Aria raised her eyebrows, “Is that young tutor there?

Hope nodded calmly.

Wyatt frowned, he really disliked this Grace Gray, “Why is she here again? Sister-in-
law, didn’t you fire her?”

Hope’s face was filled with helplessness, “Yes, but mother brought her back again,
praising her to the skies. And since Luke and Willow don’t resist her, I had to let her
stay.”

Wyatt frowned thoughtfully, shook his head still feeling uneasy about leaving the two
little ones in such a person’s hands, “No, I’ll go up and check. This Grace Gray…”

Wyatt hadn’t finished speaking when Grace Gray hurried downstairs, looking distressed,
“Madam, Luke accidentally fell.”

“What?” Hope abruptly stood up, her complexion suddenly changing, and she hurried
upstairs, with Aria quickly following.

Wyatt glared at Grace Gray, then rushed upstairs; Grace Gray bit her lip and hurried
upstairs as well.

“Luke.” Hope, worried, crouched in front of Luke and quickly checked his injuries.

Hope’s brow furrowed deeply, seeing the crimson blood trickling down from Luke’s
temple, her heart skipped a beat, “How did this happen?”

Luke’s eyes reddened from the pain, but he stubbornly held back his tears, “I fell by
accident.”

Hope Williams immediately found something to stop the bleeding for Luke. The wound
was not small, located right at the left corner of his forehead, with blood running down
his cheek, which shocked Willow considerably.

Aria Richardson hurried to comfort the crying Willow, while Hope Williams picked up
Luke, “Mommy will take you to the hospital.”

This wound would likely require stitches.

Aria Richardson picked up Willow and followed Hope Williams, Wyatt Lewis suddenly
grabbed Grace Gray by the wrist, “Was it you?”

Grace Gray was about to cry from grievance, “Young Master Lewis, what are you
talking about? I did nothing.”
“I don’t have time to argue with you now, we will investigate this matter. If it was really
you who caused Luke’s injury, I will not let you go,” Wyatt Lewis released Grace Gray’s
hand and quickly followed Hope Williams.

Wyatt Lewis drove them quickly to the hospital, where the doctor confirmed what Hope
Williams had suspected; the wound on Luke’s forehead was deep and required stitches.

Moreover, the doctor mentioned that anesthetic could leave scars if used on the face.

The doctor’s recommendation was to avoid using anesthetic.

Hope Williams held Luke as he bravely held back his tears; her heart was nearly
breaking.

“Young Madam Lewis, please make a decision. Should we administer the anesthesia?”

Normally decisive, Hope Williams hesitated at this moment. She didn’t want scars on
Luke’s handsome little face, but she didn’t want him to suffer either.

“Hope.” Aria Richardson was visibly worried.

Hope Williams looked down at Luke in her arms, when Luke spoke up, “Mommy, Luke
is a brave boy, I’m not afraid of the pain, I can endure without anesthesia.”

“Luke…”

Luke shifted and looked at the nearby doctor, “Uncle, please start quickly, I’m not afraid
of the pain.”

The doctor couldn’t help but admire the child’s courage, hesitantly looking at Hope
Williams.

“Mommy, why don’t you wait outside for Luke, this minor injury will be treated quickly.”
Luke didn’t want Hope to watch and worry as his wounds were treated.

Hope Williams understood the young boy’s thoughts all too well. Making her heart ache
for his sensibility, she placed Luke on the hospital bed, squeezing his hand, “Luke, be
good, mommy is here with you.”

Hope Williams glanced at the doctor, nodded her head, “Begin.”

Outside, Grace Gray and Alitzel Williams, who had been contacted, hurried over. Alitzel
Williams arrived, breathless, “How is Luke, what’s happened to him?”

Wyatt Lewis, holding Willow, stayed aside with a cold expression, “He’s inside getting
his wound treated; the doctor said he needs stitches, and his aunt is with him.”
Alitzel Williams was visibly shocked, “How did he fall? How could it be so serious?”

Wyatt Lewis stared coldly at Grace Gray, “Ask her.”

Grace Gray, tears streaming down her face, sobbed with her head bowed, “It’s my fault;
I wasn’t careful. Today during class, Luke went to get a book, accidentally slipped on a
pen that fell on the ground, and hit his head on the desk corner. It was all my fault; I
wasn’t looking after him well.”

Wyatt Lewis got angry, this woman kept saying it was her fault, but she effectively
absolved herself completely.

“So, according to you, Luke falling is just an accident, and you bear no responsibility!”

Grace Gray shook her head fervently, “No, it was my fault for not watching him.”

Wyatt Lewis snorted coldly, softened his tone looking at Willow sobbing in his arms, and
asked, “Willow, tell uncle, how did your brother fall?”

