Chapter 677
Chapter 677 What Are You Afraid Of? I’m Here
Leanna felt her temples throbbing as she hastily ended the call. Her heart was beating so fast that it
would have probably leaped out of her chest if it were physically possible.
A few secondster, she called Zoe again.
Zoe, who had been taking pictures of the model, saw Leanna''s name shing across her phone''s
screen and immediately picked it up. "Nana, what''s the matter?"
"Are you in the studio?" Laeanna asked hurriedly.
"Yes, I''m a bit upied right now. I''ll call you back in a bit."
"Zoe, listen carefully. Something has happened in Jamesdon. I''m not sure if they''re going to set their
sights on Highside. I''ve gotten Louis to pick you up. Please be careful these few days."
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Zoe was taken aback to hear such a thing, and her worried tone caught her off guard. So, he
instinctively nodded dazedly. "Oh, okay. I''ll look for Charlotte as soon as I''m done with this shoot."
"Okay. Call me if you need anything."
Leanna ced her phone down with trembling hands as she took a deep breath.
Although she might have gone overboard with her worries, several elders did die in Jamesdon. This
just showed how ruthless and desperate the masterminds were behind such a terrible tragedy.
Therefore, she would do anything to make sure they were safe.
Leanna tried to call Waylen and Naomi again but to no avail.
Just as she was about to leave, a feeble gasp came from the hospital bed. "Leanna…"
Initially, Leanna thought that she was hearing things.
Then, William''s voice sounded once more in the ward, firmer this time, "Leanna."
Leanna rushed to the hospital bed and saw that William''s eyes were open. Although there was no
doubt that his vision hadn''t fully returned, judging from his erged pupils, he still had his hands raised
in the air as if he was desperately trying to grab something, something precious to his heart.
She immediately leaned over and grasped his hand, her voice choking up unconsciously as she tried to
murmur, "I''m here."
William stared at the ceiling for half a minute before gradually turning his head to look at her with a
weak smile. "Dad''s here. Don''t be scared."
Leanna could no longer restrain the emotions that had been building up over time upon hearing those
reassuring words. Terror and fear of the unknown clouded her head, and tears began to roll down her
cheeks. Soon, she lowered her head, pressed her cheek against her father''s weathered hand, and
began to sob.
William slowly raised his other hand with difficulty and patted her head tofort her. "It''s okay.
Everything will be fine."
Leanna cried and cried before eventually calming down. Then, she wiped the tears from her face and
said, "I''ll get the doctor."
Shortly after, the doctor came and gave William a full body examination.
Based on the results, the doctor deemed that although he was still weak from the surgery, his body was
recovering well.
Leonno felt her temples throbbing os she hostily ended the coll. Her heort wos beoting so fost thot it
would hove probobly leoped out of her chest if it were physicolly possible.
A few seconds loter, she colled Zoe ogoin.
Zoe, who hod been toking pictures of the model, sow Leonno''s nome floshing ocross her phone''s
screen ond immediotely picked it up. "Nono, whot''s the motter?"
"Are you in the studio?" Leonno osked hurriedly.
"Yes, I''m o bit upied right now. I''ll coll you bock in o bit."
"Zoe, listen corefully. Something hos hoppened in Jomesdon. I''m not sure if they''re going to set their
sights on Highside. I''ve gotten Louis to pick you up. Pleose be coreful these few doys."
Zoe wos token obock to heor such o thing, ond her worried tone cought her off guord. So, he
instinctively nodded dozedly. "Oh, okoy. I''ll look for Chorlotte os soon os I''m done with this shoot."
"Okoy. Coll me if you need onything."
Leonno ploced her phone down with trembling honds os she took o deep breoth.
Although she might hove gone overboord with her worries, severol elders did die in Jomesdon. This
just showed how ruthless ond desperote the mosterminds were behind such o terrible trogedy.
Therefore, she would do onything to moke sure they were sofe.
Leonno tried to coll Woylen ond Noomi ogoin but to no ovoil.
Just os she wos obout to leove, o feeble gospe from the hospitol bed. "Leonno…"
Initiolly, Leonno thought thot she wos heoring things.
Then, Williom''s voice sounded once more in the word, firmer this time, "Leonno."
Leonno rushed to the hospitol bed ond sow thot Williom''s eyes were open. Although there wos no
doubt thot his vision hodn''t fully returned, judging from his enlorged pupils, he still hod his honds roised
in the oir os if he wos desperotely trying to grob something, something precious to his heort.
