Reborn Heiress: Taking Back What Is Rightfully Hers!-Chapter 710 - 14344

Old Mr. Langston scanned the message—and his expression immediately darkened.

"So this is connected to you?" he demanded coldly.

Aurora shook her head.

"I don’t know what’s going on either.

But right now, I need to see him."

She paused, her voice turning sharper.

"If I don’t follow the instructions in that message,

I could be putting myself in danger too."

Old Mr. Langston stared at her for a long moment.

Something about her unsettled him.

Unlike the others who approached him—with their ingratiating smiles, their cautious flattery—

Aurora stood there, straight-backed and steady, like a proud bamboo stalk in the snow.

Calm.

Unyielding.

"Tobias," Old Mr. Langston barked,

"come here.

Escort Miss Wilson to see the young master."

The message had made him realize—

he couldn’t afford to be stubborn anymore.

Maybe this girl really could help.

Maybe that was why Everett had fallen for her in the first place.

Old Mr. Langston suddenly felt a sliver of hope—and curiosity.

He wanted to see just how far Aurora would go.

If she proved herself now, maybe, just maybe, he wouldn’t stand in their way any longer.

⸻

Aurora exhaled quietly, a tight knot in her chest loosening slightly.

She reclaimed her phone from the table where Old Mr. Langston had dropped it.

Her fingers trembled slightly as she opened the message again.

"Miss Aurora, your boyfriend Everett has ingested a special drug I created.

He will remain asleep indefinitely.

If you obey my instructions, I will give you the antidote."

Aurora’s heart clenched.

She racked her brain.

Had she ever wronged someone so dangerous?

No.

She had no enemies like that.

Which meant—

this had to be about old grudges.

Maybe tied to family, maybe tied to Everett.

But why involve her?

Aurora’s mind spun in turmoil.

What did the sender really want from her?

Was it her body?

Would she have to sacrifice herself to save Everett?

If she did—

Everett would never forgive her.

But if she didn’t...

Would she just let him sleep forever?

She couldn’t.

She wouldn’t be that cruel.

⸻

Old Mr. Langston, simmering with rage, stormed upstairs without another word.

Tobias quickly arrived to escort Aurora to the hospital.

Everett’s coma hadn’t been made public yet.

The Y City Central Hospital had close ties to the Adams family—

no doctor or nurse would dare risk their career by leaking the information.

Anyone foolish enough to betray them would be ruined.

⸻

Aurora followed Tobias into the hospital.

They rode the VIP elevator up, and Aurora’s heart pounded in her chest.

If Tobias was taking her to the hospital...

then that message had been true.

Everett really was unconscious.

Aurora stayed silent.

It wasn’t the time to ask questions yet.

She would wait until they reached the private ward.

⸻

The hallways were filled with the faint scent of disinfectant.

Everything was bright and immaculately clean—the floors, the walls, even the stern-faced nurses who passed by.

Aurora’s heart raced wildly as they drew closer to Everett’s room.

⸻

When they finally entered—

The ward was bright and spotless.

The VIP rooms had larger, more comfortable beds, designed to give patients the best possible rest.

And there, lying motionless on the bed—

Was Everett.

Everett’s complexion looked normal,

his breathing steady, his chest gently rising and falling with each breath.

His handsome features remained as breathtaking as ever,

yet to Aurora, the air felt suffocating.

⸻

"The young master has been unconscious since he collapsed five days ago," Tobias said quietly.

"It was Gianna who drugged him.

She was jealous of you.

She secretly loved the young master—and she couldn’t bear to let him return to Country S to see you."

Aurora’s brows furrowed.

She cursed under her breath, furious.

"How stupid! Even without me, Everett would never have looked at her!"

"You’re absolutely right," Tobias agreed.

"The young master always disliked her—actually, he outright despised her.

None of us expected she would stoop so low as to poison him...

The person who sent Gianna the drug told her Everett would just sleep for seven days.

But now..."

Tobias’s voice grew graver.

"We can’t find that mysterious sender anymore.

It’s like he’s vanished into thin air."

Aurora lifted her phone.

"Someone just texted me.

Maybe you can trace it?"

Tobias took the phone and stepped outside to investigate.

⸻

Left alone, Aurora sat quietly by Everett’s bedside.

The room was so silent,

so still,

that she could hear her own heartbeat echoing in her ears.

She stared at Everett’s face, unmoving,

then slowly reached out a trembling hand and brushed his chiseled features.

⸻

"Everett," she whispered, her voice cracking slightly,

"I’m here.

Can you open your eyes and look at me?"

He lay there, still and silent, like a man lost in an endless dream.

Aurora’s vision blurred with tears.

⸻

"When you didn’t call me," she murmured,

"I knew something had happened.

Because you... you would never just go cold on me."

Her fingers tightened around his large, slightly warm hand.

Compared to her own, his hand was almost a third bigger.

Lowering her head, Aurora gently kissed the back of his hand.

⸻

"You always wanted me by your side,

always wished for me to love you...

Well, I’m here now.

Can you fight a little harder?

Can you try—just try—to wake up?"

⸻

Her long eyelashes trembled as she bent over him.

A few sparkling tears fell onto his hand,

sliding down slowly along the slope of his skin.

Aurora clung to the sight of his beautiful face.

But Everett’s eyes remained tightly closed, unmoved by her pleas.

⸻

Her heart twisted with unbearable pain.

She thought of that scene he had once filmed—the one where he was in a car crash.

Had that been a terrible omen?

Was this fate mocking them?

Just as she had finally realized her true feelings for him—

he slipped into this endless slumber.

Why?

Why now?

ly would have to follow that stranger’s demands to get the antidote—to save him.

⸻

Just as Aurora was about to pull away,

the door suddenly creaked open.

Startled, she jerked upright, her face flushing a vivid pink.

⸻

Tobias stood in the doorway, momentarily stunned.

He almost laughed—

Aurora had just secretly kissed the young master.

But given the seriousness of the situation, he quickly regained his composure.

⸻

"I’m sorry, Miss Wilson," Tobias said, stepping inside.

"That number was a disposable line.

We tried to trace it—but there’s no way to contact them."

He handed the phone back to her gently.