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.

like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us,

a haunted

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

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

buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m about to starve

go to another escape room, you

woke up. Stepping in

for me.”

at her retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll

bills.”

Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across

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

of coldness.

Joseph’s expression remained unchanged as he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand, and he asked, What did you

eggs, steamed fish,

forward in long strides and taking the

asked the question that had been lingering in her mind,

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

her ear. “Yes. After

to turn out this way. I

Chloe softly retorted.

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

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

realized it was not the appropriate moment to

him pinch her cheek which left behind a faint red welt.

His anger abated, and he

food to Grandpa

“But why?”

have something to tell you.”

Joseph’s order to bring

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