How the Ice King Became my Doting Billionaire Husband

"Ah!" Lily gasped in shock.

Standing too close, her dress got splattered with blood, and the small bottle of whiskey she was holding dropped to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Norbert scolded in a low voice, "What are you screaming for? Shut up!"

Lily covered her mouth, her face turning pale, not daring to make another sound.

The others were also visibly shaken, each of them too scared to utter a word.

Norbert, with blood at the corner of his mouth, looked at them seriously and said, "Since your parents sent you back here, they must have informed you about my health. I'm not asking you to leave, but there's one thing: my health condition must not be disclosed to Wenna."

Everyone exchanged puzzled looks, unsure why.

Why keep it a secret from Morwenna? Was it because Morwenna had fallen out of favor?

Norbert did not provide a reason but commanded sternly, "Got it?"

"Yes, yes."

"Alright, Grandpa, we won't say a word."

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Wenna be able to handle

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her unnecessary grief,

frail health, yet their primary concern was how to ingratiate themselves with him in his final days, even going so

Even Stuart seemed unaffected.

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full of filth and

Morwenna feared anything happening

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her eyes, three Stuarts couldn't compare to one Norbert. However, as Norbert's health declined, he found himself having to distance

was as if Morwenna had

day, Norbert's

mornings, he would

were spent in

Lily manners in the late

were now

his nightly foot soak had been passed on to