And this was what Giana always did. She would continue to annoy Aidan until this man lost his temper and exploded.
Indeed, the saying: hurt people, hurt people (people who are hurt will hurt others) was a sentence that was very suitable for Giana's current situation.
Only this time it didn't work, because Aidan didn't budge and kept to his decision to say what he had to say.
"If you really care about him, you shouldn't be seeing that poor guy anymore," Aidan said in a calm tone of voice. This time, he wasn't affected by his emotions at all. "Your father fired him."
Gianna snorted. "Strange, I am not at all surprised to hear that." Of course, that was the first thing her father would do to Dillon.
What else Mr. Dawson would do then if he didn't try to make Dillon's life more miserable, yet Giana hoped his father would stop at that and didn't take things further.
At the very least, Dillon had nothing to do with this, he was nothing but helping her to go through her sh*t days.
"With the bad news circulating out there, I don't think he is going to land another good job anytime soon," Aidan expressed his thoughts.
"He doesn't have to worry about that," Giana answered lightly. As long as she still have access to the company, Dillon didn't have to worry about unnecessary things.
Hearing that frivolous answer, Aidan could only shake his head. "You would better worry about yourself than that guy."
"I am now at a point where I don't even know what to worry about anymore," Giana said in a tired voice. She had gone through a lot for herself to worry about, so now she could no longer sort out which things she should prioritize to be worried.
After saying that, Giana turned and looked at Aidan. There, the man could see a very deep wound in her eyes.
It was strange to see a tough woman like Giana was being vulnerable like this time.
"Giana," Aidan called her name softly. "I want you to prepare for the worst and also…" Aidan reached out and grabbed Giana's hand, holding it gently. "…I want to apologize in advance for what I am going to do later. It's not just a matter between you and me, but it's a matter that concerns the reputation of the family and both the companies, so I hope you will understand whatever action I am going to take."
Giana frowned, she tried to understand Aidan's complicated speech with her brain running very slowly.
"Understand the actions you will take? Like tolerating your infidelity from the very beginning of our marriage?" Giana scoffed. "I guess I have been doing pretty well for the past three years, so whatever you do next, I guess I don't care anymore."
Aidan gritted his teeth. Giana's words made him feel guilty and made it hard for him to find the right words to explain what he was about to say.
"Giana you knew from the start that neither of us really wanted this marriage," Aidan said. His voice was nothing but patient. "You are not completely innocent in this situation, after all. You too have an affair, whether it's with your personal assistant or another man."
Giana narrowed her eyes when she heard Aidan's statement.
"Yes, I got into an affair after a year of struggling with your very immoral attitude. We both don't want this marriage, but at least you can respect me by not doing that to me." Giana's voice did sound weak, but that didn't mean she didn't convey the meaning of her sentence as sarcastically as possible. "Or, at least you can be smart enough to hide it from me, but unfortunately you are not that smart."
Aidan took another deep breath. He grabbed Giana's hand again, and when he lifted his head to look at the woman who was furious at him, there was an apologetic look in his eyes.
"Giana, here I want to apologize for what I have done or what I will do later…"
Because Aidan kept saying that, Giana couldn't help but catch something serious that seemed to be happening, or rather something bad that Aidan would do to her. But what?
"What are you going to do to me?" Giana asked, her voice sounding wary and her brows furrowed, showing her confusion.
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The first thing that came to Ramon's mind when he heard that Hailee had passed out was that his wife was back to being sick like a few months ago, when they had only just gotten to know each other.
For the first time, he was worried about a stranger. Yes, Hailee could be said to be a stranger to Ramon at that time.
However, now that the woman had become his wife, therefore Ramon's concern was more evident from his attitude, although he didn't show it in his facial expression.
Ramon left the ongoing meeting and rushed to the hospital, after receiving a call from Hailee's personal bodyguard.
It didn't take long for Ramon to reach the aforementioned hospital and meet Hailee.
"How do you feel?" Ramon asked in a voice that sounded stiff. He then stroked Hailee's pale cheeks and held her small, cold hands in his own.
Indeed the past few days Hailee didn't seem as cheerful and cheeky as usual, but Ramon didn't think too much about it. He just thought that maybe Hailee was tired after the fashion show the other day and some of the activities she was doing.
