The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 71

“That’s a pity. I quite like Tori.” Evelyn sighed lightly. “Then, why don’t you check when you’ll settle things with Bella?”

Christian frowned and didn’t reply.

“If you don’t have someone you like and you’re dragging it out like this, losing a few hundred million and making your grandfather unhappy won’t be worth it,” Evelyn warned.

Christian took a bite of the food. “I know what I’m doing.”

Evelyn heaved a long sigh. “Usually when you say so, I’ll be able to relax. But, for some reason, when I hear you say it this time, I feel even more worried.”

Christian lifted his eyes to glance at her before he lowered his head again to resume his meal, changing the subject. “Victoria burned her leg and is now in Alden Hospital.”

“How did she get burned?” Evelyn put down her spoon, her face slightly surprised and worried. “Is the injury serious?”

Christian replied, “She scalded herself with hot tea and needs to be hospitalized for some time.”

“Hot tea?” Evelyn raised her eyebrows slightly. “I heard that the kid from the Coleman Family ruined one of your clubhouses and splashed Bella with hot tea. Was the burn on Tori’s leg caused by Bella ‘accidentally’ scalding her with hot tea?”

Christian hummed in reply.

Evelyn tittered and said meaningfully, “I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that their family has such a sly daughter.”

She looked at Christian, who was eating with his head down, and lightly knocked on the table twice. “You don’t usually come home for dinner. What’s with the sudden change? Did you come back just to tell me about Tori’s leg injury today?”

“You’re thinking too much,” Christian said.

cupped her chin and looked at her son’s handsome face with a serious expression.

West.” He placed his cutlery down and wiped

raised her hands in defeat and sighed. “All right, I was thinking too

Though his phone rang incessantly for more

caller ID before glancing up

with a laugh. “If you’re calling at this hour, you’re not going to invite me to dinner, are you? Did I guess right? I’m sorry, Nancy, but

Family’s son? I have no idea,

at the office and didn’t come back. Yeah, okay, let’s leave it at that. I’ll give him an earful when

hung up the phone, she glanced at Christian sideways. “You’re already an adult.

get, I’ll still be a child in

she got up and picked up her bag. “It’s still early. Come with

returned to the hospital, she called Vincent and explained the situation. The second half of the phone call was answered by Glen, and the whole time he was yelling about how hard it was to get that

listened numbly without uttering a word of rebuttal

an IV drip to her. Then, he changed her bandages and warned with a dark expression, “Your leg has already been injured before, and you burned it again this time.

carelessly, barely listening to him as if she had something on her mind. Her attitude angered the doctor, and after telling

the doctor that angry?” Evelyn pushed the door open and walked in while asking Christian to put aside the

when she saw the two of them enter, she propped herself up with the support of the bed,

us?” Evelyn sighed helplessly and directed Christian. “Hurry up and help Tori

with his left arm while his right arm went around her neck, nearly hugging her as he helped her lie down. His breath enveloped Victoria, and as her left ear was pressed against his chest, she could even hear his strong, powerful heartbeat. She subconsciously held her

two of you make such a good match. If an uninformed

long, fair fingers flitted between the red peel and the yellowish flesh, as if it were a

Christian, a thin layer of sweat forming at the tip of her nose. “Mr. Thatcher and Miss