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.

But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead became indiscernible. It should be

haunted

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

your throat and force you to go?” Joseph

it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day,

harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to

Harold immediately after he woke

for me.”

at her retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

made her way to a restaurant situated across the street

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

of coldness.

subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand,

bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and

forward in long

deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you waiting for me

took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no

pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have

for things to turn out this way. I just

Chloe softly retorted.

would have thought that she

clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He

realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph,

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left

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

the food to Grandpa and then

“But why?”

have something to tell

to bring

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