But, who would have thought that this would happen?
Zia, who was in the room, couldn't help but smile a little at the concern in Ramon's eyes and was also relieved that Hailee had found a man like him.
Who would have thought that the CEO and heir to the Tordoff family could be so romantic and worry about other people, even though rumors circulated several times about him being very cold?
But, after all, Hailee wasn't someone else, she was his legal wife.
"Looks like I will have to leave you two alone..." Zia said, stepping away from the husband and wife pair, narrowing her eyes mischievously and wink at Hailee before she closed the door.
Ramon did not respond to Zia who resigned herself from the room, because what he was waiting for was an answer from Hailee regarding her current situation.
"I have arranged for your transfer to the central hospital for better treatment." It was the first thing Ramon did on his way to this hospital.
Actually, the man wasn't used to showing his emotions, such as worry or anxiety, but Hailee would always be an exception in his life.
With Hailee, Ramon felt all kinds of strange and tingling feelings, but on the other hand, he didn't mind the changes that was happening in his life.
"Why do I have to change hospitals?" Hailee asked with a frown. "We can go straight home after you hear the doctor's explanation."
"I have never had a medical check- up in this hospital," Ramon answered the question lightly. In other words, he did not trust the doctors here enough and only a diagnosis from the doctors at the central hospital was trustworthy, as he thought everything would be very accurate there.
And again, at the central hospital, there was a family doctor, who had been treating the Tordoffs for years.
However, on the other hand, Hailee just laughed softly at Ramon's reaction, then she slowly tried to sit up with the help of her husband. "I am fine," Hailee said softly, cupping Ramon's face with her palms, smiling so sweetly to comfort this man. As it turned out, seeing Ramon worried was fun enough, maybe Hailee should try it a few more times… "Very, very good in fact."
Just at that moment, a young woman came into the room. She looked young and beautiful as a doctor, and it was her who had treated Hailee earlier.
"Oh, Mr. Tordoff!" The young doctor let out a low cry when she saw Ramon's figure.
She didn't know what she had done before to get a surprise like this. At first, she did not believe that this patient was Mrs. Tordoff, or you could say Hailee Tordoff.
But, with the tight security out there and the four bodyguards who looked very stiff at the door of this room, and also after matching the wedding photos circulating on social media with Hailee, then she believed it one hundred percent.
Especially after she saw the figure of Ramon Tordoff in person with her own eyes now.
Geez! She had only seen Ramon Tordoff in some television coverage and also his face in business magazines, but seeing this man in person was truly mesmerizing.
Some people wouldn't believe in love at first sight, but after seeing Ramon Tordoff, maybe that's how it would feel like.
"What's wrong with my wife?" Ramon asked straight to the point and ignored the adoring gaze from the young doctor. Well, it wasn't new for him to receive stares like that, so there was nothing special.
"Oh," the female doctor gasped and lowered her gaze slightly in embarrassment. The word 'my wife' from Ramon's lips was like a slap to her which seemed to remind her of what she was about to say. "Mrs. Tordoff is fine, very good in fact," she said as she looked at Hailee with a smile on her lips. She had returned to her professional demeanor again.
On the other hand, Hailee who was sitting on the bed, hugging Ramon's arm, smiled and looked at her husband with sparkling eyes.
"So, what exactly happened?" Ramon didn't understand, if Hailee's condition was really good, then what were they doing in this hospital? "I received a call that my wife had fainted."
Ugh! Hailee loved hearing Ramon call her 'my wife' in front of other women…
"I'm pregnant," Hailee said cheerfully, then looked at Ramon carefully, waiting for the man's reaction.
People who knew about their recent activities, surely wouldn't be surprised to hear the news of Hailee's pregnancy, but still, when she first heard this, she had a strange warm feeling.
A feeling of disbelief mixed with amazement, imagining the existence of another life within her body. The life they both had been waiting for…
Hailee could be sure that this was good news for Ramon too, because several times they had discussed this in passing and every word Ramon said, indicated that he was really looking forward to this moment.
However, the smile on Hailee's face faded slightly when she realized that Ramon didn't say anything.
"Hey, say something," Hailee whispered awkwardly.
And finally Ramon spoke after a long moment of silence. "We have to go to the central hospital."
