Chapter 684 Protect
Chapter 684 Protect
Nancy struggled and backed away. She was determined not to give him anything.
However, the woman had infuriated Antonio Lu by doing that. The man had started to act aggressively
as he searched her body.
"Antonio Lu, let me go! If you do this, Alistair will never let it slide!" Nancy screamed furiously. She
desperately mentioned Alistair's name. At that time, it was the only thing she could think of.
However, that name was like a curse that riled him further!
The bank was reluctant to give him any loans and even other companies were unwilling to lend him
money. It was most probably Alistair behind all that. Now that Nancy mentioned that name, the man
just got crazed and his face twisted to a horrible expression, "Alistair? Is he all you think of right now,
let's see if he will come to save you now…" After saying that, he showed a menacing laugh and pushed
Nancy to the floor.
Nancy's head hit the corner of the wooden coffee table and she felt her ears ringing.
As she raised her head and looked at Antonio Lu, watching him approaching her, fear started to sink in.
"You, what are you trying to do!?" Nancy wanted to climb away but her head was hurting. She can't
even think straight.
"What I want? Aren't you waiting for Alistair to save you? Let's see if he will come…" After saying that,
he inched in closer to Nancy.
At that moment, Annabelle appeared by the doorstep suddenly. When she saw what happened, she
frowned, "Antonio Lu, what are you doing?"
When Antonio Lu heard the voice from behind, he turned his head back in shock. The moment he saw
Annabelle, his eyebrows furrowed deeply. What was she doing there?
Annabelle simply ran inside and squatted down beside Nancy, "Nancy, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. He, he is crazy…" Nancy said fearfully. Her face was completely pale.
Annabelle looked at Antonio Lu, "Antonio Lu, what do you want?"
"What do I want? What do you think? If it wasn't for Alistair, why would I end up this way!?"
"You embezzled the company fund and made a lost in shares investments. These are all your
mistakes, how can you blame others!?" Annabelle stared at him and enunciated.
When Antonio Lu saw that she was speaking so unapologetically, he sneered, "It seemed that you
know very well…" After that, his grinned and showed his teeth, "So what? It is normal to have winning
and losing in shares investments. If it wasn't for Alistair creating trouble for me secretly, why couldn't I
get any loan or money? These are all because of him!" Antonio Lu yelped.
"You have been overthinking. He was never bothered to interfere with your matters and he wasn't
interested at all!" Annabelle said. The woman was sure of that. Even if Alistair suspected him, he
wouldn't butt in to interfere like that. However, it was unexpected that Antonio Lu shoved all the
responsibility on Alistair.
"Hoho, do you think I will believe you? Now that you are here, it's perfect! I wouldn't need to be afraid
that he would interfere in my matters anymore!" Antonio Lu sneered coldly. His wicked and depraved
eyes sent a chill down their spines.
As they watched him approaching them, Annabelle spoke, "Antonio Lu, what are you trying to do?
Don't you want money? Tell me how much and I'll give it to you!"
"Do you think I'll believe you?"
"Then what do you want? You better calm down. Before getting up here, I have already called the
police!" Annabelle looked at him and yelled. She was observing his expression carefully and looking
around. The woman was thinking of a mean to escape.
"The police? Hoho… I'm not even afraid of dying now! Do you think I'm afraid of the police!?" After
saying that, he moved towards Annabelle.
At that time, Annabelle moved closer to Nancy and helped her up, "Go find Alistair!" She said.
"How about you?"
"I'll distract him, hurry!"
Nancy didn't hesitate and she got up and ran out the door.
"You want to run?! Let's see you try!!!" Antonio Lu pulled her back and blocked in front of her, "None of
you can leave today!"
Annabelle wasted no time and took out her phone to make a call. As soon as Antonio Lu saw her doing
that, he ran towards her and snatched her phone away, "Making a call? Are you trying to get me in
trouble!?" As he said that, he gave Annabelle a heavy slap.
The moment Nancy saw that, she was stunned.
"Hurry!!" Annabelle screamed at her. She had finally created a chance for her to escape but the woman
froze.
Nancy came back to her senses and ran out the door. At that time, Antonio Lu walked closer and
chocked Annabelle's neck, "You dare to fool me?!"
As he was strangling Annabelle, she was having difficulty breathing. She looked at him and struggled
to speak, "Antonio Lu… Do you even know what…what are you doing? Murder! If you kill me… You will
never be able to escape!"
