Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Stella fell silent for a momein before letting go. “No,” she said, shipping her hand back toward her pocket.

But the fingering, old-fashioned pottery scent on Sophia’s hard cool and a little rough to the touch, made her stop. A disinfectant wipe was handed out from the car window.

Enth watched in silence as Stella took it. her expression finally softening a little.

Take them upstairs Stella said, her hostility fading as she spoke to Emily, returning to her usual nonchalant demeanor as if nothing had happened. Since they were so eager to show off, she wasn’t about to stop them.

Richard struggled to his feet and shot Stella a warning glance. She snorted and flicked her foot lazily, sending him stumbling back into the hospital as if he had no balance at all.

Stella thought it was pathetic. Then, she opened the car door and slid inside, finally noticing Sebastian wearing a Bluetooth carpiece, absorbed in conversation.

With his chin resting on one hand, Sebastian looked a little irritable and cold as he stared out the hospital room window. His side profile was striking, but no one could guess what was running through his mind.

“Yeah. Sebastian replied on the phone, but his attention was caught by the item lying at his feet. It was a black digital watch. like the one Lucas had worn that morning. It must have slipped out of Stella’s pocket at some point.

With his usual monk-like calm and detachment, Sebastian reached down and picked up the watch. He glanced at Stella, but she didn’t notice.

The calm voice on the other end of the line continued, “Weren’t you supposed to pull back and return to Dorestan? What made you change your mind?”

According to the original plan, the Gray Group should have already gone down in flames, and Sebastian should have taken Lucas and Annette back to Dorestan. Something had clearly made him change course.

“Just an accident.” Sebastian replied, his face unreadable as he fiddled with the watch in his hand. For the first time in his empty, lonely life, he had allowed himself to care for someone.

“You really spooked those people from Red Shadow today,” the other man chuckled, giving him a casual warning.

Sebastian answered coolly, “Whatever. I’m hanging up.”

The other person went silent for a moment, then Sebastian ended the call. John didn’t start the car, since he hadn’t received any orders. Truth be told, he was still unsettled by what had happened.

Everyone knew Stella was the real deal. If she said Paul could not take the Vitalis Pill, he shouldn’t. If she promised to fix Paul’s hand, it would get done.

John seemed to have forgotten how careful he had been with Stella when she first appeared. Now he was sulking about it.

“Mr. Gray, are we heading back to the island?” John asked.

“No,” Stella replied, still staring at her phone without looking up.

John instinctively glanced at Sebastian in the rearview mirror, and after getting the nod, he sat there quietly, waiting.

At that moment, Stella’s phone screen was filled with scrambled code. The tacky pink rhinestones that once adorned it were long gone, and her system had been re-encrypted and upgraded again, part of her usual routine. Moments later, she sent a specially encrypted email.

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ning Froes. Perler ampet Dad Annete is afready howling to the hospital with the Vitalis Pill

with the Pres only tranghet, she will te om oppf the world and we are seriously thinking of breaking the

We’re heading

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per & Tyne Infant Pelope ground her teeth in brustration. All that money he had poured in was real cash.

Retslope Annette will lying in the hospital. Don’t get aliad of yourself, Blake sail, rocking a loud floral shirt. He waged in from crude, pulled out a chair, and flopped down next to her.

des, when Annette was at death’s door, that old fag Sophia had the medicine and wouldn’t give it

Now she’s racing to the hospital as if her own life depended on it. That’s exactly the kind of person she is.” he added while a rad varend him a bowl of beef soup.

Xarder, always the picture of refinement, dabbed his mouth with a napkin and said. “Blake, character is one thing, and business is another. You can’t mix the two.”

Why not Blake slurped his soup and shot back. Tve got a gut feeling that something big is about to happen tonight.”

Xander’s eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, and he continued, Blake, do you even know what the Vitalis Pill does?” He spoke slowly, every word measured and gentlemanly, contrasting with the reckless playboy across from him even sharper.

Blake rolled his eyes and continued. “Who cares what that so-called Vitalis Pill does? To my knowledge, the only one in all of Jaffina belonged to the Trent family.

I don’t know what happened, but something went up in flames over there. Now, Sophia steps forward to offer the pill and puts herself directly in harm’s way. How reckless is that?”

Xander was left speechless. For once, Kendrick looked a little impressed with Blake, his usually good-for-nothing grandson. Seeing this, Xander and his mother shared a grim look, and they kept quiet after that.

No one knew that Penelope had secretly invested 15 million in the Gray family’s project under her husband’s family’s name. She was praying harder than anyone for the Gray family to hit it big tonight, so she could cash out big time.

At the hospital, Caleb had a fake smile plastered on his face as he looked at Richard, but he could barely hide his irritation.

Caleb thought, ‘Richard comes in demanding prime city land as if it were nothing. If he’s that competent, why not go for something bigger? Carlos kicked Sebastian out of the Gray Group over this? Carlos has lost his mind.

Meanwhile, Landen took a whiff of the pill, confirmed it was the Vitalis Pill, and gave the others a nod.

Hurry and save my grandfather!” Callum let out a sigh of relief and shouted, desperate to get the pill into Paul’s body. But the other three elders exchanged glances, their expressions complicated.

Do you think that little girl was for real?” Landen muttered under his breath.

Just now, his grandson Nathan had filled him in on what happened at his hospital, and Samuel had mentioned that the same girl was the lead surgeon during the Lilac Medical Forum live stream. Now, he wasn’t so sure anymore. No one answered

him.

“Mr. Quinn, Henry, the bodyguard, started, wanting to say something but holding back. He hadn’t interacted with Stella much, but his gut told him he should trust her. Still, he felt uneasy.

Watching Callum walk into the hospital room with the pill, Henry kept his mouth shut. Henry thought, ‘Perhaps it will help. After all, the Vitalis Pill is renowned nationwide for pulling people back from the brink of death.

Inside, Callum didn’t hesitate at all and gave the pill straight to Paul.

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Chapter 33

All Callum wanted was for his grandfather to survive. The room was dead quiet, just the steady beeping of the machines.

Emily came in behind the elders, and as she watched, Paul’s fat once gray and lifeless, slowly started to look normal again. It seemed like things were turning around. The dark cloud weighing on everyone’s hearts began to fade away

Paul’s eyelids twitched, and for a split second, Callum was over e moon. But then, out of nowhere, thick, blackish-red blood started gushing from Paul’s mouth. Everyone freaked ound called for doctors.

Downstairs in the car, Stella flicked her eyelids open, not a hint emotion on her face.

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