Marriage Games with a Charming CEO

Chapter 44 Do You Miss Me

Chapter 44 Do You Miss Me

Edmond did not immediately agree to Melissa's request.

He lowered his eyes with a calm expression. But he said in a deeper tone, "The relapse of the old disease will progress faster than before, and the success rate of the surgery is not high."

Melissa pursed her lips and continued, "I will cooperate with the treatment, but I don't want Licia to worry anymore. She has suffered enough because of my illness."

She remembered that two years ago, when Alicia had learned of her illness, she had taken two part-time jobs the next day. She delivered milk before going to work and worked as a driver after work, sleeping less than four hours a day.

Still, the money she earned was very little.

Melissa's condition deteriorated rapidly, leaving Alicia with little time to earn money.

At one point, Melissa even wanted to give up treatment and die, but Alicia soon took her to the hospital with a check for one million dollars.

Melissa had doubts about the origin of the check, but Alicia refused to explain where it came from.

Until one day she found a contract in Alicia's closet...

"Edmond, Licia has never done anything for herself in her life. I don't want her to sacrifice for me anymore... Please promise me."

After reading the contract that Melissa handed over, Edmond tensed his jaw and lowered his eyes with a serious expression.

It turned out that many things were not as he had thought. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Alright."

...

After returning home, Alicia couldn't sleep and wondered if she should call Edmond. But when she picked up her phone and removed his number from the block list, she suddenly didn't know what to say.

Afraid he might be busy, she hesitated to disturb him.

It was one o'clock in the morning.

With a rumbling sound, Alicia felt hungry. She just realized that she hadn't eaten yet, so she decided to go down to the convenience store and buy some food herself.

"Ding-dong. Welcome..."

Edmond didn't expect to see Alicia in the convenience store.

After returning from the hospital, he saw the lights still on in Alicia's room. For a moment, he didn't know how to face her. So he found a convenience store to sit for a while to calm down, planning to go back after Alicia fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, he didn't expect Alicia to actually come down to the convenience store to buy food.

It was one o'clock in the morning. She was wearing nothing but a brown dress. Edmond, sitting in the corner, unnoticed by Alicia, was speechless.

'Isn't she afraid of catching a cold?'

'Dressing up like that and going downstairs alone late at night! What if you meet someone with bad intentions?'

Just as he was thinking about this, he saw a middle-aged man next to him staring at Alicia's back while licking his lips with greed in his eyes.

Alicia stood in front of the freezer, trying to decide whether to have spaghetti or a sandwich. Suddenly, she felt someone approaching.

She moved aside to give the person room to pass, but instead of walking away, the person stood back to back with her, seemingly browsing the snacks on the display case behind her.

Alicia didn't think too much about it. But just as she picked up the spaghetti and was about to go to the counter to check out, the middle-aged man behind her suddenly turned. As he walked past her, the man tried to rub his arm against Alicia's breasts.

At that moment, Alicia sensed that something was wrong. Before she could move away from the middle-aged man, someone grabbed her arm from behind and pulled her aside.

Alicia fell into the strong arms of the person who, of course, placed his hand on her slender waist and held her tightly.

She was startled and about to resist when a faint scent of men's perfume reached her nose. Then she heard a familiar deep voice.

"It's the middle of the night and you're still up. Are you losing sleep because you miss me?"