Chapter 217


    It was the dead of night when Maja was just about to get up:n woke up, his eyes finding hers:


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    “Mr. Raymond, you awake?”


    tan’s voice was a bit hoarse. He nced at the ceiling and rubbed his temples.


    “Am I in a hospital?”


    “Yeah, you were running a fever


    “Howe you’re here?”


    “I have a rtive in hospital as well. Ran into you by chance. You feeling better?”


    feverish,


    He let out a breath of relief, but thinking about Holden’s recent actions made his face darken.


    He couldn’t use the Raymond Corporation as an excuse anymore. Holden was hell-bent on making that


    woman have the child. He snorted in derision.


    Hearing his scoff, Maja knew Holden had really pissed him off,


    She watched asn picked up his phone to call Jeff.


    “Look up whether the Pennyfeather family reached out to Holden again today”


    He had warned them before. If the Pennyfeathers didn’t stop their meddling, he wouldn’t be so forgiving


    next time.


    In less than five minutes, Jeff called back.


    “Neil did call Holden.”


    He had given them a chance, but they blew it.


    Maja sat beside him, listening to his icy orders.


    But she couldn’t argue.


    She should have seen thising before Neil made that call.


    After hanging up,n turned to Maja.


    Maja’s face was expressionless as she asked, “Mr. Raymond, you want some water?”


    Her eyes were bright and clear, seemingly indifferent to his family affairs.


    “Yes,”


    Maja got up, fetched a ss of water, and handed it to him.


    “Which rtive of yours is in the hospital?”


    “My husband.”


    He sneered, “Did he contract syphilis?”


    Maja was about to get up to pour herself a ss of water, but upon hearing this, she sat back down,


    looking at him in disbelief.


    fan figured she might not know about her husband’s betrayal yet, so he said lightly. “Just kidding.”


    Maja felt both amused and angry, finally settling on helplessness


    “Mr. Raymond, that’s not a funny joke.”


    for a woman of the night.


    And when he was cold, he didn’t mince words.


    At her words now,n just held his ss of water quietly.


    Poor thing, always defending her husband, not knowing she’s been betrayed


    “Penny, how did you meet your husband?”


    It waste at night, the light in the room was dim, and the corridor was quiet except for the asional


    sound of the nurses


    “Our elders introduced us. He wasn’t impressed with me.”


    Maja couldn’t help but smile a little at this.


    “Everyone has their preferences. Not everyone will like me.”


    Her eyes were clear, and she seemed a little regretful as she spoke.


    “I don’t think I’m good enough for him either”


    “You shouldn’t belittle yourself.”


    “You’re definitely good enough for him.”