Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)
Chapter 242

Oliver walked over and held Jessica in his arms.

Jessica was crying and didn't care if the man beside her was Oliver or somebody else.

A moment later, she gradually stopped.

"Why are you back?" Jessica asked.

She responded in a hoarse voice as she cried too much.

Oliver knew her pretty well and understood what she was saying. "I came back as soon as I heardabout grandma's death. You should take good care of yourself. I'll deal with grandma's funeral.”"No, thank you. I'm OK. Grandma is my only family. I'll take care of everything for her."

"Come on. You don't need to push yourself so hard.”

"Oliver, I'm not pushing myself. After all, we have nothing to do with each other now. I shouldn'tbother you. I know you're busy."

"She was your grandmother. I once called her “grandma’. Then she was also my grandmother. I can'tjust sit back and watch.”

Jessica didn't want to mess with him anymore.

She was indeed unable to do it alone.

When grandma was alive, Jessica couldn't make her live with ease.

Instead, she always made her worried.

Now that grandma was gone, she didn't want to send her away so carelessly.

Some time ago, grandma often had nightmares. It was probably because she was too worried abouther that she passed away. Jessica thought she was responsible for her grandma's death.

Otherwise, grandma wouldn't have died so soon.

The more Jessica thought about it, the more she regretted it. She regretted that she was pregnantwith this child.

Perhaps if she had risked having an abortion, she and her grandma might be living a peaceful andstable life in the countryside.

After all, the hospital was not home.

This place was not suitable for a normal life.

But it was too late.

Oliver was even more upset when he saw that Jessica had been staying in her grandma's ward.

He asked the nurse to send Jessica back.

Her body was very weak now. If she continued to act like this, she would be exhausted.

Since her grandma died, Jessica hadn't eaten or drunk anything for the two days. She had been on adrip to get some energy.

Jessica insisted on attending her grandmother's funeral.

Oliver asked her former classmates and friends including Sally and Hayden to take turns toaccompany her.

No one could convince her.

Jessica arrived at the funeral that day, but she was in a wheelchair.

Other things were indeed arranged by Oliver.

Jessica had a nurse by her side all the time to take care of her.

Just before the memorial service was over, the nurse found that Jessica's face was pale and shedidn't look well.

The nurse immediately asked Oliver to send Jessica to the hospital.

Oliver arranged for Simon to drive Jessica to the hospital immediately.

At that time, Jessica was almost unconscious.

There were still a lot of things to deal with at the funeral, so after Jessica left, Sally came to receivethe people who came to mourn on behalf of the Youngren family.

Oliver couldn't get away either. There were many procedures that needed to be handled.

He would do everything that was supposed to be done by Jessica.

lan looked at his phone every day, waiting for Jessica's message, but there was no response.

He called, but no one answered.

He was worried about whether Jessica had been ill or had already given birth. Otherwise, why didshe even have no time to reply to a message and turn off her phone?

On the third day, lan felt he couldn't just wait. He became more and more anxious.

Although Jessica and Oliver didn't have much contact with each other, she was still in WilliamsHospital.

He knew that despite Oliver's apparent indifference to Jessica, he was still protecting her secretly.So he thought of calling Oliver and asking him what had happened.

Unexpectedly, Oliver didn't answer the phone either.

lan was even more upset. He guessed that something bad must have happened so that he couldn'tget in touch with them.

He packed his luggage immediately and planned to fly to Birmingham again.

Just as he was about to leave, the servant said, "Mr. lan, Mr. Gavin is here."

What a coincidence that lan was on his way out when his father arrived.

Gavin walked into the living room and saw a suitcase beside lan. It was the same as the one lan hadbrought with him when he came back from Birmingham last time.

"Where are you having fun this time?"

"Dad, I'm just going out, not having fun. You're interfering with my normal life. Please give me somefreedom.”

"I heard from your secretary that you haven't been to work these days. What happened?"

"The top coffee I bought from Africa just arrived. Sit down and I'll make you some coffee.”

lan knew that if he told the truth, his father would never let him go to Birmingham again.

Now lan had to get rid of him first. After he left, lan would go to the airport by himself. He wouldaccomplish his goal as long as he got on the plane. Anyway, he would not be caught halfway back.Gavin sat down on the sofa, took the book next to him, patted it, and said, "I don't drink coffee. Youdon't have to do it."

Naturally, his father was too wise to be fooled by his little tricks.

"Alright. I'll keep it for myself.”

lan took out two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and unscrewed the caps beforehanding one bottle to Gavin.

Sitting on the sofa, he crossed his legs and drank water while waiting for Gavin's instructions."Why didn't you go to the company? You have to learn to manage our business in the future. I can'tstay by your side all the time.”

lan smiled and said, "No, you won't leave me alone.”

Gavin looked at lan and felt that lan was a bit like a younger version of himself.

Although he was different from his father who had a son at an old age, Gavin had always doted onlan.

Because lan was the reason that Emily left him to live in this world.

Emily was no longer in this world. Only he could take good care of their son and watched him growup.

Perhaps lan didn't do his job properly most of the time, but when he was really needed, he was aman of action.

He completed the courses in the Elams School of Business school at a young age and achievedgreat results in the financial market. However, he was not interested in the Kim family's industrialbusiness.

Therefore, he had always been reluctant to work at the Kim family's company. Instead, he ran afinancial investment company on his own.

"You have grown up. When I was your age, I would only bring trouble to my family, and because ofmy incompetence, I couldn't help the Kim family at that time. Your grandfather fled to Europe withthe whole family."