Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 810

In the bathroom, Elaine was forced to get washed from head to toe.

When she came out of the bathtub, her body was scrubbed red already.

After the servants had showered her, they took her to Morgan, who looked rather satisfied. "Miss Jacob, dinner is ready. Why don't you go get Mr. Bradbury to come down and have dinner together?" NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.

However, Elaine didn't appreciate his effort. "Nah, I have eaten already. Thanks though."

"But Mr. Bradbury hasn't eaten yet."

"What does it have to do with me?"

"Well, he hasn't eaten all day because he was out looking for you," Morgan said smilingly as if he was looking at a playful child, "However, Miss Jacob, it's a little too much when you drugged Mr. Bradbury... and you should be glad that he dotes on you. If it was someone else, I'm afraid they would have..."

Seeing that her face turned pale, Morgan didn't say any further.

He wouldn't want to scare her.

"Anyway, Miss Jacob, are you sure you don't wanna ask Mr. Bradbury to come down for dinner?" Morgan tried to persuade her with kind intention, "If you say a few good words to him, perhaps he won't blame you anymore."

However, she refused, "Nah, there's no need."

With a sigh, Morgan could only go and call Vincent in person.

When he knocked on the study door, Vincent's deep voice came from inside. "What's the matter?"

He pushed open the door and found that the study was filled with the pungent smell of cigs.

"Why are you smoking again, sir? Didn't you quit a few years ago?" Morgan sounded worried.

With a poker face, Vincent sat on the chair and ordered, "Just cut to the point."

"Uh, dinner is ready, sir."

"I'm not having dinner."

"Are you not hungry, sir?"

"Yeah, no."

"But even if you're not hungry, you'd better eat some. Otherwise, it won't be good for your stomach."

"I said I'm not eating. Get out." "Sir...

Instantly, Vincent shot him a cold glance.

Seeing that, Morgan didn't dare to say more as his employer seemed to be in a bad mood.

He closed the door and left.

A few years ago, Mr. Bradbury had quitted smoking due to his poor health condition, and now, he started to smoke again. It was really worrying.

In addition to that, he even refused to eat...

Morgan sighed. "Miss Jacob, I'm begging you. Please get Mr. Bradbury to eat. He has stomach problems. If he falls ill, he'll be in a worse mood."

"Ah, but that doesn't sound like any of my business."

"If he's in a bad mood, I'm afraid he's gonna be even angrier about the fact you drugged him earlier."

Elaine was choked speechless.

Then, Morgan gritted his teeth and decided, "How about this? I'll put in a good word for you and ask Mr. Bradbury to let you go if you manage to call him down for dinner."

"Really?" She was quite surprised.

"Yeah."

In order to leave this place, she agreed, "Cool, then I'll go call him, although I can't promise he'll listen

to me."

"Yeah, give it a try. If it doesn't work, then there's nothing more I can ask."

If it came to that, he would have to ask the family doctor to come just in case Mr. Bradbury fell ill.

On the other hand, Elaine went upstairs in hesitation.

"Mr. Bradbury is in the study, not in his bedroom." Morgan's voice came from behind her.

Hearing that, she went straight to the study and knocked on the door.

Instantly, an unpleasant voice was heard yelling, "Get out!"

Startled, she accidentally pushed open the door that was not tightly shut and the smoke came out, which made her cough.

When Vincent heard that it was her, he looked up from his computer and frowned. Nonetheless, he put out the cigarette in the ashtray.

Getting up and turning on the ventilation fan, he then looked at her coldly.

The air inside the study became fresher, and Elaine's coughing became smaller. Finally, she was able to squeeze out a sentence. "The meal is ready, and Morgan asks you to have dinner."

But Vincent just stood in silence.

In order to leave here as soon as possible, she tried not to get into conflict with him. "Aren't you hungry?"

Still, he said nothing and stared at her deeply.

To be frank, she didn't want to stay with him at all. So under his unrelenting gaze, she was even frightened and just wanted to leave soon. "Never mind, I'll head down first."

Saying that, she turned around and left.

Suddenly, his footsteps sounded behind her.

Startled, she quickly spun around. "Wh-what do you want?"

"Let's eat."

Then, he went downstairs expressionlessly.

Elaine was amazed.

Meanwhile, Morgan was waiting downstairs, thinking that Miss Jacob would probably take some time to persuade Mr. Bradbury.

Therefore, he contemplated whether he should ask the servants to put the dishes away to keep them heated...

Just as he was about to give instructions, there were footsteps coming down the stairs.

One was light and one was heavy.

He looked up in surprise.

Because not only did Mr. Bradbury come down, but also that Miss Jacob actually managed to convince him in a short time. It seemed that he had underestimated her importance to Mr. Bradbury.

Just now when he went up, Mr. Bradbury chased him down in an instance. But for Miss Jacob, within a minute, he was already willing to come down.

What a difference.

At dinner, Elaine hardly ate anything since she had already eaten with Howard earlier.

Sitting opposite her, Vincent didn't eat much either. He just took a few bites of the food, then put his cutlery down.

Right now, Elaine was worried about Howard still. Seeing that the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, she gathered her courage and finally asked, "Mr. Bradbury, have you let Dr. Perkins go?"

As soon as she asked that, she could feel Vincent piercing her with a sharp gaze.

Although she was terrified, she resisted the urge to run away.

"Let me tell you something first. Three years ago, someone tried to assassinate me. He sent a servant to poison my food, which I found out.

Guess what happened to the servant?" Vincent stared at her white face and said slowly.

Here it came her punishment.

She had drugged his glass of water, and now, he finally decided to get even with her.

With a pallid face, Elaine replied, Tit was me who put the sleeping pills in your water. If you want to punish me, just do it. But please don't hurt Dr. Perkins..."

Vincent curled his lips up, looking cold and dangerous. "I will deal with him later. As for you, what should I do to you?"

A shiver ran down her spine.

"The servant who drugged me was no longer in this world." Vincent stared at her fixedly. "And you're very brave. So how should I punish you in order to make it even?"

Under the tense pressure, Elaine felt like she was in danger at any second from now.

"Wow, what smells so good?"

Just then, Ruben's voice came from outside.

As he strode in, he yelled, "Vincent! There's something I wanna tell you! It's about Elaine!"