Demon CEO's Hidden Love: Mr Grayson Stole Me From My Abusive Husband-Chapter 122: Taking Advantage Of The Situation

The slap sent the entire table into a state of heavy shock.

Zachiel immediately retracted his hand and balled it into a tight fist. He looked at his sons, who stared at him with widened eyes, unable to process what had happened.

Laura gasped and covered her mouth, she turned to Sophia, only to see the old woman had her hand on her cheek, and a frightened look in her eye.

"Mother?" Laura called out, snapping Sophia out of her daze.

Rosalind got up immediately and went over to Brooke, she crouched down in front of her and searched her face for any bruising. Thankfully, the old man didn’t crack her enough for it to leave a scar.

"Everyone is dismissed, breakfast is over." Zachiel announced, standing up from the table. He left, with his attendants strictly following behind him, leaving the rest of the family in disarray.

William in turn, got up and went to his room to get changed and ready for work.

Sophia got up as well, her face contorted into a dissatisfied frown, "She’s your daughter-in-law, isn’t she? Then drill some common sense into her!" She said before parting.

Rosalind ignored her and searched Brooke once more.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked, shaking her shoulders.

Brooke’s expression froze up, the sting from the slap triggered her, and all she could see was the silhouette of Ethan’s raised fist playing in her mind.

"Malcolm!" Rosalind called out, "She’s shaking badly."

Malcolm hissed, "The damned old man." He turned to Matthew, "Get a doctor to come check on her and make sure that her face doesn’t scar." He emphasized, just as frightened as every one was over Thane finding out about this.

Brooke remained paralysed in shock up until a doctor came along to check up on her. Once his callused hands ran across her skin, inspecting it, she jolted out of her trance, and shrank back.

"Don’t touch me!" She lashed out, smacking his hand away.

Maverick raised an interested brow at his hand, but quickly recovered. "It’s fine, I’m not going to harm you in any way."

She rolled her tongue around her mouth, reeling in the sting.

Brooke couldn’t believe that thane’s grandfather would hit her. A man that barely even knew her. She panicked over what he would do if she spent another second in the estate.

"I’m a doctor, and I came to check on your wound." He explained, pulling himself a chair.

Brooke eyed him cautiously, she noticed an ink tattoo peeking out of both his sleeves, making her wonder what sort of person he was.

"Oh, but don’t worry, it didn’t leave a scar or anything, your face is still in very good condition." He said.

Brooke frowned, "What? So just because it didn’t scar? I should be relieved?"

Maverick smiled, he hadn’t expected Thane’s type to be fiesty women, considering how reserved he was.

"I just meant that you start filming in a month, so I figured you’d be worried over your overall appearance." He explained better, showing off that he had already done a thorough background check on her.

"Oh," she calmed down, realizing that she had filming to do.

Maverick crossed one leg over the other, then asked, "What did Thane come here for?"

"Why are you asking me that?" She retorted, unsure of why this doctor was so interested in hers and his personal life.

In a calm tone he responded, "He’s always hated this house, so I wondered why he’d come all the way here, especially with his health at a critical situation."

Brooke’s heart skipped a beat.

Critical?

"His body has been rejecting the treatment for a while, but last night was one of the worse I’ve seen him in over five years. Maybe coming here raised his stress levels and triggered him?" He suggested, speaking as though he knew exactly what was happening, but acted clueless intentionally.

’So all this really is my fault? I really shouldn’t have come here in the first place. Maybe if I did, he wouldn’t have had to suffer this much.’ she mused to herself, sinking in guilt.

"Where is he? How is he doing now? I want to see him." Brooke pleaded, "I can’t spend another second in this place."

Maverick eyed her from head to toe, his eyes critically scanning her. She was a beautiful woman, much more attractive than Mallory, and from the background check, she had a clean enough record.

But she wasn’t anything exceptional.

Rather, her half sister, Cassie, was more of a sensation. His information network was so thorough that he was able to draw the link between Brooke and Cassie.

He also found out about her marriage to Ethan and the divorce.

Piling up all these things, Maverick was even more intrigued on why his ever so calculative cousin would marry someone like Brooke?

"Unless..." he gasped, connecting the dots in his head.

A half smile painted his lips at the thought that just crossed his mind.

"Your husband is under observation at my hospital, I came running down here because your mother-in-law wanted to make sure your face was in perfectly condition. The whole family must’ve been thrown in chaos when the black sheep’s woman was harmed."

Black sheep?

Was he talking about Thane?

Her husband who couldn’t even raise his voice at anyone?

Why was she hearing something like this for the second time now?

"You know, I’m sure even grandfather was shocked about what happened, he’s never hit anyone before. Sorry...anyone we know of." He corrected himself, carefully laying his insinuation.

"Grandfather? Wait, are you possibly-" Brooke was just in the middle of connecting the dots when Maverick chimed in.

"This is the best time to exploit the old man, before your husband is discharged." Maverick said.

"What?" Brooke frowned, utterly confused over what he meant by that.

Clearing up her confusion he went on. "Believe it or not, but right now you’re actually at an advantage. Because, more than anything, no one in this family would want Thane finding out about what happened. Not his parents, not any of our uncles or cousins, not grandmother and definitely not grandfather."

"If I were you Brooke, I would take complete advantage of the beautiful hand I’ve been given." Maverick advised in a hard to read tone.ƒгeewёbnovel.com