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!”

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

the very next second, the boiling soup splattered all over Mia’s hand, but she didn’t feel the

with the

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.

She didn’t even bother turning

Timothy yanked her on the

Mia’s hand. It was red and

lips, he couldn’t finish

at him. “You didn’t

a vicious woman! How dare

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

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to dodge the slap, a pair

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

her.

alone in that. No one else

little annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop me from teaching

a little chilly. “The

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon

jaw. Why did Timothy

Mia didn’t push the pot

Maya had shoved the pot off the stove. She did it on

at once, sparks seemed to

the divorce

She wasn’t a pushover!

he looked at

defended herself, “I really didn’t push the

kitchen. “Just check the footage.

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