The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 498 Can You Call Me Next Time You Fight?

Failing to get on Ellie's good side, Abby turned to Susan and asked, "Who the heck are you?"

Susan shot back, "Look, I'm not here to make friends, so let's skip the introductions."

Ellie cut in and told Abby to scram.

Later that night, Susan was dozing off by Ellie's bedside when Molly gently shook her awake. "Susan, I'm back."

Susan rubbed her eyes and saw Molly, who looked like she'd been crying. "Molly," she mumbled.

Molly put her hands on Susan's shoulders. "Thanks, Susan, for having my back. Randall's coming to get you soon, so you can crash at home."

Susan glanced over and noticed Sebastian was there too.

The vibe between him and Molly was tense, like a couple giving each other the silent treatment after a big fight.

Not sure how to break the ice, Susan just nodded and waited for Randall to show up.

"Who all came by today?" Molly asked softly.

Susan thought for a moment and said, "Some guy named Bryant, said he was Ellie's nephew, but I sent him packing. Then a lady came with food, but Ellie wasn't having it. No other visitors. Timothy showed up too; he tried to get me to go home, but I wasn't budging. He finally suggested I sleep on the couch while he crashed in his car downstairs. He just came up a bit ago to check on Ellie."

The couch was tiny, and Timothy wanted to stay with Ellie, but Susan was dead set on keeping her promise to Molly, so she stayed put.

No matter what, Susan wasn't leaving. Timothy felt too weird staying in the room with a girl he didn't know, so he let Susan have the couch and went to sleep in his car, popping in now and then to check on Ellie. Molly nodded. "Thanks for looking after my mom, Susan."

"Don't mention it, Molly. We're friends, no need to be so formal. If Vera were okay, she'd be here... No, scratch that, Vera would be out there fighting with you, and I'd still be the one taking care of Ellie." Susan chuckled, thinking about how tough Vera was.

Susan felt a bit better, knowing she was needed.

When Randall arrived, Molly and Sebastian were sitting far apart, while Susan sat there biting her lip, not saying a word, making the whole scene super awkward.

"Randall, let's get outta here," Susan urged. Molly and Sebastian had clearly had a fight, and she wanted to help, but they were ignoring her. She felt stuck in the middle. Randall nodded, and as he was about to take Susan away, Molly got up and started packing a few things. "Randall, I'm heading back to the Olteran family tonight." Sebastian looked at Molly, still caught up in their cold war. "If you leave, who's gonna take care of Mom?"

He didn't really want Molly to take care of Ellie; he just wanted her to stay.

"She's not just my mom. You stay tonight, and I'll come back tomorrow," Molly snapped.

As she was leaving, Molly warned Sebastian, "If you let Abby near Mom while I'm gone, I'll do to Abby what I did to Stella today."

Sebastian stayed quiet.

Susan, who wasn't used to seeing people argue, lowered her head and hid behind Randall.

Randall awkwardly scratched his nose and grabbed Susan's wrist. "Sebastian, we're outta here."

In the elevator, Molly, clearly annoyed, asked, "Randall, did I mess up?"

Randall shrugged, "Not really wrong, just a bit harsh."

Molly felt a bit better and decided to head back to the Olteran family to vent to her dad.

Susan, curious as ever, piped up, "Molly, can you take me with you next time you have a group fight? I've never seen one in my life."

Randall playfully tapped Susan's forehead. "No way, you're not picking up bad habits from Molly and Vera."

Susan pouted, refusing to agree.

At the Olteran family home, Shawn was snoozing when Molly woke him up in the middle of the night. He couldn't bring himself to be mad, so he just yawned and rubbed his face to wake up.

When he heard that Molly and Sebastian had fought, Shawn perked up. "Good, you should fight. Molly, I think you should stop staying at the Chase family and keep your distance from Sebastian. He's no good." Molly rolled her eyes. "Shawn, I'm asking if I did something wrong, not if Sebastian is a bad guy."

Shawn waved his hand dismissively. "Absolutely not! To me, even if you did something wrong, it's someone else's fault. Molly, you're never wrong!"

Molly thought, 'Shawn is so unprincipled, I just love it.'

Later, Shawn managed to calm Molly down and sent her back to bed.

The next morning, Molly was nowhere to be found. Shawn briefly wondered if he had dreamed about Molly complaining to him last night.

Luckily, the butler confirmed that Molly had indeed come back last night.

"Cindy, Molly mentioned last night that Ellie is back in the hospital. Can you find some time today to go with me to visit her?" Shawn suggested. Cindy nodded. "I'll order some flowers after breakfast."

At ten in the morning, Shawn showed up at the hospital but was surprised not to see Molly.

Ellie was puzzled too and said, "Molly came by this morning to drop off breakfast and then disappeared, probably went to class."

Sebastian checked the class schedule on his phone; she had no classes that morning.

"Mom, you chat, I'll be back," Sebastian said and hurriedly left the ward.

...

Molly was lounging on a fancy sofa with a steaming cup of tea in front of her.

Bella looked at Molly, feeling uneasy.

"Bella, I didn't come for anything major today, just to show you an interesting video and chat," Molly said, pulling out her phone and finding the video to show Bella her work from last night.

"The person in the video is Stella. She insulted my mom and has big ambitions, trying to take over the MS Group that my mom founded. I had no choice; these people are too annoying, so I gave her a little lesson. Do you think I did the right thing?" Molly asked with a fake smile.

Bella watched the video, her eyes wide with fear.

Putting away her phone when the video ended, Molly reached out and grabbed one of Bella's fingers. "Bella, do you think I was too kind to Stella? I think cutting off one finger of someone who curses my mom and tries to take her company is too merciful."

Bella tried to pull her hand away, but Molly held it tightly.

Molly's eyes were sharp as she scrutinized Bella. "When Mom's good, everyone's good. When she's not, nobody is."

Sebastian arrived at Bella's house and saw Molly coming out of the villa as he parked.

They locked eyes through the windshield.