The Heir's Secret Bride

GIFT Chapter

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Maeve froze there. Her hands hung in the air. She looked stunned. "Do you think that I couldn't stand Horace and deliberately let him in?"

Did they think that everything Horace had done was fake?

"Maeve, now that your brother has suffered, you should be satisfied. Scott looked dispirited. "Five years in prison. Don't tell me you want to ruin your brother's life? Tbeg you. Let Horace out. Valda suddenly coughed violently as he spoke. She covered her mouth and coughed very badly.

Threads of blood dripped from her fingers to the ground. The red color was shocking

Maeve's eyes widened in shock. When she saw Valda faint to the side, her mind suddenly went blank.

Half an hour later, in a private hospital nearby, after Valda came out of the emergency room, he was pushed into the ward.

Maeve sat by the bed, her face as pale as paper. She had yet to recover from the doctor's words.

The middle stage of lung cancer. She needed a long time of recuperation before surgery could be performed. Otherwise, she might not live past next year... Why was this happening?

She had always thought that her parents would live a more comfortable life without her at home.

"Before I went to look for you, your mother kept telling me not to tell you about this. She was afraid that you would be worried and sad for her." Scott stood at the side and sighed. "Her health has not been good for the past two years. She even had to work hard because of your brother. Her condition has worsened."

Maeve bit her lower lip. "Then why didn't you tell me?"

She still used the same number she used before.

"I lost my job four years ago and even took on a debt. The financial situation of our family became worse. Your mother and have endured hardships, and we can survive. But you and Horace are still young. You shouldn't suffer with us." Scott explained in a few words the reason why he had been indifferent to Macve for the past few years.

She was silent for a moment. "How much more do you owe now?

"Your mother and I have already returned a portion. We only have 200 thousand dollars left." Scott rubbed his hands. 200 thousand dollars in debt, plus the cost of Valda's treatments, would cost at least 400 thousand dollars.

situation of the family, they could not fork

pay for

"Then the debt..."

not my obligation. Maeve's eyes were calm. She did not take all their debts on

enough to pay

took out a bank card from his bag. "There's 100 thousand dollars here. I think it should be enough to pay for

that she was about to leave, Scott hurriedly stopped her. Maeve, what about

her out?"

him. "I didn't open the prison. I have no right to send him in or out. If you had taught him

that, she turned around and

"How unfifial. She's really

looked around. Even if no one passed by, he did not dare to

hospital, Maeve walked

she being

thousand dollars. She could manage to take out so much money. Moreover, as long as she took the money out, she could solve her parents current predicament and make their lives more comfortable. However, she could not forget how they had treated

understand, but

anything just because they were her family but she

herself. No wonder people said that people spent their

there was a sharp, ear-piercing sound of

up in a daze. She saw a car rushing

as she hurriedly dodged

but she was about to drive the car onto

brushed by the car and

stop as it drove off

at all! Byron saw this. He immediately asked the driver to stop the car. Then, he pushed open the car door and walked towards the roadside. Maeve gritted her teeth and covered her

shock and saw Byron's

he carried her into the

were dark, cold, and malicious. Marve was still in pain. Her thin eyebrows were tightly knitted. "My right

and rolled up her trouser leg

to the naked eye under the