Chapter 26 - Drive Away

Maddie drove furiously silently grateful for this side of town with the empty streets so that he could remove his fury.

How could Jaiye cheat on him with that stupid brat? As he increased the speed he felt the adrenaline rush through his veins and slowly the anger ebbed away and his rational voice finally managed to break through to him.

Would Jiaye cheat? She looked like a decent enough woman who was raised well. But women could never really be trusted. If anything the way she reacted to his suggestion earlier answered all the questions. She didn't want to be with him. Why? Clearly because of this stupid lover boy.

He stepped on the gas a bit more. "She's my wife." He said possessively to himself. He came to a decision he'd do whatever it takes to get her back. He did a dangerous u-turn heading back to the direction he came in. Back to the hospital to what was his.

He slowly walked into the hospital and spotted Jaiye's doctor speaking to one of the nurses who'd tried flirting with him.

Though she was cute. He'd give her that. She and a couple of other nurses had hot bodies. But his target now was his wife and his wife alone. He was willing to win her back no matter what it took.

He slowly approached the pair talking and signal led to the doctor to give him a moment. The doctor muttered something rushed to the nurse then strolled over to him.

"Mr. Ji."

"Doctor."

They had a firm handshake then Maddie immediately went straight to the point.

"When should I expect my wife to be discharged?" He said placing an emphasis on 'my wife'.

The doctor noticed the emphasis and smiled a bit finding it all sort of ridiculous.

"Well Mr.Ji, 'your wife'" he said placing the same emphasis as he had, "is progressing pretty well. She should be discharged in a week and ready for rehab." He suddenly got professional and flipped through the folders he was carrying.

"Excuse me please, I need to check on a few more patients." He tapped Maddie lightly on the back the sidestepped him and went over to the nurse's station dumping the folders there and giving them some instructions before going off.

Maddie turned and headed to Jaiye's room turning what the doctor had told him in his head seeing how he could work it best to their advantage.

Just as he was about to enter he heard a males voice laughing, and he without a doubt knew it was Jayden. He stormed in angrily already ready to state a claim and stopped embarrassed when both of them turned to look at him. The source of the laughter was the comedy on the TV.

"You're back," Jaiye said in a voice that sounded like she was just about to burst out laughing.

"flesh and bones." He said stretching out his hands dramatically. Jayden just looked at him like he was stupid then stood up dumping the packet of crisps in Jaiye's l.a.p.s.

"I'll see you later sugar plum." He kissed her cheek sized Maddie up and down and walked out.

Maddie waited for him to walk out before he spoke.

"I've spoken to the doctor."

Jaiye just looked at him with mild interest mostly because she was pretty sure he knew what he was going to say.

"You're being discharged in a week if your progress keeps up like that. Then rehab." He gave her a short pause waiting for her to comment or something but she didn't so he continued.

"what do you think of starting your rehab in China?"

He saw he was weighing it in her head, he could nearly see the wheels turning.

"I won't have anyone to look after me. From what I saw of my parents, doesn't seem like everything is fine with them, Jayden, I think will be staying in Paris a bit longer to convince his parents, maybe my aunt, but I'm not sure I want her company 24/7, and I don't keep in touch with most of my friends. I also don't know what my view on having a nurse is."

She hadn't left any space for him to talk and once she'd finished. She gave him a long look then turned her focus back to the show she was watching.

" I'll take care of you." He let out softly.

She turned and looked at him shocked.

" Excuse me?" disbelief was written clearly in her face.

"I'll take care of you. I'll take you for your appointments and bring you back and do all those other things that those people you mentioned would have done for you."

She seemed a bit uncomfortable under his gaze. She kept shifting nervously.

"I'm sorry. I find that a bit hard to believe-I know I don't remember you but it feels like it's a deeply rooted feeling... Sorry."

He sighed his shoulders sagging as he slowly sagged into the chair.

"no hard feelings. I was a douchebag in the past but I've changed."

She scoffed loudly. "Yea and I have a unicorn." it slipped out without her noticing coz she quickly slapped her palms to her mouth and looked at him with shocked eyes.

She slowly put them back as elegantly as she could then cleared her throat and said, "I'm sorry, I meant, I'll think about it and give you my answer before I'm discharged."

He flashed her a million-dollar smile knowing tables were already turning in his favor.