Bewitched by him

Doctor?

Though Samantha just gave him the information, everything would just be based on the hypothesis of her brother returning to the pack.

Since he was not there for a long time, no one knew when he would be back.

If Samantha knew the time when her brother would be back, there was no way she would have to lower her head in front of her father and agree to this engagement with William.

She herself had told William the day before that if her brother had been there then he could have helped her long ago.

Hence, it was clear that no one knew when her brother would be back or if he would ever be back or not.

Hence, he did not continue the conversation with Samantha about this topic. There is no need to discuss a topic which has no basis or stability.

William would never prepare a plan without knowing all the variants that could affect his plan.

He hates surprises the most. He only wants stability. He wants a perfect and proper answer to his questions without including any variants which could suddenly change the outcome he planned for.

Seeing that William would not continue the topic, Samantha too stopped. Anyway, she had relayed everything she wanted to him already. Hence, she did not care to proceed with the topic anymore.

After a tiring evening, the engagement party finally came to an end and everyone went back to the villa.

Everyone’s faces looked tired and exhausted except for one person.

Who else could it be if not for Henry?

Though his aged face looked tired, there was also a glow of happiness surrounding him.

He looked like he had almost conquered the entire world today. If not for his old tired body, everyone was sure he would be dancing crazily then and there.

No one was in the mood to care for his happiness though. Everyone wanted to return to their respective rooms and retire for the night.

But before they could go back to their room, Henry stopped them all.

With no expressions on their faces, everyone looked blankly at him waiting for his whatever crazy speech he wanted to give them.

They were sure that he would give some crazy happy speech to show how happy he was about the engagement and no one was interested in listening to it at the moment.

Instead, they wanted him to finish whatever he wanted to say faster so they could go back to their respective beds faster.

Henry did not read the meaning behind their expressions in his happiness as he looked at William with warmth as he announced happily, “William will be staying with us from now on until the date of marriage is decided.”

Everyone was stunned by this news. If the date of marriage was decided faster, then there is no need to be shocked. But everyone knew the basic circumstances of William from an outsider’s point of view.

There was no way he would marry Samantha before he would fight for his pack’s safety.

Hence, it would take at least a couple of months before they would think of deciding the date for their marriage. Otherwise, Henry wouldn’t be in such a hurry to get them both engaged.

He wanted a guarantee that they both would get married. If possible, he would have made them tie the knot on that day itself.

It was because he knew that the marriage wouldn’t happen any time soon that he decided to get them engaged faster to have the guarantee.

Everyone knew about it too.

Then would William be staying with them for the next few months?

Though they thought it would be a couple of months, it was just the minimum approximate. It would definitely take more than that.

Having the to-be son-in-law at their home for so many months before they were married was never before seen or heard of. Hence, no one was able to get out of the shock for a while.

Henry did not care about their reactions as he looked at the calm William and said, while patting him on his shoulder like a loving elder, “William, I have already called the doctor for you. He will be here by this weekend. He, too, will stay with us until you are cured. Do you understand?”

William looked straight into his eyes and nodded his head, “I understand. Thank you.”

Everyone exchanged glances as they looked between Henry and William. From the way William just said he understood, everyone could feel that both the men had just had a secret conversation despite talking in front of them.

Looks like there is some sort of deal between them that they did not know of.

Also, that deal includes some doctor healing William?

No one had ever heard anything about William getting injured. Even at this very moment, the man stood straight like a rod as if he was not exhausted despite standing the entire day at his engagement ceremony.

There is no way one could tell he was not healthy from the way he looked.

Then what is wrong with him?

Everyone that was now listening to Henry's words knew him from a close proximity. They all know how he thinks and how he plans and also how he talks.

Hence, they also understood that he was reminding William of something while talking about this so-called doctor that they never heard of.

It is not like they do not have a family doctor.

But based on Henry’s words, he was not talking about their family doctor. After all, if they needed him, he would be able to come to their house in a few minutes. There is no need to wait until the weekend for his arrival.

This showed that the doctor he was talking about was someone else and not their family doctor whom they were acquainted with.

‘Why is he being so secretive about a doctor? And what is so special about this doctor?’ Everyone did not understand the underlying conversation between Henry and William.