CHAPTER 255: CHAPTER 255: SILAS HAWTHORNE’S REVENGE

"Go rest, I’m fine." Serena said, her voice still hoarse.

Silas Hawthorne held the hand that touched his cheek.

"I want to stay with you," he said.

Serena looked at his gentle face, unable to refuse.

"Knock, knock!"

At this moment, the bedroom door was knocked on.

Mrs. Walsh came in.

"Miss Seraphina wants to see Miss Sheridan," Mrs. Walsh said, looking worriedly at Serena.

"Miss Sheridan, you..." Mrs. Walsh started, but didn’t know how to continue.

Afraid of saying something wrong that might trigger bad memories for Serena.

Serena understood Mrs. Walsh’s worry. She didn’t say much but said, "Let her in, I’m okay now."

Serena tidied up her pajamas.

She noticed that her pajamas had been changed again. She glanced at Silas but didn’t say anything.

"The doctor visited and applied some medicine," Silas noticed her gaze. Last night she woke up drenched in sweat several times, and it was naturally him who changed her clothes.

But he didn’t wish to mention this and instead said, "The wound might itch as it heals, don’t scratch it randomly. Once it heals, there won’t be any scars."

Serena nodded.

The wound on her wrist was already bandaged, and the scars on her neck were covered by a scarf that Silas had put on for her.

Seraphina came in.

"Aunt Winters!" Seraphina ran over to her bedside.

"Seraphina," Serena smiled and gently touched Seraphina’s face.

Seraphina noticed the bandage on Serena’s wrist and blew on it gently while holding her hand.

"Aunt Winters, does it hurt?" Seraphina’s eyes turned red.

Serena kissed Seraphina’s forehead, "With you here blowing on it, it doesn’t hurt anymore."

"Aunt Winters, boohoo..."

Silas sat aside watching the two, and Mrs. Walsh knocked on the door again. Silas walked over as Mrs. Walsh informed him Shayla Randall had arrived.

Silas nodded.

Seraphina went to school.

Shayla came to treat Serena, and Silas left to give them privacy.

Moreover, Silas’s eyes narrowed dangerously.

He had some things to take care of!

...

That day, two and a third of the three giants in Aeston didn’t go to their companies.

In fact, they were missing with no trace.

This was very strange.

The Hawthorne Group and Ford Group were still okay. They might just have something coincidental going on, but the Lawson Corporation had just launched a new product and Julian Lawson hadn’t been around, which was peculiar.

Now it was Old Master Lawson holding the fort.

Over at the Hawthorne Group, matters were handed over to Orion and June. Silas was nowhere to be seen.

A third of the Ford Group, Ford Entertainment, Jasper Ford was also missing, leaving affairs temporarily to his most trusted subordinates.

People within these companies, who knew each other privately, were all buzzing with discussions.

"What happened? Why are none of the bosses around, where have they all gone?"

"I don’t know. There’s been no news at all!"

"Has some major event occurred? This has never happened in all these years."

"Quick, go find out..."

...

Meanwhile, at the center of discussions, Julian Lawson was currently lying in a hospital, with Silas and Jasper Ford rushing towards the hospital.

Jasper had almost exploded with frustration upon hearing the news that morning.

He first went to Hawthorne Manor to find Silas and from a distance saw Serena.

Now, the two were in Silas’s car, heading towards the hospital where Julian was.

Silas recounted everything he knew, then said, "What was said before I got there is known only to the two of them. Serena’s not in a good state, and I didn’t dare ask her."

"Bang!"

Jasper punched the car door, nearly grinding his teeth to pieces.

His eyes were full of anger and hatred.

"How dare he do this!" Jasper was furious. He had always thought that Julian Lawson, as he recently showed, was regretful.

If he was regretful and had feelings, he shouldn’t hurt Serena.

But Julian Lawson did just that!

"I think..." Silas lowered his eyes slightly, "It must be that Julian Lawson lost his mind after finding out I was living with Serena."

After a brief pause, he continued, "But that’s no reason for him to hurt Serena!"

Jasper paused at Silas’s mention of living together, but said nothing.

He also understood that Serena had agreed to an engagement, so living together was inevitable.

"That bastard Julian!" Jasper cursed angrily, then glanced at Silas with slight hesitation and doubt.

"When you got there, did he..."

Jasper didn’t finish, but Silas understood his meaning.

"No," Silas said seriously, "I’m not lying. He didn’t succeed."

At that time, Julian had made a mess of Serena, even undoing his belt, but Silas had kicked Julian off the bed just in time, preventing him from taking the final step.

These details were unnecessary for Jasper to know.

Jasper breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness," he murmured softly, "If it had gotten that far, I can’t imagine what would have happened to Serena..."

Silas glanced at Jasper beside him.

Even without reaching that point, Serena was in a bad condition.

Silas said nothing further as the car sped towards the hospital.

Julian was alone on the hospital bed at this moment.

The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant as he stared at the pale ceiling.

His mind was replaying his actions from the day before.

Serena’s tragic and pitiful appearance kept resurfacing in his mind.

Overcome by jealousy, he lost his senses.

"Bang!"

The hospital room door was suddenly flung open.

Jasper and Silas stood at the door with one filled with rage and the other with an icy killing intent.

"Julian!" Jasper stormed over, grabbing Julian’s collar and punched him on the face and body.

"You."

"This."

"Shameless, despicable."

"Damned, beast!"

With every phrase Jasper uttered, he hit Julian harder.

Silas didn’t join in; he merely closed the hospital door quietly behind them.

He stood there watching, observing as Jasper caused Julian’s freshly bandaged wounds to bleed again.

Yesterday, he had his people give Julian a harsh beating.

They mentioned that after Silas left, Julian still tried to get up to stop them until they knocked him out cold.

Silas had considered calling the police.

But under the current circumstances, the surveillance could only show Julian forcibly taking Serena away. There was no evidence from inside the apartment.

The injuries on Serena, aside from the wrist and the bite mark on her chest, were self-inflicted while she was out of her mind.

And since the final act hadn’t occurred, no DNA evidence was left behind in her body.

Moreover, the media’s obsessive coverage on them posed a threat; it could cause secondary harm to Serena.

So... he decided to handle this matter himself.

After Jasper finished venting his anger, Julian lay upon the hospital bed like a broken doll.

Silas stepped forward and said to Jasper, "I need to talk to him."

Jasper understood Silas’s implication, nodded, and exited, closing the door behind him.

Inside the room, only Silas and Julian remained.

Silas looked down at Julian condescendingly, his eyes cold.

"Does it hurt?" Silas asked coldly.

Julian gritted his teeth, glaring at Silas but staying silent.

"Not speaking?" Silas repeated.

Julian still said nothing.

Silas sneered, picking up a nearby chair and smashing it into Julian’s shin.

A "crack" sound echoed.

"Ah!"

"I asked you, does it hurt?" Silas’s expression remained unchanged, coldly questioning.