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, and the

a haunted

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,

a knife to your throat and force you to

the tissue box from 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 to starve to death because of you, you

you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the

after he woke up. Stepping in

for me.”

retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

made her way to a restaurant

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

of coldness.

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

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

long strides and taking the

reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked

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

voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency

to turn out this way. I just couldn’t control my

softly retorted.

who the hell would have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from the get-go?

not catch what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment

her cheek which left behind a faint red welt.

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

food to Grandpa

“But why?”

have something to tell you.”

complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the

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