Chapter 749

After Felix left, the butler sighed and tried to calm Old Mrs. Quigley down, saying that this punishment couldn’t go on forever.

“He deserves it! That was the Quigley family’s eldest grandson! He threw him away just like that. How can you expect me to calm down?”

Every time she thought of the great-grandson she was fated never to meet, Old Mrs. Quigley’s chest ached fiercely.

But for all her scolding, he was still her grandson, and a part of her heart ached for him too.

“Have someone prepare some food and send it over to him later.”

When the butler brought the food, Felix told him to take it back, saying he wasn’t hungry.

The butler sighed, worried. “Sir, Mrs. Quigley is a wonderful person. Whenever she’s home, the old mistress is always so cheerful. She’s kind to all of us, too. When my leg was acting up, she went out of her way to find an acupuncturist for me.”

“Why can’t you two just live a happy life together?”

Felix answered with only silence.

No one knew what he was thinking.

The butler could only sigh and leave.

As he returned to the main hall, he heard Old Mrs. Quigley fuming, “Tell her to get lost!”

The butler, worried about her health, hurried over to see what was happening.

He learned from a maid that Madeline had come to the house.

“You go and tell her that unless I’m dead, she will never set foot in the Quigley family home!” the old woman clutched her chest, her voice filled with grief and anger.

“Yes, yes, I’ll go right now. Please don’t be angry,” the butler soothed her immediately.

He was afraid she would make herself sick.

Madeline had come to the Quigley estate because she hadn’t been able to reach Felix.

After the butler relayed the old mistress’s words, she didn’t dare argue, only saying pitifully, “As long as Felix is all right, that’s all that matters.”

Her words even managed to disgust the butler.

By the time he returned to the hall, Felix had finished his punishment and come back inside.

He had probably heard that Madeline had been there, as his expression was grim.

Old Mrs. Quigley had just taken her medicine and caught her breath. She pointed a finger at Felix’s nose and shapped, “If you ever let that piece of trash dirty my home again, don’t

blame me for being ruthless!”

Felix simply said, “I understand. It’s getting late. You should get some rest.”

It was clear he was about to head out.

“Stop right there!” the old woman shouted. You’re not going anywhere tonight Tomorrow morning, you’re coming with me to the hospital to bring Claire home!” fo

Felix paused. “Understood.”

After he went upstairs, the old woman muttered angrily, “Thinking he can run off to

that little tramp right under my nose! Not a chance!”

At six the next morning, the old

woman was banging on Felix’s door.

“Get up You’re taking me to the,

hospital to bring my dear

granddaughter home for breakfast!”

Normally, Felix would have stalled. He had a terrible morning temper and would lash

out even at his grandmother for waking him.

Old Mrs. Quigley knew this and had deliberately gotten up early to torment him.

Her precious granddaughter was still in the hospital; what right did the culprit have to sleep in?

Just as she was about to bang on the door again, it suddenly opened.

Felix was fully dressed, his face a mask of indifference. “Let’s go.”

For a moment, his grandmother was stunned.

He was up this early?

They arrived at the hospital at seven-thirty, quite early.

But when Old Mrs. Quigley pushed open the door to Claire’s room, her heart full of

joy, she found it empty. Only a cleaner was tidying up.

Felix asked anxiously, “Where’s the patient from this room? Where did she go?”

The cleaner replied, “She was discharged last night.”

“What?”

Both of them exclaimed in shock at the same time.

Felix immediately pulled out his phone to call Claire.