At the hospital, Nora stood at the door of Cheyenne's ward with her cousin Emmanuel Mitchell holding a bouquet of roses in his hand and wearing a white double-breasted suit.
"My mom forced me to come see you when she heard you were hospitalized. You seem pretty good though, not dead yet," Nora said with an annoying tone and attitude that made everyone in the room feel nauseous.
Fortunately, Cheyenne had gotten used to it over these years.
Kate had never liked this bitch and pointed her fruit knife at Nora while scolding her in a harsh voice, "You can't speak kindly, can you? How can you curse Cheyenne! Nora, we don't welcome you here. Get out!"
Seeing how tense things were between them, Emmanuel immediately stepped forward and played the role of a gentleman.
He pulled Nora's shoulder back behind him and said, "Nora, calm down. Cheyenne is your sister; if you say things like this about her, she will be upset."
Nora was still somewhat dissatisfied after being criticized by him; she pouted before snorting once more.
"Hmph, I thought of her as a sister, but she doesn't necessarily think of me as a little sister," Nora said.
"Well, you're right about that. I never thought of you as a little sister either. My mom only had one child - me," Cheyenne didn't back down either.
Emmanuel played the role of mediator and stepped forward to the bed.
"What do you want?" Kate stood in front of Cheyenne with wary eyes on the man in front of her.
His warm gaze fell on her face and he put on what he believed was his most handsome smile for Kate.
"Don't worry, Miss, I'm Nora's cousin and also friends with Cheyenne. I came today just to check up on her health."
He handed over the bouquet of roses he had brought along with him.
"Cousin, let's just go. Cheyenne cozies up to the Todd family and has no interest in you. What's so great about her anyway?" Nora led Emmanuel away while the latter threw some polite words at Cheyenne before leaving. "Miss Lawrence, take care of yourself. I'll come visit you again next time. Since you don't like flowers, I'll bring something else."
Kate stood at the door as they left and slammed it shut with a loud bang that shook loose some lime from the frame.
"Just leave! Who cares!" Nora's face turned dark outside as she glared at Emmanuel with her teeth clenched tightly together.
"I told you that Cheyenne is not easy to get along with; she saw right through your act immediately! Why didn't you believe me?"
The argument they had since entering was all part of their plan.
The goal was to highlight Emmanuel's "gentlemanly" and "elegant" qualities. However, everything went wrong.
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