Chapter 233 I Need to Go to the Institute

Cressida looked at Tristan. His earnest eyes looked so serious that they made her heart tremble. The hardest, most guarded part of her heart quietly started to give way. And right at that perfect moment, the phone she'd left in the living room rang, jarringly out of place. She walked over and picked it up. It was a call from a colleague at the research institute. She swiped to answer, and the voice on the other end was choked with tears. "Cressida! Something's wrong! Mr. Sullivan… he's been hurt! A piece of equipment fell on him in the lab. There's so much blood!" Cressida's face went deathly pale. She ended the call and turned toward Tristan in the dining room. She grabbed her coat and headed straight for the door. "I need to go to the institute." Tristan was already on his feet. In a few long strides, he reached her and grabbed her wrist. "I'll drive you." "No." Cressida refused without hesitation. She knew exactly how Tristan felt about Kieran. If he went, it would only make