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Chapter 371
“What? Was this caused by you again!?!”
Matt seemed to be very concerned about Lauren and Jordan thought that perhaps it was not only limited to the concern from a doctor to a patient.
Lauren was so beautiful that no man would be able to resist her charm.
Matt said furiously, “Although I know I can’t beat you, I still want to hit you!”
Matt was really courageous and brazen to have swung his fist at Jordan to hit him, despite knowing that Jordan was extremely tough and strong.
Besides, his strength didn’t hurt or disturb Jordan at all, and Jordan didn’t care about the light punch from Matt at all. Jordan even hoped that he could hit him a few more times so that he could make up for the damage he had done to Lauren!
Matt said, “If you’re still a man, you should marry Lauren! Be responsible for her instead of letting her marry other men!”
“She won’t be happy marrying any other man except you!”
In fact, Matt was also single and was very fond of Lauren. However, in the last four years, he had never dared to harbor any inappropriate thoughts about Lauren and never dared to court her.
It wasn’t because Lauren’s family was esteemed and powerful, but because Matt knew clearly that Jordan was the only person Lauren loved.
Jordan did not say anything. How could outsiders possibly know about the relationships of every single person?
If he married Lauren out of sympathy, what would happen to Victoria?
He can’t save one woman and then hurt another at the next turn.
“I’ll go keep her company.”
Jordan stood up and walked out of the room before going to the place where Lauren was resting.
Chloe was still staring at her mother with her eyes wide open. Seeing that her mother was sleeping, Chloe put her finger on her lips and did a “shh” gesture at Jordan to tell him to keep quiet and make his footsteps as light as possible when he walked over, lest he disturbs Lauren during her sleep.
Jordan was very heartened for Lauren. He walked slowly and went over with gentle footsteps. Afterwards, he held Chloe in his arms.
He said softly, “Baby, let’s sleep here together with Mommy, okay?”
“Alright.”
Chloe soon lay in Jordan’s arms and fell asleep. After she fell asleep, Jordan carried her to bed to rest before returning to Lauren’s side.
Around four o’clock in the morning, Lauren suddenly started talking in her sleep.
“No… Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me!”
Jordan frantically woke up and held onto Lauren’s hand to give her a sense of security, after which he switched on the lights of the room with a remote control.
“It’s okay, Lauren, I’m here, don’t be scared.”
Jordan held Lauren’s hand and comforted her.
Lauren was jolted awake from her nightmare, and the moment she saw Jordan when she opened her eyes, she suddenly leaped into his arms and called his name. “Jordan…”
While hugging her, Jordan patted her shoulder and continued to comfort, “I’m here, I’m here.”
However, after a few seconds, Lauren suddenly realized that she shouldn’t be hugging Jordan and thus quickly moved back with a look of embarrassment.
“I… I’m sorry, I…”
Lauren tried to explain that she shouldn’t have gone to hug Jordan.
On the other hand, Jordan continued to hold Lauren’s hand and said, “I understand. I know it all.”
continued to hold Lauren’s hand and said, “I understand,
Jordan said, “Dr. Gale has told me everything about you treating me as… the perfect lover.”
Lauren quickly retracted her hand shyly. Even though she had already given birth, she still found it embarrassing because she was a woman.
Jordan asked, “Lauren, I know I don’t deserve to be your perfect lover, and I’d like to thank you for choosing to forgive me regardless of what happened in the past, and for treating me as such an important person in your life.”
“If I had known earlier, I would never have said that about you that day. Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”
Lauren ruffled her hair and said, “You’ve always had a wife or girlfriend. You’ll only feel more burdened if I tell you.”
Lauren was really too kindhearted.
Jordan said, “Dr. Gale told me that in your current situation, I’m the only person with whom you can accept physical intimacy.”
“You should call off your wedding with Chris. A chauvinist like him will never allow you to sleep in separate rooms like him because he finds it humiliating.”
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In fact, Lauren had also been fretting over this matter. “I’ll find a suitable time to talk to him about this. The wedding date has already been set and both our families are famous in DC. We can’t just cancel the wedding as and when we please.”
“But…”
Jordan still wanted to continue to persuade Lauren, but she didn’t want to continue talking about this matter, so she stood up and said, “I’m going to the bathroom.”
Chloe woke up at 5:30 am, and the trio left the hospital together.
Jordan planned to have breakfast outside at first, but Jordan insisted that he make breakfast for them when they got home.
Reason being, Jordan guessed that Lauren’s idea of a perfect lover must be a romantic and meticulous man who would prepare a sumptuous and romantic breakfast for her.
Hence, Jordan wanted to realize one of Lauren’s fantasies.
Jordan made a heart-shaped sunny-side up for Lauren and Chloe each, with a slice of heart-shaped bread underneath it, garnished with vegetables around the plate.
It was a simple meal made of simple ingredients, but it was extremely romantic and upscale.
“What a beautiful sunny-side up. I can’t bear to eat it at all.”
Lauren smiled.
Just as the trio were having breakfast happily and joking with each other, Chris suddenly entered.
“Miss Howard, Mr. Hank is here,” Felicia the maid informed.
Chris entered, only to see the three of them chatting merrily over breakfast, feeling extremely displeased.
Lauren was clearly his fiancée!
“You’re here. Have you had breakfast? Do you want to join us?” Lauren greeted.
If it was any other normal girl, she would probably ask him why he had left without saying bye yesterday, but Lauren was obviously not a spoiled girl.
However, Chris questioned sullenly, “Lauren, I heard you didn’t come home last night.”
Lauren nodded and said, “I was feeling unwell yesterday, so I went to the hospital.”
“You spent the night in the hospital?”
Chris didn’t quite believe it because Lauren didn’t seem to be sick or injured.
“Yes,” Lauren answered.
“What about him?” Chris asked, pointing at Jordan.
Lauren didn’t hide the truth from him. “He accompanied me and Chloe to the hospital.”
Since Chris’s underlings got beaten up by Jordan the last time, he hadn’t sent anyone to keep an eye on Jordan, so he didn’t know what exactly happened between Lauren and Jordan last night.
Chris said with a flushed face, “He stayed with you in the hospital for the entire night? Surely you two didn’t sleep in the same room, did you?”
Both Lauren and Jordan remained silent because they had indeed stayed in the same room.
Seeing that both of them did not refute, Chris knew that their silence was akin to admitting that they had shared the same room last night.
He snapped angrily, “Fine, Lauren, you’re my fiancée, but you slept with another man before we got married.. How dare you make me a cuckold!?!?”
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Chris was an extremely chauvinistic man who cared about the pride of men. After learning that his fiancée had actually shared the same room as another man in the hospital for an entire night, he flew into a rage.
On the other hand, Lauren hurriedly stood up to explain, “Chris, you need concrete proof before you speak. You don’t know anything at all. Who are you to say that to me and Jordan?”
Jordan was extremely displeased too and the three of them were having breakfast happily, but Chris’s arrival disrupted the ambiance.
Jordan put down his cutlery and said to Chris, “If you like being a cuckold, I can make you one. Do you want me to?”
“You…”
Chris was so furious that he gritted his teeth while thinking to himself that Jordan was really sharp- tongued. Be it in terms of fighting or arguing, Chris was no match for him!
Not wanting them to continue arguing, Lauren interjected, “Chris, I have something to say to you.”
Chris humphed coldly and said, “I have something to say to you too!”
Lauren said, “Let’s go to my room to talk.”
Looking at Chris’s furious expression, Jordan was worried that Chris might get physical with Lauren, so he called out to her, “Lauren, call me if anything happens.”
“Okay.” Lauren smiled at Jordan with a nod.
Afterwards, Jordan and Chris looked at each other with equally resentful gazes in their eyes.
Arriving at Lauren’s bedroom, Chris was instantly charmed by the alluring aroma in the bedroom and Lauren’s scent.
Looking at the gorgeous Lauren, Chris’s tone became much gentler, and he said, “Lauren, let’s move in together.”
“What?” Lauren was surprised that Chris had requested to cohabit with her premaritally.
