The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 544

Renata's face, which had been lit up with child-like anticipation and joy, was suddenly replaced by a wave of disappointment.

"Oh." She responded, deflated, and her steps came to a halt, "My Yoli is still so busy, huh? I haven't seen her in quite a while."

Brandon's throat tightened even more.

Marian, however, acted like she had caught a lifeline, crying and struggling to rush towards Renata, calling out "Grandma, Grandma" as she went.

Her sudden charge almost knocked Renata over, but thankfully, Brandon reached out to steady her.

Marian tried to break free, but to her dismay, she couldn't shake off his grip.

The rest of the Frost family quickly came over to check if the old lady was okay. Brandon didn't bother with the fuss anymore and just shoved Marian into the car with force.

Don and Kent happened to arrive right at that moment, and as soon as they got out of their car, they saw Marian crying and struggling and Brandon with a stone-cold face stuffing her into the car.

Both remembered Brandon's ferocity when he had been after Marian's life the other day. Not sure what was going on now, they hurried over. Before they could even open their mouths, Brandon had already spotted them.

"Perfect timing, Kent, you drive! Don, you bring Martin."

After giving his orders, Brandon mercilessly pushed Marian's head back into the car and followed her in, pinning down the struggling Marian with his palm.

Don and Kent exchanged a puzzled glance, instinctively looking towards Martin, who had already come down and silently walked towards Don's car, opened the door, and got in.

"Let's go," he said.

Don and Kent exchanged another look, not bothering to ask questions, and each opened the driver's side door and got into their cars.

The vehicles sped off. More than ten minutes later, both cars stopped at the hospital Brandon had designated.

Brandon, expressionless, yanked Marian out of the car and dragged her to the blood draw station.

Marian really did have a phobia of blood.

She was already scared, and once she was pressed down at the blood draw station and saw the blood being drawn from Martin's vein into the syringe, her face turned pale in an instant. She began to struggle frantically, "No, I don't want to get blood drawn. I'm scared of blood."

She looked like she was about to pass out.

Martin had finished his blood draw, pressing a cotton swab to his arm while casting a glance at the nearly fainting Marian, a tinge of pity crossing his face, "Maybe we should skip the blood draw, and just pluck a few hairs on the spot."

She had opted for a hair test last time as well because of her fainting at the sight of blood. But Brandon was unmoved, "No way, she has to get it done!"

He firmly pressed Marian down into the blood draw chair.

Marian's lips started to turn white, and she looked like she was on the verge of passing out at any moment.

He looked at Brandon, concerned, "Don't let it come to a dead end. Marian doesn't look too good."

"The hospital's full of resuscitation measures; a bit of blood won't take her down."

Brandon's face didn't change as he pressed down on Marian's arm, holding it still until he saw the needle slide into her vein and the blood slowly fill the tube. It wasn't until the doctor pulled out the needle and pressed a cotton swab to her arm that he finally let go.

Marian slumped in the chair as if all her strength had left her, gasping for air with tears streaking down her face; it was unclear if it was from the desperate struggle.

The pallor on her face had faded slightly. She stopped struggling, with only a dead silence left on her face.

Brandon turned to leave, and on his way out, he instructed Kent, "Take her back to the Frost family. Nobody leaves until the test results are in."

Kent nodded, "Sure thing, Mr. Crawley." Then he looked at Marian, "Ms. Barlow."

Marian glanced at him but didn't say a word, steadying herself on the chair before she walked out.