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!”

turned around and saw Timothy, but he ran over to Maya

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

compete with the pain in her

her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so

hearing this, Mia’s eyes flashed mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning

yanked her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect you to be

hand.

he

at him. “You didn’t expect

vicious woman! How

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

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about to dodge the slap, a pair of hands

kept Sharon away from her.

her.

alone in that. No one else

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

a little chilly.

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon

jaw. Why did Timothy actually

just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the pot off the stove on purpose. After all, she got

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

at once, sparks seemed to fly

raised her head high and met Timothy’s gaze in defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so why did she have to bother putting up

She wasn’t a pushover!

narrowed as he looked at Maya and said,

really

security camera in the kitchen.

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