Seeing Nicky's angry expression, Hattie was stunned for a moment before she then pulled her hand away. "Stay out of this. I'm doing this for your own good. Your face is like this now and it might not get better in the future. I'm just carving out a path for you."
I could understand a mother thinking for their daughter, but Hattie's approach was too much.
I shook my head and sighed. "We’ve hired a professional doctor for Nicky's treatment. I believe it’ll soon..."
Before I could finish speaking, Hattie interrupted me, "It’s been a while since the accident happened, but look, is the wound on my daughter's face healed? And wasn't it because she of you that this happened? Now I'm asking for her to be living more comfortably. Am I going too far?!"
Although she was angry, what she said was not without reason. Nicky was indeed the one who suffered because of me. I could not refute this.
I turned my eyes to Nicky. She was looking at me apologetically and seemed helpless.
"Even if I agree, Theo won’t," I said slowly.
Hattie turned her head and walked in front of me. "So, you agree. As long as you agree, I don’t think Theo will disallow it."
Theo came back just as she said this. He came upstairs only to witness this scene, and anger revealed itself on his handsome face. His expression was particularly ugly when he saw Hattie.
"What are you doing here?" His voice was so cold that the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees.
Hattie was not afraid. She went forward and told him what she had just said. "Your wife has already agreed to let my daughter move into your master bedroom."
I was startled. I did not expect her to be so direct.
Immediately afterward, Theo threw a look at me. "You did?"
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