Chapter 359
It was his cousin.
“Julian!” Sean shot up and sprinted toward him. “Julian, man, I missed you.”
Julian frowned. “What are you doing here?”
Sean, still filthy from the fight, moved to hug him.
Julian took two steps back. “What do you think you’re doing?”
“Julian, you have no idea what I’ve been through tonight. I was this close to being six feet under,” Sean whined dramatically. He just wanted a hug, but his cousin wasn’t even offering a little comfort. He used to be the one who’d help him clean up after he wet the bed as a kid.
“Ahem. What happened?” Julian asked.
As Sean was about to explain, he noticed Sienna standing next to his cousin. His eyes nearly popped out of his head as he pointed at her. “It’s… it’s you.”
Sienna Hart. The woman his cousin was obsessed with.
“Do you know me?” Sienna asked, turning to look at him.
Sean grinned. “You must be Sienna. I’ve seen your picture in my cousin’s room. He told me you’re the girl he’s into.”
A blush crept up Julian’s neck. “Ahem. This is my cousin, Sean Lecter.”
“Nice to meet you,” Sienna greeted.
"Sienna Winifred" walked out.
Sienna strode over to her, looking her over from head to toe for any serious injuries.
“Winifred, I’m so glad you’re okay,” Sienna said, finally letting out a breath of relief.
“Sienna, I didn’t know he was one of yours. I thought he was here to capture me, but he ended up getting hurt to save me. He’s in surgery now,” Winifred said.
Sienna stroked her hair. “He’ll be fine, don’t worry. His name is Fay Santos. He works for me."
“You knew I left the country all along, didn’t you?” Winifred asked, a little sheepish. Winifred felt a pang of guilt. She’d run off without telling her.
“Yes.” Sienna didn’t press the issue. People had to do what they had to do, and it wasn’t her place to interfere as long as they were safe.
The operating room door opened, and the surgeon came out.
“Family? The patient is stable, but the wound is very deep. He should avoid any strenuous activity for the next year, or he risks permanent disability.”
Lana nodded. “Okay, thank you, doctor. We understand.”
“Sienna, you and him…” Winifred observed the new dynamic between her sister and Julian. It was different from before. Were they together?
That Julian Ford sure worked fast. It hadn’t been that long, and he was already by her sister’s side. But if he wanted to be a permanent fixture, he’d have to get through her first.
“So you’re Sienna’s sister,” Sean said, walking up to Winifred. “Thank you for tonight. If you hadn’t saved me, I’d probably be pushing up daisies right now.”
But the warmth in Winifred’s expression vanished when she turned to him. “One million dollars,” she said coldly. “Here’s my account number. Wire it.”
The smile on Sean’s face froze. He took the card she held out, laughing awkwardly. “Right. Okay,” Sean replied. He’d never met a woman who could flip a switch so fast. Women were impossible to figure out.
“Sienna, he saved me.” Winifred said, her tone softening again as she spoke to her sister. “I owe him one.”
Winifred glanced at the platinum-blond man lying in the hospital bed. His skin was fair, his features delicate and soft, but he didn’t seem capable of smiling. He looked like an automaton, his face a perfect, emotionless mask.
She’d been around people who lived in the shadows; she could tell at a glance that Fay Santos was hiding something.
Sienna explained. “I rescued him from a human experimentation lab ten years ago and trained him to be my aide. He suffers from a kind of emotional numbness. He’s been with me ever since. A while back, he made a mistake, so I sent him to Eastria. I never expected him to run into you there."