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 stepped inside,

a haunted

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

throat and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he

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

another escape room, you won’t

why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered,

for me.”

Joseph handed the peeled

bills.”

hospital cafeteria was already closed at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated

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

of coldness.

he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand,

serves home-style dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish,

striding forward in long strides

closely behind him. Just before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been

line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle

past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away when you’re

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

Chloe softly retorted.

the hell would have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from the

what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked,

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

her cheek

His anger abated, and he

to Grandpa and

“But why?”

to tell

order to bring the food to

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