Trapped with a Lawyer

The doctor's words made Samuel frown. Without him by her side, Ella hardly knew how to look after herself well.

"Thanks, doctor."

After leaving the doctors' office, Samuel went into the ward. Ella was lying there, deep asleep, and receiving a transfusion. He looked at his watch. It was past 5 am. Then he sat close to her by her bedside and looked at her pale face.

She seemed busier than him and had lost a lot of weight recently.

Her pointed chin showed, which made her less beautiful than when she was pregnant.

He was observing her when his phone rang. Who could it be this early in the morning?

Immediately he remembered he was in America. It was past 5 pm in China. Now it made sense.

He took out his phone and saw the number. He quickly stood up and went to the window. He picked the call.

"Mr. Shao, we've got lead on Miss Bo's accident."

"Tell me about it."

"In the storeroom where the wires are placed, we found white stuff on one of the wires. After studying it, we found that the wire was daubed with some kind of chemical, which corrodes and weakens wires. The wire with this chemical would become frayed when weight is applied, and then eventually snaps.

It turned out that the accident was caused by someone on purpose."

"Human error or on purpose? I need clarification. Please find out who did it! Try to obtain surveillance video of the set or interrogate the person who was responsible for keeping the stage equipment." The man on the other-side of the phone was horrified by his aggressive tone. He had never heard Samuel speak like that since they knew each other.

"Of course, Mr. Shao. I'll keep you informed."

After hanging up the phone, Samuel was thoughtful for some time and then he returned to the bedside.

With nothing to do, Samuel began to play with Ella's hair and muttered, "Ella! Wake up. I have so much to tell you!

Your failure to take good care of yourself means I must keep you by my side, or I won't be free from worry.

Ella..."

Ella had a good sleep and when she woke up, she stared at the ceiling and realised that she may be in the hospital. When she turned, she saw an angry man with a unshaven face looking at her.

Samuel... Still here?

But she could not pay any attention to Samuel now because she had an important commercial to shoot on that day. Thinking of this, she sat up suddenly and asked Samuel in a panic, "What time is it now?"

Samuel felt angry after hearing her words, and replied coldly, "Ten thirty."

"Oh, I'm screwed! It's already half past ten. Where is my phone?" Ella uncovered the sheet anxiously and began to get out of bed.

Fortunately, she had finished the transfusion in the morning and the needle had been removed. Otherwise, she would have gotten hurt because of her erratic movements. Regardless of her anxiety, Samuel stopped her from getting out of bed, "Stay where you are!"

"No, I can't. I have an important commercial to shoot today. I'm late. I must hurry up to get there." However, her shoulder was pressed by Samuel. She could not move at all. "Ella! You are ill. You must rest!" He said with anger. Ella was too busy with her work to care about her own health.

She looked at Samuel who was still angry, and said patiently, "Look, the transfusion is finished and I feel much better now. I must hurry up to get to the filming site." "No, I won't let you go!"

"Since when did you care about me so much? Samuel, I have work stuff to deal with. Could you please be less bossy?"

"You are not allowed to work until you recover fully." Samuel raised his voice, pressing her hand without loosening it.

Ella got angry. How could he be so unreasonable?

"Samuel, please let me go. The commercial shoot is very important for me." The commercial was about an American limousine and Eden had put a lot of effort to get that deal. And its price was the highest of all the commercials that she had received.

With this money, she could afford any expense including her daughter's living expense.

"Ella, don't piss me off again!" Samuel glanced at her coldly, which made Ella shiver.

So she sat there quietly. Samuel carried the dishes from the microwave and placed them on the table that he set up next to her bed, "Eat!" He ordered. After uttering the word, he went to make a phone call. Ella felt a little relieved, hearing Samuel on the phone, "Ella is sick today and is in the hospital. Please do me a favor, put off the commercial shoot."

Okay. Tell them I'll be responsible for the loss caused today.

Thank you so much. Let's have dinner some time. My treat. Sure, goodbye."

Samuel had solved all her problems through a call in less than two minutes.

Seeing this, Ella ate the meal. She said nothing about Samuel glaring at her.

He came to sit in-front of her and watched her eat the food with relish. It seemed that Ella was the least inclined to talk to him.

"Stop drinking from now on." Samuel said as he took out his cigarette pack. He wanted to smoke but then he remembered he was in the hospital ward. So he put it back in his pocket.

Ella murmured with food in her mouth, "It's none of my business. You should talk to your woman about her drinking problem."

His woman? Wasn't his woman sitting before him? Samuel arched an eyebrow..

"I mean you should give up drinking from now on!" He said it clearly.

Consuming her soup, Ella replied with a stolid expression, "It's none of your business."

Who did he think he was? What happened the night before illustrated that he was there as her lover, nothing more. And at the moment, he was crossing a line by trying to control her.

Samuel checked her Weibo profile on the phone instead of replying to her. Her emotions and movie & TV promotions were on it, which he had seen umpteen times.

He would guess her mood and check her comment section as well as get somebody to delete nasty words from netizens.

As a result, Ella's comment section was peaceful, without verbal abuse. All the comments were in her support.

He went on to browse her profile when he saw a set of promotional photos taken a month earlier. In the photos, she wore revealing clothes, just like the clothes she wore to take commercial photos for GL, as their spokeswoman.

"Never take photos that expose your back or bosoms, or else..."

He said and continued to look through her profile without paying attention to Ella's reaction.

"Or else... It's none of your business." Ella replied after finishing her meal, wiping the corners of her mouth with a napkin.

She got out of bed, cleared the table and went into the bathroom.

She was tired of listening to him. Why should she do what he said? It was ridiculous.

After closing the door to the bathroom, she looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was a little shaggy. So she unbound her hair and let it fall to its full length. 000