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 to

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

with

used cold water to soothe her skin. While doing so, Maya’s coquettish voice rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so

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

on the arm.

Mia’s hand. It was red

lips, he couldn’t finish

up at him. “You

you to be such a vicious woman! How dare you

wrist, she didn’t even bother to

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turned scornful. Just as she was about to dodge

shock. His arms had kept Sharon away from her. She

her.

wasn’t alone in that. No one else expected

annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop me

a little chilly. “The

you sure it was an

did

really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push

It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved the pot

seemed

high and met Timothy’s gaze in defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so

She wasn’t a pushover!

looked at Maya and

Maya defended herself, “I really

security camera in the kitchen. “Just check the footage.

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