The Bound Between Us

Chapter 767

Melody stepped into the hallway and spotted Rowan at the far end, leaning casually against the wall with a cigarette in hand. She approached him, "Mrs. Salstrom wants to see you."

Rowan took a final drag, flicked the cigarette out the window, and stuffed his hands into his pockets as he headed towards the hospital room.

"Hey, Rowan," Melody called out, “If I hadn't come with you, would you still have brought Mrs. Salstrom here? You like her, don't you?"

It was their first meeting, but Rowan's rugged good looks were hard to miss. Melody, having met her fair share of men, noticed the way he looked at Anastasia —a look that showed he cared.

Rowan turned, his gaze sharp. "Mind your own business," he snapped.

He didn't owe an explanation to someone he barely knew.

Melody felt a chill run down her spine under his intense gaze. She'd only seen such intensity once before-in Herman's eyes.

She wisely decided to drop the subject.

hospital room. It was late, well past two in the morning. Anastasia was on the phone with

stitches and had called Anastasia as soon as he could. Only then did she find out about

memory of the strange drink and Nelson's accident nagged at her. Jarod had denied any wrongdoing, but if he had spiked the drink, why would he drink

into the phone, "Focus on getting better, Nelson. Don't worry about anything

mild concussion and needed stitches, requiring a

Mrs. Salstrom," Nelson replied. "I'll head to

mention the situation to Nelson. "Don't worry about it. Just get

called Henry. She noticed Rowan had come in

sat quietly,

the call connected, Anastasia instructed Henry, "I need you to check out Neon Dreams. Look into the waiter who served us and find out what happened after I left.

problem," Henry assured

call and finally turned to Rowan. "You've

when things went wrong. She couldn't figure out

well, he thought. Her quick thinking showed