Chapter 499


    She didn''t know how to react to Maddox''s gaze. In the end, Minerva could only shift her eyes away


    from his.


    As a doctor, Abigail naturally knew how to examine Maddox''s wounds. Minerva waited at the side


    for a while. Sure enough, she heard Abigail suck in a sharp breath. After that, she asked in


    disbelief, "What, what happened? How did you get hurt like this?"


    No one answered Abigail''s question. She was still looking at Maddox''s wound and after a while,


    perhaps it was because she couldn''t bear the sight any longer, she sat down aside to calm her


    emotions.


    After she calmed down, Abigail looked at Maddox and asked.


    "Don''t tell me that these injuries were caused by Janice?"


    Upon hearing this, Maddox sneered and said, "Does it seem like I could have done this to myself?"


    Abigail was speechless.


    Although Abigail knew that Janice might have hurt Maddox, she did not expect the wound to be that


    serious. She had seen this kind of wound before... but it was very rare. However, the wound was so


    bad that Abigail still had its innage imprinted in her mind.


    As such, Abigail could tell from a nce how Maddox''s back had gotten injured.


    If those injuries were really caused by Janice, it seemed reasonable for her to be sent to court.


    He was injured so badly; it could be considered as a crime of intentional harming.


    "Then..." Abigail suddenly did not know what to say. She hade here because of Janice''s


    mother, but now... seeing that her nephew was so badly hurt, she was definitely worried about him


    more.


    However, since he was already injured, Abigail was more curious about the other matter now.


    Her gazended on Minerva with suspicion. "What does this matter have to do with her? When did


    you meet her?"


    She steered the topic to Minerva? Minerva sighed in her heart. She felt that this was unavoidable.


    However, Maddox''s face grew dark so she figured that she should be the one to exin it.


    Thinking of this, Minerva gave a slight smile.


    "Auntie Stark, Mr. Yardley is now a client of mypany."


    Upon hearing this, Abigail''s eyes widened in surprise. Maddox was a client of herpany? What


    did she mean?


    However, Maddox on the other end of the room frowned after hearing Minerva''s words.


    "Client? What do you mean?"


    Minerva said softly, "I have a designpany. Mr. Yardley has issued an order in ourpany."


    Hearing this, Abigail finally understood what was going on.


    ording to what she was saying, was it Maddox who got himself involved in this matter?


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    Thinking about it, Abigail realized that from the moment Minerva had pushed open the door of the


    ward, her nephew''s eyes seemed to be stuck on her, but she had addressed him as Mr. Yardley,


    which she obviously found strange.


    "Why have you changed the way you address me again?" At this time, Maddox asked


    discontentedly.


    Minerva did not know how to answer.


    She felt a little awkward but she didn''t answer Maddox''s question. She just looked at Abigail and


    smiled politely.


    The atmosphere was tense. Maddox saw that she did not answer, so he simply called her,


    "Minerva."


    Minerva blinked, then smiled and said, "Actually, Mr. Yardley got injured because he was saving me,


    so during his hospitalization, I had been here to take care of him."


    Upon hearing this, Abigail received more information.


    She quickly collected her thoughts in her mind and said with her hands folded, "It seems that you


    have already met that girl, Janice, and... She also knows about your existence."


    As she spoke, Abigail narrowed her eyes and looked at Maddox, "So during this period of time, you


    went to herpany while you were on blind dates with Janice?"


    Maddox frowned and didn''t say anything. He was still thinking about the way Minerva had


    addressed him.


    "Well, Miss Lowell... She used to be one of my clients."


    Abigail was speechless. What was happening? Janice was also her customer? Why have these


    people mingled with each other?


    Her mind was a little muddled. Abigail felt that her mind might crumble if she continued to think


    about it. Thus, she went straight to Minerva and said, "Come out with me. Let''s have a chat."


    Minerva knew that it was inevitable. She could only nod and say, "Okay."


    However, just as the two of them were about to leave, Maddox said, "You''re not allowed to go!"


    The two of them stopped walking. Abigail turned around and saw Maddox stand up coldly. His eyes


    seemed to prate through Minerva. "I don''t allow you to go. Come back."


    This brat! Abigail couldn''t help but grit her teeth.


    Minerva did not budge. After a while, she turned her head and said, "Someone has to exin all


    this at the end. You should just rest. We''ll be back in a minute."


    However, in the next second, Maddox stood up from the bed and stepped forward to grab Minerva''s


    arm.


    "If I say you''re not allowed to go, then you''re not allowed to."


    Minerva frowned, "Maddox Yardley, you..."


    Maddox''s lips curled up slowly when he heard her call his name again. He stared at her with a pair


    of intoxicating eyes. "It would be even better if you called me without myst name."


    Abigail, who was on the side, was speechless.


    This brat had be so good in flirting that he didn''t seem to mind that his aunt was present at the


    scene?


    Thinking of this, Abigail looked at Minerva carefully. She had always known how important this


    woman was to Maddox, but she didn''t expect that after five years, Maddox hadpletely changed


    because of her.


    "Let go of me," Minerva struggled to pull her hand back.


    However, Maddox held on to her wrist tightly. When he saw that she was about to break free, he


    directly entwined her fingers with his and held on tightly.


    He explicitly did that right in front of Abigail, which made Minerva''s pale cheeks burn red. She said


    frantically, "If you don''t let me go, I won''t take care of you anymore."


    This sentence had a great impact. Maddox who had just tightly held her hand immediately released


    his grip because of her words, though he was still displeased. Hence, he said, "Then you are still


    not allowed to go out."


    He was seriously injured so Abigail was unwilling to make things difficult for her nephew. She said,


    "Alright, you two don''t go out. I''ll go out, okay? I''ll find out more about this matter myself, have a


    meal, take a bath and then I''lle back!"


    After that, Abigail immediately left.


    After she left, Minerva asked coldly, "Can you let go of me now?"


    After the threat was gone, Maddox let go of her hand, but he took a few steps forward and was very


    close to her.


    "Don''t say too much to her. You don''t need to exin anything to anyone anymore."


    "When did I say that I was going to exin to her?" Minerva pursed her lips. "She''s your aunt and


    she''s the one that had introduced you to Miss Lowell. She''s in the most difficult position now so I


    feel that it''s necessary for her to know about this. If you don''t want to tell her, then let me tell her. It''s


    just a few words anyway."


    "But what if she mes you?" Maddox suddenly asked.