Once Cast-Off Wife Now Untouchable Queen novel Chapter 309

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Chapter 309 Visiting Victor

As Sayer drove, he muttered, “Aella, Mr. Fulford’s son is way too clever for his age. You’d better be careful around him.”

Aella couldn’t help laughing. “He’s just a kid. Don’t blow things out of proportion.”

Clyde leaned over the back of Aella’s seat and asked, “Aella, why is that Townsend woman always picking on you?”

Aella pursed her lips and didn’t answer directly.

She turned to Sayer and Clyde and said, “That Winter guy isn’t someone you want to mess with. Stay away from him, both of you.”

Sayer and Clyde both nodded in perfect sync.

The next morning, as soon as Aella got to work, she went straight to Daniel.

She told him, “Daniel, Mr. Vic’s sleep has gotten a little better, but he’s got a long way to go before he’s fully recovered. He’s been off treatment for a while now.”

Daniel put down his files. “You’re Mr. Vic’s doctor. You can try reaching out to him again by phone. If he doesn’t want to come back for treatment, don’t push it. We have to respect his wishes.”

When Aella left Daniel’s office, she still felt uneasy.

She’d visited Webster Manor that day, and she was sure Victor had been hurt.

Aella always believed that if someone treated her right, she had to pay it back.

Back when she was divorcing Tyrone, Victor had really been there for her.

He’d even pressured Tyrone to help her secure the divorce, not caring that he’d angered both the McCarthys and the Winters.

Now, knowing Victor was in trouble, there was no way she could just sit back and do nothing.

That evening, Aella drove to Webster Manor alone after work.

She hadn’t let Victor know she was coming, so she parked outside the manor and started thinking up an

excuse.

Just then, a power company van pulled up in front of the manor.

Two middle–aged men got out, wearing faded uniforms and carrying clipboards. They walked straight

toward Aella.

Aella checked the time. It wasn’t even 7:00 p.m. yet.

She’d seen power company vans in the neighborhood before, so she didn’t think much of it.

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The two men stopped outside her car and asked, “Miss, are you the owner of this manor?”

Aella sat inside, sizing up the men through the window.

Thinking of Victor’s recent injury, she became extra cautious.

She kept her guard up, raised her window halfway, and said, “I’m just passing through, stopping to make a

call.”

The men exchanged a glance, then turned to leave.

Aella called out after them, “Are you looking for the owner for a reason?”

The men stopped for a second, then hurried back to their van and drove off.

Aella was sure something was off, so she hurried out, rang the doorbell, and asked to see Victor.

Real power company employees would have gone to the door and told the owner what they were there for, whether it was a routine meter inspection or maintenance. They wouldn’t have just asked her if she owned the place or ignored her questions and left.

The butler let her in, and she got inside without a hitch.

She drove into the manor, got out, and followed the butler into the living room.

Victor was nowhere to be seen, and there were no staff or bodyguards either.

Aella started feeling uneasy.

Upstairs in the study, Victor sat silently in a wheelchair, dressed in loose dark loungewear, quietly rolling a string of rosary beads in his hand.

When he saw Aella come in, his whole posture turned serious.

Aella explained, “Mr. Vic, I was in the area after work and thought I’d check in on you.”

Victor steered his wheelchair closer.

It was over an hour’s drive from her hospital to the manor, since they were at opposite sides of the city.

Yet she could lie to his face without batting an eye.

When Victor didn’t reply, Aella knelt beside him and helped adjust the blanket on his legs.

“Mr. Vic, I drove over an hour to get here. At least let me check your pulse,” she said.

Victor offered his arm and gave her a sidelong glance. “You’re quite a caring doctor, aren’t you?”

Of course.

As she checked his pulse, Aella watched him closely.

She’d seen Victor hiding his injury before, but she never confronted him about it.

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Now, it seemed he was doing okay.

Once she finished, Victor immediately ordered Norman to see her home.

Aella stalled a bit and said, “Mr. Vic, someone was watching me when I came in just now.”

She told Victor the whole story about the two men at the gate.

Victor sent Norman to check the security cameras.

Once Norman left, Aella said, “Who knows if those two have accomplices? If I leave now and someone follows me home, I am going to bring trouble to my own place!”

She couldn’t be sure what exactly was going on with Victor, but she was convinced he was in some kind of trouble.

She’d come tonight to make sure he was okay. She never expected to run into suspicious people at the

manor gate.

Those two men had already seen her face and license plate.

Now, if she drove off from Webster Manor, there was no telling if they’d follow her home.