Chris said, “We’re only a few days away from the 1st of April. I hope we can live together in advance, so that if you or Chloe fall sick, I can send you guys to the hospital immediately.”
“I don’t want last night to repeat itself. In case this gets out, how am I going to hold my head high again?”
Lauren lowered her head and said, “Actually, that’s what I want to talk to you about, too.”
Chris asked in surprise, “Are you also planning to move in with me before we get married? That’s great. Move to my place right away then!”
As he spoke, Chris grabbed Lauren’s hand in a bid to take her away.
Chris had long wanted to take possession of Lauren, who was lauded as the greatest beauty ever. He was extremely eager, even though Lauren was about to marry him soon.
It was fine if they were not engaged but now that there was a set marriage date, Chris had been feeling terrible these days!
He wished he could live these ten days in fast forward and skip to their wedding night where they would consummate their marriage.novelbin
Lauren let go of Chris’s hand and said, “You misunderstood. I wanted to talk to you about living together after we get married.”
Chris was immediately bewildered. “What’s there to talk about?”
‘Isn’t it only right for a married couple to live together after marriage?’
Lauren said, “I hope that we can live in separate rooms after getting married.”
“What did you say?” Chris flew into a rage immediately. “Stay in separate rooms? Who do you think I am? Do you think I’m your live-in husband? I’m about to marry you gloriously, and you want to live in a separate room from me?”
Just as Lauren expected, Chris was extremely repulsed by this matter and felt that it was a huge insult to him.
Jordan had also experienced that situation before.
He had been married to Hailey for three years and never went to stay in the same room as her, which made him feel extremely embarrassed.
It was a condition that no normal man can accept.
Lauren explained, “Chris, I don’t mean that I dislike you, but rather, I have no choice but to do so because I’m sick, so there’s no way we can consummate our marriage.”
“You… you’re sick?”
Chris subconsciously took a step back, clearly a little terrified.
‘Could it be that Lauren is not as pure as she seems on the surface? Does she have a very complicated relationship history?’
Lauren did not want him to misunderstand and think of her as a loose woman, so she explained, “I mean, I have a mental illness.”
“Mental illness? What kind of mental illness?” Chris probed.
It was a very complicated illness. If Lauren wanted to explain it to Chris clearly, she would inevitably have to tell him the entire story right from the beginning.
Lauren did not want Chris to know that Jordan was the only person she could accept at the moment.
Thus, Lauren said, “It’s a very complicated illness that I can’t explain clearly. Anyway, I swear on my family that I’m not lying to you. I really don’t have a choice, and I hope you’ll understand my plight.”
“We’ve known each other for longer than a year or two. You should know me well enough. I won’t lie to you.”
Chris naturally had faith in Lauren’s character. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so eager to marry her!
However, as Lauren’s fiancé, he really wanted to know what kind of illness Lauren had contracted!
Chris was in a dilemma, thinking to himself that it would be pointless to marry Lauren if she really had such a disease.”
Feeling rather ashamed as well, Lauren said, “I’m sorry, Chris. If you feel you can’t accept it, we can just cancel the engagement. We will apologize and compensate the Hanks.”
Chris immediately got extremely agitated. “Cancel the engagement? No way! Everyone in DC knows that I’m getting married and all the prestigious figures in the US will come to attend my wedding on the 1st of April! I will never let them see me become a laughingstock!”
Seeing how determined Chris was to marry her, Lauren continued, “How about you secretly get another woman after we get married? I’ll turn a blind eye to it and I won’t mind as long as the Howards aren’t put in a spot or embarrassed.”
Lauren actually agreed to let Chris have an extramarital affair!
Chris was extremely excited, although he originally intended to do the same, anyway!
However, Chris was a very hypocritical person, so he refuted immediately, “Bastard! Lauren Howard, what kind of person do you take me for? I’d definitely treat you well and be devoted to you wholeheartedly after we get married. How can I possibly let you and your family down!?!”
“Let’s talk about this matter another day. Since you’re unwell, get some rest. I’ll get going now!”
After saying that, Chris pushed open the door and left Lauren’s house.
He walked out of the house and got inside his Lincoln SUV.
He said to Robb, “Check Lauren’s medical records in the major hospitals for the past year, no, the past three years. Bring all the doctors that she has consulted back to me!”
“Yes! Mr. Hank, what are you planning to do with that?”
“I want to know what kind of illness she has!”
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Chris knew Lauren wouldn’t just make up a reason to deceive him. Thus, he believed she was really sick since she said so.
Thus, as Lauren’s husband, he had to get a clear understanding of Lauren’s relationship history!
The Hanks held great power in DC and an extensive network of connections everywhere, so it was rather easy for him to check Lauren’s medical history and hospital consultation records.
In one day’s time, Chris summoned many famous doctors from major hospitals in DC, all of whom were extremely busy and would only do appointment-based consultations with ordinary patients.
Yet, they were all called to Chris’s home.
However, Chris didn’t get any results even after questioning them one by one.
By five o’clock in the afternoon, Robb had forcefully brought Matt to Chris’s residence.
“Let go of me! This is kidnapping!”
Matt reluctantly walked forward, with two tall and burly fighters following behind him.
Robb found Matt, who had guessed what Chris was going to ask and thus refused to come, but Robb brought him over by force.
Robb chuckled and asked, “Dr. Gale, I advise you to cooperate with us and be very honest. The prestigious doctors in DC, who are more famous than you, have all come over personally. You’re just a junior psychiatrist. Why are you being such a snob and pretending to be busy?”
“Mr. Hank is just going to ask you a few simple questions. Just answer me honestly!”
As he spoke, Robb grabbed Matt’s arm and pulled him into the living room by force.
“Mr. Hank, Matt Gale is here,” Robb reported.
Chris was drinking tea when he heard that. He looked at Matt and said, “Dr. Gale, right? Have a seat.”
Matt humphed coldly and exclaimed, “Mr. Hank, if you want a consultation session with me, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to go to my office? You’ve gone overboard by catching me and taking me here by force!”
Chris smiled and said, “Dr. Gale, don’t be angry. I have to meet more than ten doctors today, and they are all from different hospitals. Wouldn’t I be exhausted if I had to go to every single hospital in person?”
Robb added, “Exactly. Don’t you know what Mr. Hank’s status is? Since he wants to question you, of course he wants you to come here!”
Matt hated Chris’s domineering attitude, and the thought of Lauren marrying such a man, he felt extremely worried about her marriage.
Matt sat down and said in displeasure, “Mr. Hank, quickly ask the questions that you have for me. I still have some matters to handle at the hospital!”
Chris got straight to the point. “You’re Lauren’s personal psychiatrist, right?”
As soon as Lauren’s name was mentioned, Matt immediately became cautious because he knew that since Chris dared to bring him here, he should have already known about their relationship.
Hence, Matt didn’t deny it and nodded instead. “Yes.”
“Very good.” A smile appeared on Chris’s face and he continued, “A psychiatrist definitely knows more than any other doctor. I’m sure you know her condition very well.”
“Tell me, why can’t she get intimate with me?”
Matt didn’t expect Chris to be so direct as to ask the key question right away.
Matt became really nervous and started stammering. “Huh? What do you mean? What, can’t she share a room with you?”
Chris humphed coldly. “Dr. Gale, drop the pretense. I’ve checked the records of Lauren’s visits to your office. She stays for at least several hours each visit and sometimes, she even stays overnight at yours, including last night!”
“Tell me, what was Lauren doing at your place!?!”
Seeing that Chris was enraged, Matt got a little scared. After all, Chris looked very ferocious and had a tall and burly figure. novelbin
Matt said stammeringly, “We didn’t do anything. I just gave her treatment.”
Chris’s patience was wearing thin, and he exclaimed, “I’m asking you, what kind of treatment did you give her!? Why did it take so long!? If you don’t tell me clearly today, forget about walking out of my door alive!”
Seeing this, Robb also immediately took action against Matt by pulling him up from his seat with one hand and kicking him to the ground.
