Chapter 71
Chapter 71
“That’s a pity. I quite like Tori.” Evelyn sighed lightly. “Then, why don’t you check when you’ll settle
things with Be?”
Christian frowned and didn’t reply.
“If you don’t have someone you like and you’re dragging it out like this, losing a few hundred million
and making your grandfather unhappy won’t be worth it,” Evelyn warned.
Christian took a bite of the food. “I know what I’m doing.”
Evelyn heaved a long sigh. “Usually when you say so, I’ll be able to rx. But, for some reason, when I
hear you say it this time, I feel even more worried.”
Christian lifted his eyes to nce at her before he lowered his head again to resume his meal,
changing the subject. “Victoria burned her leg and is now in Alden Hospital.”
“How did she get burned?” Evelyn put down her spoon, her face slightly surprised and worried. “Is the
injury serious?”
Christian replied, “She scalded herself with hot tea and needs to be hospitalized for some time.”
“Hot tea?” Evelyn raised her eyebrows slightly. “I heard that the kid from the Coleman Family ruined
one of your clubhouses and sshed Be with hot tea. Was the burn on Tori’s leg caused by Be
‘identally’ scalding her with hot tea?”
Christian hummed in reply.
Evelyn tittered and said meaningfully, “I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that their family has such
a sly daughter.”
She looked at Christian, who was eating with his head down, and lightly knocked on the table twice.
“You don’t usuallye home for dinner. What’s with the sudden change? Did youe back just to
tell me about Tori’s leg injury today?”
“You’re thinking too much,” Christian said.
Evelyn cupped her chin and looked at her son’s handsome face with a serious expression. “Doesn’t
this count as you caring for Tori? Sweetie, will you really not consider Tori?”
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Evelyn raised her hands in defeat and sighed. “All right, I was thinking too much.”
Just then, Christian’s phone rang. After picking it up and looking at the caller ID, he ced it back on
the table. Though his phone rang incessantly for more than thirty seconds, it failed to arouse his
attention, and a whileter, Evelyn’s phone rang.
She picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID before ncing up at Christian with a sigh. “I really
can’t even eat a meal in peace.”
Then, she answered her phone with augh. “If you’re calling at this hour, you’re not going to invite me
to dinner, are you? Did I guess right? I’m sorry, Nancy, but I just finished eating.”
“Why did Christian cancel thewsuit against the Coleman Family’s son? I have no idea, really. He
didn’t tell me anything.”
“Hand him the phone? I’m at home, but the brat is still at the office and didn’te back. Yeah, okay,
let’s leave it at that. I’ll give him an earful when I see him. He’s being too unkind.”
After Evelyn hung up the phone, she nced at Christian sideways. “You’re already an adult. Next
time, make sure you settle things cleanly instead of letting them call me.”
“No matter how old I get, I’ll still be a child in front of you,” Christian said.
Evelyn scolded him with augh before she got up and picked up her bag. “It’s still early. Come with me
to the hospital to visit Tori.”
After Victoria returned to the hospital, she called Vincent and exined the situation. The second half
of the phone call was answered by Glen, and the whole time he was yelling about how hard it was to
get thatnd, even scolding her.
Meanwhile, she listened numbly without uttering a word of rebuttal until he hung up the phone.
Just then, the doctor came in and hooked up an IV drip to her. Then, he changed her bandages and
warned with a dark expression, “Your leg has already been injured before, and you burned it again this
time. If you don’t cooperate with the treatment properly, the wound will be inmed or infected,
and you will have to bear the consequences!”
Victoria nodded carelessly, barely listening to him as if she had something on her mind. Her attitude
angered the doctor, and after telling her to call for him or a nurse once the IV drip was finished, he left
with an unpleasant look on his face.
“How did you make the doctor that angry?” Evelyn pushed the door open and walked in while asking
Christian to put aside the boxes of supplements he was carrying and the thermos containing the soup
they brought from home.
Victoria was lying on the bed, but when she saw the two of them enter, she propped herself up with the
support of the bed, her back tense as she greeted, “Hello, Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Thatcher.”
“You brat, why are you being so formal with us?” Evelyn sighed helplessly and directed Christian.
“Hurry up and help Tori lie down.”
Christian hummed in assent and walked over to Victoria. He encircled her waist with his left arm while
his right arm went around her neck, nearly hugging her as he helped her lie down. His breath
enveloped Victoria, and as her left ear was pressed against his chest, she could even hear his strong,
powerful heartbeat. She subconsciously held her breath, every cell in her body turning tense instead of
just her back.
“The two of you make such a good match. If an uninformed persones over, they will definitely think
you’re a couple.” Evelynughed.
As if he hadn’t heard her, Christian took out an apple and peeled it. His long, fair fingers flitted between
the red peel and the yellowish flesh, as if it were a work of art.
“You’re ttering me, Mrs. Thatcher.” Victoria swept a nce at Christian, a thinyer of sweat forming
at the tip of her nose. “Mr. Thatcher and Miss Spritz are a better match.”
At her words, Christian paused while peeling the apple, and the long red peel broke off and fell to the
ground. He picked it up and threw it into the trash can.
“Be’s looks are a good match for Christian, but the rest may not be the case.” Evelyn said
meaningfully, “All right, let’s stop talking about her. Why was the doctor angry when he went out? Did
you provoke him?”
“It’s nothing,” Victoria replied evasively.
After Christian finished peeling the apple and handed it to Evelyn, he said carelessly, “The doctor told
her to rest and recuperate, but she ended up going to the office to look for me earlier this afternoon.”
Evelyn slightly raised her eyebrows and handed the apple to Victoria. “No matter whether others
cherish it or not, you must first cherish your own body. Since the doctor told you to rnovelxo fast
updateest, what reason did you have to look for Christian this afternoon?”
Pursing her lips, Victoria didn’t make a sound and only handed the apple back to Evelyn. Christian had
peeled it, so she didn’t dare to eat it.
Seeing her reluctance to speak, Evelyn did not probe any further. With a smile, she handed the apple
to Victoria. “Just eat it if we give it to you. I’ll ask Christian to peel another one.”
Holding the apple in her hands, Victoria subconsciously nced at Christian again.
“Eat it.” Saying that, Christian took another apple and proceeded to peel it.
Victoria took a small bite, but couldn’t taste anything. She really couldn’t understand him. Sometimes
he hated her enough to kill her, but sometimes he treated her like an ordinary person, and she didn’t
know if he would let her go.
“How much tea was spilled on you to make you this hurt?” Evelyn lifted the nket, looking at the injury
on Victoria’s leg with a distressed expression.
Victoria was worried that if she said something against Be, Christian would be displeased, so she
didn’t reply.
“An entire pot.” Christian frowned slightly, but eased his frown soon after before handing the freshly
peeled apple to Evelyn.
“My lipstick wille off if I eat the entire thing like this, so I won’t eat it. You eat it.” Evelyn pushed the
apple back to Christian and said with a lightugh, “Be must be really talented to identally spill an
entire pot of tea onto Tori.”