The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

While Charlie and Jacob hurriedly made their way to the hospital, Claire had already arrived. When both the men arrived at the ward, Elaine was holding Claire's hand, crying pitifully. Claire was constantly wiping her tears while feeling a tug in her heartstrings.

Although Charlie had heard that his mother-in-law suffered a terrible fate, he was standing outside and did not go in to check on her; thus, he didn't see to what extent her condition was.

Plus, after Elaine was taken out by Albert's men, she was directly sent to the hospital. Charlie did not manage to see her face either.

Now, seeing Elaine in person with a bluish-black nose and a swollen face, with a patch of missing hair on her forehead, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. "Oh my... My mother-in-law is in quite a bad shape. It was indeed an unforeseen circumstance that put her in this state. Who would have thought that Carmen would really go after her?"

Seeing Charlie's arrival, Elaine, who was aggrieved, finally found someone to express her feelings of being wrong too. "My good son-in-law, I'm just feeling so miserable..."

As she spoke, she broke out in tears again and had

difficulty breathing.

Charlie hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to be concerned as he asked, "Mother, what happened to you?"

and wiped her tears. "Oh, don't talk about it... please just don't remind me of it; talking about it is just

and found it rather difficult to laugh at. He

him and

you doing

am I doing here?

here to laugh at me, right?! To make a joke out of me,

his mind. 'You are right, but I can't

you talking about? Even if we're separated and about to be divorced, we still lived half of our lives

then glared at him. "Heartache? Don't make me barf. Do you think I wouldn't

that I would be crippled

not anticipate Elaine being able to guess his thoughts so accurately, but he did not have the guts to give

don't argue with Father

scoffed and replied grimly. "I do not need

might need to be in this plaster for a few months. Not only will I be unable to cook for you, but I won't be able to go anywhere in