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 leave

couldn’t let Laura worry about other

years, so what was

couch but couldn’t find one. There was

room.

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

when Mia opened the drawers, she didn’t find any

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

behind her.

well. She realized that Laura genuinely wanted her to have a baby. Unfortunately, she couldn’t tell Laura about

looked at the only set of bedding that

I wanted to do anything to

eyes flashed mockingly. He was right, of

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there was

conditioning on.

Mia and said, “Take

She was pregnant, so she couldn’t afford to get

side of the bed, he found himself unable

woman who lay with her back toward

describe what he felt.

eyes. Soon, he felt

into his arms

biting remarks, she looked a lot

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