Chapter 769 - 766: Two - s in One

Chapter 769: Chapter 766: Two Chapters in One

She was already more than satisfied that he was willing to put in so much effort just to fulfill her wish of being courted and going on dates.

"As long as you like it, then all this effort wasn’t for nothing," Seth Quinn said with a smile.

The two of them had a relaxed and pleasant lunch in the warm and elegant atmosphere.

"Where to next?" Clara Grant asked, tilting her head to look at Seth Quinn as they walked out of the restaurant.

"Well, according to my plan, we should be going to an amusement park next." Based on the research he’d done, an amusement park was one of the typical places a guy would take a girl on a date.

"Okay, let’s go," Clara Grant said with a grin. But just as she took a step forward, her phone suddenly rang.

She switched the hand holding the flowers and pulled out her phone to answer. "Hello..."

"Hello, may I please speak with Miss Clara Grant?" the person on the other end asked politely.

"Yes, I am."

"This is XX Hospital. I’m calling because Chloe Grant says she wants to see you."

Clara Grant furrowed her brow. ’Chloe Grant? Why would Chloe Grant want to see me at a time like this?’

"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to see her. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be hanging up now," Clara Grant said, about to end the call.

"Miss Grant," the person on the other end said urgently, "As her doctor, I really think you should come see her. Chloe Grant... her mental state is very poor right now..."

After Clara Grant hung up, Seth Quinn looked at her furrowed brow and asked, "Who was that? Who wants to see you?"

Clara Grant looked up at him, her lips parting to utter two words, "Chloe Grant."

...

In a ward at XX Hospital,

Clara Grant and Seth Quinn stood before a hospital bed, where a very still Chloe Grant lay sleeping.

She appeared to be asleep, but the doctor had just told them that they’d actually given her a sedative so she could rest this peacefully.

Clara Grant watched her. Chloe Grant already had fair skin, and the white pillow and blanket only made her look even paler.

Chloe Grant had always been haughty and arrogant. Clara had undoubtedly disliked that version of her, but at this moment, facing the woman in the hospital bed, she couldn’t bring herself to hate her.

After a while, the quietly sleeping Chloe Grant stirred, her brow furrowing slightly. Clara Grant knew the sedative was wearing off and she was about to wake up.

Sure enough, Chloe Grant’s eyes slowly fluttered open. She stared at the ceiling for a long moment before her eyes finally shifted to look elsewhere.

When her gaze landed on Clara Grant, she suddenly sat up. "Clara Grant, you’re here."

Clara Grant watched her quietly. "I heard you wanted to see me. What is it?"

In stark contrast to Clara’s calm, Chloe Grant was clearly agitated. She shot her hands out and grabbed Clara Grant’s. "Clara Grant, I was wrong, I was so wrong. I shouldn’t have targeted you all the time, and I shouldn’t have kept trying to frame you.

I shouldn’t have stolen your place as the Grant family’s daughter. I’m giving it back to you now. I don’t want it anymore, it’s yours. Just please, ask Dad not to kick Mom out of the Grant Family, okay? I’m begging you, please! Say something nice to Dad for me. Ask him to bring Mom back, okay?

He’ll definitely listen to you. You’re Seth Quinn’s wife now; he’ll listen to whatever you say. Right, Clara Grant? Please help me, just this once.

My mom... she’s used to her life as Mrs. Grant. She won’t be able to handle it if she leaves the Grant Family. Oh, right, and that Adam Warren, that scoundrel. He’ll definitely keep pestering my mom for money. He treats her like an ATM. If she doesn’t have money to give him, will he hurt her?

No, no..."

As she spoke, Chloe Grant’s eyes began to lose focus. Clara Grant stared at her in astonishment. Although the doctor had told her that Chloe’s mental state wasn’t good, she hadn’t expected this.

’This isn’t just "not good"! She’s clearly having a mental breakdown!’

From her words, it seemed Chloe didn’t know that Jean Jarvis was already dead. Yet, from her desperate pleading, it was as if she did know but was subconsciously refusing to accept the fact.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw Chloe Grant scramble up from the bed again. Clara Grant jumped in shock, and Seth Quinn hurriedly reached out, trying to pull her behind him for protection.

Unexpectedly, Chloe Grant dropped to her knees right on the bed and began kowtowing repeatedly toward Clara Grant. "Clara Grant, I’m begging you, just let my mom come back to the Grant Family, let her come back..."

Watching her bang her head over and over, Clara Grant couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, "Chloe Grant, snap out of it! Your mother is already dead! Even if I forgive you, even if I help you, your mom can’t come back to the Grant Family!"

Her words made Chloe Grant freeze instantly. She slowly raised her head, her gaze vacant as she stared at Clara Grant. "My mom is dead? When did my mom die?"

Suddenly, she became agitated again. "You’re lying! You’re lying to me! How could my mom be dead? ...Who killed my mom? Was it you? Was it you?"

As she spoke, she suddenly started to laugh. "Heh, I get it. You’re lying to me, aren’t you? You just don’t want to help me. You don’t want my mom to come back to the Grant Family! You want your status as the Grant family’s daughter back.

But, Clara Grant, you’re already Seth Quinn’s wife now. Your own mother’s status has risen with yours. What do you even need the title of the Grant family’s daughter for? Your mom doesn’t care about being Mrs. Grant anymore, does she? So just let us have it!

I promise, I promise I’ll never fight with you over anything again. I promise I’ll never try to frame you again... Just spare my mom!"

"Chloe Grant, let me tell you, I didn’t harm your mother. She brought this upon herself, and you harmed her too. If you hadn’t taken it upon yourself to go find Adam Warren, she wouldn’t have..."

Unexpectedly, the mention of Adam Warren made Chloe Grant even more agitated. She clapped her hands over her ears. "Don’t say his name! Don’t you say his name! He’s a monster! A monster..."

Then she suddenly wrapped her arms around herself, shrinking back against the headboard and clutching her clothes tightly, as if terrified someone was about to tear them off.

After a moment, she began to scream hysterically. Her behavior genuinely frightened Clara Grant.

’I always thought Chloe Grant was mentally strong enough to handle anything. But after what happened... it’s only natural that she’d have a breakdown!’

’To be nearly assaulted by her own biological father, and then for her biological parents to kill each other... it would be strange if she *didn’t* have a breakdown.’

Hearing the commotion, the doctor and nurses waiting outside rushed in and tried to calm her down.

In the end, they had to use medication to finally quiet her.