“F**k! How dare you not answer Mr. Hank’s question!?!”
Matt was not intimidated by the violence at all. He vehemently refuted, “Miss Lauren’s condition is her privacy. Unless Miss Lauren agrees, I definitely won’t tell you!”
Chris kicked Matt angrily as well. “You really do know!”
Robb kicked Matt in his face, causing him to bleed immediately. “Quick, speak up!”
However, Matt still chose not to give in. “I will never betray Miss Howard!”
Chris looked at Matt, grabbed his hair and said, “Dr. Gale, it seems that you’re also very fond of my fiancée. Throughout these years, you must have been using treatment as an excuse to take advantage of my fiancée, right?”
Matt would rather get hit than have his personality insulted. Thus, he quickly denied, “Nonsense! I have never taken advantage of Miss Howard! I just want to make her happy and stop her suffering!”
Smack!
Chris slapped Matt on the face and exclaimed, “Punk, so you really like Lauren!”
Robb chimed in from the side, “I heard Gale is good at hypnosis. Could he have hypnotized Miss Howard and then taken advantage of her?”
“Nonsense! I’m not that lewd!” Matt barked at Robb.
Chris looked at Matt and felt that the latter seemed quite decent. He knew that the person Lauren trusted should have quite a good character.
“You won’t tell me, right? I have ways to make you talk.”
Chris got up, picked up the information his underlings had collated for him long ago and read, “Matt Gale’s father is the deputy director of Capital Friendship Hospital while his mother is the director of neurosurgery.”
“You say that your parents have worked as doctors all their lives and are about to retire. Do you think they hey break down and want to commit suicide if they are found to have accepted bribes or
something before they retire?”
At this moment, the expression on Matt’s face immediately changed. “Chris, it’s up to you to kill me or hit me. Just come at me, don’t mess with my parents! My parents have worked hard as doctors all their lives and have never done anything against the law!”
Chris laughed and said, “You should know that with my power, I can easily frame someone or promote someone.”
“As long as you tell me about Lauren honestly, I can not only leave your parents alone but also make your father the director. How does that sound?”
Matt really began to hesitate, because he knew Chris was not joking.
He really adored Lauren and didn’t want to betray her, but for the sake of his parents, he had no choice but to tell Chris the truth.
“Okay, I’ll tell you everything…”
Matt told Chris everything about Lauren’s condition, from the first meeting to what happened last night.
After hearing it, Chris flew into a rage!
“Ah!!! Jordan Steele! You bastard, how could you be the perfect lover for my fiancee!? You’re actually the only man in this world who can get intimate with her!”
“Why do you deserve that!?! Why!?”
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After hearing Matt’s account, Chris boiled with fury, like a bull that had gone berserk.
Bang!
Chris broke one leg of the mahogany chair that was worth over $15,000 after kicking it!
Smack!
With just one hand, Chris pushed the gilded teapot and teacups on the table all onto the ground, causing them to break and the tea to spill all over the ground.
Seeing that Chris had flown into a rage, Robb quickly rushed forward to comfort him. “Mr. Hank, simmer down! It’s not worth getting angry over such a woman!”
“Mr. Hank, you must stay away from a woman like Lauren who has such an illness. Jordan Steele is the only one in this world who can get intimate with her. Mr. Hank, you must not marry her!”
“If you were to go on a long business trip after you marry her and not return for more than half a month, she might get lonely and bored at home alone, and go to Jordan Steele for some relief.”
“Lauren isn’t getting any younger. As the old saying goes, women are more lustful the older they get. Besides, Jordan is Chloe’s biological father, so he has the right to see his daughter. The chances of them reconciling are very high!”
Chris slapped Robb on the face and barked, “I don’t need you to tell me that!”
Matt said, “Mr. Hank, I know you’re a male chauvinist who will never accept the fact that your wife is in love with another man.”
“So, I suggest you cancel your marriage with Miss Howard as soon as possible. That’ll be better for both you and her.”
Chris clenched his fist, extremely furious about the fact that his fiancée was completely head over heels in love with another man and was not destined to become a normal married couple with him.
How could Chris accept that!?
However, he had gone through great pains to marry Lauren, so he obviously couldn’t cancel the wedding!
It suddenly dawned on Chris that since the doctor could manipulate Lauren’s consciousness to make her fancy Jordan and treat him as a perfect lover, he should also be able to replace Jordan with Chris as the perfect lover!
Chris lifted up Matt, who was on the floor, and put him on the seat.
He said, “Dr. Gale, since you could glorify Jordan Steele and turn him into the perfect lover in Lauren’s heart, can you also do the same for me? Let me replace him and become the only man that Lauren adores!”
At this moment, Robb also came forward gleefully and said, “Yeah, Mr.Hank, how intelligent of you! I didn’t even think of it! This is actually simple,we can just have Dr. Gale hypnotize Miss Howard again, and replace the perfect lover in her heart with you!”
“Haha, once you become the perfect lover in Miss Howard’s heart, you will no longer have to worry about her cheating on you with someone else, Mr. Hank. Even if you leave for a long business trip in the future, you won’t have to be worried!”
Chris smiled, thinking that it was a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
Prior to this, he had never known that it was possible to manipulate a woman’s consciousness to prevent her from loving another man.
In fact, the reason that Robb repeatedly reminded Chris to be careful of Lauren cheating on Jordan after marriage, was because Chris’s former wife had committed adultery.
Chris was a martial arts fanatic who spent all his time doing business and rarely came home. Thus, he rarely showed concern to his wife.
Hence, his former wife started talking to another man and once Chris looked through her cell phone, only to discover that she had been chatting with other men and the content of their conversation was awfully lewd.
That was the reason that Chris exacted domestic violence on his ex-wife.
Matt did not expect Chris to make such a request, so he said, “Mr. Hank, I’m afraid this… won’t work.”
“Why wouldn’t it work!?! You managed to glorify Jordan Steele, so why can’t you do the same for me? How much money did Jordan Steele pay you to help him!?!” Chris was furious.
Robb reminded, “Dr. Gale, don’t just think about yourself whenever you decide. Spare a thought for your parents, too.”
Hearing the threat, Matt bit his lips and said, “Mr. Hank, if you want to replace Jordan as the perfect lover in Miss Howard’s heart, we will have to conduct continuous hypnosis to get her immersed in a made-up world.”
“I also have to make you even more perfect.”
Chris nodded and said, “That’s right. Make me even more perfect than Jordan!”
Matt said, “Things are not as simple as you think. You can’t just paint a perfect image,you have to fit the image well yourself too, in order for it to work. Otherwise, the illusion that we’ve worked hard to create might fall apart immediately after you return to the real world.”
Chris said, “Are you trying to say that if I want to take Jordan’s place, I have to be more outstanding than Jordan?”
Matt nodded.
Chris humphed coldly, and he said confidently, “Am I not better than him in real life!?”
Robb frantically rushed forward to curry favor. “Look at Mr. Hank’s physique and appearance. Hah. Jordan Steele is not comparable to you at all!”
“In terms of height, Jordan is at most 1.8 meters tall while Mr. Hank is 1.9 meters tall. He definitely trumps him! In terms of physique, Mr. Hank definitely isn’t inferior to him at all. Do you know how many women sneakily take photos of him and ask for his number when he goes swimming?”
“In terms of family background, Jordan is now a penniless man who has no parents to care for him. Mr. Hank is from a top-tier family in DC!”
“In terms of character and the masculine charm of a mature man, Mr. Hank is definitely better. He was once married and is older than Jordan Steele, so he knows how to be a good husband.”
“No matter what, Mr. Hank definitely trumps Jordan Steele!”
Hearing Robb’s praises, Chris nodded in satisfaction.
Matt criticized in his heart, ‘Is this punk Chris Hank still so oblivious? He trumps Jordan Steele in every aspect? You can’t even compare to me, let alone Jordan Steele!’
However, Matt naturally could not voice his thoughts out loud in front of Chris.
