“Grandma! Grandma! Please, don’t…” Fia was the closest to Thea. She could obviously sense that something was wrong with her breathing.“Tsk. I never knew that Fia could win an Oscar,” Beth spat, without realizing how dangerously things were developing.Fia didn’t have the time to fight with them. She kept on crying out for her grandmother as she pressed the bell.“Mom?” Perhaps it was because of their bond, Echo stumbled over to Thea’s bedside and touched her face. Her face was abnormally cold to touch, and she could feel her fear intensifying.“Fia… Why is your grandma so cold…?”Conrad frowned slightly and wanted to turn around and call the doctor.At that moment, Jason and the rest of the medical team arrived.Jason gave Conrad a cold glance before entering the ward with a sidestep. When Fia saw him, she cried. “Doctor, please look at my grandma…”Jason and another doctor took a look at Thea for a few seconds before he said in a stern voice, “Family members, please leave!”
“Conrad, please give Esme’s uncles a call. Once they’re here, please speak on my behalf.” Beth could already hear her heart thumping uncontrollably. If something were to happen to her mother, then she had to keep a good relationship with her brothers.That way, she would have no fear of punishing that pair of shameless mother and daughter!“Mom, please wipe your face.” Esme took out a wet tissue from her bag and handed it to her mother. Blood covered her entire face and it made her look like a murderer.Beth wiped her face and hands, and then said to Conrad, “Conrad, you love Esme very deeply and I watched you grow up. When you're younger, your relationship with your parents wasn’t great and you spent a lot of time at my place.”Conrad gave Beth a frigid glance. He hated it when people talked about his family.His relationship with his parents was bad back then, and it hadn’t improved.His grandfather was the one that took care of him. His father spent most of his time out of the
“Esme, don’t be as prideful as you were in the past. Now that he still cares about you because of your past, work hard. Otherwise, all the seductresses out there will take him and you’ll lose your chance!”Esme could feel her chest tighten.She had never looked at Fia as a worthy enough rival, but her mother’s words made her anxious.“He’s not that kind of man.”“I know that he’s someone loyal to his feelings. Even when he didn’t have any feelings for Fia, he still respected her and allowed her to be Madam Maxwell for the past three years. However, that doesn’t mean that there are no other seductresses outside!“In Gryphon’s social circle, all the other madams are hoping to find a chance to get close to him. They’re willing to even let their daughters become homewreckers if that’s what it takes!”“Why would they let their daughters ruin themselves like that?” Esme asked with an innocent look on her face.“Oh, Esme! The Maxwell household is the most powerful household in all of G
Conrad wiped his face as he was getting more and more agitated. He didn’t know where this agitation came from.He became agitated when he saw her cry.He became agitated when he saw her becoming distant toward him.He became even more agitated when he saw her showing her pitiful face to Jason.He didn’t know if it was because of his identity as her husband.He loved Esme for so many years and could not forget her for the past three years.He was happy when he knew she had returned.The person he loved should still be Esme.But… Why was Fia able to affect his emotions?Perhaps…He stared at Fia’s once beautiful eyes. They were red and swollen.Her nose and her cheeks were all red, just like when she was little.Perhaps…Once they were divorced and they were no longer husband and wife, he would no longer feel agitated.Once they were divorced, he would feel nothing because he was no longer her husband. He would no longer care who was getting close to her.Yes! That must be
Conrad held Fia’s arm tightly and dragged her to ward number 5.Because of his large strides, she could only keep up with him with a small jog.Jason looked at all of this and couldn’t help but tighten his fists.This was the first time the nurse was seeing the usually gentle Jason look so angry. She timidly asked him, “Doctor, do you know that madam over there?”Jason gave the nurse an icy glance and ignored her as he hurried toward the ward.“Mom! You can’t just leave like this!” Beth’s cries could be heard outside of the ward.Thea’s three sons walked out of the ward with gloomy expressions on their faces before looking at Beth with hostility.“Why are you looking at me like that?”“The medical staff said that you were yelling and screaming inside just now.”“That’s not me! Echo and Fia were the ones who started it!”When Beth turned around and saw Conrad walking over with Fia, she quickly yelled, “You’re here just in time, Conrad! Quick, tell your uncles-in-law what happe
“Douglas! Conrad’s the one who said he will divorce Fia and marry Esme!”Beth spoke with an expression that showed as if she had been misunderstood. “Conrad was originally in love with Esme and they had such a good relationship. If it were three years ago…”“Yeah, that was three years ago!” Hector said harshly. “Even you’re getting angry at me, Hector?” Beth said with a pout, as if she was a young woman that had been wrongfully blamed.“Wallace, we’ll visit Echo. You tell her!”Douglas and Hector left. They didn’t want to waste any more time with Beth.“I was only worried about mom, Wallace. You know, I have a bad temper and sharp tongue, so…”“Enough. Let’s talk business.”“What… What business?”“We’ve helped your husband a lot, seeing that you’re our sister. However, seeing that the Mannings are doing better, it seems like Hank no longer needs us to give him any advice. Therefore, I’m now letting you know that the Lawsons and the Mannings should keep our distance. Both in t
Fia had just left the ward when she walked into Conrad.She rubbed her nose and said, “Why haven’t you left?”“It’s getting late. I’ll go home with you together.”“Fine. After I visit my mom.”“I’ll come along.”Fia was getting too tired. She didn’t refuse or approve his offer and simply walked away.By the time she came back home from the hospital, it was already two in the morning.Conrad looked at her pale face and lips. He then walked into the kitchen.Fia simply glanced at his disappearing figure and walked to her bedroom. She took out the medicine from her bag and ate it. Despite her hunger, she was so tired that she didn’t want to cook anything, but she also did not want to wake Mrs. Taylor up.After taking around six pills, the door to their bedroom was pushed open. She quickly closed her eyes with a plum still in her mouth.Conrad glanced at the person sleeping on the bed and walked over to the table. He then put two plates of pasta on the table.“Eat something befo
The woman on the bed moved and said, “I want pork chop in barbecue sauce.”“…” Pork chop in barbecue sauce again?Conrad then remembered that Beth asked him to go to her place just now so she could make that dish for him.He even suspected that she had heard it and simply said it to make him uncomfortable.“I want pork chop in barbecue sauce,” Fia said as she got up with irritation. “Fine.” Conrad turned around and got back down.He took out some pork chop from the fridge but didn’t know where to start. But when he remembered that there were plenty of videos and recipes on the internet, he took out his phone and began searching.One hour later, Fia was already fast asleep.Meanwhile, Conrad walked into the bedroom with a plate of pork chop in barbecue sauce that, at the very least, looked edible.“Get up. The pork chop in barbecue sauce you ordered.”Fia groaned and didn’t even move. All she wanted to do was to sleep.The bag of plums had already satisfied her.“Didn’t you