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.

what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead became indiscernible. It

haunted house

intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he

knife to your throat and force you

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

you go to another escape room, you

could not fathom why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some food. Grandpa, please wait

for me.”

retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll go settle the

bills.”

at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes

encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows arched slightly, giving off

of coldness.

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

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

striding forward in long strides and taking the lead.

asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you waiting

no more than five

ear. “Yes. After

turn out this way. I just

Chloe softly

have thought that she had gone

something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are

not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so she

her cheek which left behind

submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and

Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

to

complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring

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