Chapter 152

Marcus remained silent, but that didn't mean Juniper had no opinion. She glanced at Marcus twice and, seeing that he had no intention of speaking, said, "Dad, I know you don't like me, but I still have to say this. You owe your comrade a life and want to raise Alice for him, which is reasonable. Since you could send Marcus's illegitimate daughter Ophelia to an orphanage to be adopted, why can't you do the same for your comrade's granddaughter Alice? You can keep an eye on her from a distance. Why bring her into our home to raise her? Do you think that's appropriate?"

Juniper became increasingly agitated as she spoke. "Celeste is your biological granddaughter! Your biological granddaughter! And you? You've ignored Celeste's feelings since she was little, doting on Alice instead. Have you ever considered how Celeste might feel? I'm a mother too, and seeing Celeste being neglected by you, don't you think it hurts me? Up to now, everything I've done, which of it was for myself? Wasn't it all for Celeste?"

Before she could finish, Lucas suddenly asked, "What is she lacking?"

Juniper was momentarily taken aback. "W-what?"

"I asked, what is Celeste lacking? Family love? Money? Or something else? Tell me, what is she lacking?"

"She..."

"She lacks nothing," Lucas answered for Juniper. "But what about Alice? Celeste has me, Alice has already lost her grandfather. Celeste has parents, Alice... Alice's parents are gone too. You say I'm ignoring Celeste's feelings, so you mean I should ignore Alice's feelings, bring her here but not raise her, not teach her?"

Lucas's eyes reddened instantly. "Juniper, everyone has a conscience. Since I brought Alice back, I should fulfill my duty. I brought her back not just to raise her, but to teach her! To teach her very well! Only then would I not be ungrateful for my comrade's sacrifice to save me! Alice is not just anyone! She is my comrade's biological granddaughter! Biological granddaughter!"

The veins on the back of Lucas's hand gripping the wheelchair's armrest bulged, his face quickly turned red, and his breathing became rapid.

The caregiver standing by the wall suddenly narrowed his eyes, immediately ran over to put the medicine from his pocket into Lucas's mouth, and shouted to the bodyguard, "Quick, get a glass of water!"

The bodyguard brought a glass of water from the kitchen, and the caregiver poured the water into Lucas's mouth and patted his chest. After a while, Lucas's emotions gradually calmed down.

Marcus watched Lucas nervously. Seeing Lucas's complexion improve, he anxiously asked the caregiver, "How is he? Does he need to go to the hospital?"

The caregiver placed the glass on the table, patted Lucas's chest, and replied coldly, "Today we will return to the nursing home, and he will be examined there. Mr. Bailey, don't worry."

Ordinary nursing homes don't have advanced medical equipment, but that nursing home was specially prepared for veterans. Lucas is a retired soldier, and with Gavin's help, getting into that nursing home wasn't difficult. Besides, the patients in that nursing home were all once powerful people. It's just that times have changed, and they are old and in poor health, so they were sent to the nursing home for observation and conservative treatment.

"That's good, that's good." Marcus breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Lucas with a complicated expression, finally feeling tired.

"Dad, you go back and rest well. I know how to handle this."

Lucas glanced at Marcus, then shifted his gaze to Juniper.

Marcus said, "Dad, don't worry, I understand."

Lucas nodded, "That's good."

After Lucas left, Juniper immediately grabbed Marcus's arm, her eyes almost spitting fire as she questioned, "Marcus, what did you mean by what you just said? What exactly are you planning to do? I warn you, if you dare let Ophelia in, I'll divorce you!"

Back then, it was Lucas who personally brought Alice home, so she couldn't say much. But now things were different. If Marcus really allowed Alice in, Juniper would definitely cut ties with him!

Facing Juniper's aggressive attitude, Marcus withdrew his gaze, remained silent for a while, and then said only one sentence, "Then we'll divorce," before turning and going upstairs, leaving Juniper standing there in a daze.

Marcus actually said he wanted a divorce?

"You lunatic! Do you think I don't know you have other women outside? You want to divorce me and marry them right away, don't you? I tell you, no way! I will never divorce you, not even if I die!"

The sound of a door closing came from upstairs. After venting her emotions, Juniper clutched her chest, panting, her face full of pain.

Marcus had done so many things to wrong her, and now he thought he could easily get away by divorcing her? That was a dream!

On the way back to the nursing home, Lucas patted the caregiver's arm, "Don't tell Gavin and Alice about what happened today. When we get back to the nursing home, I'll cooperate with the doctors for treatment."

The caregiver lowered his head and said, "Mr. Bailey, even if I don't say anything, I'm afraid Mr. Tudor will find out."

Hearing this, Lucas looked at the bodyguard in the car and laughed helplessly.

"Alright, if Gavin knows, he knows. Just don't let Alice find out. If Alice knows, she'll probably get teary-eyed again, and it breaks my heart to see that."

On the other side, the Tudor family.

Alice felt disappointed when she learned that Lucas had gone back to the nursing home after visiting the Bailey family.

Gavin noticed and said, "Alice, why the long face? You know it's not easy for Lucas to leave the nursing home, he has to go back. If you miss him, have David take you to visit in a few days."

Alice was about to agree but then shook her head, "Never mind, just yesterday was enough to keep Grandpa busy. I don't want to disturb him while he's recuperating, and besides..."

"Besides what?"

Alice glanced at Gavin and said, "Besides, I need to figure this out."

Gavin fell silent, regretting that he had asked.

Afraid of revealing too much, Gavin quickly grabbed his phone and went out to walk the dog.

At the dining table, only David, Alice, and James were left.

Felix had already gone to work, and James wanted to leave too, but he suddenly remembered something. So, after Gavin left, he put down his spoon, leaned mysteriously towards Alice and David, and said, "There's something I need to tell you."

Both of them looked up, raised their eyebrows, and said, "What?"

James said, "Yesterday, that girl named Ophelia, she's hanging out with Lila."