“President Fuller!” Tom shouted in panic and lunged forward to pull Tina away before pushing down the emergency button above the headboard of the bed.

At first, Tina was angry at Tom, but she realized what he did when she heard the alarm blaring through the room. “What’s wrong with Toby?” she asked anxiously.

Before Toby passed out from the pain, Tom laid him down on the bed and turned to face her angrily. “Miss Gray, aren’t you aware that President Fuller is injured? You just opened up his wounds again by throwing yourself so hard at him!” he yelled, pointing at Toby’s chest where there was a bloody patch on his hospital robes.

Skeptically, he wondered, Does she really love President Fuller? If she really does, she should be more careful knowing that he’s injured lest his injuries get worse. But the way she’s acting so recklessly looks like she doesn’t care one bit about his injuries.

 

Flustered, Tina uttered, “I-I didn’t do it on purpose…” On her part, she hugged Toby so tightly because she was excited to see that he had awakened, and she hadn’t thought of the consequences of her actions at all.

Just then, Rose came into the room with Jean and Mary by her sides. “What happened?! Why did the emergency alarm go off?” Rose asked anxiously.

Tom was wiping off the sweat on Toby’s forehead when they entered, and he quickly replied, “President Fuller’s wounds opened up.”

“Goodness, he’s bleeding!” Jean gasped in shock.

still fine a minute

Tom a look, hoping that he wouldn’t rat out on her. However, he simply pretended he hadn’t seen it and placed down the towel in

 

Rose exclaimed, her face trembling with anger. Throwing an icy glare at Tina, she added, “Great! I

just a flunkey Toby is keeping by his

think that’s exactly your plan! Ever since Toby started dating you, his reputation has been going downhill and our family paid a hefty price for you. Just because Toby covered up for you doesn’t mean I don’t know anything. The way I see it, you’re just a jinx sent here to bring calamity to our family!”

not some elder from a reputable family—she couldn’t give two hoots about the etiquette expected of her and was just lashing out at

knew that she couldn’t snap back at Rose. Hence, she gave Jean a puppy-look, hoping that she would put in some

It wasn’t solely because of her family background, but also because Tina really knew how to please her—frequently fawning upon

think you’ve exaggerated things. What if she really wasn’t intentional?” Jean said, smiling at

“So, you would rather speak up for the person who caused your son’s wounds to open up instead of blaming her? Is Toby incomparable to an outsider in your heart? Indeed, you don’t love him that much because he’s not your biological

and looked at Jean with eyes the size of golf balls. Then, she shifted her gaze to the man on the bed who had his eyes tightly shut;

like Jean, and she always carries herself like a hillbilly. Nothing like a lady born of a reputable family at all. It makes more sense

Tom was equally

speaking about, Mom? Even though I didn’t give birth to Toby, I’ve always

the corner of

arrived and injected some analgesic into Toby. After the pain faded away, he gradually regained his consciousness, but his

in her heart, Rose held

he uttered,

It’s all my fault. I’m so sorry…” Standing by

mood to console her at this point. Rubbing his temples, he

When he hears me crying now, he’s not going to prioritize and comfort me, even when he’s busy, like he used to anymore. At the thought of this, panic washed

we’ve reapplied the antiseptic and dressed the wounds again. The next step is to take good care, but he shouldn’t be hit so strongly again. Otherwise, not only will his wound open up again, but his ribs which were fixed in place will also break,” the doctor warned sternly as he removed his

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