Chapter 17

Moments later, Maya entered the kitchen. She walked up to Mia and said, “Mia, do you think making some soup for Mrs. Barrett Senior is enough for you to convince her to stand up for you?

“I’ll let you in on something. I’ve hired a renowned and highly acclaimed cardiovascular surgeon to perform surgery for Mrs. Barrett Senior. As long as the surgery succeeds, I’m sure she won’t object to Tim and me getting married.”

Even though Dominic and Connor hadn’t agreed to Maya’s request, she was sure she could convince Connor

to operate on Laura.

She believed that once she saved that old hag’s life, the latter would’ve no reason to stop her from marrying Timothy anymore.

Mia knew that Laura had been living with a heart condition for some time now, but they had failed to find a suitable person to perform the surgery.

Well, Mia figured things were better this way. At the very least, Laura could regain her health.

Mia stood up from the stool and said, “Allow me to offer my congratulations in advance. I hope you two will have a big family with lots of kids, even if they all end up being half-siblings. Now, please get out of my way.”

Maya’s eyes darkened. How dare Mia talk back to her?

Maya reached out to shove the pot off the stove, and it began tipping over in Mia’s direction.

“Watch out!”

turned around and saw Timothy, but he ran over to Maya

splattered all over Mia’s hand, but she

couldn’t compete with

“Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so much. But please

Mia’s eyes flashed mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning around to

second, Timothy yanked her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect you to

Mia’s hand.

he

up at him. “You didn’t

a vicious woman! How dare

saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even bother to

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about to dodge the slap, a pair of hands

His arms had kept Sharon away from her.

her.

No one

“Tim, don’t stop me from teaching

was a little chilly. “The pot

sure it was an accident?” Sharon clearly didn’t believe

Why did Timothy actually believe

said pitifully, “It was really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the pot off the

calmly stated, “No. It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved

seemed to fly in

the divorce papers anyway, so why did she have to bother putting up with such

She wasn’t a pushover!

as he looked at Maya and said,

defended herself, “I really didn’t push the pot off,

the security camera in the kitchen. “Just check the footage. Everyone will know what

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