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!”

kitchen. Mia turned around and saw Timothy,

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

with the pain

quickly 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 much. But please don’t blame Mia. I

She didn’t even bother turning around to

on the arm. “Mia! I

of Mia’s hand. It

lips, he

“You didn’t expect what

be such a vicious woman! How dare you hurt Ms. Lane on

she saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she

+15 BONUS

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

His arms had kept Sharon away from her.

her.

No

“Tim, don’t stop me from

a little chilly. “The

sure it was an accident?” Sharon clearly

Maya clenched her jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe it was an

quickly said pitifully, “It was really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the pot off the stove on purpose. After all, she

accident. Maya had shoved the pot off

seemed

gaze in defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so why did she have

She wasn’t a pushover!

he looked at

really didn’t push the pot

pointed at the security camera in the kitchen. “Just check

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