Chapter 1956 Selfish
Mabel turned to Maya and said sweetly, “Maya, would you mind staying and helping me take care of Janice? No matter how you look at it, her miscarriage was partly because of you. Look at her…”
The kind-hearted Maya quickly nodded. “Okay. I’ll stay.”
“You still have a recording tomorrow, and you have plenty of work to do at the food plaza. Why don’t we hire a professional caretaker to take care of Janice?” Wilbur suggested, opposed to the idea of leaving Maya alone with the evil Mabel.
Nicholas sighed when he heard that. “Some people are selfish and only think about themselves. They don’t give two hoots about other people. If only Janice thought the same way, she wouldn’t have tried to save someone and lost her baby.
She also wouldn’t have wound up lying in the hospital. I should probably start encouraging others to mind their own business and show their gratitude by doing something that goes against one’s conscience.”
He deliberately shot Maya a glance as he uttered those harsh words. Although Maya knew that Nicholas was deliberately trying to provoke her by mentioning Janice’s miscarriage, she did feel bad to see Janice in such a state. It won’t hurt to stay and take care of her for a little while, right? I’m sure it’ll be okay.
Turning toward Wilbur, Maya said, “Don’t worry about it. I’ll just ask them to shoot the other scenes first and postpone my part to a few days later. As for the food plaza, I’ll get my assistant to handle it. I want to stay here and take care of Janice for the next few days.”
A look of devious delight glinted in Mabel’s eyes. If Maya is willing to stay, Janice will have the opportunity to sow discord between the couple, and I’ll get to help her with her scheme! That’s exactly what we wanted!
Without waiting for Wilbur to respond, Mabel said, “That would be a great help, Maya. If Janice knew how much you cared about her, she’d be very happy.”
“That’s so kind of you, my future sister-in-law. I’m sure Janice would want me to thank you on her behalf,” Nicholas added.
However, Wilbur was carefully sizing up the mother-and-son duo. He could not shake the feeling that letting Maya remain at the hospital was equivalent to walking into a lion’s den.
It looks like I need to stay by Maya’s side as much as I can. I can’t let these people bully her! “There’s no need to thank me. I’m grateful that Janice saved me, so I should take care of her in return,” Maya replied.
Meanwhile, Rodney was uninterested in who stayed to take care of Janice. It made no difference to him, and he was way more interested in the company’s affairs.
Turning to Wilbur and Nicholas, he said, “There’s an important work project we need to plan, and we have to prepare the proposal for it as soon as possible. Why don’t you two follow me back? We’ll have a meeting to discuss the project, then prepare the proposal tonight. Wilbur will be in charge of following up on the project tomorrow.”
Rodney’s arrangement took Wilbur by surprise. If I leave now, I won’t be able to stay here with Maya. Noticing his concerned expression, Maya reassured him by saying, “You should go. I’ll take good care of Janice.”
“Take good care of yourself too,” he reminded her. “Okay. I will.”
“Come on, Wilbur. Mom is going to be here too, so Maya will be fine. You have nothing to worry about.” Nicholas glanced at Wilbur before following Rodney out of the ward. Wilbur let go of Maya’s hand reluctantly and left too.
The only people who remained in the ward were Maya, Mabel, and the seemingly unconscious Janice.
Itching to find out how Janice managed to make herself look deathly pale and wanting to discuss their plan, Mabel sent Maya to get some daily necessities.
“Sure. I’ll go now,” said Maya. As soon as she left, Mabel closed the door and went to the hospital bed. She studied Janice’s pale face intently, murmuring, “I wonder if it’s makeup, or is it…”
Curious, Mabel reached out to touch Janice’s face when the latter suddenly opened her eyes and looked straight at her.