And this was what Giana always did. She would continue to annoy Aidan until this man lost his temper and exploded.
Indeed, the saying: hurt people, hurt people (people who are hurt will hurt others) was a sentence that was very suitable for Giana's current situation.
Only this time it didn't work, because Aidan didn't budge and kept to his decision to say what he had to say.
"If you really care about him, you shouldn't be seeing that poor guy anymore," Aidan said in a calm tone of voice. This time, he wasn't affected by his emotions at all. "Your father fired him."
Gianna snorted. "Strange, I am not at all surprised to hear that." Of course, that was the first thing her father would do to Dillon.
What else Mr. Dawson would do then if he didn't try to make Dillon's life more miserable, yet Giana hoped his father would stop at that and didn't take things further.
At the very least, Dillon had nothing to do with this, he was nothing but helping her to go through her sh*t days.
"With the bad news circulating out there, I don't think he is going to land another good job anytime soon," Aidan expressed his thoughts.
"He doesn't have to worry about that," Giana answered lightly. As long as she still have access to the company, Dillon didn't have to worry about unnecessary things.
Hearing that frivolous answer, Aidan could only shake his head. "You would better worry about yourself than that guy."
"I am now at a point where I don't even know what to worry about anymore," Giana said in a tired voice. She had gone through a lot for herself to worry about, so now she could no longer sort out which things she should prioritize to be worried.
After saying that, Giana turned and looked at Aidan. There, the man could see a very deep wound in her eyes.
It was strange to see a tough woman like Giana was being vulnerable like this time.
"Giana," Aidan called her name softly. "I want you to prepare for the worst and also…" Aidan reached out and grabbed Giana's hand, holding it gently. "…I want to apologize in advance for what I am going to do later. It's not just a matter between you and me, but it's a matter that concerns the reputation of the family and both the companies, so I hope you will understand whatever action I am going to take."
Giana frowned, she tried to understand Aidan's complicated speech with her brain running very slowly.
"Understand the actions you will take? Like tolerating your infidelity from the very beginning of our marriage?" Giana scoffed. "I guess I have been doing pretty well for the past three years, so whatever you do next, I guess I don't care anymore."
Aidan gritted his teeth. Giana's words made him feel guilty and made it hard for him to find the right words to explain what he was about to say.
"Giana you knew from the start that neither of us really wanted this marriage," Aidan said. His voice was nothing but patient. "You are not completely innocent in this situation, after all. You too have an affair, whether it's with your personal assistant or another man."
Giana narrowed her eyes when she heard Aidan's statement.
"Yes, I got into an affair after a year of struggling with your very immoral attitude. We both don't want this marriage, but at least you can respect me by not doing that to me." Giana's voice did sound weak, but that didn't mean she didn't convey the meaning of her sentence as sarcastically as possible. "Or, at least you can be smart enough to hide it from me, but unfortunately you are not that smart."
Aidan took another deep breath. He grabbed Giana's hand again, and when he lifted his head to look at the woman who was furious at him, there was an apologetic look in his eyes.
"Giana, here I want to apologize for what I have done or what I will do later…"
Because Aidan kept saying that, Giana couldn't help but catch something serious that seemed to be happening, or rather something bad that Aidan would do to her. But what?
"What are you going to do to me?" Giana asked, her voice sounding wary and her brows furrowed, showing her confusion.
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The first thing that came to Ramon's mind when he heard that Hailee had passed out was that his wife was back to being sick like a few months ago, when they had only just gotten to know each other.
For the first time, he was worried about a stranger. Yes, Hailee could be said to be a stranger to Ramon at that time.
However, now that the woman had become his wife, therefore Ramon's concern was more evident from his attitude, although he didn't show it in his facial expression.
Ramon left the ongoing meeting and rushed to the hospital, after receiving a call from Hailee's personal bodyguard.
It didn't take long for Ramon to reach the aforementioned hospital and meet Hailee.
"How do you feel?" Ramon asked in a voice that sounded stiff. He then stroked Hailee's pale cheeks and held her small, cold hands in his own.
Indeed the past few days Hailee didn't seem as cheerful and cheeky as usual, but Ramon didn't think too much about it. He just thought that maybe Hailee was tired after the fashion show the other day and some of the activities she was doing.