Chris said, “Dr. Gale, do as I say and bring Lauren to your hospital tomorrow morning for a hypnosis. Then, cancel all the perfect images about Jordan that you’ve painted for Jordan!”
“I want Lauren to hate Jordan and treat me as the love of her life!”
Matt had no choice but to agree. “Okay, I’ll try my best.”
…
Bright early the next morning, Lauren, who received a call from Matt, went to Matt’s hospital alone and entered his personal office.
Lauren knocked on the door and walked in. “Dr. Gale.”
“Miss Howard, you’re here. Please have a seat.” Matt hurriedly greeted Lauren.
After taking a seat, Lauren smiled and said, “Dr. Gale, what did you ask me here for?” novelbin
At this moment, Matt felt rather guilty while facing Lauren because he was about to give in to Chris’s request and do something that was against Lauren’s wishes!
As a friend, a doctor, and Lauren’s admirer, he did not want to do so.
However, for the sake of his parents, he had no choice but to do it again!
Matt said, “Miss Howard, based on the incident that happened two days ago, your illness is very serious, so I have to perform hypnotherapy on you and manipulate your consciousness again!”
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“Are you going to manipulate my consciousness again?”
Lauren was speaking calmly, without any fear or repulsion towards Dr. Gale’s hypnosis and consciousness manipulation.
On the contrary, there was a hint of inconspicuous excitement and anticipation amidst her calmness.
Not just anyone can have their consciousness guided and manipulated. It had to be someone like Lauren who had experienced great trauma and was living an unfortunate life.
The reason was simple. What should a person with a blissful life immerse himself or herself in a made- up world?
However, Lauren couldn’t be with the person she was in love with in real life, so she would want to be immersed in an illusory world where she could be together with Jordan and obtain happiness.
Matt nodded and said, “It might take a long time this time. Do you want to call someone at home to inform them?”
“Okay.” Lauren picked up the phone and called her maid to give her an explanation so that she would take care of Chloe.
Afterwards, Matt made a cup of coffee for Lauren, which although, looked like coffee, was also laced with some drug that would leave a patient immersed in a hypnotic state she could not get out of easily.
Matt then instructed Lauren to lie down on the sofa and close her eyes in the most comfortable and relaxed state.
It was so quiet in the room that the sound of a pin drop could be heard, because Matt’s office was soundproofed to the standards of a recording studio.
Even if there was a huge ruckus going on outside the room, they wouldn’t be able to hear it outside the room and similarly, the people outside wouldn’t be able to hear them.
There was warm air coming out of the central air conditioner and Matt took off his jacket before taking out a black hourglass timer. He then turned it over and started timing.
Matt stretched out his left index finger and gently fiddled with a black pendulum-like object, which began to swing at a rate of 40 BPM. novelbin
At this moment, Matt said slowly, “You’re now on a cruise ship, which is in the middle of an endless sea. You’re feeling terrible and you’ve drunk a lot of liquor at the bar.”
“A waiter helped you back to your room, and you were swaying unsteadily, so he held onto your waist, put you on the bed, closed the door, and then began to pounce onto you…”
At this moment, Lauren had already been hypnotized and was completely immersed in the scenario Matt had made up due to the spiked coffee.
“No!”
Lauren seemed resistant, and her body was swaying too because she was extremely repulsed by it.
Matt continued, “That man who pounced on you is quite handsome, but he’s a total lecher. He may be a little refined, but he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“No… No…” Lauren still refuted.
However, Matt said, “You know that man, too. Besides, he had just hurt you previously. His name is Jordan Steele!”
At this moment, in the room next door.
Chris said, “That’s right. It’s that beast, livestream!”
Chris and Robb stared at the surveillance camera footage in front of them. They could watch and hear in real time the situation in the room where Matt was.
Robb chuckled and said, “Dr. Gale’s hypnotism is pretty impressive. He managed to hypnotize Miss Howard within such a short period of time. Besides, after the hypnosis, she’s surprisingly half-awake, as if she’s immersed in another world.”
“What an impressive method. If he uses this trick to get up to something evil and get some female celebrity to come here, wouldn’t that be such a thrill?”
Chris cursed, “Idiot. Such hypnotherapy doesn’t work for anyone. It has to work for someone like Lauren who desperately wants to escape from reality.”
“Oh, I see.” Robb nodded and stared at Lauren, who was quietly lying on the sofa like a meek little sheep, with Matt next to her.
Robb nodded and asked, “Mr. Hank, once Miss Howard is immersed in the illusion, she won’t know what happens in reality. Will Gale use this opportunity to take advantage of Miss Howard?”
“It’s wintertime now, so she’s wearing thick clothing and that isn’t too bad. If it were summer and she’s dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts… It’s not like you don’t know that no man can resist Miss Howard’s long legs. I don’t believe that Gale doesn’t have any designs on her!”
Chris was extremely displeased. “Why do you keep talking about these things to upset me? Lauren is my fiancée, mind your words!”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Robb didn’t dare to say anything else after being reprimanded.
However, after lashing out at Robb, Chris said, “When Matt is done helping me out with this matter, you can find a time to interrogate him and ask him if he has ever taken advantage of Lauren during the treatment he gave her in the past.”
It seemed that Chris was pretending not to believe him, but he was actually full of suspicions. After all, the exact same thing happened with his ex-wife.
Robb chuckled and exclaimed, “Yes!”
At this moment, Lauren slowly spoke, and the two of them began to listen attentively.
“Jordan…”
Lauren, who had been trying to get out of the dream and struggling to resist, suddenly stopped. He became extremely composed!
“Damn it, why isn’t she resisting anymore!?!”
Chris was extremely surprised. Lauren was rather repulsed about this matter just now, but after learning that the man was Jordan, she suddenly became extremely calm.
Matt continued, “You desperately wanted to break free from Jordan’s clutches, but he’s too strong so you can’t push him away.”
Lauren remained calm.
Matt said, “At this very moment, a tall and burly man kicked the door to enter and he told Jordan to let go of his woman.”
“Who… who is it?” Lauren asked with curiosity.
Matt said, “This man is more than 1.9 meters tall and he’s very burly and muscular. He’s a manly gentleman, and he’s someone that you know, too. He’s Chris Hank!”
“Hahahaha, Mr. Hank, you’re the hero who’s going to save the damsel in distress!”
Robb, who was in the other room, began guffawing.
Chris also smiled in satisfaction, and he couldn’t help but smoke a cigarette. “You’re not praising me enough.”
Matt continued, “It hurt Chris to see you getting violated by Jordan Steele so he dashed over to punch Jordan in the face, causing Jordan to flee.”
“Chris stepped on Jordan and said to him, ‘Punk, listen up. Lauren is my woman and I will never allow anyone to hurt her! Get lost now!’ “
“Then Jordan ran away after a failed attempt.”
In the room next door, Robb applauded merrily while exclaiming, “Mighty Mr. Hank! How domineering! Mr. Hank, you beat Jordan Steele up into a pulp. Now, Miss Howard must think that you’re stronger than Jordan. Your image in her heart must be even more majestic now!”
Chris nodded with great satisfaction.
In fact, Chris was the one who asked for that scene to be added.
Chris had been beaten up badly by Jordan in front of Lauren, and being an extremely prideful man, he felt that this incident must be the reason that Lauren thought he was inferior to Jordan.
However, a man’s ability to fight is actually not an indicator that a woman would use to evaluate her partner. Lauren never cared about that factor at all.
However, at this moment, Lauren suddenly asked softly, “Is Jordan… injured?”
Chris was dumbfounded.
So was Robb..
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Chris threatened Dr. Gale and tried his best to create a scene of Chris being a hero that saves the damsel in distress from Jordan, the lecher who ends up fleeing.
The original intention was to make Lauren be grateful to Chris while despising Jordan.
However, after Jordan was brutally beaten up by Chris, Lauren was actually concerned about whether Jordan was injured or not.
That was not the stereotypical ending of a hero saving a damsel in distress.
For more than an hour after that, Matt continued to manipulate Lauren’s consciousness and made up plenty of scenes and stories.
