The Enticing CEO's Chosen Bride novel Chapter 2054

Erik said, "Go check on her for me."

Cicely's gaze followed the man as he disappeared, then she withdrew her attention. It was a familiar face, one that had clashed with Seth in heated debates before.

Shane. Another assistant working alongside Seth.

"Grandpa, take care of yourself."

With such a calamity befalling the family, Erik was bedridden. There was a family doctor in the house, and she had not even returned home to visit.

"I'm fine. Just go see how Danielle is doing, I heard she's in a bad way."d2

"Grandpa." Cicely got up and walked over to the railing and watched the people coming and going in the parking lot, "Issac is dead."

The silence on the other end of the phone was long and heavy.

Cicely's slender hands gripped the rusted railing tightly as she spoke in a flat tone. "If only Patty and Danielle hadn't dilly-dallied and just gotten on the rescue chopper quicker. It wouldn't have taken much, maybe just a minute sooner, no, perhaps thirty seconds, or even ten might have been enough. We could've avoided the blast, and Issac wouldn't have left me."

A deep, gravelly voice filled with helplessness and a choke of emotion came from the phone, "Cicely..."

"Grandpa, do you know what Issac meant to me? He was like the air to me, barely noticeable when around, but now that he's gone..."

Danielle was the old man's granddaughter. So was she.

If it wasn't for Patty wasting so much time for the sake of Danielle, Issac wouldn't have died.

After a long pause, Cicely took a deep breath, "Alright. I'll go check on Danielle for you."

Hanging up, Cicely put away her phone and turned, expressionless, towards the hospital.

Shane hadn't been in Danielle's room for long before Cicely arrived. Charlie was holding a bag of fruit and some lunch. The two following behind Cicely automatically stood to either side of the hospital room door, not entering with her.

Patty was there in Danielle's room, looking haggard with sunken, swollen eyes. Patty sat at the edge of the bed, peeling an apple Shane had handed her, starting at the top, when she heard a knock and turned to see Cicely in the doorway.

Before Shane could react, Patty had already jumped to her feet, looking at Cicely warily. "What are you doing here?"

Shane quietly left the room. These were matters among women, especially when it came to love and hate. It was best for him to keep out of their delicate affairs.

Cicely cracked a wry smile, "Ms. Patty, Danielle has Ellis blood in her veins. Strictly speaking, I'm closer to her than you are, so why wouldn't I come?"

With that said, she approached the bed.