Mia waited for a while until Timothy spun around.


    His bloodshot eyes showed that he didn’t have a good rest.


    Anxiety surged in her. “Did something happen to Mrs. Barrett Senior?”


    She pivoted on her heels, intending to barge into the room before he held her wrist.


    “She’s perfectly fine.” His voice was gruff.


    “What’s the problem then?” Her puzzled eyes met his dark ones. She couldn’t read his mind.


    He said sternly, “Something happened on Maya’s brother’s side. So, we need a n B.”


    “What happened?”


    Wasn’t the engagement ceremony soon? Was Maya’s brother disregarding the Barretts when they


    were going


    to be a family?”


    Mia studied Timothy’s face in an attempt to gain at least some information from it.


    However, he turned to face the window. “It’s nothing important.”


    Her arms tightened around the bouquet, and her questions still hung in the air.


    She was certain that he was hiding something from her.


    At that moment, Martha emerged from the patient room. “You’re here, Mrs. Barrett. Mrs. Barrett Senior


    has just woken up. She was talking about you.”


    Mia settled her nerves and put on a smile, entering the room. “Grandma, I’m here.”


    “Mia,e,e. Let me have a close look at you. You’re skinny. Does the baby bother you too


    much?”


    “Nope. It’s well–behaved.” Mia stroked her belly.


    In fact, the baby was well–behaved. Other than the asional difort owing to too much work, she


    didn’t show much pregnancy symptoms.


    Laura grinned at her belly. “Mia,e here and sign this paper.”


    It was a gift agreement.


    Mia refused without a second thought. “Grandma, I can’t ept this.”


    “ept it, Mia. This is a gift from me to the baby. If I don’t make it through the surgery, I want to at least


    leave something for the baby.”


    “Don’t say it like that, Grandma. The surgery will be sessful. Timothy found a skilled doctor. There


    won’t be a problem.”


    “Mia, if you want me to undergo the surgery with peace of mind, then ept it. It’s not for you anyway.


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    A document was shoved into Mia’s hands. Laura was firm.


    Timothy strode into the room. “ept it.”


    Mia nced at him before taking the document, figuring that she could return it to himter.


    She didn’t want a single penny from the Barrett family.


    Laura finally broke into a smile. “That’s more like it. Tim, you have to take good care of Mia and the


    baby.”


    “Grandma, I’m usually busy with work. We need you for that.” It broke his heart to see his grandmother


    aging.


    Although the Barrett family was powerful, they couldn’t do anything when it came to life and death


    matters.


    Mia kept Laurapany for a while. She managed to tickle Laura’s funny bones, lifting her mood.


    Nevertheless, it didn’t take long before the wanly old woman fell asleep.


    Mia exited her room and swiftly proffered the document.


    Timothy lowered his gaze onto the paper but didn’t take it. “Grandma gave it to you.”


    “It’s for the baby, the nonexistent baby. And we know that very well. So I can’t take this.” She caressed


    her belly.


    Lying to Laura pricked her guilty conscience, but that was the only thing that could be done.


    Timothy didn’t take it, so she simply thrust it into Heath’s hands and left.


    She wouldn’t take a single penny from the Barrett family–that was her bottom line.