Chapter 277
Austin glanced at the clock. It was just past three in the morning, still hours before dawn.
He knew Emily had been worried sick about Charles these past few days, but this was a crazy time to go.
He wanted to tell her to get some rest and wait until daylight, but the look in her eyes made him change his mind.
He thought, ‘Since it’s the same hospital and not far away, a quick visit might help put Emily at ease!
But just as they stepped out of the room, a nurse came running up, her face pale with panic. “S-Something’s happened to
Charles.”
Boom. In that instant, Emily felt like something exploded in her mind. She swayed unsteadily, and Austin quickly reached. out to steady her.
Before he could say a word to comfort her, Emily shook off his hand and stumbled out of the room.
By the time she arrived, Charles had already been rushed into the operating room. The bodyguard on duty stood at the door, his face pale. When he saw Emily, he lowered his head guiltily. “M-Ms. Harper.”
“What happened?” Emily’s expression was icy. She fought to stay calm, but her hands were clenched together so tightly that her nails nearly broke the skin.
Austin noticed and quickly stepped forward, taking her hands in his, letting her squeeze him as hard as she needed.
The bodyguard’s face was still pale, his expression full of regret. “It was Ms. Bennett. She went into the room, and less than an hour later, Mr. Bennett had an incident.”
Emily trembled, but she wasn’t surprised by the answer. Instead, she felt a surge of anger. “I specifically told you not to let anyone near Grandpa Charles. Why did you let her in?”.
The bodyguard, who was usually so well-trained that he wouldn’t even flinch with a gun to his head, couldn’t stop his hands from shaking now. “I-I don’t know what happened. It was like I was possessed. I just let her in.”
Now that he thought about it, he wanted to slap himself.
Lydia?’ Emily thought, ‘It’s her again!’
Her expression was as dark as ink, her eyes brimming with murderous intent that made the bodyguard in front of her tremble, as if she might kill him at any second.
Thankfully, Emily managed to hold herself back. She just stared anxiously at the operating room, her hands clenching tighter and tighter, every muscle in her body wound up with tension.
She prayed silently, ‘God, I don’t care how much I’ve suffered in the past, or how much pain I’ll have to endure in the future. I can even sacrifice everything I own.
‘But please protect Grandpa Charles. That’s all I ask!
Emily had never in her life felt time crawl like this; every single second felt like a whole century was passing by.
The Bennett Family had also arranged for people to keep an eye on Charles at the hospital, so as soon as something happened, they got the news right away and rushed over.
They had barely arrived when Gale’s accusing voice cut through the air. “What happened? Dad was already past the critical
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stage. How could it still happen? Emily, how could you let this happen to your grandpa?”
Andrew pushed up his glasses out of habit. “Was keeping everyone away from Grandpa just to get our attention worth it? Now something’s happened to him. Are you satisfied?”
Austin had been trying to ignore them, but he couldn’t hold back anymore. “Is everyone in the Bennett Family born brain- dead or what?
“So everything Emily does is just to get your attention? By that logic, if you see a pig being hauled off to the slaughterhouse without any clothes on, why don’t you say it’s trying to seduce you too?”
