To put his life at stake?
Yeah, why didn't he think about it before?
If he was almost dying, Ollie wouldn't possibly leave him, right?
However...
He sent another text message to Maddox.
"Isn't this too despicable?"
"Despicable? Between husband and wife, this is a delight."
Minerva walked out just as Maddox finished typing the sentence. He quickly put away his cell phone.
Minerva caught sight of his action and narrowed her eyes. She asked, "Why are you being sneaky?"
There was no way Maddox would show her the text messages he had sent Sam. He spread out his palm in front of her and said, "Nothing. Are you hungry? Do you want them to prepare lunch?"
Looking at his action and expression, he was definitely hiding something. Moreover, he tried to change the subject.
Minerva looked closely at him and said while squinting her eyes, "I'm not hungry. Take out your phone and show me."
"Ahem..."
"Give it to me," Minerva extended her hand towards him.
"I really didn't do anything. It's just a phone. What's there to look at?"
"Maddox, you're keeping secrets from me, aren't you? Is there something in your phone that I can't see? Let me ask you in another way, do you have someone else besides me?"
Maddox frowned when he heard her last question. He could not bear to be accused of such a wrongdoing, so he shook his head and denied it immediately.
"How is that possible? I will never look at another woman other than you, let alone be interested in them."
With that, he handed the phone over to Minerva obediently.
"I was texting Sam. I was giving him some suggestions."
Facing Minerva's questioning, Maddox became like a clueless little boy while he explained, as if he was afraid that the love of his life would be angry at him.
"Sam?" Minerva asked as she keyed in her birth date into the passcode column on Maddox's phone, "What suggestions can you give him? Didn't he apply for leave recently? I heard that his wife just gave birth to a child. I haven't visited the child yet. If I have time..."
Minerva suddenly paused because she had read the conversation between Maddox and Sam.
Maddox wasn't sure how Minerva would react to the text messages he sent and if she would put the blame on him, and he started to feel a little guilty.
Moments later, Minerva looked up at him.
"This is such a lame idea! What do you mean by being at the verge of death? Is this what a normal person should do?"
"Ahem, I was just saying that casually. Sam would never do such a thing, right?"
Minerva asked again, "Didn't his wife just gave birth? Why did they quarrel? No, you proposed the idea to him. What if he didn't think properly and actually went with it? I have to give him a call."
Minerva hurriedly called Sam.
Sam didn't receive Maddox's previous text message. He figured that Young Master Yardley wasn't interested in helping him anymore and had called him directly. Hence, he answered the call
immediately.
"Young Master Yardley, so how should I put myself on the verge of dying? Should I pretend to be in a car accident, or..."
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