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.

in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed

haunted house

the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he

throat and force you to

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

harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of your life.”

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.”

Joseph handed the peeled apple to

bills.”

Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated

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

of coldness.

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

eggs, steamed fish, and some

striding forward in long strides and taking

Just before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked

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

without pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away when you’re

to turn out this way. I just

softly

would have thought that she had

what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are

the appropriate moment to

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek

appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and

Grandpa and

“But why?”

to tell

followed Joseph’s order to

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