Chapter 169 You’re Not Fit to Be His Mother

The moment he said that, the fire inside the kitchen grew even more violent. Without a second thought, Courtney dashed right in and did not give the people around her a chance to pull her back.

“Miss Hunter!”

Bracing the thick smoke inside, Courtney yelled, “Tina!”

The kitchen was a big mess with pots and pans scattered all over the ground. It looked like the fire first broke out in the storage room and had instantly spread to the food preparation area between the two rows of stoves. All the smoke in the room was making Courtney cough uncontrollably.

Across from the fire, she spotted a pink figure lying in the corner and ran toward it in a heartbeat. Taking off her outer coat, she wrapped Tina in it tightly and carried her out right away.

As the blaze erupted even further, it seemed like it was going to swallow them in its flames. Courtney could only feel her face going numb from the scorching heat.

When she finally stepped out of the kitchen, she felt like she had just escaped death by a whisker.

The voices of people talking all at once outside did not register in her mind.

“They’re out.”

 

“Miss Hunter, the ambulance is here.”

With Tina in her arms, she was too occupied to respond to anyone else and simply followed in the direction one of the attendants was pointing toward the ambulance. As she walked past the crowd, she saw a familiar figure from the corner of her eye. The person was filled with terror and was cowering in fear—it was unlike the demeanor she was familiar with.

Pressed for time, she did not ponder on it and quickly rushed Tina to the hospital.

After waiting anxiously for some time, the head doctor came out of the emergency room and reassured, “Tina didn’t suffer any serious injuries, but she has inhaled a lot of smoke. We will have to observe her at the hospital for a few days.”

Finally, Courtney was able to let out a sigh of relief. “Thank you, doctor.”

should go in and

“Okay.”

left, Courtney pulled aside the curtain divider and saw Tina’s small body under the white covers with only her

“Mommy…”

she saw Courtney, but her voice was still hoarse, and she began coughing as soon

says you have to rest for a bit. You don’t have to speak if it’s

sat on the side of the bed and grabbed her

behind Courtney, she paused for a moment then

hotel. The lady supervisor said Jordan went off to the bathroom. I didn’t have time to

Tina’s eyes widened. It seemed like she was trying to say something, but she only started

a bit of a panic as she patted Tina on the shoulder. “Take

fits of coughing. “Jordan… Jordan is

did you say Jordan was?” A moment of

began to well up in her eyes as she nudged Courtney. “Hurry,

mind. Two hours had passed since she saved Tina from the fire. She did not dare fathom the state Jordan was in now if he

out of the cab, Courtney ran as fast as she could toward the hotel. The firefighters were already tidying up the scene while a crowd of guests and hotel

her frantic appearance. After taking some time to come back to his senses, he stammered, “A-At the

were streaming down her face. Her disorderly appearance garnered the attention of people around

at the hospital for an examination. I… I tried calling you, but you

Vivian?

sudden, Courtney remembered seeing a terrified face in

came out of the kitchen. “Aside from his hands

finally lifted off of her chest, her legs gave out, and she crumbled to the ground—she relied on one breath to

heard a brief recount of how they managed to put out the fire

that they had discovered the fire in time and none of the

they had now was the criticism and backlash they would face as

report at

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