Pursuing Her

Chapter 585

Tristan's expression changed after hearing what Felix had to say.

Frankly, Tristan had never been this afraid before. The incident seemed to lead back to those men from Anglandur.

Now that Sophie was involved, it was going to be dangerous for her too.

“I'm going to take a look!” Tristan did not care about anything else now. All he wanted was to be by her side.

Regardless of what happened, nothing mattered as long as they were together.

However, Felix held Tristan back.

“Mr. Tristan, you shouldn't be hasty. I don't think the matter is that simple. Central Hospital is now under lockdown. Nobody is allowed to enter or leave.”

Even if Tristan went there now, he was not going to be of help.

In fact, he was only going to be endangering himself.

“No! I have to get Sophie back!” At the moment, there was nothing else on Tristan's mind but Sophie.

Arius being there is enough. After all, Sophie is just a first-year student. What can she do? How could he enlist Sophie's help in something so dangerous?

After this ordeal was over, Tristan was determined to teach Arius a lesson.

“Mr. Tristan, there's no way you can enter right now. Even if you do manage somehow, Sophie may not come with you!” said Felix hurriedly.

After all, Felix had known Sophie for quite some time. As such, he was rather familiar with her personality.

Sophie seemed stoic on the outside, but she was generally a very principled person. Otherwise, she would not have studied medicine.

Tristan, however, was getting quite anxious.

“I need eyes on the situation at all times,” said Tristan. He did not know what he was going to do if something happened to Sophie.

Suddenly, a phone call from Yale interrupted their conversation.

When Tristan noticed the caller ID, he did not wish to answer the phone. However, he relented when he thought of Josiah.

“Mr. Tristan, have you been able to get a hold of Sophie? I fear that Old Mr. Tanner can't hold on for much longer,” whispered Yale. Sobbing sounds could be heard from where Yale was.

When Tristan heard this, he could feel panic flood his heart.

What?

Why does it have to be now, of all times?

“Where are you now? I'll rush over right away,” replied Tristan. With Sophie unavailable, he was the only person left who could deal with this.

Immediately, Tristan got up and grabbed his coat.

“Mr. Tristan, where are you going? Has something happened?” asked Felix, getting up as well.

“Something has happened to Old Mr. Tanner.”

This time, it was Felix's turn to be anxious.

Why did this have to happen now? When it rains, it really does pour.

Sophie is still busy at Central Hospital. If anything were to happen to Old Mr. Tanner, how is she going to react when she is finally able to leave?

Tristan immediately drove to the hospital Yale mentioned at top speed. Yale was already waiting outside. When he saw that Tristan had arrived without Sophie, he couldn't help but ask, “Where's Sophie? What the hell is she so busy with? Her grandfather isn't doing too well right now. How could she be absent at such a critical period?”

All Josiah wanted was to see Sophie one last time.

If Sophie did not show up, they feared he would not have the opportunity to meet his granddaughter again.

Tristan ignored the outburst. Instead, he walked inside on his own. When Morgan noticed him, he said, “Mr. Tristan, where is Ms. Tanner? I think Old Mr. Tanner isn't going to make it. All he wants is to meet her one last time!”

“Are the doctors in?” asked Tristan, not mincing words.

“The doctors are inside, but I don't think there's anything much they can do now.” After all, Josiah was very old. There was nothing one could do to change that fact.

That being said, they could at least fulfill his dying wish!

“Unfortunately, Sophie has urgent matters to attend to and cannot leave,” replied Tristan with some difficulty. He knew just how much Sophie loved her grandfather.

If she knew this was happening, she was definitely going to drop everything and rush over.

However, she could not even leave.

“Is that so?”

Morgan said nothing else. Given how dire the situation was, there was nothing anyone could do at this point.

Willow could not help but glance over when she heard what Tristan said.

“Grandpa has always treated her well, but now that he isn't doing so good, she can't even show her face?” said Willow coldly. She then looked at her parents and added, “Do you think she'll still give a damn about us after Grandpa is gone?”

Willow did not particularly care about Josiah dying. Instead, all she hoped was that Sophie would leave Tanner Group.

“How could you say such things at a time like this, Willow? What matters now is your Grandpa,” chided Yale. He did not wish to hear such things now.

When it came down to it, the person on his deathbed right now was still Yale's father. This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Hence, Yale was not in the mood to hear something so outrageous coming from Willow's lips.

“Dad, I'm upset too! But you can't keep behaving this way. If you don't wrest control of Tanner Group now, then we'll be left with nothing!” said Willow indignantly. “Sophie is a heartless person! She doesn't care if anyone else lives or dies!”

Even Charmaine thought that Willow made sense.

“Even before, she barely cared about us. Once the old man is gone, do you think she'll care about us at all?” asked Charmaine accusatorily.

Yale could feel his temples throbbing from the commotion.

However, he also felt that there was nothing wrong with what they pointed out.

“Then what do you propose we do?” asked Yale.

“Tanner Group belongs to Grandpa still. Sophie is merely an escrow he appointed. If Grandpa can will the company to Dad, wouldn't it solve all our problems?”

If this happened, Willow was going to be the undisputed heiress to the Tanner family fortune.

As things stood, she would not have gotten the chance otherwise. How else was she going to marry into a wealthy family?

Yale was also not happy at his current position in Tanner Group, to begin with. When he heard the opinions of both his wife and daughter, he started to have doubts.

“Dad, stop hesitating. If this continues, then Sophie will kick us out of the mansion. We'll become the laughingstock of Jipsdale!” Willow knew that Yale was wavering and continued to urge him.

“All right! I know what must be done. We'll ask the lawyers to handle this!” said Yale resolutely. Tanner Group should have belonged to him in the first place.

Yale could see nothing wrong in making such a claim.

Willow and Charmaine shared a look, relieved that things were going in the right direction for them.

Tanner Group was currently thriving.

If they could obtain the company, that would only further cement their chances of being a part of the

upper echelons of society.

Tristan had gone to find out about Josiah's prognosis, but the lead doctor merely shook his head.

“He really wishes to see this Sophie person. I think you should quickly send for her and bring her here. It's likely the last he'll see of her,” said the doctor morosely. Even if the heavens chose to intervene, there was nothing they could do to turn back time.

“Is there nothing that can be done?” urged Tristan. Sophie was currently researching the virus with Arius at Central Hospital. There was no way she could just drop everything and leave.

The doctor could only shake his head once more.

“We've exhausted all available options, but nothing has worked.” Even the doctors were powerless to do anything at this stage.

“Can you keep him going for just a little longer?” No matter what the cost was, Tristan was determined to let Sophie see her grandfather one last time.