I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 235

A guard led the way, ensuring completely unimpeded access.

Inside the inpatient building, nurses saw her and immediately stepped aside.

The elevator doors were already open, with someone holding the button to wait for her.

"Ms. Sterling, right this way."

She stepped inside.

The doors slid shut.

"Your father has been transferred to the VIP suite. The specialist team arranged by Mr. Hayes is currently in consultation."

Sienna said nothing.

The VIP suites were on the twelfth floor.

The entire floor was eerily quiet. Thick carpeting lined the hallway, absorbing every footstep.

Three nurses at the station stood up when they saw her, offering polite bows.

"Ms. Sterling."

An invisible boulder pressed down on Sienna's chest, making it hard to breathe.

When the door to the suite opened, her mother, Lydia, was lounging on the sofa.

A plush leather sofa. A coffee table adorned with fresh fruit platters and expensive floral arrangements.

The suite had a private bathroom, a massive flat-screen TV, and a stocked mini-fridge.

Her father, George, lay in the bed, hooked up to several IV lines, but his complexion was healthy, his breathing steady, and the vitals on the monitor were perfectly normal.

"Mom."

Lydia sprang from the sofa and grabbed her hands tightly.

"You're finally here!" Tears still clung to her eyelashes, but a massive grin split her face.

"Look at this, look at this room! It's nicer than our entire house! Mr. Hayes is truly incredible!"

Sienna didn't respond.

She walked to the bedside and gazed down at her father.

She picked up the medical chart and reviewed it.

Lydia rambled on beside her.

"When your dad collapsed, he was fading fast. Thank God for Mr. Hayes. It was the medical team he brought that saved him."

"So what if you owe him? He's willing to help, which means he values you. Just accept it! Playing coy will only make you look like a joke!" Lydia sank back onto the sofa and crossed her legs. "Besides, this Mr. Hayes is your boyfriend, isn't he? You're dating someone and you didn't even tell us?"

Sienna's fingers curled into tight fists.

"No, he isn't. Stop talking nonsense."

Lydia ignored her completely, plowing ahead with her delusions.

"Mr. Hayes already sent someone to tell me he's handling Noah's situation too. Listen, he's been extremely helpful, but he hasn't shown his face to meet his future mother-in-law yet. Call him and tell him to come see me. I want to see what this future son-in-law looks like."

"I said, he isn't!" Sienna's voice sharply rose, the volcanic fury she had suppressed the entire trip finally erupting.

"He is not my boyfriend! Could you stop throwing yourself at every rich man you hear about?"

Lydia was momentarily stunned, but then she exploded with terrifying ferocity, determined to beat Sienna into submission.

"You dare scream at me?! Sienna, I am your mother! I birthed you, I raised you, do you have no soul?!"

Sienna gritted her teeth, her chest heaving heavily.

She said nothing.

Because she knew the moment she opened her mouth, she would say something far more devastating.