Chapter171
Johanna said it nicely, but I don’t think Theron would let her go. After all, she was pregnant and not suitable for long journeys.
But little did she know, Theron had a strange feeling in his heart, “Wives should be doing these things, wives can easily handle these household chores, he can confidently entrust the big things to his wife.”
He didn’t know that in his past life, Lizzie did a great job. Now, he has a feeling that Johanna can also do these things well.
Although he paused for a moment before hanging up the phone just now, he still thought that Johanna is Éfren’s fiancee after all. They were forced to get married, and he couldn’t treat her as a wife.
Maybe Johanna said those beautiful words because he needed someone to share his burden, or maybe he needed the identity of a “wife” to fill the void in his heart after losing Lizzie.
He looked at Johanna gratefully and said, “Okay.”
Johanna, who was originally planning to say a few dignified words after Theron’s rejection, almost couldn’t hold back the worry on her face!
“I’m going to buy you a ticket now. Can you please help me talk to my mom? If I can get the position of a professor once, I can fight for it a second time.”
Theron picked up his coat that he had just taken off and hurried out.
Johanna reached out and grabbed him, “Wait!”
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But Theron walked too fast, she couldn’t catch up at all!
How come he actually agreed! He shouldn’t have considered her pregnancy and inconvenience to travel and rejected her proposalt
An hour later, Theron came back with the ticket.
“Sorry, Johanna, time was too tight, I didn’t manage to buy sleeper tickets.”
Johanna was almost knocked over with anger!
She was pregnant! How could she endure sitting on a hard seat for over ten hours!
But in order to rebuild her image in Theron’s heart, she gritted her teeth and took the hard seat ticket from Theron’s hand.
Johanna leaned back on the hard seat, the carriage filled with a mix of sweat smell, almost making her sick.
Finally getting off the bus, Johanna got off and immediately puked, her face turning pale. She also felt a slight pain in her lower abdomen, making her face even paler.
After taking two more buses, she finally arrived in town and immediately rushed to the hospital.
The hospital in town, “is not as nice as Equinox Hospital.” The walls are peeling, the corridors/are dark with little light, and the air doesn’t circulate well.
Hearing about Vanessa’s ward, she took a deep breath, forced a gentle smile on her face, and walked in.
When Vanessa saw Johanna, her originally sickly face immediately lit up with exaggerated radiance.
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“Oh, Johanna, my dear daughter–in–law, you finally came!” She grabbed Johanna’s hand and her eyes welled up with tears.
Vanessa held Johanna’s hand and introduced her to the other patients in the ward, “This is my eldest daughter–in–law, a city girl who works with my son at Equinox Research Institute. She’s pregnant, and as soon as she heard I was sick, she came to see me.”
She kept praising Johanna’s filial piety and thoughtfulness, as if Johanna was the perfect daughter–in–law in the world.
And the second daughter–in–law, Naima Bartlett, who quietly took care of her all night, was completely ignored by her.
When she cried, it made people think she had been wronged so much. Everyone in the ward looked at Vanessa’s daughter–in–law Naima.
If they hadn’t seen Naima taking care of Vanessa with all her heart, they might have misunderstood Naima as being unfilial when she cried.
Everyone just laughed along.
Naima felt really uncomfortable with Johanna’s hypocritical attitude, she didn’t like it at all.
She still liked Lizzie, that girl looked honest and easy to get along with. I don’t know what Vanessa was thinking, getting involved with someone so cunning.
However, no matter how dissatisfied she was, she didn’t dare to show it. After all, she’s Theron’s wife, and their children still rely on Theron.
After Vanessa showed off, she lowered her voice and asked, “Is it true about Theron?”
She asked, her eyes turning red again.
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Johanna nodded, “Mom, don’t blame Lizzie.”
Vanessa rolled her eyes, “Is it Lizzie again causing trouble for him Lizzie just never stops! She called Zusate Village, and that jerk Alvare hit Jasmin! They’ve only been married for less than a month! Did you see Jasmin’s face? Sob…”
Johanna felt sore all over, but had to comfort her, “Theron will come back, he’s just busy with his mission right now.”
“Wah, Theron’s life is so tough, they say you should marry a virtuous wife, but he was blinded by that disaster Lizzie, and it ended up ruining him, wah…” Vanessa cried, covering her face.
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