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.

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

haunted house instead.

A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had

your throat and force you to

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

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

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

for me.”

the peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

made her way to a restaurant situated across

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

of coldness.

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

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

nodded, striding forward in long

before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in

no need to wait in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more

ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away

things to turn

Chloe softly retorted.

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

clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked,

realized it was not the appropriate moment to

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek

her head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers from her

to Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

something to

Joseph’s order to bring

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