CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 117: MR. GALLAGHER, LET ME GIVE YOU MOUTH-TO-MOUTH

Takes a heavy breath.

He turns around to leave.

"Click!" The door of the ward is opened.

Josephine’s voice carries a hint of reproach, "Stop that, I can walk on my own, don’t carry me..."

Julian Grant forcibly bends down to hold her, "I’m afraid you’ll fall, it’s safer if I carry you."

Josephine helplessly tries to dodge, "Uh~ I’m really fine, I’m not that fragile, let me down."

Julian Grant’s already forcibly lifted her horizontally, his voice full of pampering and concern, "From now on, I’m your human carriage, wherever you want to go, I’ll carry you there!"

After saying that, Julian Grant spins around with her.

"Ugh..." Josephine feels dizzy and instinctively hooks her arms around his neck.

The spinning stops.

The dizziness and inertia make her subconsciously lean her head on his shoulder.

"Don’t spin, I’m dizzy!"

"Okay." Julian Grant jostles her upwards a bit.

Just as she looks up.

Their lips, unexpectedly, meet.

Josephine is startled, hurriedly turning her head away, "...Julian Grant, stop messing around."

Julian Grant’s eyes are filled with amusement, quickly apologizing, "I really didn’t mean it."

"But, can we try again?"

After saying that, he pretends to lean in for another kiss.

"Julian Grant, if you keep doing that, I’ll get angry."

"Alright, alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Let’s go, I’ll take you out to eat."

Bang!

Across the hallway.

Nathaniel Gallagher stands with a stormy expression, watching this scene, his face instantly turns green. A heart already blocked and frustrated instantly explodes.

"Creak creak"

His fingers clench tightly, making an eerie bone-cracking sound.

"Josephine--"

Julian Grant happens to be carrying Josephine right next to him.

Six eyes meet.

The tension instantly drops to freezing point.

Nathaniel Gallagher’s heart wrings painfully, his eyes menacingly glaring to devour, "How dare you?"

It’s only been two months since their divorce.

In his subconscious, she still belongs to him.

"..." Josephine furrows her brows slightly, looking icily at Nathaniel Gallagher.

Nathaniel Gallagher’s face distorts in anger, his tone domineeringly commands, "Get down, who allowed you to be so intimate with another man?"

"Julian Grant, let her go immediately."

Julian Grant hears this, defiantly sneers coldly, "Are you ordering me? What are you to be giving me orders?"

Nathaniel Gallagher chokes on a heavy breath, then viciously glares at Josephine, "Get down, don’t make me say it a second time."

Even though he’s decided to marry another woman.

He still can’t accept Josephine finding another man.

Josephine’s heart explodes, and she immediately clings tightly to Julian Grant’s neck.

"Why should I listen to you?"

Seeing this, Julian Grant hurriedly holds her tighter, "Exactly, Josephine’s my girlfriend now, you’re out."

"..." Nathaniel Gallagher hears this, and the pressure around him drops terrifyingly.

He stares intently into Josephine’s eyes, almost exploding in rage.

"Josephine, do you really want to be with him? I don’t believe you truly love him."

Josephine ponders for a few seconds, determined to rid herself of Nathaniel Gallagher’s entanglement.

She hooks Julian Grant’s neck and goes in directly for a kiss.

"..." Julian Grant trembles wholly, immediately obediently returning the kiss.

Thud...

Seeing this, Nathaniel Gallagher’s blood vessels directly burst in rage. He feels as if he’s fallen into an ice cellar, then into a volcano.

"Stop--"

"You--you--"

He lunges forward, wanting to fight Julian Grant.

Six bodyguards immediately step forward to block him.

"Don’t come any closer."

Nathaniel Gallagher chokes with fury, fiercely warning, "Josephine, this is my last warning, if you dare betray me--"

His words get caught.

He suddenly comes back to his senses.

They are already divorced.

She’s no longer his wife.

Josephine and Julian Grant kissed for a good half-minute before finally separating.

"Nathaniel Gallagher, you never loved me. Likewise, I never loved you. The one I’ve always loved is Julian Grant. Marrying you back then was just to spite him."

"You lied to me, and I lied to you. Now, it’s even between us. From now on, bridge returns to bridge, road returns to road, we’ll each be well, not disturbing each other."

"..." Nathaniel Gallagher hears this and is infuriated, his handsome, dignified face turns from green to blue.

He simply cannot believe what she said.

How could she possibly not truly love him?

He really did deceive her!

But he absolutely doesn’t believe she was also pretending.

"I don’t believe it!"

Josephine coldly looks at him, "Believe it or not, you have your true love, I have my unresolved emotions. I’ve only truly loved one person, that’s Julian."

After saying that, Josephine doesn’t spare him another glance, instead tenderly looks at Julian Grant, "Julian, let’s go!"

Julian Grant hears this, his heart blooms with joy, "Alright, darling."

"Ex-husband, make way please! Stop blocking the way."

Nathaniel Gallagher’s heart surges with waves, dizzy with anger. He’s never been so furious, his emotions never fluctuated so drastically.

Immediately following.

He stumbles, subconsciously trying to grab the handrail behind him.

Unfortunately.

He’s too tall, barely grasps it.

