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.

thought it’d be like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once

a haunted

skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he would

force you to go?” Joseph asked

the tissue box from the bedside table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I

box bounced off Joseph harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another

not fathom why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll

for me.”

the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll go

bills.”

so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes and

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

of coldness.

gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand, and he asked,

I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish,

Joseph nodded, striding forward in long strides and

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

counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes

her ear. “Yes. After all,

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

Chloe softly retorted.

thought that she had gone for the wrong person

what she 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 to

her cheek

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

food to Grandpa

“But why?”

something to

She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to

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