CHAPTER 171: CHAPTER 171: WITH YOU... I REALLY HAVE ‘PUT MY MOUTH’ TO USE

"Juliana!" Elias Langley had a serious look on his face, "I’m not joking with you, choosing you, I’m serious about it."

Juliana bit her lip, her delicate brows slightly arched.

"I’m serious too. If it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t have ended up like this, I’m bound by an emotional debt. Besides, doesn’t President Langley have a ’nominal late wife’ to keep order at home?"

She paused for a moment, then her smile widened.

"We’re even, so let’s not call each other’s scripts melodramatic."

Elias Langley was momentarily speechless, almost losing his stern expression, "Are you deliberately trying to irritate me?"

"Oh, how dare I," she feigned obedience, but there was a gleam of mischief in her eyes, "I’m only acting with him to cure his illness, but with you... I’ve really ’used my mouth’, I..."

Before she could finish, Elias Langley pinched her chin and sealed her lips.

What was meant to be a punitive kiss softened when it touched her tender lips.

After a while, he released her, pressing his forehead against hers, "You’ve got me."

Juliana’s breath was a bit uneven, yet she was still smiling, "This is the equipment room, aren’t you afraid someone might come in?"

"If they want to watch, let them," his arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer, "Acting is fine, but don’t do with that brat what you’ve done with me, got it?"

He spoke with the tone of a proper suitor.

Juliana chuckled into his chest, "Never thought President Langley had a jealous streak."

"It’s my first time being so reckless in liking a woman. If you dare start something without finishing it, I’ll tie you to my side and make you act for me every day."

Despite his harsh words, Elias Langley’s lips couldn’t help but curl upwards.

Juliana left the equipment room first, and as luck would have it, she ran into Summer Shaw carrying flowers right as she stepped out.

Seeing her come out of the equipment room, Summer Shaw wore a puzzled expression, "Is Jared Langley hospitalized in the equipment room?"

As she pretended to want to go in, Juliana quickly pulled her away.

She led Summer Shaw toward the ward.

"Why are you going to see Jared Langley?"

Summer Shaw laughed, "The wider your social circle, the better business you can do."

"And you?" She took a couple of steps, her attention returning to Juliana, "Just got back and you’re already at the hospital, why not go home and rest?"

Before Juliana could answer, the two of them had arrived at Jared Langley’s ward door.

She pushed the door open, and Leona Sheridan immediately questioned, "Did you bring back Jared’s medicine? Is there still IV medication today? Can Jared eat normally?"

Juliana was taken aback, having completely forgotten because of Elias’s kiss.

"The doctor isn’t in the office."

Leona Sheridan instantly flared up, pointing at her and scolding, "The doctor’s not in, can’t you actively go find them? You handle things so carelessly, how can you be fit to be the Langley Family’s prospective daughter-in-law? You’re taking it too easy as the fiancée. No wonder Evan Grant doesn’t want you! I think we’d be better off letting Miss Caldwell in..."

"Mom, don’t tear us apart!"

Jared Langley’s face turned pale, his breathing rapid, Leona Sheridan hurriedly changed her tune, "Mom won’t say it again! As long as you like it! No breakup, no breakup."

Jared Langley calmed down.

Leona Sheridan looked at Juliana again, her voice was no longer as sharp as before, but she still wore the demeanor of a critical mother-in-law.

"Since you’re his fiancée, act like one. From now on, you wash the clothes he changes out of, stay overnight with him, and tomorrow’s breakfast..."

By this point, Summer Shaw had almost figured out the situation.

Unable to hold back, she interrupted Leona Sheridan.

"Mrs. Langley, Juliana is the technical director at our company, and her projects are at a critical phase. If you want her to stay here all day, who will handle the work?"

Leona Sheridan responded, "The Langley Family won’t shortchange her."

Summer Shaw laughed, "She can earn billions from a single project for us, how much can Mrs. Langley offer at one time?"

Leona Sheridan was taken aback by her words and, eyeing the flowers in Summer’s hand, her expression suddenly turned disdainful.

Ever since Jared Langley was hospitalized, never-ending streams of visitors came to "see him," ostensibly out of concern but really just trying to assert their presence before the Langley Family.

After all, with the downfall of the Grant Family, everyone now deferred to the Langley Family.

She immediately snorted, haughtily saying, "You’re here to see our Jared, aren’t you?"

"No," Summer Shaw’s expression was serious without a hint of jest, "This carnation is for my mother. If it were for President Langley, I’d get white chrysanthemums."

Leona Sheridan was furious, "You..."

Summer Shaw raised an eyebrow, cutting off her fury, "My dear Juliana is bound by sentiment, that’s why she’s temporarily constrained by you. But if you dare to let your son bully her, I won’t mind giving your son a few more shocks."

To protect the patient’s feelings, she lowered her voice on the last sentence.

Leona Sheridan was suddenly at a loss for words.

Juliana hid a smile, saying, "Mrs. Langley, I have affairs to attend to today, so I’ll only be staying to help this much for now."

Saying this, she started to push Summer Shaw toward the exit.

"Juliana..." Jared Langley was reluctant.

Juliana turned back, perfunctorily saying, "Be good, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment and recovery, and I’ll see you again tomorrow."

As her words fell, she and Summer Shaw had already stepped out of the ward.

Jared Langley looked utterly forlorn, "Mom, could you stop being harsh to Juliana?"

Leona Sheridan, "..."

On the other side, after Elias Langley left the hospital and got into the car, he rubbed his brow.

Quinn Shepherd glanced at the boss’s somber face through the rearview mirror, softly asking, "Do you really want Miss Jacobs to stay by the eldest son’s side as the ’fiancée’?"

Elias Langley’s gaze turned out the window, as the hospital building gradually retreated in his view.

He slowly spoke, his voice revealing little emotion, yet carrying an undertone of clarity.

"She may seem carefree and resolute, but deep down, she’s more emotionally bound than anyone else. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken Old Man Linton’s dying request to heart, always considering Adrian Langley. Jared Langley almost lost his life for her; if this debt isn’t settled now, she might carry it her whole life."

He paused, his fingers unconsciously tapping his knee.

"Her being with me isn’t about moving from one shackle after Evan Grant to another. I want her to be with me in ease and happiness, without any burdens."

Quinn Shepherd nodded at his words, "Indeed, it’s not suitable to publicize matters between you and Miss Jacobs right now, and having the eldest son as cover isn’t bad. Old Mr. Sinclair just called, requesting you return to the capital to explain the misunderstanding about Dorian Lowell. His methods are always forceful, and if he learns of Miss Jacobs’ existence, I fear..."

Even without the reminder, Elias Langley was aware, which is why he asked Juliana to wait for him for three years.

"Arrange the schedule. Bring Isabelle Sinclair to meet Juliana tonight," Elias Langley instructed, devoid of emotion.

Quinn Shepherd’s breath hitched, with a hint of hesitation in his voice, "The third miss is so proud...will she agree?"