Cecilia was so worried about Mark that she wanted to come over. Even inside the hotel room, Mark could hear the roaring winds outside. He didn’t want her to risk her life just for his sake.
“I’m fine,” he assured her.
“Peter will take care of it and I’ll go to the hospital first thing in the morning. Have a good sleep. There’s nothing wrong with me.”
Despite her reassurance, Cecilia couldn’t shake off her worry.
She wanted to go there right away.
Mark felt chills all over his body while feeling feverish at the same time. He lay under the quilt and whispered, “Talk to me. It’s almost dawn.”
Cecilia knew that he was uncomfortable, which made her even more anxious.
But since there was a raging typhoon outside, she couldn’t go out.
She talked to him through the phone for a long time until he fell asleep. By then, Peter took over the phone.
“Elaine had been taken away by the police,” Peter said to her.
Although he was tired, his voice remained gentle.
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“They’ll take a statement from our side, but the odds of a case being filed don’t look too good. This will certainly be categorized as a civil dispute.”
Cecilia nodded.
“I see. Peter, please take care of him.”
“Of course. It’s my duty,” he replied.
After that, Cecilia hung up the phone. She sat in silence as the darkness of the night engulfed her.
She recalled what Mark had said the other day. He said that she would win the award and be a big star.
She didn’t want that.
The most important thing in her life right now was Mark.
What Elaine had done was indeed despicable, but it wasn’t appropriate for Cecilia to expose what Elaine had done to the public. Although Elaine was shameless, Mark wasn’t. On top of that, they had two children to think of. Once these things spread, all kinds of public opinion would proliferate.
Cecilia closed her eyes and thought hard.
Only until the crack of dawn did she decide to call Waylen.
“I want to ask you for a favor,” she told him.
After a few words, Waylen said gently, “Cecilia, the most important thing right now is your attitude. If you say that you can’t tolerate Elaine, then I think Mark will handle it for you.”