Chapter 904: Chapter 904: Arnold’s Escape from the Engagement (Part 1)
Before the person’s words were finished, Mark, who was lying on the bed, had already slightly opened his eyes.
He weakly looked at Silas, who was crying miserably beside him, and disdainfully spoke, "What are you crying for, big man... I’m not dead yet..."
Silas was shocked, his eyes widened, and even his motion of wiping tears froze.
He looked at Mark like this, and said with shock and joy, "Boss, you’re awake?"
Mark looked at Silas with extreme disdain, weakly speaking, "What else did you think?"
After speaking, he disdainfully commanded, "Wipe your nose!"
"Yes!" Silas accepted the order and hurriedly wiped the tears and snot from his face.
Of course, while doing these actions, Silas’s mouth didn’t stop.
He looked at Mark, speaking excitedly, "Boss, we searched for you for a week. You have no idea how anxious we were not finding you!"
"We finally found you, and here you are lying down, not knowing when you will wake up..."
Silas laughed clumsily and continued his chatter, "Now you’re awake at last, boss..."
Mark didn’t interrupt Silas’s words, but turned his head to look at the blue sky outside the window.
He had been in a coma for a week, which meant Arnold’s engagement deadline had already arrived!
Thinking about General Moore’s firmness, Ethan Sterling’s persistent entanglement, Mark frowned deeply and fiercely.
The engagement deadline had arrived, he couldn’t manage to return in time, so what was happening with Arnold now?
Would she get engaged to Ethan Sterling?
No, he understood her, she definitely wouldn’t do it!
But now, without him by her side, without him accompanying her to confront this, what was she meant to do in her steadfast refusal to marry Ethan Sterling?
Moreover, he had fallen off a cliff, disappeared without a trace for a whole week...
If she knew about this news, and still had to resist the engagement with her family, while worrying about him, she must be tormented.
Perhaps by now she has secretly slipped away, on her way rushing to G City?
Thinking of this possibility, Mark immediately turned to Silas, inquiring, "Was the news about my accident sent back?"
Silas nodded, "Sent back."
After speaking, Silas immediately added, "But for the sake of your safety, the higher-ups sealed off the news about your fall off the cliff and disappearance."
Upon hearing Silas say this, Mark instantly felt relieved.
As long as the news of his fall hadn’t gone out, she wouldn’t have to worry about him while dealing with the engagement resistance.
But just having her dealing alone against her family without him there must be particularly tough!
At this moment, Mark even thought to himself, even if Arnold ultimately can’t change anything and is forced by pressure to get engaged to Ethan Sterling, what does it matter?
As long as his girl is fine and doesn’t do anything extreme.
Because he knows clearly, his girl can only belong to him, and even if she got engaged in name to another man, he would certainly grab her back!
Though thinking about his girl possibly becoming someone else’s fiancée, even just in name makes him uncomfortable, an engagement is not the same as a marriage, everything hasn’t reached a decisive moment...
However, Mark knows Arnold.
His girl is so stubborn, she would certainly not get engaged to Ethan Sterling!
Mark moved his body slightly, clearly feeling the pain from various parts of his body, and inquired, "What’s the condition of my body now?"
Silas, with reddened eyes, truthfully described Mark’s situation, "Boss, you’ve suffered severe internal injuries, the shin bone of your left leg is fractured severely, and three ribs in the chest cavity are broken..."
After hearing Silas, Mark calmly stated the facts, "It seems I can’t go back in the short term."
On the other side, Arnold and Ethan Sterling’s engagement ceremony proceeded as scheduled.
Ethan Sterling, finally awaiting this day, wearing a black handmade tailor-made suit of considerable value, stood there in an upright and courteous manner.
His face was filled with a smile of satisfaction, cheerfully receiving every guest attending the engagement ceremony.
Beside Ethan Sterling, stood Arnold who was forced to change into a pink little dress.
Wearing this pink dress, her shiny black hair naturally fell behind her, stepping on seven centimeters high heels with sequins, Arnold with light makeup really looked beautiful.
From afar, Ethan Sterling and Arnold seemed like a perfect match, a pair of exceedingly compatible couple.
But differing from Ethan Sterling’s joyfully beaming face, Arnold’s exquisitely beautiful little face never showed even a second of smile.
Because of Arnold’s reaction, murmurs gradually rose at the engagement party.
"What’s going on, the little princess looks like she’s not very happy?"
"What do you mean by ’looks like,’ it’s obvious! Let me tell you, since I came in until now, the little princess hasn’t smiled once!"
"Me too, me too!"
"Same!"
So someone hypothesized, "Could it be that the little princess doesn’t like Captain Sterling at all?"
Once this truthful guess was voiced, someone immediately questioned, "How’s that possible? Captain Sterling is so handsome, has a good family, plus grew up with the little princess, how could she not like him?"
"But how do you explain the little princess’s obvious unhappiness then? If she truly likes Captain Sterling, why would she keep such a stiff face all the time?"
The debate not far nor near continued, Ethan Sterling looked at Arnold, gently asking, "Monica, what’s wrong?"
Arnold didn’t pay any attention to Ethan Sterling, keeping her small face tense.
Forced to get engaged to someone she doesn’t like, she was very unhappy.
She kept waiting for Mark to appear anytime, while deeply worrying about Mark’s situation on the other side.
Without waiting for Arnold’s response, Ethan Sterling softly requested again, "Monica, today is our engagement day, would you smile?"
Arnold raised her eyes, looked at Ethan Sterling, coldly asking, "If you were to engage with someone you don’t like, would you be able to smile?"
Ethan Sterling grabbed Arnold’s small hand with his long hand.
His dark eyes were tinted with painful hues, looking at Arnold, he pleadingly spoke, "Monica, don’t be like this, okay?"
Arnold stared at Ethan Sterling, asking, "What do you want me to do then?"
Following that, without waiting for Ethan Sterling to say anything, nor giving him an opportunity to speak, Arnold looked at Ethan Sterling again, inquiring once more, "Ethan Sterling, can you cancel the engagement with me?"
Ethan Sterling didn’t answer Arnold’s question.
With painful dark eyes, he looked at Arnold, weakly saying, "Monica, I’ll be good to you for a lifetime..."
"But that’s not what I want!" Arnold interrupted Ethan Sterling’s words.
Then she smiled sorrowfully, "Forget it, I’m tired..."
