The CEO’ s second choice novel Chapter 56

　　Sebastian

　　It has been almost 2 weeks since Elena’s accident, and she still has not woken up. Her MRI scan this morning showed the swelling on her brain has gone down, so now it was technically a waiting game. She was breathing on her own now at least and has shown signs of early responses to light and touch. But that was about it. My son, who I haven’t named yet but who the nurses have started calling Lucky, has left his incubation chamber and I finally got to hold him. There is no other feeling than that of holding your child for the first time. The absolute love and adoration I felt just multiplied Elena and my love created this. This precious little boy was ours.

　　“How is my son doing today?” Isaac’s cheery voice follows his boisterous entry into the hospital room. He leans in to give me a hug and I chuckle and shake my head as I usually do when I see him. He was such an odd yet refreshing person to be around. The complete mirror of Elena in every way but gender; I think that’s why I thought of him as my little brother. I could tell that he cared dearly for my Elena and would rather die than see harm come to her. “He’s doing well today, just had his bottle and burps, now he’s passed out,” I say as we look down at the sleeping miracle. Isaac sighs, “Elena is going to wallop me for having met her child first,” he says with a laugh and I couldn’t agree more! “Well, I think she will forgive us this time,” I say and see a wistful smile on his face as he looks towards her bed.

　　“I miss her so much, Sebastian.” He says, wiping a stray tear away that has fallen, and I place a hand on his shoulder, nodding in agreement. I know how he feels and felt it a thousand times more. She is my everything, seeing her like this breaks my heart, that I couldn’t be of any help at all crushed my spirit daily. Apart from providing her with top-class doctors and medical care, I was a sitting duck in her hospital room. Isaac plants a kiss on her cheek and say his goodbyes to his godchild and as well as me.

　　Did I mention that Elena’s sister hasn’t even come to see her? The one person she was closer to than Isaac and she never even bothered to come and check up on her sister, who had almost died. How was Elena’s accident weeding out all the bad from her life?

　　Elijah had Anabelle arrested for her hand in Elena’s attempted murder, and she was currently awaiting trial. The cupcake she gave to Elena still lay on the floor in the Phantom, and tests proved that there were peanuts present.

　　Susanna and William Wiltshire are still missing. Any attempts made to contact them have proved futile and there was no evidence of them having left the country. Wilshire Estate has stood empty for over a week now with none of the workers having seen them enter or leave the home. Eliana has not heard of them either, so a missing person’s report has been issued in their stead.

　　This entire thing has my head in a spin; two of the most powerful families in all of the UK were being targeted. This has been proven by the recent spate of attempts on my life, my parent’s death, the Wiltshire’s being missing and now Elena’s accident. The car that was rammed into Elena’s Phantom was not registered to anyone, so it was a dead end. The driver of the vehicle had fled the scene. No hospitals admitted a seriously injured person on the day they admitted Elena, so it led to another dead end. To say that it frustrated me does not even cover it. Between being the CEO of my empire and a new father, I was starting to buckle under the pressure needed. I so wished Elena could be here and share in all of this. My life was lonely without her. I missed her smart mouth; she was the only person who could challenge me and get away with it.

　　A knock at the door alerted me to Elijah’s presence. He has been instrumental in this investigation into the targeting of Britain’s wealthy. There has been no threat to his life thus far and we were both hoping it would stay this way. He walks over to me. “I’ve been thinking,” he starts, which could never be a good thing because nine times out of ten, his “thinking” was correct. “Eliana and Robert, where have they been in all of this?” I frown at this and shake my head. “Whatever it is that you’re thinking, it’s no go.” I start, but he holds up his hand. “Think about it, someone tried to kill you, and if you had died your money would go to Elena. Kill Elena after you’ve died, the empire automatically falls to Robert, correct?” He says, and I answer with a slow nod, not liking where this was headed. “But Elena was pregnant. Her giving birth to your heir would be an obstacle in Robert gaining all that wealth. So…”