Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 506: Without Her, What Will He Do?
Everyone was talking about it.
Silas Hawthorne was no exception.
After Silas Hawthorne appeared, it was confirmed he was still alive.
The turmoil here was not significant, but Aeon was the main focus.
There was a connection here, and Silas Hawthorne selectively answered some questions.
"I’m fine." Silas Hawthorne looked extremely weak, lifeless, and very sad, "It’s just... Serena is not well."
"As for Aeon, it will temporarily be managed by the Hawthorne family until Serena wakes up and it can be returned to her."
Someone asked on the live chat, "How is Serena Sterling’s condition now? Is she still alive?"
Silas Hawthorne remembered when he woke up again, he went to ask the doctor about Serena Sterling’s condition, and the doctor said—
"We can only observe for now, the first priority is to get through the critical period and confirm she can survive." said the doctor, "Then we’ll see when she can regain consciousness."
After the doctor left, Silas Hawthorne stood there dazed.
[First confirm she can survive], does that mean she might not survive?
Not survive...
Just thinking about this possibility, his heart ached as if being torn apart.
His eyes turned red, Silas Hawthorne furrowed his brows tightly, trying to control his emotions, but he couldn’t suppress them.
"Perhaps someone knows something..." he said, but couldn’t continue.
His heart ached as if being torn apart, and he tightly closed his eyes.
"I’m sorry." he said.
Then he went offline.
He had talked with Ethan Lynch and knew about Serena Sterling’s current condition.
"We have contacted a foreign medical team to come over, but the outcome may not change much."
Ethan Lynch looked worriedly at him and said, "We have had meetings and consulted many experts, but right now..."
"Silas, we can only wait." Ethan Lynch said.
"Many illnesses, although treated with medication, also require observing the patient’s recovery, but right now Serena..." As he said this, Ethan Lynch’s eyes reddened as well.
Silas Hawthorne’s hands, hidden under the blanket, shook as he clenched them tightly, and he remained silent, unable to speak.
Outside the hospital room, the wind howled, rustling the leaves.
Yet he felt as though the air around him had been sucked out, rendering him almost unable to breathe.
He didn’t know what to do.
If there were a way to solve this, he would do it, but now, it seemed he could only wait.
In his mind, he saw again the scene not long ago, the two of them at Aeon, in her office, when she switched and called him Silas.
"Silas."
"Silas, I love you."
Her voice and smile seemed to appear before him once more.
Tears flowed uncontrollably.
He was different from before.
Once, he loved her, even though he was envious every day of Julian Lawson for having her, yet he could restrain himself, just watching from afar, wishing her happiness.
But now, he could no longer do that.
He did not know how he would handle his life without her.
She had said she loved him, he had kissed her lips, and shared so many beautiful moments with her, yet now all of that would turn into blades piercing him.
He could not go back to before.
Back to the Silas Hawthorne who could control himself.
He could not be without her!
The phone vibrated continuously.
Silas Hawthorne looked down and gripped his phone tightly.
He had to make her well again.
By any means necessary, make her well again.
Silas Hawthorne moved to the family room beside Serena Sterling’s room, staying there every day to watch over her.
He wanted to see her, and only by watching would he feel a bit better.
He could not leave her.
Over these days, many people came to see them as well.
Those coming and going were acquaintances, most of them sighing.
Also, the police came by to understand the situation.
That day, Julian Lawson was also with Silas Hawthorne, so the two of them were questioned together.
"What happened at the end of that day?" Chloe Langley asked, "Sorry, I know I shouldn’t disturb you now, but the matter is urgent."
The public opinion was heavy, they had to provide answers.
Silas Hawthorne and Julian Lawson exchanged a look.
"After the explosion that day, Serena went to untie Seraphina, and I got into a fight with Vera Hansen and Preston Langley, mainly trying to seize his gun." Julian Lawson spoke first.
Chloe Langley nodded, indicating she understood, and asked them to continue.
"While they were engaged in a fierce fight, I rushed in, knocked out Preston Langley, and then went to rescue Serena and Seraphina, who were trapped under a column." Silas Hawthorne continued from where Julian Lawson left off.
"And then what happened?" Chloe Langley asked.
Silas Hawthorne and Julian Lawson exchanged another look.
Then, Silas Hawthorne spoke, "Vera Hansen ran out and woke up Preston Langley, Julian Lawson got hit by a falling pillar during their fight, Vera Hansen came over with a gun pointed at us, and we were pinned below."
"So, what happened in the end? Why did only a few of you make it out, while they remained inside?" Chloe Langley looked at the two.
This was something she always wanted to know.
"There was another explosion later, scattering people all around." Julian Lawson said, "Preston Langley ended up being hit by a flying pillar and got trapped underneath."
Julian Lawson finished speaking and glanced at Silas Hawthorne.
Silas Hawthorne didn’t speak, just looked away from the crime scene photos Chloe Langley handed over.
He glanced at them once and then averted his eyes.
"The situation was chaotic at the time, and we were too busy rescuing ourselves." Silas Hawthorne said, looking at the white wall, "When we reached the exit, Officer Langley, I remember you called for Julian Lawson, and I heard Preston Langley’s angry voice."
Chloe Langley nodded, affirming that many people present at the time heard it, not just Silas Hawthorne alone.
"So if that’s the case, can we confirm that Preston Langley and the others were still alive at that time?"
Silas Hawthorne calmly said, "And Officer Langley, you saw as well, Julian Lawson’s leg was already broken, and he lost the ability to move, unable to do much else, his capability at the time only allowed him to crawl out from within."
Julian Lawson took a deep look at Silas Hawthorne.
He thought Silas Hawthorne might seize the chance to completely remove him...
But...
Julian Lawson lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Back then, the place was collapsing everywhere, my leg couldn’t move, there was fire all around, I couldn’t recognize the path, in the end, I only managed to follow a trail of blood on the ground to get out."
Chloe Langley frowned as she took notes.
"What is their situation now?" Silas Hawthorne asked.
Referring to Preston Langley and Vera Hansen.
"Identities have been confirmed." Chloe Langley replied, "They’re both dead."
Silas Hawthorne nodded.
