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!”

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

next second, the boiling soup splattered all over

with the pain in

rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded.

mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning around

very next second, Timothy yanked her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect

of Mia’s hand. It was red

he couldn’t finish

up at him. “You

didn’t expect you to be such a vicious woman! How dare you hurt Ms. Lane

When she saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even

+15 BONUS

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

arms had kept Sharon away

her.

No one else expected it,

don’t stop me from teaching

chilly. “The pot fell

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon clearly didn’t believe

jaw. Why did

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

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

at once, sparks seemed to fly

in defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so why

She wasn’t a pushover!

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

really didn’t push the pot off,

kitchen. “Just check the

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