"Nancy… will definitely bring help!" Annabelle continued to struggle.
Her words made Antonio Lu hesitate.
The moment he was hesitating, Annabelle grabbed ahold of something on the table and slammed it on
his head.
"AHHH!!!"
The woman heard a scream. She didn't know what she had used to hit his head. The moment his grip
loosened, Annabelle took the chance to run out the door.
When Antonio Lu came back to his senses and saw that Annabelle was trying to escape, his eyes were
bloodshot and filled with cruelness, "You dare to run!?!"
As he said that, he looked around and found a fruit knife on the table. Without any hesitation, he picked
it up and chased after Annabelle.
The fruit knife was stabbed right on the back of her shoulder…
And blood was spilled everywhere.
……
The hospital.
Annabelle was sent to the emergency by an ambulance. Alistair looked at Annabelle and held her hand
tightly. When the bed was moved right in front of the surgical theatre, the nurse stopped him, "Please
wait outside…"
And they were forced to separate.
Alistair watched as Annabelle was being pushed inside. His face was completely pale and he was in
great distress.
Nancy stood outside the emergency room and she was feeling anguish inside. She couldn't even begin
to describe how bad she felt.
She looked at Alistair and didn't know what to say.
After hesitating for a long while, she looked at Alistair and said, "Alistair, sorry…"
Alistair simply glared coldly at her. The man was trying his very best to suppress his anger. He didn't
say anything and walked away.
He sat down on the bench and his face was tensed. No words could describe what he was feeling.
Soon after, the Xia and the Mu family members came as well.
"Alistair, what happened? Why would Annabelle get admitted so suddenly?" The moment the
grandmother came, she looked at Alistair and asked worriedly.
Alistair didn't know how he should describe the incident and he simply kept quiet.
When Teneria and Waynie arrived, they simply looked at the emergency door anxiously. They just
couldn't care about anything else aside from Annabelle's safety.
"Dad, mom, sorry… I didn't protect Annabelle properly!" The man apologized it to the Xia husband and
wife.
Teneria and Waynie simply glanced at Alistair. They had a grim expression but they didn't condemn
him, "Let's just wait for Annabelle's update for now!"
……
Hua received the news of what happened as well.
After telling Kaleb Hua, they rushed over.
The man saw the crowd in the hospital, the Xia and the Mu family were all present. He could do nothing
but stand waiting from some distance away…
After sometime, a nurse came from inside and she seemed to be anxious.
"May I know who is her family?"
"Me!"
"Me!"
"Me too!"
Alistair and Annabelle's parents stepped forward.
The nurse looked at them and spoke immediately, "The patient has an RH negative blood type. We do
not have enough in the bank and we needed a blood transfusion. Otherwise, the child would be in
danger!"
The moment Alistair heard that, he felt his heart being ripped open.
Teneria and Waynie exchanged a look and they were silent.
Zen looked at them and didn't know what to say as well.
"Does anyone of you have it??" The nurse asked again.
There was nothing but silent…
The grandmother was just anxious when she looked at their responses, "Teneria, Madam Xia? Which
one of you have that? How about Ralphy?"
When they were in a distressing silence, a voice came from behind, "Over here!"
When they turned their head back, they saw Kaleb Hua walking over while Hua followed after him.
The moment Alistair saw him, he was surprised. Not only that he came without notice, the man even
has the same blood type.
"Okay, follow me to do a blood test!"
Kaleb Hua nodded and followed after the nurse. When he walked past the family, he simply looked at
Alistair and didn't say anything.
After the man walked inside, Alistair came back to his senses. He took up his phone and called Jack,
"Help me together everyone in A city that has RH negative blood type. Whoever that is willing to do a
blood transfusion, we will give a high reward…"
"I have a name list with me!" When Alistair was making the call, Hua said suddenly.
Alistair looked at him and he was stunned.
"When we are on the way here, I have already made the call. I believe there will be people coming
soon!" Hua said indifferently and he didn't explain much.
Actually there were lot of suspicious happenings but they were so worried that they weren't in the mood
to ask. Although they did feel curious, at that moment all they cared for was Annabelle's well-being.
"Thank you!"
Hua nodded and didn't say anything more. The man simply stared at the door to the emergency room
and he was worried about Kaleb Hua…
Sometime later, a few people came to donate their blood.
The nurse brought them to do a blood test. After that, they waited outside the emergency door.
