Chapter 34: Where Is Your Husband?
Once Natalie finished her breakfast, her cellphone rang. Seeing her grandfather’s name flash on the screen, her heart skipped a beat.
’Grandpa... he must have seen the news. He must be worried I’m hurt.’ She quickly answered the call.
"Grandpa—" she began, but Albert’s hasty, worried voice cut her off. "Where are you? Where are you hurt? Tell me—"
Grandpa, calm down. I’m not hurt," she tried to sound reassuring.
"I read in the news that you were attacked."
"It’s nothing serious."
"Which hospital are you in?" he asked, already concluding she must be hurt.
Natalie hadn’t planned on telling him she was even slightly injured, but her sister had made sure the news was out there. "I’m in the same hospital as you," she braced herself for the inevitable scolding.
Instead he asked, "Which floor and room?"
"Grandpa, I’ll come to you—"
"No, tell me. I’m not crippled yet that I can’t come to you when you’re hurt," his retorty left no room for argument.
She sighed, knowing it was useless to argue with him. "Floor above yours. VIP room number three."
"I’m coming." He hung up before she could say anything else.
"John," Natalie called out.
promptly entered the room.
doesn’t see any of you.
understood what to
her way, her phone rang again. The
show up here, she thought
already? That means my little sweet is alright," the voice on the other end replied smoothly. "Or I was about to blow that rotten brain out of
allowed to meddle in my
I have no reason to. But if you are hurt, not only will I drag you
going overboard," she snapped back. "Have you found anything about that
yet, but my people are on it," he responded, his tone
she said, then quickly hung up. But no sooner had she ended the call than the phone rang again. Frustrated, she clutched it tightly and answered, "Don’t you understand the simple
at the screen—it was
alive and that it won’t affect the project," he teased. "But you sound
putting her phone on silent. "Why do these two always call me at the same
herself, the door opened, and a man in a wheelchair was pushed into the room by a nurse. Recognizing her grandfather, Natalie was about to
there," Albert ordered, his tone gentle yet
his granddaughter, his eyes carefully scanning her. He noticed the minor scratches on her head and the back of her palm, as
scrutinizing gaze, Natalie spoke hesitantly,
dare you not tell me about the incident when I was just
I didn’t want
is a serious matter. What trouble? I am your grandpa. I should be with you when you’re hurt,
could only stay quiet like a
is Aiden? Why isn’t he with you when you’re hospitalized? Is this how he ignores
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