"What's going on?"
Mango immediately became nervous.
Walter immediately asked for Sophia to be protected, and then looked at the emergency room with the lights still on, whispering, "Mango, take my mother with you."
"I won't go! I don't care what happened. I need to deal with Novalee first."
Walter was speechless when he heard how stubborn Sophia was.
"Mom, I've said it before. Let me deal with this on my own, alright?"
"Fine, you can deal with it yourself, but you have to promise mom that you can't marry her. We can give her all the help and compensation she needs, but you can't marry her. Walter, you can't dedicate your whole life to such a woman."
Sophia was very determined.
Mango couldn't help but tell Walter when she saw how severe Sophia's foot injury was, "Auntie hurt her foot badly."
Walter feels bad for his mother.
"Mom, don't force me. I know what I'm doing."
"Promise me, or I won't leave!"
Sophia was really against Walter.
The scream outside was getting louder and louder.
Seeing this, Boden ran out quickly and not too long later he came back.
"Madam, someone wants to jump off the building. They've already called the police. The media would probably be here soon. We'd better leave quickly, or else we might get into unnecessary trouble."
Mango was very satisfied with Boden's efficiency in handling matters. She looked at Walter and said, "Well, do something! What do you want? I'm not sure what the media would write if they found out about Auntie's identity."
Walter looked at Mango and Sophia, and finally said in a low voice, "Fine, I promise not to marry her, okay?"
"You promised. Walter, don't lie to me. If you dare to marry her, or promise to marry her, I will get hit by a car once I go out!"
"Mom, stop being ridiculous. Hurry up and go!"
Walter's face turned dark.
Mango was shocked when she saw the look on Walter's face.
"Auntie, you can't say things like these."
Sophia looked at Walter and said, "Are you going to promise me or not? If you lie to me, that would be the end for me."
"Alright, I promise you."
Walter had no choice but to compromise.
Sophia only left with Mango once Walter agreed.
Mango muttered to Walter, "Come to my house once you're done dealing with these stuff. I have something to tell you."
"Alright."
Walter looked at Mango with mixed feelings.
"Please take care of my mother."
"Don't worry. She's my aunt, after all."
Mango held Sophia in her arms as she limped out of the emergency room.
Under Boden's escort, they left the hospital successfully. However, on their way to the exit, they met with a large group of reporters. If it wasn't for Boden's intelligence, Mango and Sophia would have been trapped by them.
After getting in the car, Sophia seemed to feel a little uncomfortable.
Mango placed Sophia's foot on her leg and gently massaged it.
"Auntie, I'm sorry."
"Don't say that. I know you told Walter because you believed in him. But as a mother, I have to watch out for him, especially when it comes to relationships. I don't want my son to get hurt."
Sophia's expression was somewhat sorrowful.
"I know, aunt, I'm a mother as well. Maybe when I grow up, I will worry about his choice like you. But I still think that we are the outsiders to Walter and Novalee's relationship. Only they can solve whatever it is that's between them."
Sophia did not argue with Mango's words this time.
"Mango, I'm a little tired. I'll sleep for a while. Wake me up when we arrive."
Sophia obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Mango didn't want to provoke her, so she nodded her head and ended the conversation with Sophia.
The car soon arrived at the Ye's Mansion.
Mango ordered one of the men to bring Sophia out while she went to get the family doctor over to check on Sophia's injured foot again.
The family doctor gave some medicine then left.
Sophia had not woken up during the check up.
Mango couldn't bear to woke her up as she looked at Sophia's tired face. However, when she thought of the conversation between Delilah and Mitchell, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.
She called Genevieve.
Genevieve soon arrived.
Mango told Genevieve what she heard.
Genevieve took some blood from Sophia while she was asleep.
"Mango, the test might take a whole day. I'll give you the result tomorrow."
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