“I’ll leave this to you, Tina.”
After Wiona sent her reply, she watched as a doctor rushed out and called Jean into his office. Wiona got up, but before she could follow, her phone buzzed. It was Conrad.
“Where are you?”
“Nineteenth floor,” she answered quietly.
“There’ll be someone waiting for you outside. Listen for ‘twenty-three.’”
She frowned. Twenty-three? Before she could figure it out, a nurse stepped out and called, “Number twenty-three.”
Wiona raised her hand. “That’s me.”
The nurse led her through a door marked Staff Only. Instantly, the air turned colder. Wiona pulled her scarf tighter and followed the nurse through a maze of corridors and stairs. They finally arrived at a bright, spacious office.
As Wiona looked around, Conrad’s voice called from behind her. “What are you looking for?”
She turned. Conrad walked in, one hand tucked in his pocket. He was dressed in light colors for once, which softened his usual cold edge and made him seem almost approachable. Gentle, even.
Wiona pulled off her mask. “Just checking out the room. What is this place anyway? It doesn’t look like a regular office. Didn’t you say you’d show me Taylor’s big moment today?”
Conrad noticed her impatience. He went straight to the floor-to-ceiling windows, the curtains drawn tight. “Don’t rush. A good show always takes its time.”
He pulled the curtains wide open.
Wiona’s breath caught. Through the glass, she could see straight down into a hospital room. She stepped closer, eyes wide, and realized the person in the bed was Grandma Grace.
She stared, stunned. She had no idea hospitals had rooms like this. The whole thing felt a little creepy. What shook her even more was just how much power Conrad seemed to have. He could come and go anywhere he pleased—not just in the public areas, but deep inside the hospital. Right now, it was just the two of them. No staff, no bodyguards, no one watching. It was as if this office belonged to him alone.
Did the hospital trust him that much, or were they just too scared to say no?
Wiona knew Taylor was here because Conrad had baited him. There were no elaborate tricks. Conrad simply snapped a picture of Taylor’s painting and posted it online with the caption, “A dramatic change in style, a leap in skill.”
The post blew up instantly. This was the first personal update the head of the Sullivan Group had ever shared on any social media. People went wild. Normally, Conrad only posted about company tech or official news. A personal post was unheard of.
With his looks, power, and wealth, Conrad’s accounts had already racked up hundreds of millions of followers across platforms. Even a boring company update could get hundreds of thousands of likes. He rarely showed his face and never posted anything about his private life. So this new post was shared thousands of times within minutes. Likes and comments exploded.
Then people actually looked at what he’d posted.
It was a painting. A tiger, signed by Taylor.
So the mysterious Mr. Sullivan liked art? Netizens started digging into the painting and found Taylor.
Everything unraveled just as Conrad had planned. Taylor saw the post and nearly lost it. Why hadn’t Grace hidden the painting or destroyed it? How could she let it out in public?
Conrad had already sent people to keep an eye on Taylor from the shadows.

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