To Love a Shadow To Be the Sun novel Chapter 364

"You dare defy me!" Fiona shrieked. "You are out of control! You are…"

Elara returned to Ryan's side, cutting her off. "Wouldn't it be easier to just be a decent human being? Anyone who knows the situation would assume you're just going through menopause, but strangers might think you're some ancient demon escaped from a dusty old mansion. You belong in a museum."

"You… you…" Fiona swayed, on the verge of fainting. Pearl quickly stepped aside to avoid being caught in her fall.

"Let's go. We're going to the hospital."

Elara grabbed Ryan and left. The butler rushed to support Fiona.

Pearl went to the front yard and called Zane. The phone rang for a long time before he answered.

"Zane…" she began, her voice already thick with tears. "I was so scared."

"What happened?" Zane asked in a low voice.

"It was Miss Jules. She came to Lawrence Manor and provoked Mrs. Lawrence. When Mrs. Lawrence tried to discipline that bastard son, Miss Jules defended him and even attacked Mrs. Lawrence! Mrs. Lawrence nearly fainted from the shock. And then, she just left with him, not caring about anyone else, and drove him to the hospital herself."

But Zane didn't ask which hospital they had gone to. Instead, he said, "You are a guest in our home. It's best if you don't get involved in Lawrence family matters."

The blunt warning caught Pearl off guard. She realized she might have been too eager and had annoyed him. Unwilling to give up, she changed her tone, probing gently. "Zane, I'm not trying to cause trouble. I'm just worried because I know you and Miss Jules are close. If she keeps acting so recklessly, it could cause problems for you."

"What's the situation with the Grove family?" Elara asked.

"The Grove family from Capital City?" Ryan thought for a moment. "They're very private. Victor Lawrence rarely mentions them, so I don't know much. But it's strange—they hold a special status in the Lawrence family. They're treated like honored guests, and even my Uncle Zane has to show them deference."

"Look into it," Elara said.

Zane arrived at the hospital just as the doctor was finishing treating Ryan's back. The skin was delicate and hadn't been subjected to such treatment in years. Though the whip hadn't broken the skin, the red welt was angry and raw.

Elara handed him his shirt, her fingers gently brushing across his back, her eyes filled with undisguised sympathy.