Chapter 99 He Loves That

Lucien let out a bitter chuckle. The motion tugged at the scratches on his face, and he winced. "I got clawed." Who clawed him wasn't a difficult guess. Talia almost laughed. She said coldly, "Brenda's condition isn't looking good. I'm not a neurosurgeon, but my undergrad was in clinical medicine. This is a very serious situation. I'm telling you now so you can be mentally prepared." Lucien's face turned pale. "What caused it?" "Hard to say. It could've been emotional stress or her age—arterial plaque breaking off is common." He nodded slowly. "It's probably the divorce… and the baby. It must've hit her hard." Talia didn't want to get into the past. She simply said, "If Brenda makes it through this, you'd better figure something out quickly. You absolutely can't expose her to emotional stress like this again. Otherwise, things wouldn't end well." Lucien understood what she was getting at. "I'll do my best to keep Thalia away from her." "You'd better." There was a flicker of fr