Chapter 112 Heart Attack

“Grandpa just had a heart attack. Come to the hospital now.”

Chloe’s pupils instantly constricted. Without thinking about anything else, she immediately agreed, “Okay.”

Forty minutes later, she arrived at the hospital. Through the glass window, she could see

Harold lying in the emergency room with an oxygen tube inserted into his nose and a pale face.

devoid of color.

This sight made Chloe’s heart tighten. “Why did Grandpa suddenly have a heart attack?”

Joseph remained expressionless and said, “He went to play an escape room with some friends, and he got frightened.”

“That’s it?”

“Mm-hm.”

“Sigh…” Chloe touched her nose and replied, “Grandpa still has the heart of a child.”

“Where are the family members of the patient? The patient has awakened,” a nurse said as she emerged from the ward.

Joseph glanced at Chloe. “Let’s go in.”

“Okay.”

The two of them entered the ward one after the other. When Harold saw them, a gentle smile graced his aging face. “I’m fine. Patrick was just being paranoid in calling you two here.”

Chloe pursed her lips and coaxed him like a child, “Grandpa, you shouldn’t go to escape rooms

anymore.”

Flushed with embarrassment, Harold shot an annoyed glare at Joseph before clearing his

comrades of mine. They wanted to keep up with the latest trends, so they suggested we

some fun.

like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside,

a haunted house instead.

had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and

hold a knife to your throat and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled an apple.

Go buy me some food.

go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest

after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some food. Grandpa,

for me.”

peeled apple to

bills.”

already closed at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and

Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows

of coldness.

subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand,

home-style dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and some

in long strides and

closely behind him. Just before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that

in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason to

past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have

intend for things to turn out this

Chloe softly retorted.

have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from the get-go?

knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are

the appropriate moment to argue with

retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left behind a faint red

submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he released

to Grandpa

“But why?”

to tell

complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the

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