On my way to the hospital, nurous questions kept running through my mind.
Who did this?
Was his condition serious?
Is he all right?
I literally jumped out of the car the mont it stopped in the hospital’s parking lot.
After I hung up in a panic, I tried calling Randy again to ask for the location and ward number, but my calls kept going to voicemail.
"The Knights only go to one hospital, Premier Care Hospital; it’s a hospital under Knight Corporations. Cassian should be admitted there," Joel had said when I told him and Estelle what happened.
They were shocked to say the least. I an, it’s Cassian Knight we’re talking about.
It’s obvious he has a lot of enemies due to his social standing, but for soone to be brazen enough to actually go through with it?
It was sothing else entirely.
I made my way to the reception desk when I heard Eric, the driver who had brought here under Joel’s instructions, shutting the door, followed by his hurried footsteps behind .
"Let handle this, Miss," Eric said and approached the reception desk.
"Good evening, what is the room number of Mr Knight? He was admitted here approximately 3 hours ago," he asked one of the nurses.
The nurse exchanged glances with another nurse at the side and then turned to face us again, her eyes scanning our clothes.
She must have noticed the Quinn crest on Eric’s coat and my ridiculously expensive branded clothes because the sceptical look she had receded into politeness in the blink of an eye.
"Erm, sorry, I’m guessing you have a relationship with the patient?" She began.
"You see, according to our hospital policy we cannot disclose the room number without proper identification, but VVIP rooms are located on the 13th floor."
"Okay, thank you," I said softly and turned to the elevator.
Eric was following after . I paused, turning to face him.
"Eric, thank you, but I’ll take it from here. Can you wait for in the car?" I said.
Eric looked hesitant, but he nodded anyway. "Okay, Miss, I’ll wait for you."
I nodded and approached the elevator, entering it when it opened.
When it reached the 13th floor, I walked out only to bump into sothing hard—a body.
I didn’t even look at the person and apologised in a hurry.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t—"
"Yvette?" The voice above spoke, and I froze.
I slowly lifted my gaze to look up at the person, and my heart nearly stopped.
It was Jas Anderson.
He was Nathan’s friend and classmate. We used to hang around when I was in high school.
There were tis Nathan picked up from school in the company of Jas.
"Um... sorry, I think you’ve got the wrong person," I said, my voice sounding steadier than I felt.
"What are you saying? You—"
"Miss Quinn. I’m sorry the phone went off. Did you just arrive?" Randy’s voice ca down the hallway; he was approaching us.
"Miss Quinn?" Jas repeated in a dazed voice, looking awkward as he stood there.
I sidestepped him, intending to move towards Randy, but he moved again, blocking .
"No, that’s impossible... There’s no way I’m mistaken...You even sound like her."
No, no, no.
"Step back, Mister, before I’m tempted to press legal charges against you for your harassnt."
"Miss Quinn, is sothing the matter?" Randy asked, his eyes moving between Jas and with confusion.
Before I could answer, Jas spoke first.
"I’m sorry for making you uncomfortable, Miss. You look like soone I know; it’s uncanny," he said and then turned to Randy. "Where’s his room?"
My heart did a sorsault at seeing Jas address Randy with such familiarity.
The question left my lips before I could even stop myself.
"You know each other?"
Randy nodded.
"I think I should introduce you. Young Master Jas is the boss’s cousin... Young Master, she’s Miss Isabelle Quinn, the boss’s fiancée."
I didn’t hear anything else after I heard the word ’cousin’.
How did Jas beco Cassian’s cousin?
If he recognised ... if soone heard him say my na out loud again... I’m gone!
I could still feel Jas’s gaze on the entire ti, but I schooled my features, trying to act calm even though I was inwardly panicking, and smiled at Jas.
I’m sure it ca out as a grimace.
"Nice eting you, Mr Anderson. I’m Isabelle Quinn."
Jas took my hand, a glint in his eyes as he brought my hand to his lips and pressed a kiss to my knuckles.
"The pleasure is all mine," he said, but his hold still remained. I had to tug my hand out of his.
"How’s Cassian? Where is he? I want to see him," I said to Randy.
"The boss is awake, Miss. Please co with ."
We walked towards Cassian’s ward with my muscles tensed and every second feeling like an eternity because I could feel Ja’s gaze boring holes through my back.
We approached the door with a group of bodyguards standing in front of it. Four of them in total.
They stood like military personnel, chin up, shoulders squared and eyes alert.
Just seeing their deathly protective stance made straighten instinctively.
Maybe it was because I was in Randy’s company, but they parted to allow to pass the mont I approached.
I was about to push the door open when I heard a low murmur, the word "Quinns" making pause.
"Calculating from the ti the information was released, it matches the ti you dropped the young mistress at the Quinn Estate. Everything points back to them as the mastermind," the voice said.
"I don’t want hints. I want irrefutable evidence. Sothing the Quinns can’t deny when I’m ready to exact my revenge," Cassian’s cold voice cut in.
His tone was so cold I could feel a shiver run down my spine even from where I stood.
They are suspecting the Quinns? Why would the Quinns even harm Cassian?
"The hackers are working on it. We should be updated in an hour."
"Miss, aren’t you entering?" Randy said from behind .
"Um, yes, I am." I finally pushed the door open and froze.
Cassian’s cold and emotionless eyes fell upon . His whole deanour exuded a dark and chilling aura; the room temperature had dropped ten degrees.
For a mont, I was caught off guard as to whether to advance or retreat. I’ve never felt such fear just from locking eyes with anyone before.
"Isabelle?" He called out, his voice soft. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d have thought I had been hallucinating.
"Co here," he added.
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