She got onto the elevator and pressed 17.
“What a feast.”
John furrowed his brow as he watched
Robyn lay all the food out in front of him. “You didn’t have to. It must’ve been exhausting making this much food.
Besides, my injury isn’t even that serious. I don’t need this much food for energy.”
He shot his sister a sharp look and added, “Don’t do this again in the future, understand?”
Robyn sighed and replied, “I didn’t make all this. I was downstairs just now, and a rich woman knocked me over and spilled the food I made. She felt bad about it, so she bought me all this food from the restaurant across the street.”
She handed John his cutlery. “She didn’t even bat an eye when buying all this food. You’d better eat. I wouldn’t have made you this much food anyway, so enjoy it while you can.”
John pursed his lips and was silent for a moment. Finally, he placed a salad in front of himself and pushed the rest of the food away. “Take these home and give them to Anne. I’ll just have this.”
Robyn sighed at this. “Just eat. I won’t keep this food from Anne.”
She glanced at John’s bandaged shoulder and said, “Anne is such a pushover. She shouldn’t have let you go out there last night. If I had known, I would’ve stopped you from even leaving the house. Well, not only did you fail to get the money, but you got yourself injured instead. The daughter of the man you saved didn’t even bother coming to thank you, so what was the point?
“Anne asked me how you were doing before I left the house, and I didn’t even dare to tell her the truth. All I said was you had sustained some scratches here and there.”
With that, she could not help adding rather defiantly, “Didn’t you say that the man you saved is rich? Well, why didn’t he do anything to reward you for saving him? Even all those innocent neighbors got some money in compensation for last night, so why didn’t you get anything?”
“It’s okay. I didn’t save him for his money.”
John smiled as he reached out to take the cutlery from Robyn.
He had been wondering the same thing as Robyn was, but truth be told, he did not regret his decision at all. Although he had gone there for the money in the first place, it had not been his motivation when he leaped in front of the bullet.
He had done it without even thinking. Even if he turned back time, he would still save that man without hesitation.
Robyn sighed and shot him a rather helpless look. “But John …will you even be able to attend the public bid in your current state?”
John turned pale at this. A split second later, he grinned at Robyn and said, “Of course I can. Only my shoulder is hurt, not my brain, so I’ll still be able to work as usual and prepare for the bid. Don’t worry. Just take care of Anne and Sammie, and I’ll do the rest.”
With that, he glanced meaningfully at Robyn and said,”
However…l need you to pretend you’re sick.”
Robyn used to be a nurse and had some connections from switch out all the information in Anne’s health records and make it her own.
That way, every time Anne got admitted or required surgery, it would be under Robyn’s name.
After all, Anne was already certified as dead, and this was the reason John had to go into hiding. The only way he could get Anne treated was if he registered her under Robyn’s name.
Although it was against the law, this was the only way to keep up his charade.
After what happened with Jacqueline, he was certain that important Anne was to Bethan.
If they found out Anne was still alive, they would surely hunt her down.
The night before, John had lied to Tara by saying that he needed money for his sister’s surgery to win some brownie points. If Tara were to investigate this, he would need Robyn to play along with his act.
Robyn nodded when she heard John’s explanation. “Okay.”
She had done worse to help John and Anne; pretending to be sick was no big deal.
All of a sudden, someone knocked on the door. “Sir, I’m Tara Moore. I came to visit you. Can I come in?”
John and Robyn froze when they heard this voice. They exchanged a glance, and John gave her a meaningful look.
Robyn understood immediately and started pretending to be frail as she got up to open the door, letting out a feeble cough for good measure. “Hello.”
Tara frowned when she saw her. She glanced first at Robyn, then at John, who was sitting on the bed, eating his lunch.”
You are…”
“She’s my sister. The one I told you about last night,”
John replied, turning to look at Tara. “What a surprise, Miss Moore, n
“You’re his sister?”
Tara frowned as she gave the woman in front of her a once-over. Her face was etched with disappointment.
She had seen Anne’s photos before, and this was not the same woman.
Could John have been telling the truth all along?
At the thought of this, Tara snuck another glance at Robyn.
Robyn was a little uneasy at being scrutinized like this. She sheepishly laughed and said, “Nice to meet you, Miss
Moore. I’m John’s sister, Robyn.”
With that, she extended her hand to Tara.
Tara frowned as she shook Robyn’s hand. “I hear you’re sick? N
Robyn’s hand stiffened. She forgot all about John’s instructions!
She smiled, trying to remain as calm as she could. “Yes. I contracted some weird disease that’s making all the organs in my body fail gradually, and I need surgery to live.”
With that, she turned to shoot John a rather accusing look.”
Did you tell everyone? Didn’t I say not to reveal too much about my illness?”
John chuckled. “Well, Miss Moore is bound to find out anyway as we’ll be working together very soon.”
Tara was a little bothered by this. Brettley had sent her over to John and pry more about his personal life, so how was she supposed to do this?
Was she going to tell Brettley that John was working very hard for his and his sister’s future? Or was she going to tell him that John and Robyn’s interactions were too intimate to be considered siblings?
At the thought of this, Tara paused, then glanced first at John, then at Robyn. “You two don’t look alike.”
“Of course we don’t.”
Robyn smiled. “We’re not related by blood. I was adopted by John’s parents as a child and returned to my birth parents as a teenager. John and I had lost touch for many years and only recently reconnected when he came to Sharnwick City.”
Robyn was just telling the truth, but for some reason, Tara took it the wrong way.
She could not believe that after his wife died, John would go to Sharnwick City to live with his adoptive sister. Not only that, but he was even so desperate to help Robyn that he was willing to put himself out there and even suffered an injury as a result.
Tara could not help feeling that this was not normal.
Of course, not every brother who lived with his sister was not normal, but…
John had recently lost his wife, and Robyn was single. Not to mention that they were not biologically related…
This was far more complicated than one would expect.
At the thought of this, Tara frowned and glanced again at the man before her. She could not help feeling a little distaste toward John.
His wife had just died not long ago, yet he was living with another woman at the moment. He appeared to be enjoying each other’s company very much, too.
Was there not a single ounce of guilt in him?
John sensed Tara’s judgmental look and let out an awkward cough. He turned to stare at Tara. “Why are you here to visit me, Miss Moore?”
Tara scoffed, then placed the fruit basket she had brought on the table. “You saved an old man last night, didn’t you?”
John paused momentarily, then nodded.
“Well, he’s a relative of mine,”
Tara explained. “I’m here to visit you on behalf of him.”
John sat up in his bed at the mention of the man. He then stared at Tara with a frown. “Is he okay? Unfortunately, I passed out not long after the gunshot incident, so I didn’t know what happened to him last night. I do remember that some of your men arrived just in time… Is he okay now?”
Although the old man’s impulsivity cost him a gunshot wound, he could understand the man’s point of view. After being trapped for so many days, it was no surprise he would be utterly depleted and anxious to leave.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.