Chapter 502

When Tyler heard Stephanie was at the hospital, he rushed over without hesitation. Stephanie was just about to lie down when he came looking for her. Henry blocked his way at the door. “Mr. Hart, Ms. Giovanni doesn’t want to see you. Please leave.”

“Get out of my way!” Tyler shouted, his voice shaking with anger. He’d been waiting in the freezing, windy Shallow Bay Area for hours, and now that he knew Stephanie wasn’t there, he was desperate to see her.

Henry didn’t back down. “Mr. Hart, if you don’t calm down, don’t blame me for being rude.”

“Being rude?” Tyler snapped. “I’m here to see my sister. What right do you have to stop me?”

Henry’s mention of being “rude” was the last straw. Already on edge from not being able to see Stephanie, Tyler was about to lose it. Henry squinted, his voice dead serious. “Watch your words, Mr. Hart. Ms. Giovanni isn’t your sister. Maybe you should make sure you’ve got the right family for your reunion.”

Tyler snapped back, “What do you mean by the right family? Stephanie—”

“Ms. Giovanni is the third young lady of the Lucano family,” Henry interrupted, his tone a mix of warning and threat. “Are you sure you want to claim a sibling at the Lucanos’ door?”

Tyler’s breath caught. A reunion at the Lucanos’ door wasn’t an option. No one in their right mind messed with the Lucanos. But he was determined to leverage this connection.

Thinking about how Stephanie had grown up with the Lucanos made Tyler’s heart race. He’d never dare get involved with the Lucanos, but with Catlin locked up now, he had to swallow his anger. “At least let me see her once,” he said.

Tyler had heard Stephanie was flying back to Fiorenza tonight. The Hart family couldn’t wait any longer. If she left, no one knew when she’d be back.

Henry shook his head. “She has no connection with you. Why bother meeting her?” Meeting her again required a connection; without it, there was no point in meeting again.

Tyler’s frustration boiled over. “I have something really important to discuss. I know she’s with the Lucanos now, but you can’t just keep me from seeing her.”

He didn’t want to involve the Lucanos, but he needed to see Stephanie. When Henry kept blocking him, Tyler finally lost it. He tried to push past. “Move aside. You have no right to stop me.”

Tyler wouldn’t dare mess with the Lucano family, but he didn’t take Henry seriously. He had never been such a pushover.

Henry stood firm. “Mr. Hart, you can’t go in.”

“Get lost,” Tyler barked.

The next second, there was a loud bang, followed by a crack as something shattered and Tyler’s scream.

In the hospital room, Stephanie and Allison exchanged a glance. Stephanie kept her cool. “Let’s take a nap,” she said, like nothing was happening. Once they woke up, it’d be time to catch the plane to Fiorenza and ditch these jerks.

Allison glanced at Stephanie, then at the closed door. She couldn’t see what was going on outside, but she could hear Tyler’s muffled groans—like he was getting his butt kicked. He kept shouting Stephanie’s name through his groans, but she just pulled out her phone and started playing a game. The gunfire in the game was so loud that it drowned out the noise from outside.

Allison’s eyes widened. ‘Nice shot. If Tyler could see Stephanie playing games, he’d be furious,’ she thought.