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.”

She didn’t even bother turning around to defend

next second, Timothy yanked her on the arm. “Mia! I didn’t expect

caught sight of Mia’s hand.

he

at him. “You didn’t

such a vicious woman! How dare you hurt

wrist, she didn’t even bother to ask what happened before she

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she was about to dodge the slap, a pair of hands

had kept Sharon away

her.

in that. No one else expected

little annoyed. “Tim, don’t

expression was a little chilly.

sure it was an accident?” Sharon

did Timothy actually

was really just an accident, Mrs. Barrette. Mia didn’t push the

stated, “No. It wasn’t an accident. Maya had shoved the pot off the stove. She did it

once, sparks seemed to fly in the

raised her head high and met Timothy’s gaze in defiance. She had signed the

She wasn’t a pushover!

as he looked at Maya and said, “What on

“I really didn’t push

in the kitchen. “Just check the

then.

wound on my hand is

security camera. She didn’t expect there to be one

She was done for.

security footage,” Timothy agreed with an