Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 230

Chapter 230

Uriah glanced at the cut on Kelly’s finger, his voice laced with sarcasm. “Well then, you’d better hurry to the hospital. If you wait too long, the wound might start healing on its own.”

Matty looked up from her plate. “Kelly, it’s just a scrape. Does it really hurt that bad? When I bump into things, I never cry… Are you seriously more fragile than a five-year-old?”

Kelly swayed slightly, as if she might faint, her expression fragile-but her mouth was anything but weak. “Sweetheart, my body’s different from normal people’s… Last week I accidentally cut my finger. There was so much blood. Carter got so worried I might have complications, he insisted I go to the hospital. T

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“He knows my condition is a bit special now-any small injury could cause nonstop bleeding. He even arranged a blood pack for me in advance, just in case…

“But when I got to the hospital, they were trying to save a patient with major blood loss, so they gave my reserved blood to them instead. When Carter found out, he was furious. What if I had kept bleeding? He ended up firing all the medical staff who made that decision without asking.”

She let out a little sigh. “He’s just overly cautious, really. I mean, it was just a cut. No need for a blood transfusion.”

The whole speech was clearly meant for Sharon. Every word carefully crafted to show how much Carter cared about her. To hint that if anything ever happened to Kelly, he would never let Sharon off the hook. 1

worry. I’ll call Carter right now and have him come pick you

Kelly blinked, stunned.

She was really going

injury. No need to trouble him over something

ignored her. She picked up her

Kelly’s eyes narrowed slightly.

just using the injury as an excuse

her-Carter would

had even settled,

“Sharon. What is it?”

him earlier, or maybe

Just neutral.

plainly. “Kelly cut her hand while sorting herbs. You should

voice grew tense. “Is it

Kelly’s hand. “You’ll see when you