Chapter 96
Vivienne’s face was icy, but she still sneakily kicked Percival hard under the table.
Cordelia wasn’t sure what was going on between them, but didn’t Percival know himself?
She noticed that Percival seemed extra keen to hold her hand and stuck to her like glue whenever he had the chance.
Suddenly, a news alert popped up on Vivienne’s phone. “Chairman of Hawthorn Group falls ill suddenly and is rushed to the hospital.
She tried to wriggle her hand out from Percival’s tight grasp but failed. She shot him a cold glance, wondering if her blowing up now would scare Cordelia.
Percival, however, held onto her hand still, put down his cutlery, and showed Vivienne the news on his phone.
Vivienne glanced at the phone. The image in the news was of doctors lifting someone from the Hawthorn Mansion onto an ambulance.
Though the face was blurred out, she could tell from the clothing that it was Beatrice.
Vivienne, amused by the picture, decided to let Percival off the hook for now.
Cordelia was watching their interaction when her phone screen lit up.
“Hey, Dorian, what’s up?”
she listened to Dorian on the other end
hanging up, “Your dad called. Beatrice is seriously ill and in the
with them
is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty
her displeasure, lightly tickled her
paused. “Your dad knows his limits. Let him go by himself, we’ll
Ellington family was behind what happened to the Hawthorn family, Beatrice must
right. That was exactly
the VIP ward of
just woken up, looked gloomy
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and asked
“But several suppliers. indeed claimed that the
bother to see me once?” Beatrice’s
as she finished speaking, hurried footsteps came from outside
in
“Mom!”
as Dorian called out, Beatrice frowned when she saw that he was
“Vivienne didn’t come.”
cup from the bedside table
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coffee cup hit the white wall of the ward. Dust fell from the wall, and the coffee cup fell to the floor.
coffee wasn’t very hot; otherwise, Dorian might have
of hurt on his face, but he still insisted on looking
long? I went all out to help her become the daughter-in-law of the Ellington family, and
and the negative news about the Hawthorn family and immediately
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