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.

the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path

a haunted house

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

force you to

the bedside table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m

tissue box bounced off Joseph harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you

woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy

for me.”

her retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

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

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

of coldness.

subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container

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

striding forward in long strides and taking the

asked the question that had been lingering in her

in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason

“Yes. After all, you have a

for things to turn

softly retorted.

have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from the get-go?

knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue

him pinch her cheek which

greatly. His anger abated, and he released

the food to Grandpa and then

“But why?”

have something to tell

Joseph’s order to bring

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