Chapter 19
“I’ll let you go once you promise me,” said Orlando.
Cassandra pursed her lips unwillingly.
Orlando asked a second time, “Come on, yes or no? I’m sure you know a man is most hard in the morning.”
As an adult, she naturally understood his implication.
‘Gosh! How can he be such a scoundrel?‘ she thought.
While she blushed, he abruptly leaned down to kiss her, but Cassandra swiftly reacted, tilting her head to avoid
- it. She hurriedly answered, “I got it.”
“Got what, hmm? Make yourself clear,” Orlando prompted.
“I got your reminder, and I promise to listen. Can you move now?” she answered urgently as though fearing he’d
kiss her in the next second.
This made Orlando frown with discontentment. He asked indifferently, “Are you afraid I’ll kiss you?”
Cassandra truly didn’t want to continue this topic, but she dared not reach out to push him and could only tense
up in her spot.
In the end, Cassandra did not have to answer, as Orlando’s phone rang at that moment.
He first thought was that it was Rebecca calling, so her expression instantly turned cold.
Orlando reached out to take the phone and got up from her, answering the call. “Mom?”
“Come to the hospital right away. Peter isn’t doing well,” said Gabriela.
“All ri
“All right,” he replied.
With a somber look, Orlando lifted the quilt and said to Cassandra while getting down the bed, “Grandpa has been hospitalized. We have to go there right away.”
Cassandra blanched and hastily got up to freshen up.
On the way to the hospital, the couple looked utterly solemn. Cassandra was exceptionally worried, for Peter treated her best. He not only doted on her but also stood by her side to help her every time, which her own
Emergency calls only HO
Chapter 19
parents couldn’t even do.
071% 17:46
As they waited for the traffic light, Orlando also noticed her expression. He held her hand and comforted her softly, “Grandpa will be fine. Don’t worry, all right?”
Cassandra nodded lightly, but her anxiety and worry did not diminish.
When they arrived at the hospital, Peter had been sent to the ward from the emergency room.
However, he was still unconscious.
The doctor said, “Mr. Quinn is temporarily fine, but it’s not known when he will wake up. His heart attack this time was triggered due to excessive emotional fluctuations. Please make sure not to anger him next time, as he
needs to remain calm.”
Peter suffered from heart disease, hypertension, and other geriatric diseases.
After the doctor left, Frederick looked at Orlando and said in a deep voice, “Orlando, come outside with me.”
Cassandra was frowning, looking apologetic and guilty.
Orlando turned to her and raised his hand to hold hers gently. “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of everything, okay?”
She nodded, humming in acknowledgment quietly.
Nonetheless, she was, of course, still worried.
Seeing Peter lying motionless on the hospital bed with an oxygen tube inserted, Cassandra was filled with immense distress and guilt, thinking, ‘I’m sorry, Grandpa Peter. It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t
this.
L
Her nose stung, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Noticing that, Gabriela quickly handed Cassandra a tissue and consoled softly, “Cassie, don’t cry. Peter will be distressed to see this. He just wants you to have a good relationship with Orlando. Anyway, regardless of what happens between you and Orlando, you will always be our child, and I will always be at your side.“”
This made Cassandra’s last restraint snap.
She had always known that the Quinn family members were exceedingly kind to her, and part of it was probably because of the friendship between her own grandfather and the Quinn family. Still, she could distinctly sense that that was not the sole reason.
Emergency calls only
Chapter 19
070% 17:46
Cassandra cried even harder, which greatly distressed Gabriela. The latter hugged the former and patted Cassandra on the back affectionately. “I hope you can think about it if divorce isn’t the only option yet. I can also promise you, like Peter did, that even if you divorce Orlando, Rebecca won’t be able to marry into our family.”
Cassandra knitted her brows slightly in surprise. “Why?”
