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.

what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path

a haunted house

filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and

force you to go?” Joseph asked as he

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

go to another escape room, you won’t have to

felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between

for me.”

handed the peeled apple

bills.”

made her way to a restaurant situated across the

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

of coldness.

be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in

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

in long strides and taking the lead.

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 bill. He

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

intend for things to turn out this way.

Chloe softly retorted.

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

appropriate moment to argue

retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left behind a faint

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

to Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

something to tell

to bring the food

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