Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 145

After the family dinner fiasco, Joshua gave the Fisher family estate a wide berth for days. Emily tried to reach him several times. At first, he answered, since he wanted to know why she was so set against Allison.

Emily explained her stance, claiming Allison had hurt her precious granddaughter, Lillian. Joshua tried to set things straight, insisting that the situation wasn't as Lillian had painted it. But Emily was having none of it. She was sure Joshua had fallen under Allison's spell, and she just couldn't believe her sweet Lillian would ever lie.

Fed up with the dead-end conversations, Joshua hung up and started ignoring Emily's calls altogether. Meanwhile, Rose, too, rang him up, trying to smooth things over. She was getting more and more irritated with her adopted daughter for causing a stir.

Lillian kept feeding Emily stories, piling on accusations against Allison, including one about disrupting the peace between Joshua and Emily. Initially, Emily had just been a bit peeved with Allison, but thanks to Lillian's constant meddling, she now downright loathed her would-be granddaughter-in-law.

Monday morning came, and Allison was rudely awakened by her alarm. She struggled to open her eyes and get out of bed for work, but her body felt like ice, her head was splitting, and she couldn't stop coughing. A quick check revealed a fever of 102°F. With flu season in full swing, she'd unfortunately caught it.

Allison called in sick and made her way to the hospital like a responsible adult. After sorting out her hospital admission, she thought about letting Joshua know but remembered how buried he was with a tough project. He was working late every night, and she didn't want to add to his worries.

and a cook to help out. Her voice was shot from the flu, but it bounced back after some

Allison's in the hospital?" Lillian couldn't hide her excitement when she got a call from her

the hospital yesterday and saw her checking in.” “Was she alone? Joshua

was by herself. I asked a friend who works there, and they said a nurse has been looking after her. Looks like Joshua doesn't know she's in the

"Great."

on the lights, a figure jumped out, and he instinctively grabbed them, ready to

yelped, looking

letting go. “How'd you

“I asked the housekeeper

dining room.

up as

housekeeper's daughter, Lillian

Fisher family's adopted daughter,

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