But, who would have thought that this would happen?
Zia, who was in the room, couldn't help but smile a little at the concern in Ramon's eyes and was also relieved that Hailee had found a man like him.
Who would have thought that the CEO and heir to the Tordoff family could be so romantic and worry about other people, even though rumors circulated several times about him being very cold?
But, after all, Hailee wasn't someone else, she was his legal wife.
"Looks like I will have to leave you two alone..." Zia said, stepping away from the husband and wife pair, narrowing her eyes mischievously and wink at Hailee before she closed the door.
Ramon did not respond to Zia who resigned herself from the room, because what he was waiting for was an answer from Hailee regarding her current situation.
"I have arranged for your transfer to the central hospital for better treatment." It was the first thing Ramon did on his way to this hospital.
Actually, the man wasn't used to showing his emotions, such as worry or anxiety, but Hailee would always be an exception in his life.
With Hailee, Ramon felt all kinds of strange and tingling feelings, but on the other hand, he didn't mind the changes that was happening in his life.
"Why do I have to change hospitals?" Hailee asked with a frown. "We can go straight home after you hear the doctor's explanation."
"I have never had a medical check- up in this hospital," Ramon answered the question lightly. In other words, he did not trust the doctors here enough and only a diagnosis from the doctors at the central hospital was trustworthy, as he thought everything would be very accurate there.
And again, at the central hospital, there was a family doctor, who had been treating the Tordoffs for years.
However, on the other hand, Hailee just laughed softly at Ramon's reaction, then she slowly tried to sit up with the help of her husband. "I am fine," Hailee said softly, cupping Ramon's face with her palms, smiling so sweetly to comfort this man. As it turned out, seeing Ramon worried was fun enough, maybe Hailee should try it a few more times… "Very, very good in fact."
Just at that moment, a young woman came into the room. She looked young and beautiful as a doctor, and it was her who had treated Hailee earlier.
"Oh, Mr. Tordoff!" The young doctor let out a low cry when she saw Ramon's figure.
She didn't know what she had done before to get a surprise like this. At first, she did not believe that this patient was Mrs. Tordoff, or you could say Hailee Tordoff.
But, with the tight security out there and the four bodyguards who looked very stiff at the door of this room, and also after matching the wedding photos circulating on social media with Hailee, then she believed it one hundred percent.
Especially after she saw the figure of Ramon Tordoff in person with her own eyes now.
Geez! She had only seen Ramon Tordoff in some television coverage and also his face in business magazines, but seeing this man in person was truly mesmerizing.
Some people wouldn't believe in love at first sight, but after seeing Ramon Tordoff, maybe that's how it would feel like.
"What's wrong with my wife?" Ramon asked straight to the point and ignored the adoring gaze from the young doctor. Well, it wasn't new for him to receive stares like that, so there was nothing special.
"Oh," the female doctor gasped and lowered her gaze slightly in embarrassment. The word 'my wife' from Ramon's lips was like a slap to her which seemed to remind her of what she was about to say. "Mrs. Tordoff is fine, very good in fact," she said as she looked at Hailee with a smile on her lips. She had returned to her professional demeanor again.
On the other hand, Hailee who was sitting on the bed, hugging Ramon's arm, smiled and looked at her husband with sparkling eyes.
"So, what exactly happened?" Ramon didn't understand, if Hailee's condition was really good, then what were they doing in this hospital? "I received a call that my wife had fainted."
Ugh! Hailee loved hearing Ramon call her 'my wife' in front of other women…
"I'm pregnant," Hailee said cheerfully, then looked at Ramon carefully, waiting for the man's reaction.
People who knew about their recent activities, surely wouldn't be surprised to hear the news of Hailee's pregnancy, but still, when she first heard this, she had a strange warm feeling.
A feeling of disbelief mixed with amazement, imagining the existence of another life within her body. The life they both had been waiting for…
Hailee could be sure that this was good news for Ramon too, because several times they had discussed this in passing and every word Ramon said, indicated that he was really looking forward to this moment.
However, the smile on Hailee's face faded slightly when she realized that Ramon didn't say anything.
"Hey, say something," Hailee whispered awkwardly.
And finally Ramon spoke after a long moment of silence. "We have to go to the central hospital."
