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!”

rushed into the kitchen. Mia turned around and saw Timothy, but he ran

splattered all over Mia’s hand, but she didn’t feel the pain

compete with the pain in

to soothe her skin. While doing so, Maya’s coquettish voice rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so much. But please don’t

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

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

of Mia’s hand. It was red

he couldn’t finish

him. “You didn’t expect

such a vicious woman! How dare

kitchen. When she saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even bother

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about to dodge the

had kept Sharon away from her. She never

her.

alone in that. No

was a little annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop me

chilly. “The

was an

Why did Timothy

accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the pot off the stove on purpose. After

It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved

seemed to fly

defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so why did she have to bother putting up with

She wasn’t a pushover!

looked at Maya and said, “What on

Maya defended herself, “I really didn’t push

in the kitchen. “Just check the footage. Everyone will

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