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!”

saw Timothy, but he

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

couldn’t compete with the pain in

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 she did it on

flashed mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning

second, Timothy yanked her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect you to be such

caught sight of Mia’s hand. It was red

he couldn’t finish

at him. “You didn’t expect what from

didn’t expect you to be such a vicious woman! How dare

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

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she was about to dodge the slap, a pair of

kept

her.

in that. No one else

don’t stop me from teaching her a

chilly.

sure it was an accident?” Sharon

jaw. Why did Timothy actually believe

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

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

sparks seemed to fly in the

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

She wasn’t a pushover!

as he looked at Maya and said, “What on

defended herself, “I really didn’t push the

the kitchen. “Just check the footage.

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