Nora

Chapter 17:.

The door to the room then closed. However, you could still vaguely hear the conversation inside:

Lisa said, “Dad, Nora is…”

“Don’t say her name! How did your mother treat her? She treated her like she was her own, but how is she any different from Henry now? He clings so stubbornly to the company and stands idly by while your mother dies!”

Irene said, “Don’t say that about Nora. She’s not doing anything because she knows it’s useless even if she sheds the company. Don’t take your anger out on someone else…”

“I know, but I feel so bad when I see her so indifferent!” Suddenly, Will couldn’t take it anymore and began to cry bitterly.

Nora, who was outside, could feel his helplessness and anger even through the glass windows.

“Don’t you feel bad?”

Henry stood behind her. “For the sake of a company, are you really going to scorn your aunt’s life?”

Their squabbling here was too noisy, and had attracted a circle of onlookers.

Nora looked down and sent a text message to Lisa on her cell phone, telling her to get ready and that someone would be coming to operate on her aunt in a few days.

After sending the text message, she ignored Henry and the others’ anger and turned around to leave quietly.

Nearby.

Justin stayed there with Lawrence. A relative had been hospitalized today, so he had come especially to visit. However, he had not expected to encounter such a situation.

Lawrence said, “The Smiths are certainly shameless, but isn’t she a bit too insensitive? No wonder she seems so insensitive.”

Justin frowned and said, “Check to see if anything can be done about her aunt’s illness.”

It wasn’t hard at all to find out. By the time they were in the car and back at the hotel, he had figured it all out.

“Her condition is indeed difficult to operate on. There are only two experts in the United States who can do it, but the success rate is only 50%. Coincidentally, both experts are currently working in our hospitals.”

“…”

Seeing that the icy Justin didn’t speak, Lawrence couldn’t help but say, “If Miss Smith knows what she’s doing, she’ll take the opportunity to approach you.”

When the car arrived at the Finest Hotel, as luck would have it, Justin saw Nora getting out of the cab. Also, when he noticed her car, he stayed where he was and didn’t enter the hotel.

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Was he waiting for them?

Nora had seen them.

She didn’t understand what was going on. Evidently, she had nothing to do with that four or five year old boy, but she couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable the moment she thought his guardians were abusing him.

They misunderstood and thought she was chasing him this morning. If I go now, I’ll be seen as a stalker.

Nora lowered her catlike eyes slightly. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Justin walking past her, surrounded by bodyguards.

Nora suddenly spoke up. She said, “I have something to tell you, Mr. Hunt.”

As expected.

Justin stopped and looked deeply at her. His exquisite features gave off an aggressive air of heroism, and the mole in the corner of his eye gave off a sense of slight interest. “What can I do for you, Miss Smith?”

He’d already given her a chance, so she’d probably start pleading pitifully, wouldn’t she?

In a slightly gravelly voice, Nora asked, “Are your son’s tutors professional, Mr. Hunt?”

She had only heard what the tutors said in the elevator, and hadn’t seen anything with her own eyes, so she had no way of judging whether or not their words were true. Therefore, she merely gave him a subtle reminder.

Justin frowned, however.

Why was she keeping silent about the doctors and talking about the tutors instead? Was it because she was too embarrassed to ask him about it, so she decided to talk about something else first?

Justin was a straightforward man, so he cut to the chase. He asked, “Do you need me to introduce you to two doctors, Ms. Smith? Do you want to talk to Dr. Lane or Dr. Wright?”

Nora was confused.

Although Dr. Lane and Dr. Wright were the most famous neurosurgeons in America, the success rate was only 50% if they operated on her aunt. Why would she go to them?

Besides, she was talking about the tutors, so why was she bringing up the doctors?

Nora replied impatiently, “No, I don’t care. Please show more concern for your son instead if he is free.”

If the guardians were really abusing him, then the responsibility would fall on Justin alone. He must have been neglecting the child.

For some inexplicable reason, he got a little angry, as if it was his son who was being abused.

She left immediately after saying that.

Justin looked at her from behind with a slightly stunned expression, but quickly came to his senses. Anger welled up in him and his countenance turned a little colder.

Lawrence couldn’t help but say, “I had thought that Miss Smith was so indifferent to her aunt only because she was at the end of her rope. I hadn’t expected her to actually let her die. She’s too heartless.”

Without the surgery, her aunt was doomed.

However, if she had the surgery, she would at least have a 50-50 chance of survival.

The choice was obvious. But was that woman really so crazy and heartless, so much so that she had rejected her kindness?

Forget it, he was simply accepting that he had unnecessarily meddled in someone else’s business and had misjudged her!

Justin entered the elevator with a sullen look on his face.

In the presidential suite on the top floor.

Cherry crept back into the room. She was about to enter the study when she turned and saw a stern-faced woman walking toward her with a ruler in her hand. The woman said to her viciously,

“How dare you lounge around somewhere else when you haven’t finished your homework, Pete? Judging by how stupid and foolish you look, you must have gone out to your mother. Oh, wait, that’s not quite right because you’re a motherless little bastard. Reach out your hand; I’m going to teach you a good lesson today!”

Cherry was confused.

How dare she insult her mother? And even hit her brother?

The gentle girl immediately transformed into the hot-tempered child of her playtime. With her hands on her hips, she was about to return the insults to the tutor when the door suddenly opened.

She turned to see her handsome father, who had the potential to be bossy, cold, loving or reassuring, striding in.noveldrama

Cherry immediately forgot what had just happened. Her small frame leapt forward as if it had wings, but it was at that moment that the tutor grabbed her arm.

Justin took off his jacket after entering. As usual, the first thing he did was ask how his son was doing. “How was Pete today?”

The tutor sighed. “He didn’t do his homework again. Since he didn’t reinforce what he learned, he doesn’t understand when we delve into more complicated subjects. He is very stubborn and refuses to listen to us. As a result, his progress is now behind his cousin by two semesters of lessons!”

A concerned Justin frowned as he listened to her report. Although his son’s IQ was excellent, he was introverted and autistic, he had trouble expressing himself. He really didn’t know how he should communicate with him!

She walked over to Cherry, squatted down to look at him, and patiently asked, “Why haven’t you done your homework?”

Wow, looking at him closely, Daddy looks even more handsome now!

Cherry couldn’t answer him for a moment.

Seeing her silent, the tutor secretly scoffed. He was indeed a jerk who didn’t cry, or make trouble, or know how to complain about others.

Relieved, she began to spin more lies. “We’re really at the end of our rope, Mr. Hunt. We can’t discipline or reprimand you, so your only option is to employ certain special methods of education now.”

Cherry, who at the time was captivated by her father’s good looks, thought to herself, ‘What, they couldn’t discipline or scold me?’

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