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!”

the kitchen. Mia turned around and saw Timothy, but he ran over to Maya to

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

couldn’t compete with

Maya’s coquettish voice rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so much. But please don’t blame Mia.

mockingly. She

her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect

of Mia’s hand. It was

his lips, he

up at him. “You

you to be such a vicious woman! How dare you hurt

wrist, she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she raised her hand to

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scornful. Just as she was about to dodge

Timothy in shock. His arms had kept Sharon away from her. She never thought he would

her.

wasn’t alone in that. No one else expected

don’t stop me from teaching her

a little chilly.

sure it was an accident?”

clenched her jaw. Why did Timothy

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

“No. It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved the pot off the stove.

once, sparks seemed to fly in the

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

She wasn’t a pushover!

looked at

Maya defended herself, “I really didn’t push the

the security camera in the kitchen. “Just check the footage. Everyone will know what

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