Once doormat Now Untouchable Novel

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Chapter 661

Albus sat in stunned silence for a long time. When he said

nothing, the anger on his face slowly faded.

Only when the outburst she expected never came did Diana

soften her tone. "Grandpa, Vee isn't just my mother's daughter,

or our sister. She's your granddaughter too."

Albus shot her a look. "Do you really need to remind me of that?"

He could not refute her argument. That was obvious. His pride

took a hit, and after a brief pause, he waved a hand and forced

the matter closed. "Alright, alright. I've got people here to look

after me. You two should go do whatever you need to do."

Diana saw that he had relented, so she let it rest. "Raymond can

go. I'll stay and take you home this afternoon.”

It was nothing serious. The doctor had already made rounds that

morning, given him a thorough check, and cleared him for

discharge later that day.

Standing in front of Albus, Raymond lifted a thumb toward Diana

without the slightest restraint. "These days, you're the only one

he listens to.”

“You little brat!" That only made Albus look even worse. He

grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him.

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Raymond reacted quickly. He dodged and stepped back in the

same motion, waving as he headed out. "Don't get mad. I'm

leaving already.”

Then he turned to Diana. "Call me if anything comes up.”

Diana did not answer. She only flicked a hand to send him off.

The VIP floor was quiet.

After leaving the room, Raymond shoved his phone into his

pocket and strode toward the elevator.

Just as he reached the corner, a fierce argument erupted from a

room behind him.

"Fine! Then your mother and I were just unlucky to raise an

ungrateful little wretch like you! But don't think you can dodge

your responsibilities. Providing for your parents is your duty!"

The furious shouting was followed by the sound of things being

smashed

At first, Raymond paid it little attention. But two nurses passing

by both froze.

The younger one looked startled. "! thought they said this was

the president's wife's relative. Why has it been nonstop chaos

ever since they moved in? No class at all."

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Something in those words made Raymond stop. His features

were already sharp. When he went still, an edge of intimidation

settled over him.

The older nurse shot the younger one a glare. "Every family has.

its problems. Just do your job."

She hurried the younger nurse away. People who stayed in the

VIP ward were rarely easy to deal with. For ordinary staff like

them, it was best to keep their distance from this kind of mess.

The younger nurse was still a little dazed. She glanced back

uneasily, only to meet Raymond's dark stare. She jumped, then

whipped around and clung to the head nurse's arm as they

hurried off.

The hallway fell completely quiet. The silence made the noise

from the room even clearer.

"Sis, sis, don't go. Just help me this once. | swear there won't be

a next time..." a young man pleaded through tears. "Fine, | know

you don't have that much money. But your best friend does,

right? Mr. Sterling only has one woman by his side. He must be

generous with her. Go ask her for it.”

"Let go." Tiffany shook Tyler off in fury.

She looked up and saw that Mabel and Stanley both wore the

same approving expressions.

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The sight almost made her laugh. She knew she had been right

not to let Sydney come. Her family had no shame.

No matter how close Sydney was to her, Tiffany never wanted

her to have any contact with them. She even feared that one day,

Sydney might look at her and remember that she carried the

same ugly blood.

When Tiffany turned and headed for the door, Mabel did not

expect her to be so hard-hearted. She rushed forward and

grabbed her, but when their eyes met, her scolding died in her

throat.

Stanley could not stand Mabel's cowardice. He pointed at

Tiffany and started cursing again, spit flying. "You've been

working all these years. Don't tell me you don't even have

400,000! Look at you, dressed all polished and pretty, and now

you want to be stingy with your own family?

“I'm telling you right now, pay at least 200,000 for your brother

today. Otherwise, don't even think about walking out of this

room!"