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?”

listened to Dorian on

after hanging up, “Your dad called. Beatrice is seriously ill and in the

them already?” Vivienne’s

“But Beatrice is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty to show filial respect. Your dad

silently ate her pasta. Percival, noticing her displeasure, lightly tickled her palm, but she

Let him

Percival. If the Ellington family was behind what happened to the Hawthorn family, Beatrice must already

That was

the VIP ward

woken up, looked gloomy

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sons by the bedside and asked coldly, “Was it really the work of

face was also grim. “But several suppliers. indeed claimed that the Ellington family were the ones

deathbed, and he can’t even bother to

footsteps came from outside the ward.

in

“Mom!”

soon as Dorian called out, Beatrice frowned when she saw that he

“Vivienne didn’t come.”

immediately grabbed the coffee cup from the bedside table

ΠΑΝΟΙ

the coffee cup fell to the floor. The lid bounced off and hit

wasn’t very hot; otherwise, Dorian

at the door. There was a hint of hurt on his face,

just stared at him coldly with hostile eyes. “Get Vivienne back. Do you think I’ve lived too long? I went all out to help her become the daughter-in-law

thought of Arabella’s Twitter and the negative news about the Hawthorn family and immediately understood

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