A Moment in Destiny
Chapter 569 What Are You Doing Here?

She could never believe that she didn't feel hungry even though she had not eaten. But was he still coming back?

What's even stranger was that she was a little disappointed that he hadn't come back by now and she was actually looking forward to it.

She suddenly thought of the words that Hudson said, "You're attached to Elijah Perry, aren't you?"

Could it be that she really began to care about Elijah?

Thinking of him exuding an evil and cold aura, she could not help but doubt that...

The door opened at that moment.

Esther looked up subconsciously, meeting her was the devilishly handsome face in her contemplation. He came back! Her heart seemed to be relieved and was actually feeling slightly joyful.

And in Elijah's hand was a bag. He frowned slightly when he saw Esther sitting on the couch with the tv flashing an unknown tv series.

Esther didn't say anything, but she was panicking inside so she pretended to watch tv.

Elijah swept his eyes across the house and there wasn't even the slightest sign. He placed the plastic bag on the coffee table without speaking.

Esther subconsciously sneaked a peek at the bag. The fragrant scent of food could be smelled, and she froze, looking up at him, her stomach grumbled at that moment.

It was so embarrassing.

Esther's face turned red again!

"Why didn't you eat?" Elijah's tone was cold, it had been seven to eight hours and she still hadn't eaten yet.

"Weren't you the one who said that I can't touch water?" Esther asked rhetorically, throwing the question back at Elijah.

"Did I say that you couldn't eat?"

Before Esther could answer, Elijah cupped her face and leaned down to seal her slightly opened lips.

His kiss was quick and intense this time, it was like the moment a thirsty man found a water source and drank it recklessly as if there was no stop to it.

At last, when he was at the edge of his blood boiling, Elijah let go of Esther.

Esther was chagrined, "You, you-"

Elijah did it on purpose, was it fun to tease her?

Esther didn't say anything, but her stomach growled again.

Elijah didn't speak as well. Since he kissed her already, Elijah let Esther go and just looked at her.

Neither of them said anything for a while.

"I'm hungry," Esther broke the silence first, "Is this for me?"

"No," Elijah said indifferently, and it wasn't that he didn't hear her stomach rumbling, he just wanted to see her reaction, so he looked at Esther calmly and unhurriedly.

"Oh!" She was a bit embarrassed, so she half lowered her face and said quietly, "Then I'm not eating. I'm going out to eat."

Esther stood up after finishing her sentence, but her stomach grumbled again, and her legs were giving out. She was too hungry! It was obvious that the food was bought for her. She didn't know what it was, but it was smelling so good, and damn Elijah said that it wasn't for her. She muttered to herself while heading out.

"I bought this for my woman, and someone can eat it if she admits to being my woman!" Elijah said as Esther walked a few steps away.

She froze for a moment but continued. She's not his woman!

"Still going out even without money?" Elijah asked again, she didn't seem to have brought anything with her, "Are you sure you want to go out without money and your keys?"

Stunned, Esther turned her head and said, "What do you mean?"

"Come here!" Elijah grabbed Esther by her shirt and lifted her onto the couch, "Eat!"

"I'm not your woman!" She pouted.

"You mean that you want to be my woman now? Want me to prove it to you by holding you down again right now?" His tone was so wicked!

"You" Esther was embarrassed.

"Eat!" Elijah's tone sounded cool. He then walked to the door and changed into his shoes.

Esther stunned for a moment and said, "You're heading out?"

"Yes." Elijah nodded and pointed to the box on the shoe cabinet by the door, "No going out at night, and I'm not coming home tonight. This is a new phone, and I have added my number, call me if something happens."

Elijah left after saying that.

Esther was surprised. Did he come back just to deliver the phone and the food? She smelled the scent of the food, "It's Y Restaurant!"

Esther's heart was feeling inexplicably warm. She chuckled while looking at the food and muttered to herself, "Elijah doesn't seem to be that bad!"

She had a good meal and a good night's sleep till late morning the next day.

Esther didn't go out. Fiddling with her new phone, it was the latest model with a touch screen which was suitable for girls like her to use. She inserted her previous sim card and Hudson's phone number wasn't on it anymore, but a number was saved on the phone and it was Elijah's.

At that moment, her phone rang suddenly, and it was an unfamiliar number. She answered it, "Esther, something happened to my brother!" "Winnie?" Esther was stunned for a moment and her heart thumped, "What did you say?"

"Something happened with Elijah, he went to H City last night. There was a quality problem at the construction site over there, five construction workers died, and a large number of the workers were causing trouble. He went there to settle the problem personally, but the scaffolding collapsed when he was there. He and dozens of workers were hurt in varying degrees and Elijah was injured the most as he tried to save a worker. He's getting emergency treatment at H City Hospital now, can you go see him?"

Esther's eyes ached with soreness all of a sudden, "Hey, is he okay?"