Like the previous ones, they all negated Jordan’s perfect image and portrayed Chris as a perfect man.
When the sand in the hourglass had flown to the bottom, Matt made Lauren go to sleep and then brought a cup of water to the room next door where Chris was.
After speaking non-stop for more than an hour, Matt was parched, so he took a few big gulps of water.
He then said to Chris, “Mr. Hank, as you can see, Miss Howard is somewhat repulsed by you, while her feelings for Jordan are already deeply rooted in her heart.”
It was a normal sign because Lauren had really had intercourse with Jordan, after all.
Jordan was a very important person in Lauren’s heart, be it reality or in the illusory world she was in during the hypnosis.
Besides, Jordan had to be glorified, but Chris didn’t.
Lauren didn’t care if Chris was the perfect man or not and even if he was, she would at most admire him like a fan worshiping her idol.
However, Chris refused to give up and said, “Anyway, there are still ten days before Lauren and I get married. There is no hurry. Brainwash her 24 hours a day with high intensity. Oh no, I mean, manipulate her consciousness.”
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“In short, I want her to fall in love with me in her illusory consciousness first!”
Matt said, “It is true that I have to carry out uninterrupted consciousness manipulation in order to achieve the desired effect, but is it okay for Miss Howard to stay here for a long time? What if the Howards come looking for her?”
Chris said, “Don’t be afraid, if the Howards come looking for her, I will deal with it myself.”
Chris frowned, thinking to himself that Jordan would definitely take Lauren away by force if he were to know that he was there.
Robb, who was at the side, humphed coldly and barked, “If he dares to come, I’ll break his legs!”
Chris held out his hand and said, “It’s a critical period for brainwashing Lauren now. I shouldn’t be going hard against Jordan at this moment, lest I disturb Dr. Gale.”
“Dr. Gale, if Jordan comes, help me lie to him. Don’t ever reveal what happened between you and me to him. Don’t think that Jordan Steele can save you after you tell him the truth.”
“Don’t joke with your parents’ reputation!”
Matt, who had been threatened, clenched his fist in displeasure and replied indignantly, “I know.”
Chris patted Matt’s shoulder with satisfaction and said smilingly, “Very good. Work for me. I won’t treat you badly.”
“By the way, when we manipulate Lauren’s consciousness later, shouldn’t you arrange for me to have some intimate relationship with her? Like kissing or… you know, hahaha.”
Matt secretly cursed, ‘Chris Hank, you don’t deserve to be Lauren’s man!’
However, since he was being threatened by Chris, Matt had no choice but to concede and do as Chris wanted him to.
The only thing to be thankful for was that it was just a manipulation of her consciousness and not reality.
At eight o’clock in the evening, Jordan was carrying Chloe in his arms and playing with her in Lauren’s home .
He was now no longer working as a security officer at the mall, and Steve, who tried to molest Lauren, had also been admitted to the intensive care unit for resuscitation.
Jordan blamed himself a little for it because if it wasn’t for him, a daughter of a wealthy family like Lauren wouldn’t have been in contact with a lowlife like Steve.
Hence, Jordan also became more concerned about Lauren.
“Felicia, have you called Lauren? It’s already eight o’clock. Why isn’t Lauren back yet?”
Jordan asked Felicia.
Felicia was setting the table. She replied, “I called just now, but Miss Lauren didn’t pick up. She said she might be back later today. Sir, let’s have dinner.”
However, Jordan was still worried because Lauren wasn’t back yet. He stood up and said, “I’ll go to Dr. Gale’s office. Have dinner with Chloe. You don’t have to wait for us.”
“Sure.”
Jordan took a cab to Matt’s luxurious hospital. This time, things weren’t as smooth-sailing because Jordan had to get the receptionist to relay his message, followed by the assistant doctor, before he could see Matt.
“Dr. Gale…”
“Mr. Steele.”
Clad in a white coat, Matt initiated a handshake with Jordan.
Jordan had quite a good impression of Matt. He had asked around about the famous psychiatrist whom Matt said was his student, and learned that it was indeed the case. That psychiatrist even had a lot of respect and awe for Matt.
Matt was very competent and also very young, with a bright future.
Besides, he looked rather decent and seemed to have a good character, which made others feel comfortable around him.
However, Jordan probably felt good about Matt because he had taken the initiative to suggest turning Jordan into Lauren’s perfect lover.
Matt was the one who saved Jordan from being hated by Lauren forever by improving his image in her heart.
In hindsight, Jordan felt that he really had to thank Matt.
Jordan was rather polite too and asked, “Dr. Gale, I heard Lauren came over to see you today. Has the treatment ended yet? It’s already eight o’clock now and Chloe is waiting for her to have dinner together.”
Matt said, “Mr. Steele, I’m afraid Miss Howard won’t be able to return tonight.”
“Why?” Jordan asked.
Matt said, “To be honest, I’m manipulating Miss Howard’s consciousness today. For the next two days, she will be completely immersed in that illusory world that I conjured. In order to ensure that the treatment is effective, she will have to be completely isolated from the real world.”
Jordan frowned and asked, “Why does she need to do that?”
Matt laughed and said, “You’re the reason. Only after being hypnotized by me can she enter the illusory world where she can really have you. That’s the only place where she can feel the greatest bliss.”
“Have you watched ‘Inception’?”
Jordan nodded. He had not only watched “Inception”but was also close friends with the director of “Inception”, Christopher Nolan.
It can be said that the third-generation descendants of the Steeles were all fans of Christopher Nolan.
When the explosion scene of the movie was shot in the center of Paris, Jordan happened to be in Paris and even went to visit Nolan at work.
Jordan was having tea and watching Leonardo chatting with a young beauty outside a cafe when the street exploded.
Jordan thought the explosion scene would be created with post-production CG effects, but Nolan actually used real bombs, which frightened Jordan to the point of dropping his milk tea and scurrying away.
In terms of madness and imagination, Nolan was really on par with Musk. novelbin
Matt said, “There is a group of people in “Inception” who enter their dream at a fixed time each day because they need to escape from reality and enter the wonderful dreamland where they can truly be satisfied and blissful.”
“It’s the same for Miss Howard. She can’t be with you in reality, but you’re the perfect lover to her. Hence, she can only be with you when she enters the illusory world after being hypnotized by me.”
Jordan was shocked to discover that Lauren was here for the sake of being with him in the illusory world…
“Dr. Gale, I want to see her..”
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“Okay.”
Matt did not refuse Jordan’s request and led him to his personal treatment room.
At this moment, Lauren was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, but she wasn’t sleeping. Instead, she was being hypnotized.
Matt walked up and said to Lauren, “Jordan has come to see you.”
Matt then said to Jordan, “You can hold her hand.”
Jordan walked over, finding this scene to be rather amazing too, as he slowly hooked Lauren’s fingers.
Lauren said slowly, “Jordan… hug me…”
Lauren’s words made Jordan feel very awkward.
Matt explained to Jordan, “She can’t tell between reality and the illusory world. Don’t mind her. When she wakes up, you’d better not mention it either, lest she get shy.”
“Okay.”
Jordan finally understood why Lauren liked him that much.
It turned out that in these years, she would go to Matt for consciousness manipulation and in the illusory world, she had been on countless dates with Jordan and hugged him God knows how many times!
Since Lauren liked him and wanted to have him in the illusory world, Jordan couldn’t bring himself to interrupt her.
Jordan and Matt walked out of the room. Jordan asked, “Is she going to spend the night here tonight?”
Matt nodded and said, “People usually go to bed at night and it’s the best time for hypnotherapy because it will be twice as effective.”
“I know what you are worried about. Miss Howard is such a beautiful woman. After all, you’re definitely going to be uneasy about leaving her with a male doctor like me.”
“There’s a surveillance camera in my room. I’ll send you the footage for tonight, tomorrow morning.”
Jordan said, “That’s not what I meant.”
Matt smiled and said, “It’s better for you to watch the footage so that you can have a peace of mind. I’m not only going to send it to you, I’m going to send it to Mr. Hank, too.”