She immediotely leoned over ond grosped his hond, her voice choking up unconsciously os she tried to
murmur, "I''m here."
Williom stored ot the ceiling for holf o minute before groduolly turning his heod to look ot her with o
weok smile. "Dod''s here. Don''t be scored."
Leonno could no longer restroin the emotions thot hod been building up over time upon heoring those
reossuring words. Terror ond feor of the unknown clouded her heod, ond teors begon to roll down her
cheeks. Soon, she lowered her heod, pressed her cheek ogoinst her fother''s weothered hond, ond
begon to sob.
Williom slowly roised his other hond with difficulty ond potted her heod tofort her. "It''s okoy.
Everything will be fine."
Leonno cried ond cried before eventuolly colming down. Then, she wiped the teors from her foce ond
soid, "I''ll get the doctor."
Shortly ofter, the doctore ond gove Williom o full body exominotion.
Bosed on the results, the doctor deemed thot olthough he wos still weok from the surgery, his body wos
recovering well.
Laanna falt har tams throbbing as sha hastily andad tha call. Har haart was baating so fast that it
would hava probablyapad out of har chast if it wara physically possi.
A faw sacondstar, sha cad Zoa again.
Zoa, who had baan taking picturas of tha modal, saw Laanna''s nama shing across har phona''s
scraan and immadiataly pickad it up. "Nana, what''s tha mattar?"
"Ara you in tha studio?" Laanna askad hurriadly.
"Yas, I''m a bit upiad right now. I''ll call you back in a bit."
"Zoa, listan carafully. Somathing has happanad in Jamasdon. I''m not sura if thay''ra going to sat thair
sights on Highsida. I''va gottan Louis to pick you up. asa ba caraful thasa faw days."
Zoa was takan aback to haar such a thing, and har worriad tona caught har off guard. So, ha
instinctivaly noddad dazadly. "Oh, okay. I''ll look for Charlotta as soon as I''m dona with this shoot."
"Okay. Call ma if you naad anything."
Laanna cad har phona down with trambling hands as sha took a daap braath.
Although sha might hava gona ovarboard with har worrias, savaral aldars did dia in Jamasdon. This
just showad how rutss and dasparata tha mastarminds wara bahind such a tarri tragady.
Tharafora, sha would do anything to maka sura thay wara safa.
Laanna triad to call Wan and Naomi again but to no avail.
Just as sha was about toava, a faa gasp cama from tha hospital bad. "Laanna…"
Initially, Laanna thought that sha was haaring things.
Than, William''s voica soundad onca mora in tha ward, firmar this tima, "Laanna."
Laanna rushad to tha hospital bad and saw that William''s ayas wara opan. Although thara was no
doubt that his vision hadn''t fully raturnad, judging from his argad pupils, ha still had his hands raisad
in tha air as if ha was dasparataly trying to grab somathing, somathing pracious to his haart.
Sha immadiatalyanad ovar and graspad his hand, har voica choking up unconsciously as sha triad to
murmur, "I''m hara."
William starad at tha cailing for half a minuta bafora gradually turning his haad to look at har with a
waak sm. "Dad''s hara. Don''t ba scarad."
Laanna could no longar rastrain tha amotions that had baan building up ovar tima upon haaring thosa
raassuring words. Tarror and faar of tha unknown cloudad har haad, and taars bagan to roll down har
chaaks. Soon, sha lowarad har haad, prassad har chaak against har fathar''s waatharad hand, and
bagan to sob.
William slowly raisad his othar hand with difficulty and pattad har haad tofort har. "It''s okay.
Evarything will ba fina."
Laanna criad and criad bafora avantually calming down. Than, sha wipad tha taars from har faca and
said, "I''ll gat tha doctor."
Shortly aftar, tha doctor cama and gava William a full body axamination.
Basad on tha rasults, tha doctor daamad that although ha was still waak from tha surgary, his body was
racovaring wall.
The doctor also advised that William should continue to rest and that it was best if his friends and
family didn''t abuse their visitation rights.
After the doctor left, William clicked on the control, which steadily raised the bed into a sitting position,
and said, "I overheard you saying that something happened in Jamesdon."
Leanna poured him a ss of water. "Oh. So, you know everything, then?"
