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.

war. But once we stepped inside,

a haunted

emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he would not be

you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled an apple.

him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m about to starve to

chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you

woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some food. Grandpa, please wait

for me.”

the peeled apple to

bills.”

hospital cafeteria was already closed at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a

suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His

of coldness.

in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand, and he asked, What did you

eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains.

in long strides and taking

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

in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason to

without pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a

things to turn out this way.

softly

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

something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are you mumbling about?”

was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so

and let him pinch her cheek which left

Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers from her cheek.

to Grandpa

“But why?”

have something to

complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the

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