Chapter 112 Heart Attack

“Grandpa just had a heart attack. Come to the hospital now.”

Chloe’s pupils instantly constricted. Without thinking about anything else, she immediately agreed, “Okay.”

Forty minutes later, she arrived at the hospital. Through the glass window, she could see

Harold lying in the emergency room with an oxygen tube inserted into his nose and a pale face.

devoid of color.

This sight made Chloe’s heart tighten. “Why did Grandpa suddenly have a heart attack?”

Joseph remained expressionless and said, “He went to play an escape room with some friends, and he got frightened.”

“That’s it?”

“Mm-hm.”

“Sigh…” Chloe touched her nose and replied, “Grandpa still has the heart of a child.”

“Where are the family members of the patient? The patient has awakened,” a nurse said as she emerged from the ward.

Joseph glanced at Chloe. “Let’s go in.”

“Okay.”

The two of them entered the ward one after the other. When Harold saw them, a gentle smile graced his aging face. “I’m fine. Patrick was just being paranoid in calling you two here.”

Chloe pursed her lips and coaxed him like a child, “Grandpa, you shouldn’t go to escape rooms

anymore.”

Flushed with embarrassment, Harold shot an annoyed glare at Joseph before clearing his

throat. “Fine, fine. I won’t go anymore. This is the fault of those old comrades of mine. They wanted to keep up with the latest trends, so they suggested we give an escape room a try for

some fun.

be like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped

a haunted house

had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware

and force you to go?” Joseph asked as

at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day,

box bounced off Joseph harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of

felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping

for me.”

the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll

bills.”

this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated

encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique.

of coldness.

remained unchanged as he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His

poached eggs, steamed fish, and

long strides and taking the

reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that

usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason to stay in the lobby.

“Yes. After all, you have a tendency

for things to turn out this way. I just couldn’t control

softly

she

said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are you mumbling about?”

appropriate

retorting and let him pinch her cheek which

submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he

to Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

something to

obediently complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to Harold.

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