One Night Stand With That Beggar

Due to psychological anxiety, Wendy couldn’t sleep at all and eventually passed out because of stress.

She went to the hospital for a check-up. When she came out of her ward, she saw Old Master Granger sitting alone in the corridor.

She hurried to catch up and heard the Old Master’s caretaker talking to the doctor.

“The Old Master’s body is deteriorating. At this stage, he’s basically relying on medicine to maintain his health. I suggest that we continue using conservative treatment on him, so that he could enjoy the remaining years of his life. If there are children at home, try to have them accompany him as much as possible.”

The caretaker nodded. “How much longer does he still have left? His biggest wish is to see our young master get married.”

The doctor frowned. “About 6 months!”

Wendy was shocked out of her wits. The doctor said that the Old Master only had 6 months left to live!

Everything was so sudden, but for her, it was a good opportunity. This old man looked down on her from the very beginning, and Wendy didn’t care whether he was dead or alive. But if he told Amos that his final wish was to watch him get married, would Amos agree to marry her then?

Although Amos looked cold on the outside, he was actually very empathetic and kind-hearted. The fact that he had risked his life to go back to the United States to save Wendy in order to repay her kindness was enough evidence.

Thinking of this, Wendy straightened her clothes and cautiously backed away.

When she turned at the corner of the wall, she walked up to them and cried in fake surprise, “Grandpa, what a coincidence. What are you doing here?”

The Old Master was stunned. When he saw that it was her at a closer glance, his expression showed a hint of displeasure.

“What are you doing here?”

“Oh, I have the flu, so I decided to come and visit the doctor.”

Old Master Granger did not reply and chose to ignore her, but Wendy didn’t mind and just walked away.

However, she didn’t leave but stood at a corner to observe the Old Master. Just as the old man finished his consultation and was about to leave, his caretaker accidentally dropped something. Wendy quickly ran over and picked it up.

Then, she offered solicitously, “Let me send you back!”

Old Master Granger frowned and was about to decline her offer, when Wendy suddenly said, “I just had dinner with Amos yesterday. He has been busy lately.”

Upon hearing Amos’ name, the old man immediately looked at Wendy expectantly. “How is Amos doing these days?”

“He’s doing alright, but not especially good.” Wendy deliberately gave a vague reply.

“What do you mean?” Her ambiguity immediately made the Old Master nervous, and Wendy pounced at this opportunity to get into the car and followed them to the Granger’s Family mansion.

…

In the afternoon, Amos Granger took a look at the time after he was done with his work.

He remembered that Juju would finish schoot four o’clock. For some reason, he wanted to see the lovely little girl, whom he adored.

Seeing that it was almost 3:50 p. m., Amos was about to leave. However, Clint Zuckerberg came into the office.

“President Granger, the Old Master is here.”

Amos was stunned. “Is he here to check on the company?”

“He is coming to your office!” Clint said again.

Ever since Amos had gotten into the car accident five years ago, the Old Master had practically turned a blind eye towards him. He had not paid much attention to him over the past few years and just let him do whatever he wanted.

But why did he come to his office all of a sudden?

Amos was about to get up when Clint said, “Miss Liam is with him!”

Wendy?

Amos frowned in confusion. While he was still thinking, the door was pushed open, and Old Master Granger slowly walked into the office with Wendy’s help.

When she saw Amos’s quizzical gaze, she said, “Grandpa said that he wants to see you, so I come with him.”

Amos grunted in acknowledgment, but his eyes were glued to the clock.

The Old Master knitted his eyebrows. “Where are you going?”

Hurriedly, Clint offered an explanation for him, “President Granger still has a schedule to attend to…”

“Cancel it!” the Old Master said, “Let’s have dinner together tonight.”

Amos looked at the Old Master in shock. “Why?”

“What do you mean, why? Is there a problem if I want to have a meal with my son?”

Amos pursed his thin lips and didn’t say anything for a long time. Wendy Liam immediately added, “Amos, Grandpa has been talking about you. You should have a meal with him!”

Finally, Amos said yes, and the Old Master breathed a sigh of relief.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

“Then let’s go together!”

Amos realized that they were not heading home for dinner. Instead, they were at a private dining room of the Granger family hotel.

The three of them sat across each other. Not long after they had sat down, the Old Master began to ask, “Amos, you and Wendy have been engaged for five years. When are you officially getting married?”

Wendy immediately lowered her head shyly. “Grandpa…”

Amos stopped and realized that his father had invited him for dinner to discuss about this matter. But it was also a little strange. Didn’t the Old Master hate Wendy? What made him change his mind all of a sudden?

While he was deep in his thoughts, Wendy spoke again.

“Amos? What are you thinking about?”

Amos’s lips curled into a faint smile. “Who said that we have to get married just because we are engaged?”

His words ignited an invisible bomb in the room, creating tension in the air.

The Old Master frowned and roared at him, “What do you mean? Don’t you want to get married anymore?”

“Who would want to marry me when I look like this? I don’t want to trouble anyone!”

“Trouble who? If Wendy was afraid that you would trouble her, she would not have stayed with you for the past five years. She loves you so much. How could you say something like that?”

Wendy, who was sitting by the side, could not help but grind her teeth in frustration when she heard Amos’ words.

Five years had passed. Now that Eudora was back, he was going to break up with her as soon as he could.

Wendy managed to conceal her emotions, then she hurriedly got up and advised, “Please don’t argue. I know that both of you are doing this for my own good, but it makes me uncomfortable if you argue like this! Grandpa, please don’t be angry.”

She turned to Amos and said, “Amos, don’t talk to Grandpa with that tone.”

However, Old Master Granger interrupted her, “Wendy, please excuse yourself. I want to talk to him alone.”

Wendy nodded and went out.

After she left, Old Master Granger said, “I know that the reason you refused to get married is because of that woman. But is that woman really so important to you? If she is really that important, why did you agree to marry Wendy in the first place? That shows she was not so important after all.”

“No, she was and still is very important to me.”

Years ago, he had also thought that Eudora was not that important to him. He was greedy and selfish, thinking that he could gain both loyalty and love all at once.

It was not until when Eudora had disappeared completely from his life that he realized that the one and only person he wanted most was her. It was her all along.

“You…”

Old Master Granger coughed angrily.

“Don’t talk to me about a dead person. I believe that she is very important to you, but she is dead, isn’t she? No matter how important she is, it doesn’t matter anymore. Are you really going to waste your time with Wendy like this?”

“Of course not.” Amos said.

“Then what are you going to do? Tell me. Will you be able to give me a grandchild before I die?”

Hearing his father’s sudden words, Amos was stunned. “You mean.. how’s your health…”

“I’m fine!” Old Master Granger answered in exasperation, “Can’t I make an example? I’m getting old, and I just want to hold my grandchild before I die, is that so hard to ask?”

“What about a granddaughter?” Amos didn’t know what had gotten into him, but he said those words without even thinking.

The Old Master was shocked. “A granddaughter?”