"Grandpa had already rushed over but I'm not sure about the situation now." Winnie cried while saying, "He's still getting emergency treatment now but he was unconscious when he was sent over!" Esther's heart jerked, like she was drained, she didn't know how she put down the phone. She untied the gauze on her hand quickly and went to the closet to find clothes.

When she opened the door, a long row of clothes was hanging in the closet. She recognized them. They were the ones Elijah bought for her the day she went to the Ball family for dinner. There were dresses and casual clothes, below them, were shoes, ten pairs of canvas shoes, and ten pairs of round-toed leather shoes, all flat-heeled.

It turned out that he had placed the clothes in the closet, all neat and tidy. He silently did all of that, but she didn't even notice.

The clothes he bought.

The phone he bought.

The meals he cooked.

The pan-fried buns he bought.

The job he gave.

The opportunity he gave her to continue studying.

The cartooned table and chair in his office...

Her hands and back that he applied medicine to...

His unannounced appearance every time...

His kisses, gentleness, dominance, fierceness, intense kiss, and demands...

He said he wanted her heart...

Esther's mind thought of Elijah's cold face flashing a smile by chance and pain slowly spread from her chest. It came so quickly that she was caught off guard by it.

She took a set of clothes and put them on in a trance. Turned out that in this world there was another man who also pampered her as Hudson did. Blood was raging inside of her, she grabbed her backpack, her phone, and the bank card from Elijah and called a taxi for H City.

In the car, Esther cried till her tears were dry and she only had one thought in her mind. She just wanted to see him and make sure that he was okay, as long as he's okay.

She never doubted that two would love each other deeply if they were together for a long time, but how was it that some were able to fall in love so deeply in such a short time?

It normally took more than two hours to arrive, but with Esther's repeated urging, the driver was able to get there in an hour and a half.

"Are you still going back to G City, Miss?" the driver asked kindly after receiving the money.

Esther shook her head, "No. You can head back, thank you!"

At the hospital ward building in H City.

Esther followed the address given by Winnie.

Sure enough, she saw four men in suits standing at the door from the corridor. Danny was stunned for a moment when he saw Esther, then he walked up, "What brings you here, Miss Price?" "Where's Elijah?" Esther thought that since the man knew her, then he must be Elijah's man. "Where is he?"

"Young master has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb him."

"I want to see him!" Esther lifted her tear-stained face anxiously and said firmly.

"I'll go ask." Danny turned back and went into the ward. Coming out not much later, "Sorry Miss Price, the younger master had requested you to go back. He doesn't want to see you." Bitterness spread to her heart; he doesn't want to see her.

As a matter of fact, Elijah already knew that Esther was coming when he was pushed out from the emergency room, while she was on the way to H City. He was surprised but also excited. He didn't expect her to come and that she came so quickly.

But he was in a mess and was covered with injuries at the moment and he didn't want Esther to see himself in that state.

"Why? I want to see him; I want to make sure he's okay! Get out of the way, I want to go in!" yelled Esther, she was a little emotional, "I want to see Elijah Perry!"

"Miss Price, the young master had already said it himself, please go back!" Danny blocked Esther's way and didn't allow her to enter the ward.

"No! I want to see Elijah, get out of the way!" Esther's voice rose sharply all of a sudden, "I want to see him! If you don't let me in, I'll make him deal with all of you later! Believe it or not, I'm going to let him fire all of you!"

"Please don't give us a hard time, Miss Price." Danny was in a difficult position. He didn't understand why the young master wouldn't want to see Esther. Elijah rarely cared about a woman and Danny could see that the young master was very fond of Esther, but why won't he see her?

Danny felt that at times like this, Elijah needed Esther's support the most. Yet he couldn't figure it out, he wanted to let Esther in, but he was afraid to go against the young master's orders.

Looking at the four men blocking the doorway and then at Danny's dilemma looking face, Esther knew that they were also worried about losing their jobs, whereas Danny was still shaking his head, "I'm sorry, Miss Price, we can only carry out the young master's orders!"

However, his tone was already significantly much less resolute. Esther glared at them, rolled her eyes, and asked again, "Why won't he see me?"

"We don't know."

"Fine! I'm not seeing him!" Esther was suddenly making a gesture to leave. Danny was a bit disappointed and while he was in a daze, Esther suddenly rushed into the ward when everyone wasn't paying attention.

Danny and the other four bodyguards were all shocked.

But following that Danny pursed her lips and smiled, he thought that Esther was going to leave. The reason that Elijah didn't want to see Esther was because he was afraid that she was going to get scared, as he really was very badly injured.

But if Esther really went in, Danny believed that the young master will be happy too.

The person lying on the bed was stunned when Esther rushed in, there was astonishment in that pair of sharp eyes. But it was just for a moment and Elijah quickly regained his composure, followed by a very indifferent question, "What are you doing here?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