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.

hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path

haunted house instead.

more, the room had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he would not

and force you to go?” Joseph asked

bedside table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m about to starve to death because of you,

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

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.”

the peeled apple to

bills.”

way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a

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

of coldness.

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

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

in long strides and taking

reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you waiting

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

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

intend for things to turn out this way. I just

Chloe softly retorted.

that she had gone for

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

was not the appropriate moment to

let him pinch her cheek

she lowered her head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he

Grandpa and then

“But why?”

to tell

complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to Harold. She

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