Chapter 532
Once Halley had signed the contract, Cecilia finally released her and shoved her onto the couch.
With the contract in hand, Cecilia backed away, brandishing a knife and snarling, “Stay back! All of you, stay back!
Sergio, why are you just standing there? Hurry up and grab this crazy woman!” Hailey yelled. She was enraged that someone dared to threaten her like
this.
Sergio’s hesitation only fueled Hailey’s fury. “Sergio, do something now!”
“Mrs. Brooks, you need to calm down. You owe her. If she reports you for aiding and abetting rape, the Brooks family’s reputation will be ruined again,” Maeve warned.
Recently, the news of her reconciliation with Sergio had just started to improve the Brooks Group’s situation. If she provoked Cecilia now, things were bound to take a turn for the worse.
Hailey was so enraged by Maeve’s words that she nearly collapsed. “She threatened me with a knife, and you’re still defending her! Sergio, look at the kind of wife you’ve married! She’s out to get me!”
Hearing Hailey’s accusations, Sergio could only approach to restrain Cecilia Cecilia, out of control, flailed wildly to protect herself.
Maeve rushed forward, yelling, “Sergio, let go!”
But before she could finish, Cecilia’s knife had already slashed Sergio’s arm.
Seeing her beloved grandson bleeding, Hailey’s face twisted in rage. “Sergio…”
Cecilia froze after seeing Sergio’s bloodied arm. The knife clattered to the floor. “It wasn’t me… I didn’t mean to…”
“How dare you hurt my grandson? You’re going to pay for this!” Hailey shouted.
Maeve immediately checked Sergio’s wound. It was deep and bleeding profusely. Despite his pale face, Sergio looked at Maeve with a tenderness that seemed to ignore the pain.
“Are you out of your mind? Don’t you know she had a knife?” Maeve scolded, then urgently called out, “Allie! Get the medical kit and call 911!” “Yes, Mrs. Brookes!” Allie responded.
Amidst the chaos, while Halley was preoccupied with Sergio’s injury, Cecilia had already fled with the signed contract.
Maeve skillfully treated Sergio’s wound, but it was too serious to handle there. They needed to get to the hospital.
When she looked up, she saw Sergio watching her. Maeve frowned and asked, “What are you staring at?”
“I’m watching how you care for me,” Sergio murmured.
Maeve snapped, “I’m not caring for you. I’m just trying to keep you from being an idiot!”
She reached for his jacket pocket while asking, “Where are your car keys? I’ll drive you to the hospital.”
Sergio gently stopped her hand from rummaging through his pocket and pulled the keys from his pants pocket. “Stop searching. They’re right here,” he
sad in a low voice.