Chapter 4

Summer Linwood's POV

Even though Ethan hadn't explicitly agreed to get back together, his body was very honest.

That evening, he had the guest room prepared and covered all sharp corners in the house with protective strips.

Watching him, clumsy in his wheelchair, instructing the housekeeper to change to a non-slip rug, any anger I had quickly faded.

"Just now he told Mom to get out, and now he's even changing the rug to wool."

"Mom, you need to be careful about that housekeeper! She's Vanessa Hayes's spy! Just now, while you were showering, she was SnapChatting Vanessa to report the situation!"

My gaze hardened.

That housekeeper, who usually seemed honest and simple-minded, turned out to be a spy.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

The housekeeper eagerly went to open the door:

"I'll get it, I'll get it! It must be the milk delivery!"

But when she opened the door, it wasn't the milk delivery.

It was a woman carrying a suitcase, wearing sunglasses, and fiery red lipstick.

It was my cousin, Chloe Taylor.

"So this is the mansion that made Summer cry her eyes out?"

Chloe took off her sunglasses, her eyes scanning the room, finally resting on Ethan.

"Well, well, if it isn't you. I heard you were about to kick your own wife out."

Ethan's face darkened, but he didn't refute.

He knew Chloe had a silver tongue.

The housekeeper, seeing this display, immediately tried to intimidate her:

"This is Mr. Stone's house, you didn't even say hello when you..."

"Who are you?"

Chloe cut her off directly, her eyes dismissive,

"Since when does the housekeeper get to speak in this house? I'm here to take care of my cousin, got a problem with that? If you do, keep it to yourself."

The housekeeper's face turned green with anger, choked into silence, and she could only look awkwardly at Ethan.

Ethan said calmly:

"Let her stay."

The housekeeper bit her lip, then sheepishly went to pour water.

"Alarm! Alarm! The housekeeper put something in the water! This old woman wants to harm me!"

"Mom! Don't drink it! This is highly poisonous!"

My heart pounded, and my palms instantly broke into a sweat.

Vanessa Hayes couldn't sit still this quickly? She actually dared to poison me?

The housekeeper walked over with two cups of tea, smiling, her face full of wrinkles:

"Miss Linwood, have a drink to soothe your throat."

She deliberately handed me the cup in her left hand.

I stared at the water but didn't take it.

"What's wrong, Miss Linwood?"

The housekeeper's eyes darted.

I smiled and took the cup.

Then, under the housekeeper's expectant gaze, my wrist trembled!

The scalding water splashed directly onto the housekeeper's instep.

"Ouch! You scalded me!"

The housekeeper shrieked and jumped up, the cup shattering into pieces.

Ethan frowned and looked over: "What happened?"

I shook my hand:

"Oops, sorry, clumsy due to pregnancy. Why are you so nervous? Is there... something illicit in this water?"

The housekeeper's face instantly turned ashen white. Forgetting her foot pain, she stammered in defense:

"N-no! Miss Linwood, how can you say that!"

Chloe, though unaware of the details, reacted quickly.

She immediately squatted down, dipped her finger in a bit of the spilled water, sniffed it, then sneered:

"Why does this smell like a pharmacy? Where did you buy this water? Does it come with an abortion package?"

Ethan's face completely changed.

Even though he was paralyzed, his mind wasn't broken.

He slid over in his wheelchair, his eyes terrifyingly sinister:

"Send the remaining water for lab tests. If I find anything..."

The housekeeper's legs went weak, and she knelt directly on the ground:

"Mr. Stone! I was wrong! I... I was led astray..."

"Get out."

Ethan roared.

The housekeeper ran, not even daring to ask for her wages.

"Well done!"

"Vanessa Hayes must be furious! She must have smashed her phone outside, hahahaha!"

I looked at Ethan's gloomy profile, but I didn't feel much relief.

This was just the beginning.

Since Vanessa Hayes dared to poison me, it meant she was desperate.

And a desperate transmigrator would definitely have other tricks up her sleeve.