Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen

Chapter 17

Moments later, Maya entered the kitchen. She walked up to Mia and said, “Mia, do you think making some soup for Mrs. Barrett Senior is enough for you to convince her to stand up for you?

“I’ll let you in on something. I’ve hired a renowned and highly acclaimed cardiovascular surgeon to perform surgery for Mrs. Barrett Senior. As long as the surgery succeeds, I’m sure she won’t object to Tim and me getting married.”

Even though Dominic and Connor hadn’t agreed to Maya’s request, she was sure she could convince Connor

to operate on Laura.

She believed that once she saved that old hag’s life, the latter would’ve no reason to stop her from marrying Timothy anymore.

Mia knew that Laura had been living with a heart condition for some time now, but they had failed to find a suitable person to perform the surgery.

Well, Mia figured things were better this way. At the very least, Laura could regain her health.

Mia stood up from the stool and said, “Allow me to offer my congratulations in advance. I hope you two will have a big family with lots of kids, even if they all end up being half-siblings. Now, please get out of my way.”

Maya’s eyes darkened. How dare Mia talk back to her?

Maya reached out to shove the pot off the stove, and it began tipping over in Mia’s direction.

“Watch out!”

A man rushed into the kitchen. Mia turned around and saw Timothy, but he ran over to Maya to protect her.

At the very next second, the boiling soup splattered all over Mia’s hand, but she didn’t feel the pain coming

from it-it couldn’t compete with the pain in her heart.

Mia quickly used cold water to soothe her skin. While doing so, Maya’s coquettish voice rang in her ears. “Tim, my hand got scalded. It hurts so much. But please don’t blame Mia. I don’t think she did it on purpose.”

flashed mockingly. She didn’t even bother turning around to

her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect you to be such

of Mia’s hand. It was red and

lips, he couldn’t finish his

“You didn’t

a vicious

the kitchen. When she saw Maya clutching her wrist, she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she raised her hand to

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gaze turned scornful. Just as she was about to dodge the slap, a

at Timothy in shock. His arms had kept

her.

No one else

annoyed. “Tim, don’t stop me

expression was a little chilly. “The pot fell

you sure it was an accident?” Sharon

did Timothy actually

pitifully, “It was really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t

accident. Maya had

seemed to fly in

defiance. She had signed the divorce papers

She wasn’t a pushover!

narrowed as he looked at Maya and said, “What

defended herself, “I really didn’t push

the kitchen. “Just check the footage. Everyone will

then.

to the law, assault is punishable with up to three years of jail time. The wound on my hand is severe enough to require medical attention.

Flustered, she glanced at the security camera. She didn’t expect there to be one in the

She was done for.

security footage,” Timothy agreed with an icy