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

a haunted

traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it

knife to your throat and force you to

Go buy me some food. I haven’t

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

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

for me.”

the peeled

bills.”

hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered

to the hospital, Chloe encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his

of coldness.

at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His

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

striding forward in long strides and

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

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 tendency to run away when you’re

not… I didn’t intend for things to turn out this way. I just couldn’t

Chloe softly retorted.

have thought that she had gone for

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

realized it was not the appropriate moment

him pinch her cheek which left behind

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

food to Grandpa and

“But why?”

to tell

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

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