After Divorce I Am A Billionaire

Chapter 52

In the small hours.

Charlotte was taken to the hospital.

The doctor's initial diagnosis was: two broken ribs, a mild concussion, and numerous wounds of different sizes, but fortunately no critical damage.

Melvin sat alone on the bench outside the operating room, lost in his own thoughts.

After the accident, he asked Fred to notify the Matthews family.

Jamie and Katelyn, however, didn't arrive until dawn.

"Alas, my poor daughter. Why should this happen to her!"

Katelyn's crying voice could be heard from a distance in the corridor, she didn't shed a single drop of tear, but even seemed to be gloating about it.

On the contrary, Jamie walked up to Melvin with a sad face. Seeing Melvin's solemn expression, he said a few words to comfort Melvin.

Melvin didn't respond to Jamie's comforting, but just politely said, "Uncle, Aunt, please have a seat."

Jamie was not satisfied with his reply, "Mr. Freeman, I'm asking you as a father. What on earth happened, and how did Lottie get hurt like this? Who did this?"

It hadn't been long since his oldest daughter became a vegetable from a car incident, and now Charlotte was severely injured. Was someone going against his family? Or luck was simply not on their side recently?

Melvin was silent for a few seconds before answering, "I've sent Fred to investigate."

Jamie saw that he did not intend to continue with the conversation, and was too embarrassed to say anything else, so he sat down on the bench beside to wait.

Within two minutes, the light above the operating room door went off.

The doctor came out and said that Charlotte's surgery was successful. Except that she couldn't move around for a while, there were no major problems and she could be transferred to a standard VIP ward.

The three people on the corridor followed to the ward to see Charlotte.

Charlotte just woke up, her whole body wrapped in thick gauze. She struggled to open her swollen eyes, and she started crying as soon as she saw Melvin.

"Mel, if it wasn't for you, I might have died. Luckily you came in time so I didn't get insulted by those bastards. Mel, I really can't leave you. Just stay here with me, okay?" Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Charlotte tenderly took his hand. She never could have expected that she would shoot herself in the foot in this matter.

Originally, she sent the text to Melvin to provoke him and let him know that Lyra was a whore; in this way, all his attention would be back to her later.

How sarcastic that she had tasted her own medicine, while the text message actually helped save her life.

Melvin sat down on the edge of her bed and gave a faint hmm.

Seeing his rather reserved attitude, Charlotte felt a bit distressed. "Mel, can't you say something to comfort me? Is it because I'm ugly now, you don't love me anymore?"

Before Melvin could answer, Jamie took the initiative, "Lottie, don't be petulant. How come Mr. Freeman doesn't love you? Tell me who did this to you, and dad will seek justice for you."

"I..."

Charlotte seemed to have recalled some bad memories and started sobbing again.

"I just remember Lyra called me and said she had something to talk to me. I took a taxi from home to go over, but was knocked unconscious on the way. When I woke up, I found myself in that cabin, so dark inside that I couldn't see anything. Then some men came and they started to beat me, saying that Lyra had hired them and wanted to torture me to death...

"I was frightened. I was really scared..."

She curled up into a ball and started shaking as if the terrible memories had caused her to react like this, looking very pitiful and helpless.

Jamie was enraged after hearing this and looked at Melvin.

"Mr. Freeman, you are Lottie's fiancé. You won't just sit back and do nothing about this, right? That woman Lyra must be involved. Look at the way how she bullied Lottie. She's also provoking the Freeman family! You have to help Lottie!"

Jamie was cunning enough to suggest this.

Knowing that Lyra was obviously backed by Cody Carver, and the Matthews family was not powerful enough to defy them, he could only pass the responsibility to Melvin.

Melvin pursed his lips and his gaze was serious, "If Lottie really got set up by someone, I'll definitely help her, but on the premise that she can't hide anything from me, and she must tell me exactly what happened in details."

Charlotte froze. The whole story was made up by her. The more she said, the easier she would give herself away.

Melvin was so shrewd that any time she got a detail wrong, it would arouse his suspicion.

She could only find a way to avoid his question for now, and later she would discuss with Irene on the countermove.

Thinking of this, she clasped her head with her hands, her expression painful.

"My head hurts! I can't think of anything..."

Jamie chimed in, "Lottie just woke up. It's not good for her recovery to overuse her brain now. Why don't we leave first and let her get some rest."

Melvin nodded, his face grim.

The group was just turning their heads to leave when the ward door suddenly opened and two handsome, robust men entered.

The Matthews couple were bewildered to see the strange man who suddenly barged in.

Two sturdy men stood on each side of the door, followed by Lyra, who walked in on high heels, her red lips smiling enchantingly.

Seeing that it was her, Katelyn, who had been keeping silent behind Jamie, was confused.

Didn't she know there was a discussion going on here about dealing with her?

But she just swaggered into this place. How arrogant.

Katelyn was displeased by this attitude of hers, and she took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire by whispering in Jamie's ear, "Honey, look how haughty she is. Is she here to see if your daughter is dead?"

Jamie's face turned even more livid, "You came just in time. We'll settle the score here about how you had deliberately hurt my daughter!"

Even Melvin was just standing aside quietly, but his height made it difficult for others to ignore his presence.

Lyra subconsciously glanced at him, but noticed that his gaze had been locked on her since she came in, and his eyes were glinting with indefinable emotions.

She looked back at Jamie, her red lips curling up into a smile, "Mr. Matthews, you're right, I do have a score to settle with your daughter, but not the one you're talking about."

"What do you mean?"

Charlotte had already lost out twice to Lyra, and seeing Lyra dare to barge into her ward in front of everyone, she panicked and instantly cowered behind Jamie, who was closest to her.

"Dad, help me. She's trying to hurt me! She must be trying to hurt me. I'm afraid. I don't want to see her..."

She whined like she was emotionally devastated.

After all, she was his daughter. Jamie was a bit disgruntled seeing her being bullied like this.

"This is a private ward. My daughter is emotionally unstable. Please get out."

"No need to rush, sir. I'm just here to drop off some gifts."

The smile on Lyra's lips grew even wider as she gently clapped her hands.

A group of people came in and put up two large banners on the wall opposite Charlotte's hospital bed.

"These are my encouragement to Miss Matthews, and I wish Miss Matthews a speedy recovery."

She smiled, goodwill written all over her face, "As for Miss Matthews' claim that I had something to do with the incident, well, feel free to come to me with the evidence. I'll be waiting."

As she finished, she did not want to stay a second longer, turned around and left with the two bodyguards.

Melvin saw that she was leaving and followed out of the ward with a grim face.

At this moment, Charlotte, Katelyn and Jamie were all drawn to look at the banners, none even paying attention to Melvin's absence.

When she saw what was written on the banners, Charlotte was so infuriated that she almost spit blood!