"Madam, are you heading to the hospital to see Mr. Burke? I've prepared everything you asked for."

Marian carefully prepared the soup, but Bea turned and walked to the bedroom, pulling out a pill from the drawer.

Marian didn't understand what Bea meant but then watched as Bea dropped the pill into the soup, quickly dissolving it. "Madam...what's this..."

"Have all the bodyguards come with me to the hospital right now!"

"...Understood."

James had been waiting for over an hour inside the hospital room but still hadn't seen Colt return.

Colt had never been this late before.

to take hold of James. He got up from the bed, but before he could reach the door, he heard footsteps in the

here." The doctor greeted Bea with the utmost

responded with a nonchalant 'hm,' and just as she

"Grandma?"

you." Bea still had that kind and benevolent look on her face but turned to the

something, scoffed, "Grandma, did you need to bring this many people just to see

that cripple from the Aldridge family,

James, assisting him back to

people behind Bea. They must've been her bodyguards from the family. He couldn't leave now. He had to wait for Colt to come before he could think of

handed him some soup. "Marian made this soup for you. Try it. Is it

who offered the soup, he took the

sighed, "Your father used to love the soup I made. It's a pity I'm too old to make it now."

guilt in James.

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