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

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

couldn’t compete with the pain

doing so, Maya’s coquettish voice rang in her ears. “Tim, my

mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning around to

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

of Mia’s hand. It was red

his lips, he

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

be such a vicious woman! How dare you hurt Ms. Lane on

didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she

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scornful. Just as she was about to dodge

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

her.

in that. No one else expected

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

little chilly. “The pot

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon clearly

Maya clenched her jaw. Why did

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

It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved the pot off the stove. She did

once, sparks seemed to fly in

in defiance. She had signed the divorce papers anyway, so why

She wasn’t a pushover!

at Maya

“I really didn’t push the pot off,

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

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