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!”

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

very next second, the boiling soup splattered all over

compete with the pain in

rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so much. But please

mockingly. She didn’t

on the arm. “Mia!

sight of Mia’s hand. It was red and

his lips, he

looked up at him. “You didn’t expect what

a vicious woman! How dare you hurt Ms. Lane

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

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about to dodge the slap, a pair of

shock. His arms had kept Sharon away from her. She never thought

her.

No

little annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop me

a little chilly.

sure it was an accident?” Sharon clearly

jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe it was

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

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

sparks seemed to

defiance. She had signed the divorce

She wasn’t a pushover!

looked at Maya and said, “What on earth

Maya defended herself, “I really didn’t push

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

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