Chapter 8 I'm Married

• Josie pouted. "But I managed to patch it up."
• Perceiving Dexter's gloomy gaze, Josie quickly sat up straight and mumbled, "I'll be more careful in the future."
• Dexter warned coldly, "You'll be finished if it happens again."
• Josie nodded incessantly.
• "Please drop me at the next junction. I'll go back to the hospital to visit my father."
• Paul and Henry stayed in the same hospital.
• Dexter said nothing and pulled off the road. Before getting out of the car, Josie gazed at Dexter fervently. "I did a good job, didn't I? Grandpa seemed to be happy. Mr. Russell, my full-attendance bonus…"
• "You're not going to get it."
• Josie freaked out. I was wrong. I shouldn't have provoked him. Oh well, then… Josie crossed her arms and said fearlessly, "Alright then, I'll meet Grandpa again when I'm back in the hospital later."
• Just as Josie was about to unfasten the seat belt, Dexter gripped her wrist immediately. "Are you threatening me?"
• Josie answered with a wide grin, "I wouldn't dare."
• "Very well. Let's go back together to visit your father."
• Josie was stunned. No way he wants to visit my father. Given his fierce look, he will most likely take off my father's oxygen mask!
• Josie wussed out and muttered, "I'm sorry, Mr. Russell. I'll not interrupt grandpa. I'll forgo the bonus."
• Dexter snorted while Josie unfastened the seatbelt and got out of the car sullenly.
• …
• Last night, Josie was informed that Dexter had asked his subordinate to transfer Paul into the VIP ward.
• Josie sat down in front of the bed and was sorrowful, looking at her father, who had been in a coma for three years.
• "Dad, quickly come around, would you? I miss you so much, and I miss talking to you."
• Josie's eyes turned red-rimmed.
• Truth be told, she couldn't remember if she was twelve when she met Paul.
• She was admitted to the same hospital. Her mind was blank when she regained consciousness, but the first person she met was Paul.
• Paul was a surgeon. He adopted Josie after she lost all her memories. He treated her and fed her medicine. When the police failed to find her family, he brought her home.
• Time flew —it had been more than ten years since then.
• "Hey, Jo."
• The ward door opened. Matthew Sander, Paul's doctor-in-charge, walked in. With her back facing Matthew, Josie wiped away her tears before she stood up to greet him.
• "Hey, Matt."
• Josie and Matthew were close friends. In the past few years, Matthew had been helping her to pay the medical fees first when she was short of money.
• Dressed in a white coat, Matthew wore a smile on his handsome face and asked, "Yesterday, I heard from the director that a first-rate medical team from overseas was sent to treat your father. Jo, how did you…"
• Josie knew what Matthew wanted to ask – how she got the money.
• "Matt, I'm married."
• Matthew was shocked. "Married?"
• In the last three years, Matthew helped Josie generously, and Josie deemed him an elder brother. So, she hid nothing from him and told him about the sham marriage with Dexter.
• Matthew thought the incident was dramatic. "B-But this is too sudden."
• "Yeah. I've been wanting to get married for a long time so that I can move out of the house and stay away from my mom. Dexter can help my dad too, so it's not a bad deal." Josie had reconciled with the fact.
• Staring at Josie's side profile, Matthew was dismayed by the sudden news.
• All the while, he thought Josie wouldn't consider getting married before Paul woke up. Little did he know that she had been wanting to get married.
• If so, he…