Demon CEO's Hidden Love: Mr Grayson Stole Me From My Abusive Husband-Chapter 155: A Nine Year Coma

Sloane raised her hand and awarded Matthew with a tight slap to the face. Rosalind tried to charge forward but her husband held her by the arm and shook his head.

"You idiot! Our Anna has an exam coming up! How is she supposed to write it in this condition?!" Sloane scolded harshly.

Her husband shook his head, "Matthew what were you thinking taking my daughter out on your motorcycle late at night?!"

Matthew tossed a glance at Anna, who sat next to Sophia, ’crying’ into her arms. He bit his cheeks and clenched his fists, then kept his head down.

"You’re not going to say anything?! You ruin your future so you want to ruin my daughter’s future too?!" Sloane raged, tears streaming down her eyes.

Laura went over to her and tried to comfort her. "Please, calm down. Anna will be fine-"

Sophia interjected. "Fine?! My granddaughter is wounded because of that bastard!"

Malcolm grunted, "They were both in the wrong, it’s unfortunate that Anna was the one who got hurt. But don’t worry, Thane’s team has developed treatments to help speed up this process. Anna will be fine."

"Typical, you’ll always cover up for your son! But that is not enough, no, this time he’ll have to compensate for what he did! He has to be punished!" Sloane insisted.

Matthew looked to his parents for help, his mother took out her phone and quickly went away to make a call.

"You’re being irrational, why should Matthew be punished? In the first place, why was Anna not home to begin with? If you knew where your daughter was, none of this would’ve-" Rosalind was saying, until Maverick stepped into the room, holding a chess board, with his grandfather in his company.

Everyone fell silent.

Matthew looked to Anna, his eyes panicked. He didn’t expect his grandfather to be around, Anna averted her eyes, pretending not to see the fear in Matthew’s .

"I can hear your shouting all the way in the patio." Zachiel stated, walking towards a chair to sit.

Maverick’s eyes scanned the room, and after a while of observing he cleared his throat and said, "Grandfather, it seems we won’t be able to have a rematch of our game."

Zachiel frowned. "Don’t let the noise bother you. No one dares to say another word while I’m here."

Maverick shook his head as he held his grandfather sit. "I mean that it may be time for me to redeem my reward for winning the last game."

Rosalind returned with a disheartened expression, she had tried calling Thane but he refused to come help

Zachiel took a glance around the room, then let out a sigh.

"For you Maverick, I’ll give you what you ask for. So tell me," he straightened his back and flattened his lips into a thin lipped smile. "How shall I reward you?"

"Mr Reginald, thank you so much for your generous donation to our hospital’s charity organization." One of the hospital’s board members said.

Julian smiled. "Of course. I always want to help the underprivileged as much as I can."

"That’s very admirable of you sir. In fact, our director, Maverick Grayson had wanted to meet with you, but he left early to handle private matters."

"Another Grayson." Julian thought aloud.

"What was that?" The other man asked, drawing Julian out of his thoughts.

"Ah, nothing. I’ll see you at the next auction, I hope?" Julian asked, switching the conversation topic.

The board member smiled, "Of course, Mr Reginald." he said then took his leave.

Once he left, a nurse approached Julian. "Mr Reginald, Madam Susan is around."

At the mention of his sister he went with the nurse to a VIP hospital room. The nurse pushed the door open, to reveal a woman in her forties, wearing white pearls on her neck and wrists, perched bedside to an unconscious man.

He looked no older than twenty eight, and seemed to be in a coma.

"Susan." Julian called out.

His sister abruptly got up and marched furiously towards her older brother.

"What are you doing here?!" she snapped at him.

The nurse quietly slipped out of the hospital room, refusing to experience another of the siblings heated arguments. ƒreewebɳovel.com

"Kayden is my son, I have every right to be here." He asserted.

She hissed, "You lost rights to this boy when you abandoned your family and went to another country."

Julian’s frown softened. "Susan, you know that if I could turn back time I would. I wasn’t in a right frame of mind-"

"You abandoned your fiancé Lisa and Kayden and hooked up with some barmaid!" Susan barked at him, "I was the one who stayed back and took care of them both in your absence."

Julian looked over her shoulder at Kayden, he sighed and dropped his shoulders. "You and I both know that I would’ve never left if I knew Lisa was pregnant back then, I wouldn’t have called off the engagement or went abroad."

"I’m not proud of turning to alcohol and leaving you all behind when it mattered, it’s something I’ll regret for the rest of my life." Julian said, pain laded in his words.

"But now that I’m still here, I’ll spend as much time as possible making amends."

Susan hissed, "Tell that to Lisa’s grave. Do you know how much trauma Kayden must’ve gone through to watch his mother die in his arms?"

Julian closed his eyes. The car accident. The one that killed Lisa and the one that left Kayden in a coma for over nine years.

"You think that what you’re doing will lessen your guilt. Giving away to charity and throwing money to strangers in need." She sniffled, "Don’t worry brother, I’ll be here to remind you everyday of how you left us, left the business. So your guilt never vanishes from your life." She said meaning every word.

Julian’s eyes watered, he wanted to beg, just like he had been doing for two decades, but he knew that Susan would never forgive him.

So, he turned to leave. But not without saying, "I won’t screw up anymore Susan. All my loose ends, I’ll tie them up."

"Julian, what the hell are you-"

He cut her off, "It’s funny. How history repeats itself." he inhaled sharply then said in an exhale, "The barmaid I got married to, she had a daughter."

"What?" Susan gasped..

Julian looked at Kayden and said, "Kayden has a sister."