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?”
to Dorian on the other end
dad called. Beatrice is seriously ill and in the
them
is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty to show
silently ate her pasta. Percival, noticing her displeasure, lightly tickled her palm,
dad knows his limits. Let him go by
was behind
guessed right. That was exactly
ward of
woken up, looked
1/3
1214
and asked coldly, “Was
also grim. “But several suppliers. indeed claimed that the Ellington family were the ones who applied the
even bother to see me
speaking, hurried footsteps came from outside
in
“Mom!”
soon as Dorian called out, Beatrice frowned when she saw that he was
“Vivienne didn’t come.”
cup from the bedside table and threw
ΠΑΝΟΙ
of the ward. Dust fell from the wall, and the coffee cup fell to the floor. The lid
hot; otherwise, Dorian might have been
hint of hurt on his face, but he
I went all out to help her become the daughter-in-law of the Ellington family, and this is how
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