Chapter 4

I rushed over to help her up, tears streaming down my face in fear.

"Grandma, please, you have to be okay!"

When the ambulance arrived, I went with her to the emergency hospital.

But when I went to pay the surgery fees, I was told my card had insufficient funds.

Lucas had frozen my bank card.

He called to threaten me. "Serena, how can you let our personal issues affect the company?"

"Until the project's problems are resolved, I won't unfreeze your card. Think it over."

When we were together, to make it easier to manage the company's accounts, my bank cards were all linked under Lucas's name.

Now, it was a weapon he was using against me.

I was trembling with rage. "My grandma is in the hospital! She needs surgery. Unfreeze my card, now!"

"If anything happens to her, I will never forgive you."

Right then, I could clearly hear Rose's voice in the background.

"Miss Serena, you're actually making up a story about your grandma being hospitalized just to get money?"

"And besides, Lucas was already injured by your grandma. How can you be so heartless?"

Lucas, who had been slightly hesitant, instantly believed her.

"Yeah, your grandma hit me with her cane. My leg still hurts."

"Serena, I didn't know you had no morals, lying to me about your grandma being sick."

"I'm not giving you any money, unless you come back to the company right now and fix the project problem."

I glanced in the direction of my grandma's hospital room.

Left with no other choice, I rushed back to the company as fast as I could.

"I'll fix your problem. You unfreeze my card."

Lucas was smug. "Serena, you were so definite, but in the end, you can't live without me, can you?"

"Fix the problem properly, then get on your knees and apologize. The wedding is still on in five days."

I ignored him.

My feelings for him were long dead.

I tolerated it and told him to transfer some money first to the hospital so my grandma could have her surgery.

"Otherwise, I will absolutely not help you with any project problems."

Lucas was skeptical. "Serena, are you telling the truth?"

He finally relented and sent Rose to pay the bill.

"Serena, you'd better not be lying to me."

"Or else, an apology won't be enough to settle this."

But soon after, a call from the doctor came through, his voice panicked.

"Miss Serena, something's happened! Your grandma saw someone, and her condition suddenly worsened."

"She... she's stopped breathing..."

When I saw the photo the doctor sent, I froze on the spot.

Rose was standing right next to my grandma's hospital bed, a vicious expression still plastered on her face.

My whole body was shaking. I stormed into Lucas's office, grabbed him by the collar, and screamed, "What did you tell Rose to say?!"

"My grandma... she's dead... You murderer! I'll make you pay with your life!"