Mysterious Little Wife
Chapter 8 She Could Never Understand Why.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Alina's babblings caused Lacey to knock her on the head rather unmercifully.

"Stop talking nonsense then!" Lacey gave her a cold glare before pushing the ward door open.

Maria was still sound asleep. Meanwhile, there were fruits scattered on the table.

"Why did you bring so much fruit again? We haven't even finished the last one you brought!" Lacey went to bag the fruit after putting her purchases away.

Alina took a stool and sat down. She then said casually, "My family owns a fruit shop. Just take them. It's free anyway."

"These are your parents' hard-earned money. You can't just give them away like that. I'll transfer you the money later." Lacey insisted on paying Alina for the fruit.

Alina stood up and asked disgruntledly, "Lacey, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me?"

In a trice, Lacey stepped forward and covered Alina's mouth. "Keep your voice down. Can't you see my mother is sleeping?"

Alina pouted glumly.

Lacey hurried to reassure her, saying, "You know that's not what I meant. It's just that it's not easy to earn money these days. Not to mention, you've been helping me out all these years." "Pause! Do you have any idea what you're talking about?" Lacey's sensational words was stopped by Alina, who rolled her eyes.

Lacey was at a loss for words. It seemed she would have to visit Alina's parents with some gifts.

"Hey, let's head outside. I have something to tell you." Alina looked around the ward and noticed the other patients. It wasn't the ideal place for them to talk. Lacey was perplexed as she looked at Alina.

"Just follow me outside."

After that, she took Lacey's hand and walked out the door.

"What's the matter?" Lacey was confused.

Alina drew Lacey to the window and asked, "Did you know she was engaged?"

"Yeah." Lacey nodded.

"You knew?"

Lacey couldn't help but be amused when she saw Alina's surprised look. "It's hard not to know when the richest man in South City is engaged, isn't it?"

"That's true." Alina frowned. She then went on to ask, "Are they going to invite you to the wedding?"

Lacey shrugged and asked in reply, "What do you think?"

Alina pursed her lips and muttered, "Why should she have a good life, and you have a bad one-"

"Alina!" Lacey cut Alina off in the middle of her sentence. "You don't have to feel injustice for me. I don't consider myself to be living a bad life!"

Alina bit her lower lip and looked away. She knew that as long as Maria was well, nothing else mattered to Lacey.

"By the way, I've just come back from the office, and they said you'd already paid your fees. Where did you get the money?"

"I borrowed money from him yesterday." Lacey said calmly after a brief pause.

"Huh? Didn't you say he banned you from visiting?" Alina got worried at this point. "Did he give you a hard time?"

Lacey's heart skipped a beat. Bad memories flashed through her mind at that precise moment.

"Never, ever, ever set foot here again! I don't want to see that face of yours!" Mr. Carter warned with a disdainful look.

"What does her situation have to do with me now that we're divorced?" He scoffed.

"I heard your mother is ill, and you're running low on money. I'll give you 200,000 dollars if you can help me out just once." Lillianna offered with a plastic smile.

"Take your money and get the hell back to Klosa!" The mistress yelled.

Through all these flashbacks, Lacey couldn't help but clench her fists.

She could never understand why her so-called father was so hostile towards her.

"Lacey! Lacey!" Alina couldn't help but call out as she noticed a huge change in Lacey's facial expression.

Eventually, Lacey came to her senses. She looked at Alina and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Are you alright?" Alina asked softly with a frown.

"I'm all right." Lacey reassured her with a big smile.

"Well, talk to me if you're in trouble. I'll do what I can to help. Oh, by the way, Aunt Maria's having surgery next week, isn't she?"

Lacey nodded. "Yes, I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time!"

Alina took Lacey's hand and said reassuringly, "Aunt Maria will get through this. Don't worry. I'll be there for you on the day she has her surgery!" "Okay!" Lacey put her arms around Alina, burying her face in her shoulder.

She was genuinely exhausted.☐☐