Tempting My Rented Boyfriend - Chapter 132

Ch-132

“You came here to tattletale this?” Cedric said. He felt this was too stupid of Edward to complain.

“Edward… I don’t come in the middle of your arguments with my wife. She has her judgment. Even if her judgment went wrong it is good. That way she can learn how to grow up. As for things between you and Myna, these are unrelated to me,” Cedric said straight on his face.

“Sigh…” Edward sighed expecting him to give him an answer.

“But… don’t doubt the force of a wounded beast,” Cedric said.

Edward looked at him with surprise. He described his wife as a beast.

“I am leaving. You should leave your company too. I can’t be late, after all I am going to impress my father-in-law,” Cedric said as he grabbed his coat while getting ready to leave.

“Heartless,” Edward yelled at him.

“Thank you,” saying these words Cedric shut the door on him and left. Leaving the lonely soul of Edward.

Edward: “…”

He realized his friend was getting farther and farther away from him. To the point that Cedric even turned into the way that he would abandon his childhood friend. He cried crouching on the floor till an imaginary stream of tears formed in the room. Feeling overwhelmed by the bitterness of being single, he just left the place with a bitter heart.

On the other hand…

Eleanor dropped Myna in her apartment. Myna went directly to her apartment. She threw her bag on the couch and kicked away her heels somewhere. She slumped on the couch tiredly but she felt stinky for not being able to take a proper bath in the past three days. Dragging her tired body, she went inside the bathroom. She let the bathtub fill with water. Stripping herself naked, she waited till the tub was filled. After the tub was filled she added some essential oils that would soothe her muscles.

When the tub is filled she soaked herself in the tub. She could feel her muscles were shaking. All the muscles in her body were having severe tremors making her feel worse.

She ignored all the pain and leaned against the tub. Feeling relaxed, she felt everything was setting in her place. She decided to have a stock of lavender in her home from now on.

As she leaned her head back, everything came into her head. She was responsible for Martin’s condition directly or indirectly. If she was a bit careful and noticed the abnormal changes in his body, he wouldn’t be lying on the bed like this. She trusted people so easily. But… How could she take risks in Martin’s health? She was such a fool. She shouldn’t have done that. As she thought about it a lone tear escaped from her left eye.

Myna has nothing but self-blame in herself. How could she show her face to Eleanor? How could she face Aiden Zora? She was so confident that she could be a good sister-in-law for Esther and be a good daughter-in-law for Edward. But… Why is fate so cruel? It shredded all the hopes of her life. She doesn’t want to show her face to them. She just wanted to escape this world forever. More tears slipped from her eyes. But she didn’t care. She made a false promise.

All the years, her love was unrequited. And even now… she couldn’t love him. After all, she was his sister, right?

Maybe it’s high time for her to stop loving him and return to her family. After all, it’s been six years since she left the house.

After her bath, Myna walked out wrapping out a clean towel around her naked body. Changing herself into a pajama dress, making herself feel comfortable. Combing her hair, she applied her daily skincare. Finding her palms turning rough due to all the surgeries she was performing, she felt she needed to turn them smooth.

After she was done, she went to her bed and laid turning off all the lights. But no matter how long she tried to close her eyes, she couldn’t sleep. Her thoughts drifted back to the events that happened from the past three days.

Even though she was just a junior surgeon, her senior surgeon was helping her and guiding her. She has to say if she stayed in Emerson’s hospital, her career would rise. But was she ready to work in that hospital taking care of Martin? Maybe she should give up on him. It’s been years… and he still treats her like a sister. But a part of her says that after he was awake everything would change. With a little hope, she drifted into her sleep.

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On the other hand…

Eleanor reached home. She doesn’t know how to feel or what to feel but she felt terrible. She looked at the bustling mansion. Eleanor chuckled at her father’s antics. Even though he said he didn’t like Emerson’s, he was putting effort into the meal with Emerson’s. She wondered if his smile would stay all day if she broke the news about her brother’s progress.

She had a feeling that… everything was related to the times of the older generation but not theirs. As the descendants, we take their genes, love, wishes, and everything. Now… we were drawing blood too. And that blood happened to be Martin’s. She wondered what kind of enemies her father or Zora’s family had. This was too tricky. And too bloody.

She couldn’t help but feel frustrated. Someone put their company in a mess, which led her brother to suffer from pressure and insomnia. And when the time was right they attempted an accident or lets a murder? Who knows. After the Zora empire was thrown into shambles, she broke up with Boris. Then there it was… Amelia and Parkinson’s family. And then… Cedric’s proposal, marriage, her life, career, her new family in her personal life. And professionally, she became the acting CEO of Zora groups, handling teams, handling the employees, and her business proposals. Everything was at its peak. And she felt suffocating. It’s like a wet cloth tied around her neck was unable to breathe freely or remove it completely. It has enough place to breathe but it’s always in fear of suffocating to death.

Everything went like a buzz today. Her brother was drugged With Zolpidem? Who in the world would do that? The people she sent to investigate came with empty hands. All they could show was that it’s a real accident. It’s just that the accident was too perfect. And she wasn’t a fool to believe in the perfect things. The perfect things the suspicious she grows. She wanted to know… who was behind this perfect accident.

Zolpidem? Hmm? She needs to get her hands on this drug information. Or else… Maybe she needs to start investigating things from the previous hospital. Or else the senior doctor. Eleanor couldn’t help but be cautious… Even with the presence of Myna, there was someone who could get past her and inject the medicine into his body. This was a tricky thing that made her feel frustrated.

Even though Cedric promised her to help on this thing. She never really asked him to investigate this issue. Maybe she needs to ask for his help. She already took a lot of advantage of him, now she doesn’t want to take anymore. But God always seems to push her on to him.

She sighed…. At the complicated things. Shaking her head, she realized she needs to be stronger, harder, and smarter than now.

With her thoughts, she climbed out of her car and went inside the house. She saw her father ordering Eric to reset the table again as he felt it wasn’t perfect. The maids were quick in cleaning the house, walls, and vases. She felt like Christmas arrived early. All she knew was or remembered was cleaning the house before Christmas.

With a slight chuckle, she walked inside. “Hi Dad,” she greeted.

“How is Myna?” Aiden asked the very first question.

“Overworking,” she replied, shaking her head.

“That girl cannot be changed,” he said with a sigh.

“Don’t worry. I dragged her out of the hospital after her three long vacations from there. And now she must be napping,” Eleanor said.

“That’s good,” he said.

“Yeah…” Aiden said.

“Umm… dad…” she called out again. Aiden who was about to return to work turned his head towards her.

“To study,” she said and walked to the study. Aiden said nothing, he just followed her shrugging his shoulders.

“Hm… What is it Nora?” he said.

“Good news,” Eleanor said.

“Good news must be shared,” he said with a smile.

“Myna said brother…” Eleanor stopped midway.

“Brother?” Aiden asked.

“Brother moved his fingers. And may wake up soon,” Eleanor said.

Aiden was stunned at her words. Was that real? He doesn’t know what to say. He felt like someone tied his tongue. He wanted to shout, cry and scream. But I couldn’t.. All his emotions were shown in his eyes in the form of tears.