"Thud--"

"Blub-blub--"

He lost his footing and tumbled down the stairs.

"Bang, crash!"

He rolled all the way down a complete flight of stairs and knocked over a trash can.

"..." Josephine Thompson and Julian Grant were stunned.

The nurses at the station were terrified, "Mr. Gallagher, are you okay?"

"Quick, go get help."

Julian Grant started laughing gleefully, "Heh~, he caused this himself, it’s got nothing to do with us."

Seeing this, Josephine Thompson felt a sense of satisfaction, "Let’s hurry and leave. It won’t be good if he tries to blame this on us later."

Julian Grant snorted, "You’re right. It’s best to stay away from someone like him."

With that.

Julian Grant took Josephine Thompson and left.

Downstairs.

Nathaniel Gallagher was injured, his head bloody and badly swollen at the back.

The physical pain was nothing, but the emotional hurt made him wish he could just pass out.

He was hurt like this.

Yet she walked away indifferently, even mocking him with sarcastic remarks.

"Josephine--"

Two nurses rushed down the stairs to check on him, "Mr. Gallagher, are you alright?"

"Cough cough!" Nathaniel Gallagher, overwhelmed with anger, couldn’t catch his breath and fainted.

"Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Gallagher, wake up quickly." A young nurse hurriedly pinched his philtrum.

One nurse, nearly two hundred pounds and wearing thick glasses, pushed the young nurse aside, "Mr. Gallagher has fainted, we need to perform CPR immediately."

With that, she deeply inhaled, having just finished eating spicy noodles.

Then, without any politeness, she pried open Nathaniel Gallagher’s mouth and transferred a breath of ’immortal air’ mouth-to-mouth.

"Cough, cough--" Nathaniel Gallagher was instantly choked awake, gagging heartily.

The nurse inhaled again, ready to continue the CPR.

Nathaniel Gallagher opened his eyes groggily.

Only to see thick lips planting heavily on his mouth.

Being kissed wasn’t the worst, it was mainly the smell of spicy noodles inside the nurse’s mouth that made him gag uncontrollably.

"Cough, ack."

"What are you doing? Ack ack–" Nathaniel Gallagher pushed the nurse away forcefully, angrily wiping his mouth.

The two-hundred-pound nurse looked at him with concern, shyly saying, "Mr. Gallagher, you fainted just now. I was giving you CPR..."

Nathaniel Gallagher gave her a glance, even more furious.

"Get away!"

He stood up angrily and walked away in annoyance.

Today was the definition of a bad day.

He felt he was on the verge of dying from rage, mad enough to feel like biting someone.

...

In the parking lot.

Julian Grant opened the car door, placing her in the passenger’s seat, "Josephine, what do you feel like eating?"

Josephine Thompson felt heavy-hearted, with no appetite for food.

But she hadn’t eaten much for two days, she needed to eat.

"It’s late, anything will do. I mostly want to clear my mind and get some fresh air."

Julian Grant started the car, unable to hide his happiness, "OK, let’s check out the night market for something to eat."

Josephine felt a pang of guilt, looking at him, "Julian, I’m sorry about earlier!"

Julian was momentarily at a loss, his handsome face filled with confusion, "Why are you apologizing?"

Josephine sighed, "I shouldn’t have used you as a shield just now."

She had said those insincere words deliberately to provoke Nathaniel Gallagher.

Of course, she also wanted to free herself from Nathaniel’s entanglement.

Who did she truly love?

Her views on love were peculiar—both devoted and callous, clear-headed yet bewildered.

Whoever was by her side, that’s whom she loved.

Once she realized the other person didn’t love her back, she’d retract all her feelings instantly. Essentially, she’d never be foolish enough to love someone who didn’t love her back.

She had once loved Nathaniel deeply, but the moment she realized his love was insincere, she stopped loving him.

"Josephine, weren’t those your heartfelt words just now? I think everything you said was true."

Josephine frowned, "That’s not true."

Julian unwaveringly countered, "It is true, it’s what you truly felt."

"Not true."

"So, you really never loved me?"

"...I." Josephine felt her heart stuck, like something was caught in her throat.

Watching Julian’s hopeful and affectionate gaze.

She really couldn’t bring herself to express the truth.

She probably hadn’t truly fallen in love with Julian, at least not at the moment.

When she agreed to be his girlfriend, it was mainly because she was moved, and her impression and feelings for him had changed a bit.

Yet, just one month into dating.

They were already on the brink of breaking up...

"Did you or didn’t you?" Julian leaned closer, his slightly upturned eyes searching for confirmation.

Josephine panicked internally, "Let’s not talk about this, we didn’t know what love was back in school."

"Besides, we’re not suitable for each other..."

Before she could finish.

Julian drew her in by the shoulder and deeply kissed her lips.

"Hmm..." Josephine’s eyes widened, instinctively trying to push him away.

Julian wrapped his arms around her, holding her even tighter.

His kiss became more intense.

"...Mmm, let go..." Josephine was flustered and fought with all her might to push him away.

Julian chuckled mischievously, "You kissed me first, this is your kiss returned."

"..." Josephine was shocked, staring at him with her mouth agape.

Outside the car window.

"Click, click!"

The paparazzi who were following them captured the entire scene on camera.