be his ’fiancée’, then what am I?"

Juliana suddenly laughed, reaching out to wrap her arms around his neck.

"Aren’t you going to have me wait for you for three years? Doing something else doesn’t affect my waiting for you."