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,

all over Mia’s hand,

with the pain in

used cold water to soothe her skin. While doing so, 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 think

eyes flashed mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning around

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

Mia’s hand. It was

his lips, he

up at him. “You didn’t expect

you to be such a vicious woman! How dare you

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

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turned scornful. Just as she was about to dodge the slap,

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

her.

No

a little annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop

chilly. “The pot fell by

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

her jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe it

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

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

at once, sparks seemed to fly in

and met Timothy’s gaze in defiance. She had signed the

She wasn’t a pushover!

slightly narrowed as he looked at Maya

really didn’t push the pot

pointed at the security camera in the kitchen.

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