Chapter 114
The room fell into silence the moment ine said that.
No one had expected her to say that.
As for the reason they went quiet, it was because her words suddenly made them
realize Christopher was not as useless as they thought.
He was a thug, a gangster who wandered on the edges of society.
He was the best at tasks like teaching others a lesson.
Everyone admired how fast ine came to that realization. It seemed like her fight
with Victoria had made her thoroughly hate Victoria.
After a very long moment of silence, udia abruptly gasped in shock. “What are
you saying, ine? How could you tell Mr. Drevel to do that? She’s just joking.
Please ignore her.”
He pursed his lips. “What if I take her words seriously? udia, I have never done
anything for you before, but I swear, from now on, I will not allow any harm toe
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to you. Anyone who does so will be my mortal enemy. I will never forgive anyone
who hurts you.”
“Mr. Drevel, the situation was very chaotic back then. It might not have been
Victoria,” udia pleaded.
“udia,” ine said, interrupting with a stern look on her face, “you don’t have to
defend Victoria. You have defended her for ages, but has she evene to visit you
since you got hurt? She doesn’t even feel any remorse for her actions.”
udia looked down. “I just…”
“Enough, udia. We know you’re kind and can’t bear to me her for anything, but
we’re not like you. We can’t just do nothing when someone’s being a bully.”
Christopher kept quiet, but the murderous glint lurking in his eyes was an obvious
indicator of his future actions. udia could make a good guess at what those
would be.
Deep down, she wasughing in glee. She had been worried that the people around
her would be suspicious of her when they heard Christopher did something to
Victoria after udia invited him up to her ward.
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However, things were different now that the suggestion came from ine.
She had not expected her n to go so smoothly. With ine as her scapegoat,
what did she have to worry about? She tried to stop them. It was not her fault that
they ignored her words.
Griselda’s test results were out, and they looked good.
As the nurse brought her back to her room to rest, Benedict summoned the
Cadogans to his office to inform them of her condition.
“Old Mrs. Cadogan is recovering well, and she seems to be doing well mentally. It
looks like she’s better suited to life outside a nursing home,” he stated.
Mary happily smiled. “Of course. She adores my daughter-inw. This must be all
thanks to Victoria.”
Everyone, including Benedict, in the nursing home knew about the fact that Victoria
was taking care of Griselda. Hence, he nodded in agreement.
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“That’s true,” he said.
“When can she go under for the operation, Dr. Sully?” Mary asked.
“If preparations go by quickly, she will be operated on in the next two days.
Otherwise, the operation would happenter this week.”
She nodded. “Very well.”
After leaving the office, she turned to Adrian and said, “Since she’s going to be
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operated on this week, why don’t I stay? I’ll let you know when the operation date is
set.”
While there was a lot of work to do, the elderly family members were more
important.
He nodded. “I’ll do my best to hurry back in the next two days.”
“Okay. I’ll book a flight for you now, honey.”
“Thank you, darling.”
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They kept an affectionate exchange of endearments as they continued to walk
away.
As for the pair behind them, their interaction left the air cold and tense.
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ric and Victoria walked separately. The sight of the couple ahead of them being
so loving to each other contrasted with theck of affection between them made
Victoria think that it might look bad if Griselda noticed the contrast.
Eventually, she stopped and turned to ric. “I’ll wait for you in the car.”
He paused and turned to look at her. It was only then that he recalled the words he
had left unsaid. Just as he was about to finish the conversation from before,
Victoria was gone.
A stormy look instantly took over his face as he marched after her.
Meanwhile, Mary had finished booking a flight for Adrian and turned around to
speak to ric and Victoria to find ric running after Victoria who was marching
away.
“Those two…” Mary sighed and shook her head. She then shrugged. “Let’s ignore
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them and take care of Mom first.”
“Okay. I’ll follow your lead,” Adrian said.
He was not worried at all about his son. After all, ric was an adult. There was no
way he could not even handle his own rtionship issues.
Thus, the couple swiftly continued on their way to meet up with Griselda.
Victoria had walked away from ric the moment she was done speaking.
She left as fast as she could, worried that ric might catch up to her and refuse to
let her leave.
She marched out of the hospital doors and straight toward the parking lot.
All she could think about was Griselda’s operation.
If Grandma Griselda has to undergo an operation in the next two days, should she
remain at home or move back to the nursing home? Well, she does not like staying
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in the nursing home, so there is no way she would agree with that suggestion. In
that case, she should stay at home and onlye back on the day of the operation.
This time, they could not leave her alone in the nursing home. They had to
apany her until the very second she was pushed into the operating theater.
Soon, she arrived at the car.
It did not take her long.
Lost in her thoughts, she had actually run to the car.
Staring at the car before her, she suddenly encountered an issue.
She did not ask ric for the keys.
Now, she had no choice but to wait outside by the car since she could not head
back in.
“Victoria!”
A cold voice rang out with fury from behind her.
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Her body stiffened in shock. Before she could turn around, her hand was grabbed
and pinned against the cold metal of the car in front of her.
The air around her was soon filled with ric’s icy and overwhelming scent.
She looked up into his dark eyes to find them zing with rage.
His appearance stunned her. It took her a while before she could respond.
“What are you doing here?” she asked.
Should he not be with Grandma?
“Did you follow me?” she continued.
ric was beyond himself with anger at her ability to speak calmly to him at such a
moment.
“How else would I know you’re here?” he spat out through gritted teeth.
That rendered her speechless.
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She then tried to struggle out of his grip. As expected, she failed. In the end, she
stopped and sighed.
“Is there something you need?”
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Then, as if a thought suddenly struck her, she softly continued, “Even if you need
something from me, you could just hold it in for now. Don’t say anything. Can we not
wait until Grandma’s operation is over?”
She truly did not want anyplications to arise.
Everything had to step aside when it came to Griselda’s health.