The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 71

“That’s a pity. I quite like Tori.” Evelyn sighed lightly. “Then, why don’t you check when you’ll settle things with Bella?”

Christian frowned and didn’t reply.

“If you don’t have someone you like and you’re dragging it out like this, losing a few hundred million and making your grandfather unhappy won’t be worth it,” Evelyn warned.

Christian took a bite of the food. “I know what I’m doing.”

Evelyn heaved a long sigh. “Usually when you say so, I’ll be able to relax. But, for some reason, when I hear you say it this time, I feel even more worried.”

Christian lifted his eyes to glance at her before he lowered his head again to resume his meal, changing the subject. “Victoria burned her leg and is now in Alden Hospital.”

“How did she get burned?” Evelyn put down her spoon, her face slightly surprised and worried. “Is the injury serious?”

Christian replied, “She scalded herself with hot tea and needs to be hospitalized for some time.”

“Hot tea?” Evelyn raised her eyebrows slightly. “I heard that the kid from the Coleman Family ruined one of your clubhouses and splashed Bella with hot tea. Was the burn on Tori’s leg caused by Bella ‘accidentally’ scalding her with hot tea?”

Christian hummed in reply.

Evelyn tittered and said meaningfully, “I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that their family has such a sly daughter.”

She looked at Christian, who was eating with his head down, and lightly knocked on the table twice. “You don’t usually come home for dinner. What’s with the sudden change? Did you come back just to tell me about Tori’s leg injury today?”

“You’re thinking too much,” Christian said.

Evelyn cupped her chin and looked at her son’s handsome face with a serious expression. “Doesn’t this count as you caring for Tori? Sweetie, will you really not consider Tori?” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Mrs. West.” He placed his cutlery down and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Evelyn raised her hands in defeat and sighed. “All right, I was thinking too much.”

Just then, Christian’s phone rang. After picking it up and looking at the caller ID, he placed it back on the table. Though his phone rang incessantly for more than thirty seconds, it failed to arouse his attention, and a while later, Evelyn’s phone rang.

She picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID before glancing up at Christian with a sigh. “I really can’t even eat a meal in peace.”

Then, she answered her phone with a laugh. “If you’re calling at this hour, you’re not going to invite me to dinner, are you? Did I guess right? I’m sorry, Nancy, but I just finished eating.”

“Why did Christian cancel the lawsuit against the Coleman Family’s son? I have no idea, really. He didn’t tell me anything.”

“Hand him the phone? I’m at home, but the brat is still at the office and didn’t come back. Yeah, okay, let’s leave it at that. I’ll give him an earful when I see him. He’s being too unkind.”

After Evelyn hung up the phone, she glanced at Christian sideways. “You’re already an adult. Next time, make sure you settle things cleanly instead of letting them call me.”

“No matter how old I get, I’ll still be a child in front of you,” Christian said.

Evelyn scolded him with a laugh before she got up and picked up her bag. “It’s still early. Come with me to the hospital to visit Tori.”

After Victoria returned to the hospital, she called Vincent and explained the situation. The second half of the phone call was answered by Glen, and the whole time he was yelling about how hard it was to get that land, even scolding her.

Meanwhile, she listened numbly without uttering a word of rebuttal until he hung up the phone.

Just then, the doctor came in and hooked up an IV drip to her. Then, he changed her bandages and warned with a dark expression, “Your leg has already been injured before, and you burned it again this time. If you don’t cooperate with the treatment properly, the wound will become inflamed or infected, and you will have to bear the consequences!”

Victoria nodded carelessly, barely listening to him as if she had something on her mind. Her attitude angered the doctor, and after telling her to call for him or a nurse once the IV drip was finished, he left with an unpleasant look on his face.

“How did you make the doctor that angry?” Evelyn pushed the door open and walked in while asking Christian to put aside the boxes of supplements he was carrying and the thermos containing the soup they brought from home.

Victoria was lying on the bed, but when she saw the two of them enter, she propped herself up with the support of the bed, her back tense as she greeted, “Hello, Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Thatcher.”

“You brat, why are you being so formal with us?” Evelyn sighed helplessly and directed Christian. “Hurry up and help Tori lie down.”

Christian hummed in assent and walked over to Victoria. He encircled her waist with his left arm while his right arm went around her neck, nearly hugging her as he helped her lie down. His breath enveloped Victoria, and as her left ear was pressed against his chest, she could even hear his strong, powerful heartbeat. She subconsciously held her breath, every cell in her body turning tense instead of just her back.

“The two of you make such a good match. If an uninformed person comes over, they will definitely think you’re a couple.” Evelyn laughed.

As if he hadn’t heard her, Christian took out an apple and peeled it. His long, fair fingers flitted between the red peel and the yellowish flesh, as if it were a work of art.

“You’re flattering me, Mrs. Thatcher.” Victoria swept a glance at Christian, a thin layer of sweat forming at the tip of her nose. “Mr. Thatcher and Miss Spritz are a better match.”

At her words, Christian paused while peeling the apple, and the long red peel broke off and fell to the ground. He picked it up and threw it into the trash can.

“Bella’s looks are a good match for Christian, but the rest may not be the case.” Evelyn said meaningfully, “All right, let’s stop talking about her. Why was the doctor angry when he went out? Did you provoke him?”

“It’s nothing,” Victoria replied evasively.

After Christian finished peeling the apple and handed it to Evelyn, he said carelessly, “The doctor told her to rest and recuperate, but she ended up going to the office to look for me earlier this afternoon.”

Evelyn slightly raised her eyebrows and handed the apple to Victoria. “No matter whether others cherish it or not, you must first cherish your own body. Since the doctor told you to rnovelxo.com fast updateest, what reason did you have to look for Christian this afternoon?”

Pursing her lips, Victoria didn’t make a sound and only handed the apple back to Evelyn. Christian had peeled it, so she didn’t dare to eat it.

Seeing her reluctance to speak, Evelyn did not probe any further. With a smile, she handed the apple to Victoria. “Just eat it if we give it to you. I’ll ask Christian to peel another one.”

Holding the apple in her hands, Victoria subconsciously glanced at Christian again.

“Eat it.” Saying that, Christian took another apple and proceeded to peel it.

Victoria took a small bite, but couldn’t taste anything. She really couldn’t understand him. Sometimes he hated her enough to kill her, but sometimes he treated her like an ordinary person, and she didn’t know if he would let her go.

“How much tea was spilled on you to make you this hurt?” Evelyn lifted the blanket, looking at the injury on Victoria’s leg with a distressed expression.

Victoria was worried that if she said something against Bella, Christian would be displeased, so she didn’t reply.

“An entire pot.” Christian frowned slightly, but eased his frown soon after before handing the freshly peeled apple to Evelyn.

“My lipstick will come off if I eat the entire thing like this, so I won’t eat it. You eat it.” Evelyn pushed the apple back to Christian and said with a light laugh, “Bella must be really talented to accidentally spill an entire pot of tea onto Tori.”