Soon, Cornell was summoned.
Kyler cut to the chase.
“You want to divorce her?”
Cornell’s lips thinned into a grim line. His silence showed his answer.
Taking the hint, Kyler’s face darkened further.
“So, it’s true?”
Cornell knelt down in front of Kyler all of a sudden.
No one had expected this to happen.
Audrey clenched her fists and lowered her eyes with disappointment.
In her opinion, Cornell was only doing this because of Cecilia. He swallowed his pride for that woman.
It was not difficult to see things through, but still, it was so painful to admit it.
As much as she tried to fight it, she still had feelings for Cornell.
It made her feel downhearted at this moment.
Cornell’s move made Kyler even angrier. He raised his walking stick and pointed at Cornell, “You… You! How dare you!”
Thump !
In the blink of an eye, the walking stick slipped from Kyler’s hand.
Then, Kyler fell to the floor. Seeing this, Cornell strode forward and held him, asking the butler to get the car ready.
“Kyler!” Audrey and Luciana also rushed over, panicking.
A ruckus broke out within seconds.
Cornell drove Kyler to the hospital in his car while Luciana and Audrey followed behind in another car.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, a series of doctors and nurses immediately wheeled Kyler into the emergency room.
Though Luciana was tough and strong, her concerns for Kyler had drained her of strength, and her legs were so weak that she couldn’t stand by herself.
Audrey was also anxious and sad. If anything happened to Kyler, she would live with the guilt for the rest of her life.
In the corridor, everyone anxiously waited in silence. They all had their eyes on the door of the emergency room.
Finally, the doctor came out, pulling off gloves.
Luciana was the first to rush up to the doctor.
“Doctor, how is he?”
“There’s no cause for alarm. The patient will be fine. However, due to his condition, I advise that you desist from troubling him emotionally. We might not be Lucky next time.”
Luciana held her chest and collapsed to the floor while murmuring, “Thank God.”
Cornell asked the bodyguards to take his mother away to get some rest. Then, he walked to Kyler’s ward with Audrey on his heels.
At the door, Cornell stopped abruptly and said coldly, “Mind your words, okay?”
His tone was sort of accusatory.
It left Audrey stunned. However, she soon brushed it aside and thought he was just worried about his grandfather. She nodded stiffly.
The sight of Kyler lying on the bed in a hospital gown greeted them as soon as they walked in.
Kyler looked as if he had aged a decade within an hour. Regardless, he waved at Audrey and commanded, “Come here.”
Audrey burst into tears and squatted by the bedside.
“Kyler, I’m so glad you are okay.”
“Hey, I’m stronger than I look. I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”
Kyler patted her head gently.
After that, he joked, “Look at you, why do you still cry like a little girl?”
Audrey sniffed hard and wiped her tears. She was scared of pressing Kyler’s hand, so she tried to stand straight.
Cornell approached while gazing at the whimpering woman. He then said to Kyler in a low voice, “Grandpa, I’m sorry.”
The smile on Kyler’s face disappeared in an instant. He gave Cornell a side eye and uttered, “I’m not the one you should be apologizing to!”
Cornell lowered his head and didn’t know what to say.
Kyler flared up again.
“You fool! I can’t believe you are getting stupider by the day. You have a good wife, yet you don’t cherish her.
What more do you want? Tell me!”
After that shout, Kyler began to cough. His face was twisted and his body vibrated.
Audrey hurried forward, patted Kyler’s back and comforted, “Kyler, please calm down. Cornell is not to blame for…”
“You have gotten it all wrong, grandpa. I do not want to divorce Audrey,” Cornell interrupted while gazing at Audrey.
Audrey was taken aback. She thought she had heard it wrong.
Her hand froze on Kyler’s back. She zoned out for a very long time.
Were her ears playing tricks on her? Did Cornell just say that he didn’t want to divorce her?
Kyler calmed down and said in a low voice, “I wasn’t born yesterday, Cornell. Stop lying to me.”
“Grandpa, I’m telling the truth. Audrey and I just had a lover” said Cornell.
“Stiff,”
Kyler didn’t believe what Cornell said at all. He looked at Audrey for confirmation.
“Is that true?”
Audrey, who had barely gotten over the shock, patted her lips, but no words came out.
Out of the blue, Cornell pulled her into his embrace. His fingers grasped her shoulder as he smiled down at her like a doting husband.
“Come on, tell him.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.