Willow had been scared, her face still had tear stains, the little girl’s sobbing looked
extremely pitiful.

Wyatt Lewis wiped her face, not rushing Willow to answer.

Willow sobbed, “It… it was brother who accidentally slipped, he fell… fell…”

Wyatt Lewis frowned, “Are you sure, Willow?”

Willow nodded, her gaze fixed on the tightly closed door.

Wyatt Lewis’s gaze towards Grace Gray remained cold, but he said nothing.

Alitzel Williams, looking at the constantly sobbing Grace Gray, couldn’t bear it and
patted her back comforting, “This is not your fault, don’t blame yourself.”

“But Auntie…”

At that moment, the door opened, and Hope Williams came out holding Luke, who had
three stitches and a large gauze patch on his wound, clinging to Hope Williams’ neck
with reddened eye sockets, resting on her shoulder.

Luke hadn’t cried at all during the stitching, clenching his teeth throughout and silent.
After finishing, despite his lips turning white from the pain, he comfortingly assured
Hope Williams, “Mommy, Luke isn’t in pain.”
Hope Williams held Luke with one hand, and with the other, she kept pinching herself,
her heart aching almost to the point of suffocation.

Willow struggled down from Wyatt Lewis’s arms and ran over, looking worriedly at Luke.

“Sister-in-law, is Luke okay?”

Hope Williams shook her head with a cold expression, “The wound is dressed.”

“Is it serious?” Alitzel Williams looked at the child with a pained expression.

“Serious, he needed three stitches,” Hope Williams’s gaze hardened when she looked
at Grace Gray.

Feeling Hope Williams’ sharp gaze, Grace Gray bowed her head even lower.

Hope Williams coldly withdrew her gaze, her voice tinged with a chill, “Let’s talk more
when we get home.”

Back at the house, Hope Williams first took the two children upstairs to put them to
sleep before coming down.

Grace Gray stood in the living room, her hands nervously entwined, head bowed
sobbing, unable to be comforted by Alitzel Williams’s words, continuously blaming
herself for not keeping a close eye on Luke, which led to his injury.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via
our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible.

Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Scheming Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Scheming Hope
Williams gave her a glance and coldly spoke, “Alright, Miss Gray, you can leave now.”

“Madam…” Grace Gray’s eyes were swollen from crying, looking utterly pitiable.

“Are we really letting this woman go just like that?” Wyatt Lewis couldn’t understand and
looked at Hope Williams.

Hope Williams nodded indifferently.

Before coming down, she had checked the surveillance footage. Indeed, Luke had
slipped on a pen by himself. At that time, Grace was discussing a problem with Willow
and was some distance away from Luke. On the surveillance, everything seemed
unrelated to Grace.

Both children said it was an accident, and there was no evidence to suggest it was her
doing.
Continuing to press the issue would appear as if they were irrationally making life
difficult for Grace.

“What’s going on here? Why does Wyatt keep saying it was Grace who hurt Luke?”

Hope Williams gave Wyatt Lewis a look, silently shook her head, and signaled him not
to continue talking, then pursed her lips and spoke, “It was an accident. Luke was just
careless. It’s nothing.”

But Wyatt Lewis failed to understand the cue, “So it really was Luke who fell by himself?
It has nothing to do with this woman?”

Hope Williams glanced at Grace Gray again, “Yes.”

Wyatt Lewis’s expression remained cold, scrutinizing Grace with a hardened gaze.

Alitzel Williams sighed, “Now that the matter is clear and it wasn’t Grace’s fault, Wyatt,
you should apologize to Grace.”

As soon as Wyatt heard this, he exploded with anger, “Apologize to her? Why should I?”

Grace Gray bit her lip and hastily said, “It’s okay, auntie. Don’t be mad at the second
master. He has always misunderstood me, and I know it. This bit of grievance is
nothing.”

“Putting on an act.”

Alitzel Williams became somewhat angry, “Wyatt Lewis, why are you always so hostile
towards Grace? Has she ever offended you?”

Wyatt Lewis, enraged, was about to retort when Hope Williams pulled him back, “This
was a misunderstanding, Wyatt was impulsive. I apologize to Miss Gray on behalf of
Wyatt. Is that acceptable, Miss Gray?”

With her lower lip bitten and eyes brimming with tears, Grace blinked, and tears
continued to fall, “I’m an orphan without parents, accustomed to being bullied since
childhood. It’s understandable that the second master looks down on me and is
unwilling to apologize.”

Her words implied that Wyatt Lewis was unfairly bullying her and yet refused to
apologize, clearly not ready to let the matter rest.

How could Wyatt Lewis tolerate this? He slammed his hand on the table and rose
abruptly, “Grace Gray, you’re still playing the victim, my sister-in-law has already given
you enough face, what more do you want?”