After Hermosa fainted, she was sent to a nearby hospital by Alvin. Alvin did it on purpose. Although Hermosa had not come to the company for many years, her prestige still existed in the minds of those old shareholders. Since Marcus became the president in the Baron Group and Matthew’s father became the vice president, his position was lower than the grandson of Marcus.
Although he was an illegitimate child, he was Marcus's son. After Bennett was died and Antonio became the president, it would be his turn to get some shares, right?
But this old woman, she would rather support her other relatives than let him get the share. If it weren’t that Alive heard her talk about the will with the lawyer that day, Alvin would have not known that the old woman hated him so much!
Besides, Antonio was still young. Matthew was in his fifties. Alvin himself was a doctoral student and graduated from a prestigious foreign university. He could not compare with Antonio? No matter how big or small things happened at home, he had never objected Hermosa.
He had pretended to be obedient in front of her year after year. But she actually treated Matthew better than him. He was so angry. He hated that the hard work of these years still couldn't get Hermosa's any favor.
Alvin sat on the chair, looking at Hermosa lying on the bed with some hatred. Hermosa slowly woke up. He immediately pretended to be anxious and worried.
He pretended to be overjoyed to see her wake up. He leaned forward and asked softly, "How are you feeling?"
"Cough, cough. Where is Antonio?" Hermosa didn't believe that the grandson she had brought up would be so unrelenting to her. She asked Antonio’s whereabouts as soon as she woke up.
Alvin pursed his lips, and then sat down in the chair obediently. He hesitated. Seeing Alvin’s expression, Hermosa knew that Antonio hadn't come to see her. Then she coughed badly.
Alvin quickly got up and sat on the edge of the bed. He helped Hermosa pat her back gently, while picking up the water glass on the cabinet with the other hand and fed it to her mouth.
Hermosa looked Alvin up and down. Alvin looked filial and was taking care of her. Then Hermosa’s eyes turned into red. She didn't expect that when she was really sick, the person who took care of her was not her most beloved grandson but the illegitimate child who she had hated. Tears welled up into her eyes, "Just tell me, that jerk hasn’t visited me by now, has he?"
Alvin hesitated for a while, and he said, "Antonio gave a call to me. He said that he has been busy recently. It seems that the woman who came to our house last time was a little uncomfortable. He is taking care of her in the hospital and couldn't spare time.” After a pause, he put down the water glass, "Or, I'll call Adelaide over?"
Hearing this, Hermosa got mad again. Then she coughed again. She waved her hand. Adelaide was pregnant. It was inconvenient for Adelaide to go out alone. Hermosa thought there was nothing wrong with her, so it would better not let Adelaide know in order not to let her be anxious. But Hermosa was still unsatisfied with Antonio, "Humph, don't tell Adelaide. Since he didn’t come, he doesn’t have to treat me as his Grandma anymore."
Who said that the elderly could see things through? When they were really angry, they would act like children. Alvin patted her back gently, "Don't talk nonsense. Antonio really called me. Maybe he’s really busy."
What Alvin said seemed to help Antonio, but it made Hermosa even more angry. For a bitch, Antonio left his Grandma alone and didn’t come to visit his Grandma!
Although Antonio was jealous, he still hoped that this man could accompany Adelaide more every day. After today's treatment was over, Calvin hurried back his clinic, because there were new patients in the clinic.
So Antonio accompanied Adelaide out to relax. He held Adelaide in his arms. The flowers in the hospital flowerbeds were now in buds. He and Adelaide were sitting on the bench. Antonio continued to say something to Adelaide, although he couldn’t get any responds.
Not long after, Oscar came over hurriedly. Recently, Antonio hadn’t had the mood to work these days. It was Oscar who dealt with the company’s affairs. Antonio thought that Oscar had some important business affairs to report to him, so he sent Adelaide back to the ward.
Oscar took out the document and handed it to him. Antonio frowned when he saw the first line. When he saw the last line, the corner of document was crumpled by him. He slammed the document at Oscar and punched Oscar in the face, "Who let you did it?"
This was a paternity test. The man’s name was Antonio!
Oscar bowed his head guiltily. He didn’t excuse himself, “Mr. Antonio, it was Mrs. Swift who said that the child was not yours, so I... I’m sorry. I don’t defend myself. I thought you would understand me if the result came out. I didn’t expect that I was set up by them! Sorry, Mr. Antonio!"
Oscar’s apology was very sincere, which made Antonio couldn’t blame him. Oscar always wanted to prove himself to Antonio. But Antonio himself was to blame for all the mistakes. If he took Adelaide away at that time, the following things would not happen. Looking at Oscar coldly, Antonio left a sentence before going to take care of Adelaide, "Others have no right to doubt my wife’s fidelity!"
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