Jordan knew Chris was much more paranoid. Besides, Lauren was his fiancée, so he was much more concerned about Lauren and Matt than Jordan was.
“Okay, I’ll get going then.”
Jordan was not Lauren’s husband or even boyfriend. Hence, he had no right to stop her from getting treatment here.
However, Jordan was rather surprised because Chris was a male chauvinist who enjoyed getting jealous all the time. Yet, he allowed Lauren to spend the night there.
Jordan guessed that Chris would cancel the engagement after Lauren requests for them to sleep in separate rooms after marriage.
If that were the case, Jordan would be elated because Chris wasn’t good enough for Lauren at all!
After leaving the hospital, Jordan took a cab back to Lauren’s home. Along the way, Jordan couldn’t help but send a text message to Director Nolan, whom he admired the most.
“You’ll never be able to understand that the bridge scene in Inception that you wrote actually happened in a certain luxurious hospital in DC.”
“A beautiful woman hid in an illusory world just for the sake of escaping from reality and getting me! Oh my God, can you believe it? This is incredible!”
When he reached the destination, Jordan received a text message from Nolan as soon as he just paid the cab fare. novelbin
“Jordan, you’re way too narcissistic. Hurry and find a spinning top. Spin it and see if you’re still dreaming!”
“Also, go see my new movie Creed immediately! All your siblings have already watched it!”
Jordan got out of the car and read the text message. “Damn, Nolan actually called me narcissistic. Even he can’t believe that this happened!”
Jordan smiled helplessly before walking into Lauren’s home.
“Daddy!”
Chloe leaped over when she saw Jordan.
Felicia was cleaning up the cutler. Upon sight of Jordan, she immediately asked, “How is it? Is Missy coming home tonight?”
Jordan shook his head and said, “She’s staying over at Dr. Gale’s clinic. By the way Felicia, has Lauren spent the night at Dr. Gale’s place before?”
Felicia thought about it and said, “I don’t think it has in recent years. She would usually stay for an afternoon or come home after a few hours, but she had once slept over three years ago. When she was pregnant, she would sometimes stay for a few days at his clinic!”
Jordan nodded. At that time, Lauren was having an emotional breakdown and required long periods of continuous treatment.
Felicia seemed to understand what Jordan was worried about and said, “Sir, Dr. Gale is a decent man and Missy trusts him very much. Besides, he knows what Missy’s family is like, so he won’t dare to do anything to her.”
Jordan smiled and said, “I know.”
Afterwards, Jordan pinched the flesh on Chloe’s face and said, “Baby, Mommy’s not coming home tonight. Be good and go to bed with Felicia, got it?”
However, Chloe grabbed Jordan’s hand and said, “No! I want to sleep with Daddy!”
Felicia also said, “Yes, Dear, why don’t you stay here tonight? Missy isn’t around tonight, anyway. Even if Mr. Hank finds out, he won’t say anything about it.”
Jordan thought about it and felt that it was indeed an opportunity to sleep next to his daughter, which he had been wanting to do for a long time!
“Okay, I’ll stay here tonight.”
“Yay! Let’s go. I want you to tell me a story.”
Chloe took Jordan’s hand and brought him all the way to Lauren’s room, where she told Jordan to take off his shoes and get into bed.
Since it was Lauren’s bedroom, Jordan was too awkward to sleep on her bed.
“Chloe, why don’t we go to another room?” Jordan asked.
Chloe said reluctantly, “No, I want to sleep here.”
Felicia tried to persuade Jordan, too. “Sir, you can sleep here. I just won’t tell Missy when she comes home.”
Seeing that Chloe kept requesting, Jordan couldn’t bring himself to turn her down. “Okay, but I have to shower.”
Jordan had not taken a bath for the past two days and he had been working as a security officer and running errands everywhere. Hence, he wouldn’t sleep on Lauren’s bed without taking a shower.
“Okay, I’ll go fill the tub with water,” Felicia said happily.
“It’s alright, I’ll just use the faucet,” said Jordan, who didn’t want her to go to that hassle.
However, Felicia insisted, “How can that do? Sir, since you’re staying here, I have to serve you the same way I serve Missy. Please wait a moment.”
“Felicia…”
Jordan couldn’t convince her. He reckoned that the maids of major families were probably just like that.
“Sir, it’s ready.”
Soon Felicia brought Jordan to the bathroom and asked, “Sir, are you satisfied with this?”
There was a crystal carved bathtub that was even more expensive than a Ferrari sports car in the bathroom. It was filled with bubbles and some petals…
There was a longboard for placing things in the middle of the bathtub, a glass of red wine, aromatherapy candles, and a Bluetooth speaker.
“Why are there so many bubbles…”
Jordan felt it was a little too girly and he couldn’t accept it.
Felicia smiled and said, “Missy enjoys taking bubble baths, and the bubbles can cover the surface of the water, to prevent the water from cooling down too soon.”
Jordan thought of Lauren at this moment, who was in the illusory world in the hospital and fantasizing about being with him.
He really wanted to experience Lauren’s usual life, too!
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Jordan said, “Okay then, I’ll try this bubble bath. By the way, I see that there is red wine and Bluetooth speakers here. Does Lauren usually drink wine and listen to music when she takes baths in the tub?”
Felicia nodded and said, “Yes, Missy loves listening to music when she’s taking a shower.”
Jordan asked, “What is her favorite song?”
Felicia said, “Need You Now by Lady Antebellum, and many more. I’ll sort out the playlist for you afterwards.”
“Okay.”
“I won’t disturb you any longer, then. I’ll go outside now. Call me if you need anything.”
“Okay, thank you.”
After Felicia left, Jordan began taking a bath in the million-dollar luxurious bathtub and imagined how Lauren felt during her baths in the past.
Jordan couldn’t help but pick up the glass of red wine glass and take a sip out of it before connecting to the Bluetooth speaker and playing Lauren’s favorite song, ‘Need You Now’.
Jordan had not heard of that song before.
However, he was instantly attracted to it.
‘What a nice love song!’
At this moment, Jordan felt he had seriously underestimated the music scene.
Jordan’s favorite music genre was R&B.
“Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor…”
“Reaching for the phone cause”
“I can’t fight it anymore…”
“It’s a quarter after one. I’m all alone and I need you now…”
“…”
Listening to the song and enjoying the red wine, Jordan imagined Lauren must have done the same while thinking about him three years ago.
Jordan once again remembered the words that Lauren had said to him in the hospital just now. “Jordan, hug me…”
Lauren’s voice kept running through Jordan’s mind, and her stunning beauty kept surfacing in front of him.
Jordan felt as if his heart had been struck by an arrow.
“I… seem to… like Lauren.”
“No way. How is that possible? Victoria is my rightful fiancée and my future partner!”
As soon as that idea came to mind, Jordan forced himself to stop thinking about Lauren, although he knew he wouldn’t be able to stop himself if he were to really fall in love with her. It wasn’t something that could be changed just by thinking about it.
However, Victoria’s whereabouts were now unknown, so there was no way he’d fall in love with another woman because that wasn’t fair to Victoria.
After taking a bath, Jordan headed to Lauren’s room and lay down on her bed. He then held Chloe in his arms while telling her bedtime stories and coaxing her to sleep.
Jordan spent every waking minute with Chloe for the next two days.
However, although she had her father’s company, Chloe was still very reliant on Lauren because she had been following by her side for the last three years.
“Daddy, I miss Mommy. Why is Mommy still hospitalized? Can you wake her up?”
Chloe’s eyes were glistening with tears. In the last two days, Jordan had taken Chloe to Matt’s place, but Lauren would lay in bed during all their visits.
Jordan also felt that Lauren had been hospitalized for a long time. “Chloe, I’ll wake Mommy up now and ask her to come back to accompany you!”
Jordan was initially reluctant to interrupt Lauren’s hypnotherapy because the purpose of it was for her to enter the illusory world where she could be with him.
