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!”

Mia turned around and saw Timothy,

very next second, the boiling soup splattered all

compete with the pain in

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

She didn’t even bother turning around to

the very 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 red

lips, he

“You didn’t expect what

you to be such a vicious

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

+15 BONUS

Just as she was about to

at Timothy in shock. His arms had kept Sharon away from her. She never thought he would

her.

alone in that. No

“Tim, don’t

was a little chilly. “The pot

was an accident?”

jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe it

quickly said pitifully, “It was really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t

calmly stated, “No. It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved the pot off the stove. She did

seemed to fly in the

She had signed the divorce papers

She wasn’t a pushover!

he looked at Maya and

herself, “I really

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

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