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!”

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

next second, the boiling soup splattered all over Mia’s hand, but

with the pain

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

flashed mockingly. She

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

sight of Mia’s hand. It was red and

he

“You didn’t expect what from

such a vicious woman! How

she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before

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about to dodge the slap,

had kept Sharon away from her. She

her.

wasn’t alone in that. No

“Tim, don’t stop me from teaching her a

chilly. “The pot

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon

clenched her jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe it was an

really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the pot off the stove

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

sparks seemed to fly in the

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

She wasn’t a pushover!

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

“I really didn’t push

pointed at the security camera in the kitchen. “Just

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