Trading My Ex for His Uncle by Hello Spring

Chapter 1286

The porcelain shattered against the floor, tea splattering everywhere.

Emerald's gaze remained fixed on the broken shards, her eyes burning with rage. Filipe, who had been walking down the hallway, entered the room.

Upon seeing the mess on the floor, he didn't seem the least bit surprised. Instead, he turned to Emerald and said, "Madam, Mr. Nixon has woken up."

At those words, the anger on Emerald's face was replaced by a flicker of relief. She immediately stood and hurried toward Brian's room.

Before following, Filipe glanced at the nearby maids, who were trembling in fear, and instructed, "Clean this up."

"Yes, sir!" the maids answered in unison.

Only after Emerald and Filipe had left did the maids finally breathe a sigh of relief, quickly grabbing cleaning supplies.

A short while later, Emerald arrived at Brian's bedroom.

He was already sitting up in bed, eating some soup. His face was pale, drawn with exhaustion and a deep sense of despair.

From the moment he had woken, he knew something was wrong—his right leg was gone.

took the bowl from the maid's hands. "I'll

it out to Brian, but he

head away, his expression cold and distant. Emerald's heart ached at

hard to accept, but medical technology is very advanced now. Once you recover, you can get a prosthetic. You'll be able to walk just like

a bitter laugh, his

How could there be no difference? The

Do you really think they'll still let me

let you save me when the Bumards had me locked up.

I hadn't saved you, they would've just let you go? They made it very clear-ifl refused to hand over

"Might as well have agreed.

he lost his leg, but the land in

Emerald's expression darkened. "No

this outcome. And

you, you

me for choosing the

his jaw and said coldly, "I

another word, he turned his back to

was over.