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."

of blood, leaving no

realized that the once formidable Norbert was now old, close to death, so

ensuring he appeared

he to do? He wouldn't

be able to handle

it from Morwenna because he knew she would be the only one truly saddened by his

want to cause her unnecessary grief, preferring to take each

ingratiate themselves with him in his final days, even going so far as to offer him drinks, hoping to curry favor and secure a share of the

Even Stuart seemed unaffected.

life. Norbert was nearing eighty, having lived a full life. Stuart believed living into his sixties would

and malice, what was the point

anything

always held the top spot in Morwenna's heart. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website

Stuart, but in her eyes, three Stuarts couldn't compare to

as if Morwenna had indeed fallen

day, Norbert's

mornings, he would read

spent in

Lily manners in the late

now accompanied by

with his nightly foot soak