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.

we did back in the war. But once we

haunted house

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

and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled an

threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I

and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t

with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in

for me.”

peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll

bills.”

Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered

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

of coldness.

be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food

poached eggs, steamed fish, and

forward in long strides and

ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her

and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had

pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency

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

softly

have thought that she had gone

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

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so she

and let him pinch her cheek which left behind a

she lowered her head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His

food to Grandpa and

“But why?”

something to tell

followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to

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