Solomon called out behind her, “Where are you going?”
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.
“Uncle Solomon!” Vivian called out to him happily and ran up to him.
Solomon bent over to pick her up, ignoring the glare the girl’s father was giving him. “You’re finally home, huh? Hmm, did you gain some weight?”
“No, I did not!” Vivian quickly denied it. “I’m a girl, Uncle Solomon. And girls can’t gain weight. That’d be bad.”
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 didn’t answer the man’s unvoiced questions.
If Solomon didn’t tell the man who he was and why the girl looked so excited to see him, he might just be killed there and then.
“Hi, I’m Solomon. Dr. West’s friend.”
“Her friend?” The man didn’t like the sound of that, and his anger flared further. Hah! What nonsense! There’s no way a man and a woman can have a platonic friendship.
Sebastian didn’t believe him one bit, especially not when Solomon looked so young and sounded like he knew his wife well. Well, now I’m annoyed.
“She has a friend? And here I thought this girl is the only one she got left. Even her husband is missing. So There’s no way she has any friends,” Sebastian mocked.
“Huh?” Solomon stared at Sebastian dumbly. What’s gotten into him? What’s with all the scathing remarks? I just told him I’m Macy’s friend. So why is he overreacting?
“I’m sorry, Mr. Hayes. Perhaps you’ve misunderstood me. I’m just her friend. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“Really? If you’re just a friend, how’d you know who I am?”
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. He’s 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. “M-Mr. Hayes? Why are you here? When did you come?”
Even though she made her appearance, she still didn’t want Sebastian to notice anything. As such, she first glanced at Solomon before ‘realizing’ that Sebastian was there as well. To take things a step further, she even pretended to be shocked to see Sebastian there.
Solomon couldn’t believe that Sasha was still putting up an act at this point, and neither could Vivian.
As for Sebastian, he too, couldn’t 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.
“And here I thought you’ve been suffering. Guess you’ve been living well, huh?”
“Sorry?” Sasha had already calmed down, thinking that Sebastian hadn’t 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, “Y-You’re wrong. I-I have been suffering here. Nobody came to see me when I was in the hospital. If it weren’t for you, Vivian might be starving right now.”
For some reason, Sebastian didn’t buy that story, even though she thought it was the perfect excuse. He simply glanced at her coldly before he turned and left.
“Hey, where are you going, Mr. Hayes? What’s wrong? Hey, let’s talk!” Sasha chased after him without a moment’s hesitation, leaving her own daughter behind.
Whatever shall I do with her? Solomon watched as they leave and smiled bitterly, holding Vivian’s 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 Sasha’s 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.