However, regardless of the reason, Jordan had to wake Lauren up because she was Chloe’s mother, after all. She couldn’t get addicted to being immersed in the illusory world and ignore her daughter, who existed in real life!
“Jordan, you’re here.”
Matt saw Jordan coming and greeted him.
However, this time, Jordan’s attitude wasn’t too friendly. He said with a firm tone of voice,: “Dr. Gale, I need to take Lauren home immediately. Chloe misses her badly, quickly wake her up.”
Chris had threatened Matt into brainwashing Lauren round the clock for several days, so he obviously wouldn’t dare to let Lauren leave.
Being put in a spot, Matt said, “I can’t do that. Miss Howard has to undergo continuous hypnotherapy for a week this time.”
“One week straight? Does she not want her daughter anymore? I can’t let her continue being immersed in that illusory world!”
Jordan pushed Matt away and barged into the treatment room where Lauren was.
“Hello, Jordan. What do you want?”
Matt also hurriedly chased after him.
In the room next door, Chris and Robb were still watching.
“Damn it, that punk Jordan Steele is here again!” Robb said in displeasure.
Jordan walked towards Lauren and held onto her hand before shaking it and saying, “Lauren, quickly wake up. Don’t be immersed in an illusory world. Chloe misses you very much.”
Chloe was still half-awake. She closed her eyes and murmured softly, “Jordan… Chloe…”
“Lauren, Lauren!”
Jordan called Lauren’s name loudly. He even patted Lauren’s face with his hand, but Lauren just wouldn’t wake up despite hearing him!
If it were an ordinary person, she would have definitely woken up!
Jordan flew into a rage and turned his head to look at Matt. “What drug did you feed her? Why didn’t she wake up even when I tapped her?”
Jordan suddenly felt that Matt was a little scary for giving her such medicine.
In her current state, Lauren was completely immersed in the illusory world. No matter how Jordan patted her, she just wouldn’t wake up. Moreover, she was completely unaware that Jordan was patting her and calling her in real life.
That was extremely dangerous because the consequences would be imaginably dire if someone were to take advantage of the opportunity to take liberties with her!
Matt also wanted to make Lauren wake up because she had been immersed in the illusory world for too long, but he couldn’t do so because Chris was watching from the room next door.
“Jordan, just leave. What’s wrong with letting her immerse herself in illusion? Can you give her happiness after she wakes up? Can you marry her?”
Matt retorted.
Jordan pointed at Matt and said, “Fabricated happiness isn’t real happiness at all! I must bring Lauren back to reality today!” novelbin
Robb, who was in the room next door, chuckled and said, “If you want to wake Miss Howard up, you have to have what it takes. Dr. Gale’s drug is very strong, and that said, I have to take some of such drugs from him. If I meet a woman I like, I can give it a try. Hehe.”
Chloe was bold and fearless, thinking that as long as Matt does not help him, Jordan will definitely be unable to make Lauren wake up.
However, Jordan suddenly took out a box of medicine from his pocket and stuffed a red pill into Lauren’s mouth.
Matt immediately tensed up and pulled Jordan. “Hey, what kind of medicine are you giving Miss Howard!?! You can’t feed her any random medicine. Are you trying to get her killed?”
“Get lost!”
Jordan pushed Matt to the ground and then fed Lauren the pill.
The pills in Jordan’s box were the finest products in the world, each of which cost a bomb. They were all produced by the world’s top medical experts, which could not be found on the market.
Even the topmost figures of the upper-class society may not enjoy it!
In less than a minute, Lauren slowly opened her eyes!
‘She’s about to wake up!’
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In the room next door, Robb saw Lauren slowly opening her eyes, and he immediately panicked. “Bad news, Miss Howard is about to wake up! She has been hypnotized for such a long time. You should be the first person she sees after you wake up!”
Chris panicked and quickly scurried out of the room before dashing into the room where Lauren and Jordan were in. Like a brute bull, he knocked Jordan away and squatted down in front of Lauren.
“Damn it!”
Jordan was knocked to the ground. Although he could defeat Chris, Chris was much heavier than him and thus, he could knock him to the ground easily.
At this moment, Lauren was still somewhat dazed after waking up and opening her eyes. She rubbed her eyes continuously in an adorable manner, like a teenage girl.
When her vision slowly cleared up, the first person she saw was Chris.
“Chris…”
Lauren called out affectionately and intimately. Compared to before, her tone and attitude towards Chris was obviously much gentler.
That made Jordan rather surprised. In the past, Lauren would speak to him in a rather austere tone. Yet, she now sounded extremely gentle.
However, Lauren’s next sentence made Jordan flabbergasted!
Lauren looked at Chris and said, “The world’s most perfect man…”
“Haha, it worked!”
Robb, who was behind him, exclaimed in amazement.
Chris and Dr. Gale had been brainwashing Lauren into thinking that Chris was the most perfect man in the world!
Jordan was dumbfounded, too. “How did that happen!?!”
Chris was overjoyed. He held onto Lauren’s hand and exclaimed, “Yes, I am the most perfect man in the world. I’m the man you love the most in this world! Lauren Howard, I love you!”
Chris wanted to strike while the iron was hot. He wanted to kiss Lauren while she was full of admiration for him!
However, just as Chris was about to move his face closer to hers, he was punched in the face!
Bang!
After Jordan got up, he punched Chris and knocked him to the ground.
How could he stand by and watch Chris take liberties with Lauren!?!
Afterwards, Jordan looked at Lauren and said, “Lauren, don’t let him fool you. He’s not the most perfect man in the world, but an absolute scumbag!”
Lauren was surprisingly more agitated after seeing Jordan!
“Jordan! Are you okay? Are your fingers fine? Is your body okay?”
Lauren burst into tears immediately. The way she looked at Jordan was as if she was looking at a deceased person who had come back to life.
Lauren held Jordan’s hand and checked his fingers one by one. When she saw they were all intact, she smiled, but her tears fell on Jordan’s fingers, one by one. novelbin
“Lauren, I’m fine, don’t worry.” Jordan said comfortingly.
In a moment of agitation, Lauren leaped into Jordan’s arms to kiss him!
Even Chris was stunned by that scene. He questioned loudly, “Why is this happening? Haven’t we already brainwashed her? Why does she still like Jordan so much?”
Both Chris and Jordan knew Lauren was still immersed in the illusory world. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have initiated a kiss given how restrained she was.
Matt shook his head and said, “I’ve warned you long ago. Jordan’s image has long been deeply etched in Miss Howard’s heart and no one can make her waver. She only admires you now, but she truly loves Jordan!”
“Bitch!”
Chris was exasperated. As Lauren’s fiancé, how could he watch his wife embrace another man?!
Chris obediently picked up an ashtray on the table and prepared to smash it at Jordan’s head from behind!
At this moment, Matt took a step forward and exclaimed, “Mr. Hank, you mustn’t act impulsively! Let me try waking Miss Lauren up.”
Matt grabbed a long bottle that was like a spray bottle before spraying it on Lauren’s face a few times.
Soon, Lauren let go of Jordan and suddenly sobered up. Once she did, she looked at Jordan again with shyness written all over her face.
“I’m… I’m sorry for what I did just now.”
Jordan looked at Lauren gently and said, “It’s okay, good that you woke up.”
Afterwards, Jordan glowered at Matt and Chris in exasperation before questioning, “Just what have you people done to Lauren in the last three days!?”
Lauren was shocked, too. “What? I’ve already been here for three days?”
Matt dropped to his knees in front of Lauren and began crying with a guilty expression on his face.
“I’m sorry, Miss Howard, I lied to you. In the last three days, I’ve been manipulating your consciousness and trying to replace Jordan with Chris as the perfect lover in your heart.”
“What?”
Hearing this, Lauren and Jordan were both astonished.
Matt cried and said, “I had no other choice. Chris threatened me with my parents’ future. If I refused, my parents’ lives would be ruined!”
Jordan knew Matt had always been good to Lauren, and he had previously even hit Jordan for hurting Lauren.
It was all because of Chris!
Jordan asked, “What did you guys do to me in the illusory world the last three days? Did you cut off my fingers?”