After Ralphy heard of the news, he left in the middle of his meeting and rushed to the hospital as soon
as he could.
When he reached the emergency department and saw so many people waiting, he looked around and
fixed his glare on Alistair. The man hurried forward and grabbed his collar, "Alistair, what are you
doing!? Is this what you mean by protecting her?"
Alistair raised his head and looked him in the eyes. His lifeless eyes were still carrying a sharpness to
them.
"Let go. I do not want to quarrel with you here!" The man enunciated. Although he said it in a soft voice,
it was authoritative.
"Alistair, if anything were to happen to Annabelle, I will never let you go!" Ralphy couldn't control his
anger anymore. He didn't even care about the crowd that looked at him. Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
Alistair grabbed the hand in front of his collar suddenly and flung it away.
The two men almost broke into a fight. At that moment, Nancy squeezed in between them and yelled,
"This is not related to Alistair. It was because of me…" She said in the middle of the two men but her
stance was defensive towards Alistair. The woman forcefully separated the fight.
When Ralphy looked at the person in front of him, his eyes narrowed and he enunciated clearly, "It
doesn't matter who you are, I won't let this slide…"
"Ralphy!!" At that time, Teneria called out to him sternly, "Your sister is still inside, can't you just calm
down for now?!"
When Ralphy heard his father, he suppressed his anger. However, he continued to glare menacingly at
Alistair and Nancy.
As Nancy watched Ralphy stormed away, she stood there and looked at Alistair. She wanted to say
something but all her words were stuck on her throat.
"Alistair…" The moment she called out his name, her vision darkened and she blacked out.
"Nancy…"
One hour later.
In the ward.
Alistair sat beside Annabelle's bed side and held her hand. The man was staring at her without moving
an inch. He wanted to wait for her to wake up.
Every minute, every second was a tournament to him.
Finally, Annabelle showed some response. Her eyelashes flickered and Alistair was elated, "Annabelle,
Annabelle…" He kept repeating her name gently.
Annabelle frowned and opened her eyes slowly. The moment she saw the man in front of her, she
muttered, "Alistair…"
"How are you? Do you feel pain anywhere? Tell me!" He said anxiously. As the other family saw how
worried he was, they were moved.
Annabelle shook her head and she recalled something all of a sudden, "The child… Our child..." She
just woke up and her face was pale. When Alistair heard about the first thing she was worried about,
his eyes reddened.
He gripped her hand tightly, "Our child is fine. You don't have to worry. He is fine!"
When Annabelle heard that, she breathed a huge sigh of relief and her body relaxed a little.
At that time, Waynie walked forward, "Annabelle, do you feel any discomfort anywhere? You must tell
us if you do!"
When Annabelle heard her mother's voice, she said, "Mum…"
At that time, she noticed that all her family members were present in the room.
"You are all here!"
"How can we not come with you getting into such danger?!" Waynie said.
"Yeah, Annabelle, this old woman almost fainted!" The grandmother said.
"Sorry, I've made you worry again!" Annabelle said.
"You silly girl, it is fine as long as you are all right!"
Annabelle shook her head, "I'm fine!"
As long as the child was fine, she had no complaint.
At that time, Alistair looked at her and said, "Okay now. You just woke up and you shouldn't be
overexerting yourself. Rest more!"
Annabelle nodded and she recalled something suddenly, "By the way, what about Antonio Lu and
Nancy?"
"He was apprehended. Don't worry!"
"What about Nancy?"
"She is fine!"
Annabelle was relieved to hear that.
"Just rest properly and don't think too much!" Alistair instructed.
Annabelle nodded meekly.
Since Annabelle was fine, her family chatted with her for a little while and left.
The grandmother was still in fright. She went back home together with Madam Mu's to get some rest.
Waynie, Teneria and Ralphy stayed back a little longer. When they were sure that Annabelle was
completely fine, they left.
Finally, Alistair and Annabelle were the only one left in the room.
"How do you feel? Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Alistair asked.
Annabelle shook her head and looked at him, "I'm not hungry, nor thirsty!" She didn't know why but her
eyes turned misty.
Alistair looked at her and saw that her eyes were misty. He felt heavy hearted and stretched out his
hand to caress her hair, "Promise me, no matter what happens in the future, no matter who it is, make
sure to protect yourself first. I do not wish for something like this to happen again… I would rather it
being myself getting injured.
Annabelle looked at him. Her eyes reddened and welled up in tears.
