Chapter 148 You Wanted To Take Advantage of Me (2/2)

'Anyway, I have to leave here first.'

Emily walked cautiously along the wall, and then, all of a sudden, she bobbed down when she saw two girls walking towards her. But when she found out who they were, she bobbed up and exclaimed,”Chloe! Layla!”

Chloe and Layla were stunned to see Emily, but the

ck's room. She asked the nurses on duty in the villa and quickly figured out where Jack was with their help.

When she sneaked into the room, she was stunned by what she saw—A man was lying on the bed, covered up to his neck with sterile white bed sheet. And he had a green oxygen mask on his pale and fading face.

Emily's heart suddenly curled. 'Why did Sam say that Jack was not seriously injured, when he is actually lying here like a dead man with that oxygen mask to help with his breathing?' she wondered.

Before Emily could get closer to Jack, a nurse suddenly came in. Strangely enough, she didn't seem too surprised to see Emily there, instead, she nodded at Emily and greeted,”Good afternoon, Ms. Emily.”

”Good afternoon,” replied Emily. Somehow feigning a smile on her face, Emily was startled to see the nurse take off the oxygen mask from Jack's face. With her eyes widened, Emily cried out without a conscious thought,”No!”

Surprised by Emily's voice, the nurse paused for a long while before she responded,”Miss....Miss Emily, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong?”

”Why did you take off his oxygen mask? How will he breathe without that?” Remembering what a moribund state Jack was in yesterday evening, Emily could not help but hobble to the nurse with all her strength. The next minute she snatched the mask from the nurse and placed it over Jack's face again. Then she turned round and glared at the nurse angrily.

Dumbfounded, the nurse paused before she responded in an aggrieved tone,”Ms. Emily, Mr. Jack is doing much better now. He won't need the oxygen mask to breathe anymore. And taking off the mask is actually going to help with his recovery.”

Embarrassment rooted Emily to the ground, as she said,”Oh, I didn't know that...”