Withnotaxis in sight on the drenched streets, Renee couldn’t want. She can through the downpour, her mind solely on reaching the nursing home Why would Nana leave during such a torrential rainstorm?
“Renee!”
A Ferrari pulled up beside her. The window lowered to rewal a young man’s face.
Andrew looked at her with concem. “What are you doing out in this rain? You headed somewhere? I can give you a ride.”
Renee hesitated, her distrust of Andrew apparent, but a sense of urgency lingered in her eyes.
“Come on, I’ll drive you if it’s urgent,“Andrew offered, more amiable than usual. “It’s your choice,”
After a brief pause, Renee got into the car.
“To the Southem Nursing Home, please. Fast!”
The Ferrari sped off, sending sprays of water on either side.
“I didn’t expect to see you here,” Andrew remarked, glancing at Renee with a smile. “I thought the proud Renee wouldn’t accept a ride from me.”
But in a situation like this, her pride was secondary to her Mana’s safety.
Renee remained silent, looking out the window, her lips pressed tightly together. She didn’t want to engage in any conversation with Andrew, fearing her words might inadvertently provoke him, which wouldn’t help her current predicament.
Meanwhile, at the KM Group building, Luke nudged Marcelo with a reminder, “Mr. King, the banquet is about to begin. It’s time to go.”
Marcelo, still in the same clothes, asked, “ts Renee done with her work?
Luke realized Mairelo was waiting for his wife.
He should have said it soon!
Luke quickly reached ont to his team, but his expression soon turned awkward and uneasy.
Marcelo, growing impatient, pressed him. “Just tell me.”
Luke hesitated, then spoke, “They. They sald
“What’s the matter? Spit it out.”
“They reported that Mes. King left half an hour ago in in Andrew’s car
A cold aura enveloped the room, making Luke shiver as if winter had arrived.
He didn’t need to look up to sense Marcelo’s displeaser.
The heavy rain and treacherous roads delayed Rener’s joumey to the Southem Nursing Home. Upon arrival, she found the nursing home’s manager in his office. When he called hereadler, his voice filled with andety, yet he hadn’t dispatched anyone to search for Nina.
“Miss Hudson, the rain is too heavy, we have to consider our stati’s safety. We’ll wait for the storm to pass,” he said.
Renee was livid but knew this wasn’t the time for confrontation
If they wouldn’t search for Nara, she would
Soaked from the downpour, Renee felt a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of her wedding hight, equally desperate and suffocating.
As she searched, she stopped suddenly, her eyes fixed on a figure down the slope
There lay Naomi, drenched and motionless. A stream of blood flowed from her head, stark against the rain–soaked ground, shocking Rence into stillness.
At the hospital.
“The external injuries are not critical, but the real concern is the internal bleeding in her brain. The surgery is complex, and given her age, it’s beyond our capabilities. I suggest reaching out to Professor Wells. Ideally, the operation should happen within the next ya hours. The doctor handed Renee a business card,
his tone somber.
Renee looked at Naomi in the ICU, feeling ai wave of helplessness and dizziness.
Andrew, overhearing the conversation, saw an opportunity,
“Unfortunately, Professor Wells was diagnosed with stomach cancer earlier this year and is currently receiving treatment abroad. He can’t retum now,” he Interjected.
Hener turned to him, puzzled. “How do you know that?”
“One of my cousins is his protégé.” Andrewreplied, his gaze intense. “Renee, my cousin could save your grandmother. But her fate now depends on you.”
Renee didn’t see the need about correcting him on Nana being her grandmother because to her, Nana had always been her everything.
kenee, sensing an ulterior motive, asked hesitantly, “What are you suggesting?”
“There’s value in the unattainable, Renee, Andrew said, reaching for her hand. “Trade a night with me for your grandmother’s life. It’s a fair deal. After all, given your history, like dragging Catherine, you’re not exactly innernt.”
Andrew had always been captivated by Renee, the one who eluded him.
The idea of a no–strings attached encounter was tantalizing.