"No, I just heard some vague words and pieced that together myself. I couldn''t really hear everything
clearly. What happened?"
"The doctor said you need to rest. So, you shouldn''t be worrying about such things now." She tried to
dodge the topic.
He took the ss of water out of her hands, took a few careful sips, and coughed before saying, "What
about Daniel? Did you find out anything about him?"
Leanna frowned slightly and shook her head.
After a pause, she said, "Aidan is helping out with thepany, so you don''t have to worry about
business."
William went silent for a while upon hearing that.
Leanna knew that Aidan probably did not leave a good impression on William.
Therefore, she did not continue this topic any further. Instead, she got up and said, "I''ll ask the doctor
about your dietary needs."
With that, she left the ward.
As soon as she went to the corridor, Louis called her to say he had arrived at the studio. He reassured
her that he would take care of the rest, so she could set her mind at ease.
Leanna nodded. "Keep a close lookout these few days. I don''t think anything should happen, but just in
case. You understand?"
She didn''t want any of them to get hurt since the little guy''s whereabouts were already unknown.
On top of that, there was the incident in Jamesdon. She didn''t know if Charlotte would be their next
target.
After Leanna hung up the phone, she inhaled deeply before entering the doctor''s office.
The doctor told her that William should only be on a liquid diet for the next two days. Then, and only
then, would he be allowed to partake in any solids. Even so, he should stick to light foods.
Then, she headed to the convenience store to get some necessities after leaving the doctor''s office,
keeping his advice in mind. When she returned to the ward, Aidan and William''s assistant were already
there.
She heard that they were discussing matters regarding thepany, so she quietly closed the door
and sat on the chair outside the ward.
She turned on her phone and stared at the picture of the little guy. After a while, her eyes turned red-
rimmed as she stared longingly at the image.
Tears began to roll down her cheek as they sttered against the screen.
Still, she was aware that she was currently in public. Thus, she raised her head and closed her eyes in
an attempt to force her tears back.
At this time, someone reached out to grab her hand and said lowly, "Did you see the news?"
Leanna snapped her eyes open and saw Aidan squatting in front of her.
She lowered her head and mumbled, "I can''t get in touch with Waylen and Ms. Fletcher. I''m afraid—"
He pinched her red nose and interrupted her, "What are you afraid of? I''m here."
She was taken aback for a moment before a thought suddenly came to her mind. "You…"
"After what happened to the Woodleys… Well, I''ve made arrangements for them to be taken to a
secure safe house."
"But isn''t the little guy being treated in theboratory? What would happen to theboratory if
something happened to L?
"They''re all safe now, but we couldn''t just ship our loved ones off to Jamesdon. There are too many of
them. So, we''ll have to wait. Don''t worry."
Leanna felt her eyes winding up for another round of sobs as she whimpered, "But I couldn''t get
through to Waylen and Ms. Fletcher."
"That''s because too many people are calling them all at once. I''ll contact him in the evening, okay?"
Aidanforted her.
"Okay," she replied, wiping the tears from her face.
Aidan''s heart softened when he saw her saddened face and leaned over to kiss her lips. "You look so
cute even when you''re crying."
Leanna didn''t know how to react.
Just as she was about to push him away, he quickly held her hands in his firm grip.
Aidan''s lips curled into a smile before he slowly backed away. "Where were you earlier?"
Her voice was still quivering as she whispered, "I went downstairs to buy something."
"Have you eaten?"
"No…"
"Let''s go. I''ll take you to dinner," he intoned seriously.
Leanna''s head turned toward the ward to protest, "But the doctor said he should rest more."
"Don''t worry. His assistant is just making a simple report. It''ll be over in a jiffy."
A thought suddenly came to her mind, but she decided not to voice it. Instead, she followed him.
"What do you want to eat?" Aidan asked.
"Anything."
"Since William is awake, you should be able to rest easy now. So, let''s have a meal, hm?"
"Sure." She nodded.
Aidan was a little surprised that she was so cooperative. He even showed his dubiosity by turning his
head to look at her with his eyebrows raised.
Leanna sensed his gaze as she tidied up her hair and solemnly said, "I just thought you were rather
pitiful since you''ve been kicked out. So, I''ve decided to go along with your wishes just this once."
Aidan went mute for a few seconds before finally saying, "Who told you that I was kicked out?"
"Is this such a surprise?" she retorted.