The Bound Between Us

Chapter 858

Sean was honestly scared Sandy was heading straight for disaster. "Sandy, don't keep picking fights with Elysian Technologies. If you cross Herman, life's just going to get harder for us. We don't have to keep hounding him, you know. Or... are you still hung up on him?" he urged.

Inside, Sandy was restless and unwilling to let go. She was never one to give up on something she wanted.

"Sean, you don't need to come to the office anymore," she said, her voice cool and dismissive, wanting to push him out of the picture.

Sean saw right through her.

A sharp ache hit him. "Sandy, do whatever you want. I'm your brother, but if I can't talk you out of this, I won't say another word." His words were heavy, edged with disappointment.

He'd always tried his best for Sandy, but she'd never really treated him like a brother. The kind, gentle sister he remembered seemed to have vanished after her hospital stay.

Sean's health was failing anyway. He'd never been cut out for business, so he let it all go. He told everyone he was out, but deep down, he still worried about Sandy. When Ashley noticed Sean had stepped back, he took the blame on himself, refusing to let her criticize Sandy.

Lately, Sean's hair had gone noticeably gray, and to keep people from noticing, he started dyeing it.

Donating bone marrow had really taken a toll on him. When he went for a check- up, the doctor told him his body-supposedly in its twenties-looked like someone twice his age.

Sitting by himself on the hospital steps, report in hand, Sean-always so strong- found himself hiding tears.

for a second, but he was still afraid of dying. That fear was

her next move, figuring

Floradale, she was surrounded by traces of Herman—his old coffee mug on the kitchen counter, his favorite jacket still by the door. Each reminder stirred

when Herman lost his memory, not keeping things tighter under wraps. If she had, he'd

gone, and Sandy had let the housekeeper at Villa Floradale go as

hashing out

of it now-Herman was the only

of them knowing what the other meant before the words were even out. She was convinced: she was the only one who

it left Sandy restless. The feelings she'd been suppressing bubbled up. She grabbed her phone, and, letting her jealousy get the best of her sent a taunting message to Anastasia: Herman's such agentle guy. He couldn't help what happened-he lost his memory.

dripped

Riverdale.

had just stepped out of the nursery when her phone chimed.

message

happened"? That was enough to set anyone's imagination

exactly had

Anastasia knew Sandy wasn't

Floradale as her boyfriend. Even Tavon had