Solomon called out behind her, âWhere are you going?â
Just then, the elevator had arrived, so Solomon had to stop. A moment later, the doors slid back,
revealing the passengers within it. In there stood a man and a young girl.
âUncle Solomon!â Vivian called out to him happily and ran up to him.
Solomon bent over to pick her up, ignoring the glare the girlâs father was giving him. âYouâre finally home,
huh? Hmm, did you gain some weight?â
âNo, I did not!â Vivian quickly denied it. âIâm a girl, Uncle Solomon. And girls canât gain weight. Thatâd be
bad.â
Solomon laughed, amused by her reply. After he was done chatting with the girl, he looked up at the man
before him, who had been waiting for a while.
As usual, he looked upset to see Solomon. He looked furious, his gaze dark, threatening to swallow him
if he didnât answer the manâs unvoiced questions.
If Solomon didnât tell the man who he was and why the girl looked so excited to see him, he might just be
killed there and then.
âHi, Iâm Solomon. Dr. Westâs friend.â
âHer friend?â The man didnât like the sound of that, and his anger flared further. Hah! What nonsense!
Thereâs no way a man and a woman can have a platonic friendship.
Sebastian didnât believe him one bit, especially not when Solomon looked so young and sounded like he
knew his wife well. Well, now Iâm annoyed.
âShe has a friend? And here I thought this girl is the only one she got left. Even her husband is missing.
So Thereâs no way she has any friends,â Sebastian mocked.
âHuh?â Solomon stared at Sebastian dumbly. Whatâs gotten into him? Whatâs with all the scathing
remarks? I just told him Iâm Macyâs friend. So why is he overreacting?
âIâm sorry, Mr. Hayes. Perhaps youâve misunderstood me. Iâm just her friend. Nothing more, nothing less.â
âReally? If youâre just a friend, howâd you know who I am?â
Solomon fell silent at that. He thought that the argument was getting pointless. I never thought Sebastian
would become so stubborn and unreasonable after the breakup. Heâs acting like a petulant kid who saw
someone playing with his favorite toy.
And to think he used to be the president of Hayes Corporation.
Fortunately for him, just as the tension was about to rise, Sasha finally arrived on the scene after she
went back earlier. âM-Mr. Hayes? Why are you here? When did you come?â
Even though she made her appearance, she still didnât want Sebastian to notice anything. As such, she
first glanced at Solomon before ârealizingâ that Sebastian was there as well. To take things a step further,
she even pretended to be shocked to see Sebastian there.
Solomon couldnât believe that Sasha was still putting up an act at this point, and neither could Vivian.
As for Sebastian, he too, couldnât believe the preposterous situation. He narrowed his eyes at the
audacity of how Sasha was still trying to lie when everyone had seen through her act. Her reaction only
served to make him angrier.
âAnd here I thought youâve been suffering. Guess youâve been living well, huh?â
âSorry?â Sasha had already calmed down, thinking that Sebastian hadnât seen through her fake face, but
she started getting nervous when he mocked her.
She quickly racked her brain for an excuse as she assessed the situation. She then explained, âY-Youâre
wrong. I-I have been suffering here. Nobody came to see me when I was in the hospital. If it werenât for
you, Vivian might be starving right now.â
For some reason, Sebastian didnât buy that story, even though she thought it was the perfect excuse. He
simply glanced at her coldly before he turned and left.
âHey, where are you going, Mr. Hayes? Whatâs wrong? Hey, letâs talk!â Sasha chased after him without a
momentâs hesitation, leaving her own daughter behind.
Whatever shall I do with her? Solomon watched as they leave and smiled bitterly, holding Vivianâs hand.
Of course, he was well aware of why Sebastian was acting like a child. Sebastian was just jealous
because there was another man at Sashaâs side. It seemed that some things would never change, not
even after Sasha had taken on a new identity.
On the contrary, it would seep deep into the soul. No matter how much someone might change, that
obsession would engulf them whole when it mattered most.
In the end, Solomon took Vivian and left the place.
Meanwhile, Sasha finally managed to grab Sebastian just before he could leave the hospital.