Chapter 25

Mia thought that if she ever told anyone else about it, she would probably get snuffed out!

Timothy pursed his lips and scoffed, “Don’t get ahead of yourself. I was just pretending for Grandma’s sake, I’m not interested in you.”

Mia stood up. “That means I can leave now, right?”

“Hold it. What if Grandma finds out you leave alone in the middle of the night? How am I supposed to explain things to her?”

Mia thought about Laura’s chilly hands. Hesitating, she asked, “When is Grandma going to get surgery?

“Didn’t you hear her? She refuses to get one.”

Frowning, Timothy added, “Before she agrees to get the surgery, don’t tell her about our divorce.”

“Alright,” Mia agreed without hesitation. “I’ll try my best to get Grandma to agree to the surgery.”

Timothy’s expression improved. “Let’s sleep.”

Mia took out her phone and sent Patricia a text. “Aunt Patricia, I won’t be coming back tonight. Help me inform Dominic.”

promised to head back tonight, but there was no way she could

health had deteriorated. Mia couldn’t let Laura worry about other things

so what was the harm

couch but couldn’t find one. There was only

room.

into the closet. “I remember seeing some extra bedding in here. I’ll sleep on the floor. It’s summer

Mia opened the drawers, she didn’t find

make sense to her. She knew there used to be extra sets in

out behind her. “Grandma

She realized that Laura genuinely wanted her to have a

bedding that

sleep like that. Don’t worry. If I wanted to do anything

flashed mockingly. He was right,

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on one side of the bed, but there was no

conditioning on.

to Mia and said, “Take

be courteous with him. She was pregnant, so she couldn’t afford to

on the other side of the bed, he found

with her back toward him. His gaze was

describe what he felt.

he felt something warm snuggling against him and

had rolled into his arms

looked a

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