Aggressive Wife novel (Madeline and Noah)

Chapter 85

Madeline was surprised. Despite not being the top guns in Imperia, the Hann Corp was influential, like the Lowe family.

She had to give it up to Suzette for being able to join forces with the Hann Corp when the Grant family had barely anything left. However, Madeline was not prepared to let Suzette have her way.

Madeline ended the call. Noah seemed to be sound asleep. She was about to leave to check on Colt when Noah grabbed her wrist. She turned to look at the sleepy man on the bed.

“Please don’t leave. Please,” he pleaded softly. She took a deep breath. It sounded all too familiar - she used to be the one begging him to stay, and he never stayed. She felt sad about herself, but she did not let her emotions show.

He saved her, so she should show her gratitude by taking care of him. She remained calm and bent down to check on him. “Hey, are you awake?”

Noah looked pale and his skin felt unusually warm. He did not seem to be fully awake to her. He might have simply been talking in his sleep. She frowned and examined him closer.

He opened his eyes, and she was caught off guard. She blushed and took a step back. He did not seem to be disturbed, “You can ogle me as long as you want, Ms. Grant.”

“I am not ogling you, for god’s sake!” She scowled at him, “I am only checking if you are still alive, in case you die all alone.”

disappointed with her response. However, he could not exactly blame her for avoiding him. He managed a smile and lightly pulled her arm, “Well, would you please at least fetch me a cup of water, Ms. Grant? As you can see, I

his request. She felt pity for him. “Fine. I will get

she could say she was good at taking care of people. She persuaded herself she was only taking care of Noah now because he

any case, to her, Noah was just another kid to take care of. Speaking of which, he had been behaving quite childishly since he got injured; Madeline wondered briefly

him like her own child. “Here’s your water. Open your mouth

and played along. He opened his mouth obediently and

backing out now. She had to play along with him. She continued to feed him water while persuading herself

see Madeline feeding Noah water while holding his head carefully. Dylan’s jaw dropped. Have they already gotten

for

annoyed by Dylan’s interruption. Dylan quickly gathered himself and ran off with

pretending to be sick to toy with her! He appeared to be quite energetic when

Grant, shall we continue?”

same time, Angie stumbled into the Grant residence, reeking of alcohol. Suzette wasted no

do you care?” Angie smirked at Suzette, obviously drunk, “Our family is going