Spoiled By The President: My Wife Is A Little Sweet
Chapter 549 An Obvious Threat

Chapter 549 An Obvious Threat

Laura was afraid that Fannie would misunderstand, so she explained at once, "Mom, don't believe his nonsense. We're not..."

"Laura!"

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Max.

Max rose to his feet, walked up to her, and took her into his arm, saying gently but somehow threateningly.

"I know you've been holding a grudge against me these days because I made you angry the other day, but after all, we've been together for so long, and we can't break up over trifles. Besides, Mrs. Davies is here looking at us now, and I know you don't want to worry her, do you?"

Max tightened his grip on Laura's arm slightly but menacingly as he spoke.

Anger welled up within Laura in an instant, but she couldn't move at all because she was held by him. Moreover, she couldn't just fall out with him in front of her mother because she didn't want to make her worry.

Therefore, all Laura could do was look up, glare at the man, and growl through clenched teeth, "I'm not your girlfriend! Max, don't be ridiculous!"

Max, nevertheless, gave an extremely tender smile.

"Look at you! You're still mad at me, aren't you? Have you forgotten that when you were in my house that night..."

He pinched the back of her waist as a hint as he spoke.

Laura's back stiffened all of a sudden. She immediately remembered what had happened on that night in his house, where this man had also pinched her waist like this and desired her love again and again. She turned pale in an instant.

Seeing that the threat had taken effect, Max didn't embarrass her anymore, but put his arm around her shoulders and smiled at Fannie, "I still have some business to attend to, Mrs. Davies. Since Laura is here I should leave now."

Of course, Fannie knew he was a busy man and didn't want to waste his time, so she nodded at once.

"OK, OK, go ahead with your work. Thank you for visiting me today."

Max kept that smile on his face. "Not at all, Mrs. Davies, it's what I should do."

After that, he threw a look at Laura before leaving with Jim.

When both Max and Jim left, Laura closed the door and went back to Fannie's side.

Fannie studied her face and asked, "What? Are you unhappy?"

Laura shot her a glance.

"Mom, come on. Didn't I tell you again and again before not to allow any strangers in? Most of the time you're alone here. What if something bad happens?"

Hearing that, Fannie smiled, "What could possibly happen to me? I'm a sick old woman. What could other people do to me?"

Hardly had Fannie said that when she realized she might have made Laura upset, so she added at once.

"Besides, Max is no stranger. Don't you remember your father used to be his grandfather's adjutant? You two grew up in the same courtyard together. Have you forgotten about that?" Laura tightened her grip on the water bottle.

She replied with her back to Fannie, and hardly any emotion could be discerned in her tone, "Yes, I have."

Fannie threw a hard look at her. "You were almost ten back then. How could you have forgotten about it?"

Fannie sighed as she spoke, "Speaking of this, Max is a sweet boy. Even if he knew our family has declined, and that I'm seriously ill now, he didn't mind our status at all and came to visit me. Laura, he's a keeper. You have to cherish him."

Laura turned around, put a glass of water on the nightstand, and looked at her mother, her face cool, "Mom, there's nothing between us."

Fannie picked up the glass, took a sip, and smiled, "Are you acting shy in front of me? When Max told me about your relationship, you said nothing, and I take that as acquiescence."

Laura knit her brows.

That was in no way acquiescence.

She was threatened, and thus didn't dare to speak the truth in front of him. That was all.

Thinking of this, Laura turned paler.

Fannie could tell Laura didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she changed the topic with a wave of her hand. "Well, it's OK if you don't want to admit it, but I can tell he's really into you, and I said that because I don't want you to miss him. Do you think I can't tell you aren't really in a relationship? I wasn't born yesterday!"

Finally, Laura heaved a sigh of relief since Fannie didn't misunderstand them.

She pulled a chair over to Fannie's bedside and sat down.

She held her mother's hand, looked up at her, and said in earnest, "Mom, I don't want to get married yet, nor have I ever thought of getting married. So, no matter what kind of feelings he has for me, I have no feelings for him. If he comes again, don't see him anymore, will you?"

Fannie was surprised to see Laura's reaction.

It was now that she realized the gravity of the situation and became serious.

She held Laura's hand and said sincerely with a frown, "Laura, are you hiding something from me? Why do I feel like you're being weird?"

Laura dropped her head a little, not wanting Fannie to see the bitterness flitting across her eyes, and managed a smile. "I'm all right. I just want to let you know."

However, there was no other one knowing her better than her mother.

Ever since Joris Davies passed away and Fannie married her current husband, life had been hard on them.

She had basically brought up Laura on her own all these years.

So how could she have missed the glint of bitterness in Laura's eyes?

Frowning, Fannie got the answer after a moment of consideration.

"That bastard asked you for money again, didn't he?"

Laura compressed her lips and smiled at Fannie.

"No, he didn't."

"Really? Don't lie to me."

The one Fannie worried about the most was Diego, but in fact, she blamed herself for having married a scum like him while at the end of her rope so that her daughter was involved as well.

Laura shook her head and held Fannie's hand, comforting her. "No, he didn't. Besides, even if he did, I'd have no money to give him. I assume he also knows I won't give him money, so it's been a long time since he came to me."

Laura didn't want to make her mother worry.

The most important thing for a sick person was peace of mind, which was helpful to recovery.

However, in fact, Diego not only pestered Laura for money, but also ganged up on her with some other punks. If Fannie knew that, she wouldn't be able to take it.

But this time, Fannie failed to detect the pain in Laura's eyes.

She nodded and breathed a sigh.

"That's good then. Laura, if he comes to you, you have to tell me. I was so stupid to have been fooled by that scum back then. Now you've finally got out of the mud, and I won't allow him to hurt you anymore." Fannie panted in agitation after she finished her words.