Chapter 366
Vivian’s eyes lit up. “Nathan, you’re truly my best friend. When I make it big, I won’t forget you—just wait and see. I promise I won’t let you down.”
Nathan lowered his head with a soft “Mm,” hiding the complicated emotions thickening in his eyes.
Fay slowly opened his eyes and met Winifred’s gaze, looking momentarily surprised.
Winifred pushed herself up, walked over, and poured him a glass of water.
“It’s you,” Fay said, taking a sip of the water.
Winifred pulled up a chair and sat beside him, her tone sincere. “Fay, thank you for saving me.”
Fay replied, “It was my duty. I should’ve told you who I was sooner.”
Winifred looked him up and down, her voice coming out in a lazy drawl. “Either way, I owe you a favor. So, what do you—"
Fay hissed in pain, clutching his shoulder as he drew in a sharp breath.
“I told you it was just my duty. I’m your sister’s man. I’m just following orders,” he replied.
Winifred shot to her feet, her voice cold. “Fay, isn’t that what you want? For me to owe you?”
Fay’s face stiffened at her words.
Winifred stared at him, her words slow and deliberate. “From the very beginning, you never meant to come clean about who you really—"
“You waited until things got dangerous to jump out and save me. Let me guess, you screwed up with my Sienna and now you’re trying to use this as a way to get back to her side, right?”
Fay hadn’t expected Winifred to be this sharp. At this point, he had nothing left to say.
Just as he was about to answer, Winifred cut in, “Whatever your reasons, I owe you for saving me, and that’s not something I can just ignore. I did my homework on you. You’re fiercely loyal to Sienna. So I’ll repay this favor. I’ll talk to her and make sure you get to stay with her.”
She had talked things through with Stemma before coming to the hospital.
Fay looked up at her in disbelief. “You…”
As Winifred was about to step out of the hospital room, Fay called out softly, “Thank you.”
As Winifred was passing by a hospital room, she unexpectedly spotted Thorn inside, and her curiosity was instantly piqued when she noticed there was a woman sitting right by his bed.
Thorn gazed up at the ceiling with a look of utter despair, feeling like this woman’s relentless care had completely robbed him of his freedom these past few days.
He’d never met a woman so annoyingly enthusiastic in his entire life.
When Thorn caught sight of Winifred, he immediately called out, “Winifred! Come in!”
At his words, Clark’s whole body went rigid, and he leaned even lower over his phone, pretending to be completely absorbed in it.
Winifred stepped inside, thinking the woman’s back looked strangely familiar.
Thorn replied, “Where’s Sienna? Is she okay?”
“She’s fine. What happened to you?” Winifred asked.
Thorn propped himself up, another wave of weakness hitting him. “Got into a car accident. I should be out in a few days.”
Winifred took a closer look. He didn’t seem to have any visible injuries. ‘Could it be internal injuries?’ she wondered.
“Well, if that’s it, I’ll be going,” she said.
“Wait! Tell her I’m here,” Thorn blurted out quickly.
Clark was already trembling, too scared to even lift his head.
That only made Winifred even more curious. She strode over, lifted Clark’s chin, and stared straight into his eyes.
She understood in a flash.
‘So it really is him,’ Winifred realized.
Clark’s eyes widened in shock as he forced his voice lower, croaking, “Ma’am, is there something you need?”
Winifred decided not to call him out and simply let go of Clark’s chin.
“I’ll pass along your message,” she said.
Clark muttered to himself, “Crap, this is bad,” and hurried off to tip off Julian.
Sienna had pretty much settled everything in Meridia, so it was about time to head back and check on the Umbrella Organization.