The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2070

In the hospital.

Upon hearing that his mother's condition had worsened, Martin rushed to the hospital. The moment he pushed open the door to the ICU, his sister Diana slapped him hard across the face.

"Can't even keep your own bitch on a leash, letting it yap in front of Mom? How dare you?"

Martin could only look towards his bodyguard, asking, "What happened?"

"Ms. Serena."

The bodyguard was cut off before he could finish, as Diana snapped angrily, "Why are you so respectful of her?"

The bodyguard, clearly frightened, quickly corrected himself, "It was Serena. She came to visit Mrs. Florence with lots of gifts. When Mrs. Florence told her to leave Martin, she wouldn't listen and even told your mom that her engagement party to you is set for this Friday at 7 PM. That’s when Mrs. Florence's condition took a turn for the worse."

"Did you hear that?" Diana turned to Martin, fury in her eyes. "That troublemaker did it on purpose to aggravate Mom's condition!"

"The engagement party with her is indeed this Friday at 7 PM. I was planning to find the right time to come with her to talk to Mom about it, but I guess she came on my behalf because I've been busy. She didn't say anything out of line, even brought gifts."

"She knows full well that Mom doesn't want her stepping foot into the Cooper family, doesn't support your marriage because it's the reason Mom's heart condition landed her in the ICU, and yet she still tells Mom the time and place of the engagement. Isn't that just flaunting it in her face?"

"She just brought things to visit, and happened to share the good news with Mom. Why do you always have to think the worst of her?"

"Martin, stop playing dumb with me. Besides you, everyone in the Cooper family is against this engagement!"

At that moment, the bodyguard noticed that the patient on the bed was waking up, and quickly said, "Miss, Sir, Mrs. Florence is waking up."

The siblings stopped their quarrel and gathered around the bed.