How the Ice King Became my Doting Billionaire Husband

Phineas's face grew darker with each passing moment.

Suddenly, Morwenna's voice, hoarse with urgency, pierced through the tension, "Orson."

The stream of curses from Orson's end of the phone abruptly stopped.

Seconds later, his voice turned to one of surprised delight, "Ah! Mrs. Hetfield! What a surprise! How are you calling me from Phineas's phone? Oh, I see. Mrs. Hetfield, did you finally deal with that scoundrel Phineas? And what about Norbert? How's Norbert doing?" Phineas's complexion darkened even more, turning thunderous.

Fearing the call might end prematurely, Morwenna quickly asked, "Orson, why did Norbert Hetfield suddenly become ill?"

"Why would you ask that all of a sudden, Mrs. Hetfield?"

"Did Stuart do something?" Morwenna demanded through gritted teeth.

Orson's mind raced back to events from the past few days. After a private conversation between Mr. Hetfield and Norbert, Norbert had started coughing up blood.

Orson had arrived too late to grasp what had happened, but the tension between Norbert and Mr. Hetfield was evident, as if they had argued.

speaking privately

Mr. Hetfield left abruptly without

of it, but Orson felt

him, Mr. Hetfield's hasty departure seemed motivated by a desperate need to

taunted, "Orson, let me ask you, did Stuart come back fuming that day, storming straight into Norbert's study? After their

it cut out! Orson, you think staying silent will help?

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happened."

Mr. Hetfield did have a conversation with Norbert. Mr. Hetfield seemed very angry, and afterwards, Norbert started coughing up blood. I failed to protect Norbert." Morwenna's face

doctors tried to save him, but they said Norbert wouldn't last many days.

feeling something was

could finish, the call was

turned to the

one who caused the old man's condition to worsen. And after the

a word. If

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