"Even if you don't want to do it for me, you should do it for the sake of our child. Do not let me suffer the
pain of losing you again. I sincerely hope you can be more selfish. At the very least, protect yourself
first!" As the man was talking, his tone was of emotional pleading.
Annabelle nodded slowly and broke into tears, "Mm…"
Alistair helped her to wipe her tears. The man's eyes were reddened as well and after a long while, he
said, "Annabelle, I love you…"
Annabelle stretched out her hands while crying and Alistair hugged her.
Actually, the man knew that Annabelle did that not just because she was compassionate but it was
because of his sake.
How could he not love and appreciate this woman?
After Annabelle's emotion stabilized, Alistair rested his heart. However, he continued to care for
Annabelle meticulously.
After everyone left, there was still a person that stayed behind. To be more accurate, there were two of
them.
Kaleb Hua and Hua walked inside the ward. The moment they saw Annabelle awake and well, they
rested their heart.
"Mr. Kaleb?" The moment Annabelle saw him, she was surprised.
Kaleb Hua looked at her gently, "How do you feel? Are you all right?"
Annabelle nodded, "I'm fine, what are you doing here?"
"I happened to drop by for a checkup. After that I found out that something happened to you so I came
to visit!" Kaleb Hua said. When Alistair heard him saying that, he raised his head and looked at him.
He was lying!
It wasn't a big deal to do a blood transfusion. However, why didn't the man just tell Annabelle and he
even need to lie?
Annabelle's lips curled up, "Thank you. How was your checkup? Are you all right? Your face look pale!"
"They simply drew my blood. My condition is the same, no problem at all!" Kaleb Hua said.
"Glad to hear that. And by the way, please come to our wedding!"
Kaleb Hua nodded, "I most certainly will!"
Annabelle chuckled.
"All right, now that you look fine, I shall go back first. I'll come visit you again some other day!"
"Okay, see you!"
Kaleb Hua nodded and walked out.
Hua stood there and he didn't know why Kaleb Hua said that. He glanced at Annabelle and followed
after him.
Alistair sat there and looked at Annabelle, "I'll go see him off!"
Annabelle nodded and Alistair stood up and got out the ward.
In the corridor.
It was in the middle of the night and there was no one around.
"Mr. Kaleb!" Alistair called out to him.
It was as if Kaleb Hua was expecting him and he turned his head back, "Is there anything else?"
"Thank you for the blood transfusion!"
"That's nothing, don't worry about it!"
Alistair looked at him and asked, "However, was it really a coincidence that you are here for a
checkup?"
"If not?" Kaleb Hua asked back. The two men were tactical in the speech and neither of them was
willing to speak straightforwardly.
Alistair didn't dwell on it and simply said, "What a surprise to know that Mr. Kaleb also has RH negative
blood type!"
Kaleb Hua smiled, "That is nothing to be surprised about. I believe there are so much more things that
you didn't know!"
Alistair stared at him. It was as if his intense stare was dissecting Kaleb Hua. The man had a hunch
that things weren't as simple as it appeared. There must be something more that met the eye.
"Please take good care of her. Do not let her get harm again!"
"Why didn't you tell her that you were the one that transfused blood for her?"
"I do not wish for her to feel indebted and kept thinking of repaying me!"
"Is that all?"
"That is all!" Kaleb Hua said assuredly.
Alistair looked at him for a long while and Kaleb Hua said, "If there is nothing else, I shall go back first!"
"Okay, Mr. Kaleb. See you!"
"See you!" After answering him, Kaleb Hua walked forward and Hua followed closely behind.
When Alistair looked at his back view, he squinted his eyes and his lips curled up, "Doing a checkup in
the middle of the night? What a… ‘good' excuse!"
When he went back to the room, Annabelle was trying to sit up. Once Alistair saw that, he hurried over
and helped her.
"Why are you getting up?"
"It felt a little warm and I want to sit for a while. Has Mr. Kaleb left?" Annabelle asked.
Alistair nodded. He put a chair over and sat in front of her, "How was it? Are you hungry?"
Annabelle shook her head, "I'm fine!"
"I will be staying here with you for the night. Just tell me whatever you want to eat!"
Annabelle nodded and caressed her stomach gently. Now that she knew her child was fine, she was
restful.
The woman couldn't help but feel scared now. If anything were to happen to the child because of that,
she would regret it for the rest of her life. Fortunately, nothing happened.