Besides, how could Jessica create such a huge scene?
All of a sudden, Hank was ruthlessly slapped on the arm.
Mrs. Brown was half–exasperated by her son’s reaction.
“The truth is right in front of you, and yet you’re still speaking for that spiteful woman! Can’t you think with your brain? If you want Sonny to be the flower boy, why didn’t you just buy him a new suit? Why did she insist on going to Liberty’s diner to take Sonny with you? Something must be wrong.
“You fool–idiot! You can’t even think with your brain. That wicked woman hates it the most when we go to see Sonny, and she doesn’t like us having too much interaction with him and Liberty. Why would she support and even encourage you to get close to Sonny recently?
“We were all tricked by her. I thought she let us visit Sonny because she doesn’t have a child of her own yet and thought she wouldn’t have one. Who knew, it was because she had such a vicious plan. No wonder she let you take Sonny to the zoo, and no wonder her face was as dark as charcoal when I asked your sister to go along. It was her–it was her!
“She must’ve also been the one responsible for the abduction of the kids at the zoo last time. She even wanted to take Lucas away. It’s clear that she wanted to get back at your sister and resents your sister for always targeting her. She’s an evil woman!”
Mrs. Brown cursed about Jessica fiercely.
“Hank, divorce her! Divorce her right now! Even if you can’t marry another woman after the divorce, I want you to divorce her. We can’t have such a malicious woman in our family!”
Hank said, “Mom, this matter hasn’t been concluded yet. The police only took Jessica back for an investigation. How could she be capable of doing something like this? I was also running after Sonny at that time, and I saw many people come to stop me and Liberty. Even if those people were paid to do so, it must’ve cost a lot. Jessica doesn’t have that much money.”
Mrs. Brown slapped him again.
“How did she react just now? Did you not see her? Are you saying that the police wronged her? Would the police have taken her away without evidence? Why didn’t they take me away?” Hank was instantly speechless.
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on the door.
Mr. Brown went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Chelsea crashed in and asked nervously, “Dad, how’s Liberty? Is Sonny fine? I rushed over right away after receiving your call.”
Mr. Brown answered, “Sonny is fine. He was just very frightened and is only willing to follow his Aunt Ser now. As for Liberty… She’s still in the ICU. The doctor said she’ll be fine if she pulls through the next few days, but if she doesn’t… Ah, pfft, she’ll pull through. She’s a good person, and a good person will also be blessed.”
“Yes, yes, yes, Liberty is a good person. She’ll definitely be fine-she’ll be fine.”
Chelsea had been nice to Liberty and Serena ever since Serena saved her little son. She sincerely hoped that Liberty would get better.
When she saw her brother, she pounced over and punched him a few times. She scolded, “Hank, you didn’t listen to us. Look what kind of a vicious woman you married! She made a mess of our family and tried to harm Sonny.
“She even let the kidnappers take Lucas away at the zoo last time. She’s so wicked. I did target her, so I’ll accept it if she hates and resents me, and I won’t say anything if she comes at me. However, she went after my innocent child.
“What an evil person. I thought I was bad enough, but she’s worse than me. I targeted her, but Liberty never did anything to her, yet she wanted to lay her hands on Sonny. Is she trying to cut off our family line?”
Chelsea was sensible and knew she was not a good person.
Mrs. Brown had told her daughter everything on the phone.
Therefore, Chelsea started scolding Hank as soon as she arrived.
Hank wanted to stand up for his wife but could not say anything. If he dared defend Jessica again, his parents would rip him apart first!
Moreover, he also experienced the shock of his son almost being kidnapped.
He could not defend Jessica anymore. In his parents‘ words, the police would not have taken her away and not let her come home if she had nothing to do with the incident.
Additionally, Jessica’s reaction–her ashen face–when she was taken away confirmed that she was in the know.
“Mom, which hospital is Liberty in? This won’t do. I have to go see her,” Chelsea asked her mom after scolding her brother and Jessica. She wanted to see Liberty.
At the same time, she said regretfully, “It’s my fault. If I hadn’t talked too much and babbled back then, this wouldn’t have happened, and that vicious woman wouldn’t be here.”
Mrs. Brown said, “Even if we were nice to Liberty, your fickle brother will still get together with that spiteful woman. I advised him not to divorce Liberty, but he insisted on doing it. I also reminded him that that malicious woman isn’t suitable as a partner for life, but he didn’t listen to me either!”
Hank was speechless.
“Liberty is in the ICU now. You can’t see her even if you go,” Mrs. Brown added.
Chelsea turned around and left. She said to her husband, “Darling, send me to the hospital. Whether I get to see her or not is one thing; going there shows my sentiment. If it wasn’t for Liberty and Serena the last time, Lucas would’ve been kidnapped and sold by that evil woman.”
She kept cursing Jessica.
“I’ll go with you.”
Mrs. Brown was extremely worried and could not sleep at home, so she followed her daughter to the hospital.
The people who were guarding Liberty in the hospital at the moment were Duncan and a few of the Yorks‘ bodyguards. Serena and Zack were resting in the RV for the time being.
Duncan could not enter the ward, so he stood at the door and looked through the small glass window at Liberty lying motionless on the hospital bed. His heart was twisted as if it was cut a thousand times. He was in pain!
“Liberty…”
Duncan murmured softly, “You have to wake up and get better quickly. I promise I won’t let you and Sonny get hurt in the future.
“Liberty, I’ve only realized now that I’m afraid of losing you. I do like Sonny, but I like you too. You have to get better; I haven’t told you what I feel.”
Duncan had no idea he cared so much about Liberty.
He always thought that he liked Sonny and was nice to Liberty because of the little guy.
After knowing that Liberty was stabbed a few times by the bad guy, Duncan was heartbroken, and it was difficult to describe the pain. As slow as he was, he came to understand that he had long developed feelings for Liberty.
Why did he like her?
He did not know either.
No wonder his friends always saw him and Liberty as a pair; outsiders had a better perception.
Duncan was not moved even when he faced the outstanding Lily. Instead, he wanted to run away. It was not that Lily was not good enough, but he had unknowingly had his heart set on Liberty.
When Chelsea, her husband, and her parents arrived at the hospital, they saw Duncan keeping watch outside the ward.
Duncan turned around when he heard footsteps. Seeing that it was Chelsea and her husband, his face turned gloomy, and he looked coldly at the Browns.
“Why are you here?”
Chelsea could not help but question Duncan.
Duncan asked coldly, “What does it matter to you that I’m here?”
Chelsea choked.
Now that Liberty was free and had lost weight, it was normal to have pursuers.
Duncan had always been nice to Liberty.
The Browns felt that Duncan was extremely good to Sonny because he had improper thoughts about Liberty.
As Liberty had not slimmed down at that time, the Browns fooled and comforted themselves that Duncan would not take a fancy to her. After all, he was a CEO with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, whereas she was a fat divorcee with a three–year–old son.
However, when the Browns saw Duncan keeping watch outside the ward now, they could not deceive themselves any longer. He truly liked Liberty.
Otherwise, he would not be guarding her ward late at night.
The Browns did not know what to feel.
“It’s late. What are you doing here instead of sleeping?” Duncan coldly questioned Chelsea in return.
“I came to see my sister–in-”
“Mrs. Repton, have you forgotten that Liberty and your brother are divorced? She’s no longer your sister–in–law, so please stop calling her that. She doesn’t want to hear you call her that either.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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