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!”

around and saw Timothy, but he ran over to

the very next second, the boiling soup splattered all over Mia’s hand, but

compete with the pain in

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

She didn’t even bother turning around

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

caught sight of Mia’s hand. It was

he couldn’t

him. “You didn’t expect what from

a vicious woman! How dare you

hurried into the kitchen. When she saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she raised her hand

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scornful. Just as she was about to dodge the slap, a pair of hands

stared at Timothy in shock. His arms had kept Sharon away from

her.

alone in that. No one else

“Tim, don’t stop

a little chilly. “The pot fell by

an

did Timothy actually believe

accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t

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

seemed to fly in the

She had signed the divorce

She wasn’t a pushover!

slightly narrowed as he looked at Maya and said, “What on earth

Maya defended herself, “I really didn’t push

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

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