The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 876

He treated her like she was the most precious thing in the world.

When he heard a sound behind him, Franco turned. Their eyes met for a moment. Charlotte pressed her lips together and looked away first. She stepped forward and checked Nora carefully, her voice low as she spoke.

“Nothing serious for now, but we’ll wait for the test results.”

“Alright.”

Franco gave a tight nod, then leaned over to tuck the blanket around Nora. He didn’t care that Charlotte was watching. He bent down and kissed the corner of Nora’s mouth, so gentle it almost hurt to see.

Charlotte raised an eyebrow and licked her lips. “Franco, you and your wife seem pretty close.”

“We are,” he said, voice certain.

“Really?” Charlotte’s eyes narrowed, her tone light but with a bite to it. There was something mocking in the way she spoke.

Close? If they were really so close, how could he not even know the woman he loved had given birth to his child?

Her words made Franco bristle. He straightened, his expression turning cold. “Your job is to heal her. Anything else isn’t your concern.”

“That’s not for you to decide.”

“What?”

It was too early for this. Franco’s anger flared.

Charlotte didn’t answer. She just stepped over and placed her fingers on Nora’s wrist, checking her pulse. Then she picked up a slender needle and started sterilizing it.

Franco was still standing behind her, watching. Without looking up, Charlotte said, “I need complete silence.”

Franco had no choice but to swallow his temper. He left the room and walked over to the security monitors.

On the screen, he watched as Charlotte gently brushed a stray lock of hair from Nora’s forehead. The way she worked with the needle was almost impossibly gentle.

Franco frowned. Something about this felt off.

She was treating Nora with a tenderness that didn’t seem normal.

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By the time all the tests were finished, it was already afternoon.

Nora’s face was getting paler by the minute. Charlotte’s frown deepened. The exam had made it clear—something was seriously wrong with Nora. Charlotte needed the lab results before she could try anything else.

She was just reaching for her phone to call Jackson when it rang.

Franco rushed in at that exact moment.

“Nora…” He saw her lying there, unresponsive. He turned on Charlotte, eyes red with panic and fury. “What did you do?”

Charlotte didn’t respond. She grabbed a needle and pressed it gently into a point on Nora’s head. Her hands were shaking so badly she could barely control them.

She was scared.

She had never been this scared before.

After the fifth needle, Nora suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“Don’t touch her!” Franco lost it completely. Fear for Nora’s life was written all over him. “Get the doctors! And grab her! If anything happens to Nora, you’ll pay for it!”

Charlotte stood there, frozen. Then she saw the blood was dark, not fresh. Her tightly furrowed brow began to relax.

Nora was going to make it.

“Get out!”

Franco’s eyes were full of hatred, the bodyguards looked ready to pounce. Charlotte bit her lip, tossed her tools aside, and walked straight out of the room.