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Chapter 713
Knock! Knock!
A knock was suddenly heard outside the door.
“Mister Lucas, it’s me,” said Edmund.
Lucas snapped out of his trance and said, “Come in.”
Only then did Edmund dare to enter Luna’s room.
The tired-looking Lucas pinched the space between his eyebrows. “How’s Joey doing?”
“The doctor said Mister Joey’s head injury is quite serious as there were signs of him experiencing a mild
concussion. After stitching up his head and giving him some medicine, the doctor advised us to bring Mister Joey
home to recuperate since he didn’t seem to be too happy to be staying in the hospital. It’s best if Mister Joey can
stay in a place where he’s most familiar while he’s healing. The only precaution we need to take note of is to make
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtsure no water comes in contact with his wound and to bring him back to the hospital every day for the nurse to
change his bandage.”
Lucas narrowed his eyes. ‘That poor kid. He has been injured so many times, with each time more serious than the
previous, ever since he was adopted by this family.’
“Did the doctor say what was the thing that caused the injury?”
“He said it doesn’t look like Mister Joey was cut by a weapon and that his injury was most likely caused by him
bumping his head into a table with sharp corners.”
Lucas knitted his brows together. He had just received confirmation about his suspicion and yet he could not help
but feel disappointed. ‘So it turns out Anya was lying and Corinne wasn’t the one who hurt Joey after all.’
At the same time, he was feeling a little relieved because there was a slim chance Anya was not the one who hurt
Joey either. The little kid could have accidentally bumped into a table and Anya decided to use this to frame
Corinne.
While it was still very evil of Anya to do that, it was not as evil as hurting her own child. “There might be hope to
make her see the wrongs in her way after,’ thought Lucas. He proceeded to make a mental note to himself to keep
a close eye on Anya and to teach her how to be a decent human being to prevent the same thing from happening
again.
At that moment, Edmund said, “Mister Lucas, I’ve arranged for Mister Joey to stay with the nanny in her room since
he seemed very frightened to be in Miss Anya’s room.”
Lucas frowned again. This makes Anya even more suspicious. Joey has been resisting Anya ever since he woke
up…. Could it really be Anya who hurt him?’
Thinking about all this made Lucas’ head hurt. “Okay, thanks for that. That’ll be all. You may leave now.”
However, Edmund stayed where he was. He still had something to report to Lucas. “Mister Lucas, we’ve already
found the pocket watch you lost in Kanton City.”
The pocket watch was given to him as a birthday present by Luna 15 years ago. On the watch face, she had
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmpersonally written the date of his birth and a picture of him, though it looked
nothing like him since she was still a child who was still learning to draw. Nonetheless, he treasured the pocket
watch very much and kept it on him all the time since it was one of the few things she had given him. However, he
discovered the pocket watch was gone after he came back from Kanton City.
Lucas looked up and asked, “Where did you find it?”
A weird expression flashed across Edmund’s face before he answered, “We found it in the blood collection room in
the hospital where you donated your blood. A nurse saw it and picked it up. You must have dropped it when you
were taking off your suit jacket.”
Lucas nodded. He did not think too much of it; he was just glad the pocket watch was found. However, Edmund did
not look relieved at all. “Mister Lucas, I found something odd in the surveillance footage when we were looking
through it to find your pocket watch.”
Lucas raised his brow and asked, “What is it?”
“After you donated your blood, the two nurses on duty secretly stole some of your blood from the sample but fear
not, we’re looking into the matter as we speak.”
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