Sebastian Simons and Yasmine Taylor left the company once they were done their work. He took a glance at the time and asked her, "I want to go to the hospital to visit Tiffany. Do you want to come along?"
Yasmine nodded, "Okay, but I want to go home and cook some delicious food for her. I'll bring the food over to the hospital later."
"Should I go over first then?"
"Well, that's fine too."
The two of them parted ways. One rushed home, and the other rushed to the hospital.
Sebastian arrived at the hospital and went straight to his sister's ward. He saw her sleeping, and Fynn was sitting by her bed. He asked in a soft voice, "Is Tiffany alright?"
"Yeah. All is well. The doctor said she's recovering well."
A trace of gratitude flashed in Sebastian's eyes. He pointed outside, "Let's talk at the rooftop."
Fynn glanced at Tiffany, who was sleeping soundly on the bed and nodded. "Okay."
The two of them left the ward and went to the rooftop of the hospital. In the quiet ward, Tiffany slowly opened her eyes. She was not asleep.
Her brother's sudden appearance made her feel uneasy. She always felt there was some hidden truth that she did not know that caused Fynn to accept her love.
She lifted the blanket, put on her slippers, and followed out quietly.
In the summer nights, the air would be filled with the smell of hot and humid air. The sound of crickets could be easily heard. Occasionally, there was a cool breeze, but one could only feel a slight coolness.
Sebastian was half-hidden in the dark. He stared at Fynn and said deeply, "Thanks to you, Tiffany's operation ended successfully. Thank you."
"It's no big deal. Although I have no blood relationship with her, I have already regarded her as my sister," Fynn said.
"After she is discharged, I will send her abroad to study. At that time, I will oppose your relationship, using the huge gap between our family status as an excuse. Then, you could escape unscathed."
Fynn nodded, "Okay."
After a few seconds of silence, Sebastian continued, "Do you really not have any feelings for me? Not even a little?"
"Tiffany is a good girl, but love can't be forced. No matter how hard I try, a brother's affection for a sister can't turn into romantic love," he replied.
Sebastian sighed deeply, "Well, you promised us to accept Tiffany for the time being so that she could focus on her recovery. You've already done so much for her. We couldn't possibly make any more unreasonable demands to you." As soon as he finished speaking, his phone rang in his pocket. "Hello? Who is this... Oh... Chairman Xelia... Well, I'll go over now... Okay, I'll see you later."
Sebastian hung up the phone and patted Fynn on his shoulder. He looked at him meaningfully, "Chairman Xelia of Skywild Corporation wants to meet me to talk about the piece of land. I'll go first."
"Okay."
Fynn stood still in the same place. Sebastian turned around and left. He left in a hurry and he didn't notice a small trembling body in the dark.
Yes, Tiffany was trembling, but she did not cry. Tears would flow only when she was sad. When she felt numb, she would forget everything, even sadness and tears.
She dragged herself forward. When she was about ten steps away from Fynn, she called out softly, "Fynn."
Fynn was stunned. He thought that his ears were deceiving him, but when he turned back in shock, he realized that it was not a hallucination. Tiffany was standing in front of him, so near that he could reach out to her easily.
"Tiffany, why are you here..."
He took a deep breath, worrying that she had overheard the conversation between him and Sebastian just now.
"It's too suffocating in the ward so I came out for some fresh air." she said.
"How long have you been here? Did you just come out?" Fynn's eyes were avoiding her.
Tiffany looked at him expressionlessly and answered word by word, "It's been a long time, I came up after you two."
Fynn couldn't say a word for the next half a minute, and the two of them stared at each other blankly. Fle saw indescribable sadness in Tiffany's eyes.
"So... did you hear all of that?" he asked.
"Yes."
She nodded gently, stared at the ground and said blankly, "Although I have always known that you didn't like me, but when you told me that you would try to date me, I still believed it. I believed that you gave in because you were moved by my determination. But I didn't expect that you were with me because of my illness..."
Speaking of this, her voice started choking. She was really sad.
She sniffed and raised her head, her tear-filled eyes shining with desperate light in the dark. "Thank you for your company during this period of time. I'm very happy."
She turned to leave.
Fynn's heart ached painfully. Fle grabbed her wrist and was about to say something, but she turned her head and said, "Don't worry. I'll be fine. I won't give up my life because of love. I'm not such a person, you know that."
The moment when she turned around and left, tears finally fell down from Tiffany's eyes. She was very embarrassed, but she was glad that she had preserved her last dignity.
The rest of the day passed quickly, and Sebastian met with Abigail Tanner at Golurium Club.
They sat opposite each other. Sebastian asked her, "Do you want something to drink?"
"Iced tea," she said.
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