After Lauren woke up just now, the first thing she did was to check if Jordan’s fingers were intact. Thus, he guessed that his fingers must have been severed in the illusory world.
Matt didn’t dare to hide it at all. “No, not only were your fingers severed, you were also… castrated according to Chris’s request. Although you were no longer a complete man, Miss Howard still did not leave you!”
“Screw you!”
Hearing this, Jordan could no longer hold back and instead, he charged towards Chris.
Chris was a little scared, too. After all, he had a guilty conscience and took a step back.
Robb shivered and stood out. “What do you want? That’s all fake. It’s not real at all.”
Bang!
Jordan kicked the scrawny Robb away before punching Chris in the face.
Chris was not a pushover either. He hated Jordan too!
Chris punched him back, and the two of them exchanged blows. However, Jordan’s fist was as hard as steel and he couldn’t be shaken at all!
Chris knew he couldn’t beat Jordan with his fists and feet alone. Hence, he tried to use his advantage in size to hit Jordan!
Chris suddenly lowered his center of gravity and bent down, thus becoming much shorter than Jordan. He then grabbed Jordan’s upper body with both hands and pressed his head against Jordan’s body before charging forward in a bid to push him against the wall!
“Jordan, watch out!”
Lauren reminded when she noticed Jordan was in danger.
Jordan’s body weight was slightly lighter. Besides, he was caught off guard, so he retreated quickly and was about to collide with the wall with great force.
However, at this moment, the back of Jordan’s foot first touched the wall, after which he launched himself off from the wall and propelled upwards, knocking Chris onto the ground with his arm, subduing him completely!
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Matt seemed to be completely dumbfounded by the fact that Jordan had managed to easily subdue the ferocious Chris, despite being smaller than the latter!
“Jordan was so suave!”
Matt couldn’t help but praise. He was the doctor who had once constructed a perfect image of Jordan and, in his opinion, the image of Jordan that he had created was really unrealistic.
However, when he saw the real Jordan, he actually discovered that the real Jordan was even more excellent and powerful than the image he created!
Jordan absolutely hated Chris’s despicable means. He punched Chris in the face, but Jordan suppressed him, leaving him with no means to retaliate.
At this moment, Lauren walked over and tried to persuade them. “Stop fighting!”
Lauren pulled Jordan away and then said to Chris, “Since you already know my secret, let’s cancel the engagement and pretend that we don’t know each other in the future.”
Chris got up from the ground, grabbed the tissue that Robb handed over, and wiped the blood that dripped out of his nose after he got punched by Jordan.
“I’ll never cancel the engagement!”
Chris said firmly, “I-I can accept sleeping in a separate room from you after we get married. I can also accept you still loving Jordan after marriage!”
His words had taken Lauren aback. She had known Chris for many years, but she couldn’t believe that these humble words had come from Chris!
Lauren said softly, “Chris… why are you doing this? I know you’re a chauvinistic alpha male and this will make you too aggrieved.”
Robb also hurriedly said, “Yes, Mr. Hank, how can you accept such an unreasonable request!?! If you stoop low and give in to Miss Howard so easily, she’ll definitely cheat on you with Jordan after you get married!”
Smack!
Jordan slapped Robb on his face and barked in exasperation, “Bastard! What do you take me and Lauren for!?!”
Robb was just treating Lauren like a wanton woman who would easily cheat on her spouse, just like Hailey!
Chris was exasperated, and he too felt embarrassed after saying those words. However, he would never cancel the engagement.
“Lauren, I would rather be with a woman whom I love but doesn’t love me than a woman who loves me, but I don’t.”
“Besides, we’re marrying for the interests of our families and our marriage will be beneficial for both the Howards and the Hanks. So, we have to continue with the marriage!”
Lauren chose to marry Chris, only for the sake of her family’s interests.
Seeing that Chris had agreed to sleep in a different room than hers after they got married and wasn’t bothered by the fact that Lauren had feelings for Jordan, Lauren said, “Okay then, since you can accept those conditions, I can marry you.”
As an outsider, Jordan was in no place to say anything.
Chris glowered at Jordan and left in exasperation.
As soon as he walked out of the hospital, Robb kept persuading, “Sir, what’s wrong with you today? How can you agree to such a humiliating condition?”
“If you can’t sleep in the same room as her and consummate with her? Besides, she also has a crush on others and sooner or later, the two of them are going to hook up!”
Robb was rather loyal to Chris. He knew that Chris’s ex-wife had cheated on him, which led to the divorce. This time, Lauren clearly had a reason to cheat on him, so he didn’t want Chris to be betrayed again.
Chris sat in the car, closed the door, and then said viciously, “Once she officially marries me on the 1st of April, she’ll become my wife. Who is she to say anything?”
Robb also sat in the driver’s seat, turned around, and looked at the backseat. “Mr. Hank, do you plan to resort to force? That doesn’t seem appropriate, does it? Hasn’t Dr. Gale mentioned it before? If you try to possess Miss Howard by force, it will trigger great repulsion from Miss Howard. She might face an emotional breakdown!”
Chris humphed coldly and exclaimed, “I don’t care if she faces an emotional breakdown or not! When she’s my wife, I can do whatever I want to her! Even if she dies, that’s no big deal! Keep driving!”
…
Four days later.
It was already March 29th, which was less than three days till the 1st of April, the day of Chris and Lauren’s wedding.
In the past few days, Jordan would sometimes dream of himself crashing Lauren’s wedding and snatching the bride away!
At eight o’clock in the morning, Jordan had just had breakfast with Chloe in Lauren’s home. They were now playing in the yard.
All of a sudden, two graceful and elegant middle-aged women walked in smiling.
Jordan knew one of them. She was Lauren’s mother, Marissa.
“Grandma!”
Chloe scurried towards Lauren’s mother as soon as she saw her.
“Hey, my dear baby,” said Marissa, who happily picked Chloe up in her arms.
The middle-aged woman beside Marissa smiled and asked, “Chloe, do you still remember who I am?”
Marissa laughed and said, “Chloe, this is Uncle Chris’s mother, whom you’ve met at a meal previously.”
Only then did it occur to Jordan that Chris’s mother had arrived.
At this moment, Marissa and Chris’s mother also saw Jordan.
“Ma’am,” Jordan greeted Marissa politely.
However, Marissa humphed coldly and shot Jordan a look of displeasure.
Previously, Jordan had beaten up her son, Brad, who was now still hospitalized. The doctor even said that Brad may have to limp for the rest of his life and would never be able to wakl properly like he used to.
Hence, Marissa absolutely hated Jordan!
“Mrs. Howard, who’s this?”
Chris’s mother glanced at Jordan and asked in confusion.
Marissa looked at Chloe and answered, “He’s Chloe’s biological father.” novelbin
Chris’s mother instantly smiled without showing her teeth. “Oh, so he’s that lawless punk. Lauren is such a good girl and yet, she had a child with him. What a shame.”
At this moment, Lauren also heard the commotion and walked towards the courtyard.
“Mom, Aunt Carol, what brings you here?” Lauren asked.
Chris’s mother said smilingly, “My dear daughter-in-law, I’m here to take you and Chloe home for a few days.”
“Huh? Isn’t the wedding three days away? Why are we…” Lauren was bewildered.
Marissa explained, “We have a rule in our family where our daughter-in-law-to-be has to stay in our family for two days before the wedding, so as to get familiar with the rules of the family and to get along with us. You can take it as a premarital trial.”
Marissa said, “This rule has been in place since a century ago and we’ve been following it till this day. It was the same for me when I married into the Hanks back then.”
“You’ll be staying in mine and Chris’s father’s home for the next two days, not your matrimonial home. It’s okay, don’t worry, I won’t let you share the same room as Chris for the next few days.”
The Hanks were a notable family, after all. It wasn’t strange for them to have such a rule.
“Okay.” Lauren didn’t refute either.
“Alright, quickly pack your bags then,” Chris’s mother said happily.
“Wait a minute!” Jordan suddenly interjected!
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