He was surprised as to how her mood changed so fast, 'I admit that I know nothing about women, I really thought I did', "Alright, let's go for lunch", he said and they both left the office to a nearby eatery.
After the day's work, Isabelle reminded Jason of the visit to the hospital, he picked up his sunglasses and they left the building together which arouse people's suspicion about what was going on between both of them. As they got to the hospital, Jason led Isabelle to an elevator, they stopped in front of Ryan's room and entered. Isabelle gasped on seeing Ryan's condition, Jason said, " He looks better now compared to the day of the accident, the seat belt saved his ass", he sat beside Ryan's bed. Then the doctor and Rose came into the room, Jason stood up, shook hands with the doctor and hugged his mum while Isabelle bowed to both of them saying, "Good evening" and they replied her. The doctor then said he has an update on Ryan's case and looked at Isabelle as if to excuse them but Jason cuts in, "She's no stranger of any sort, she'd become family soon", he grins but the grin didn't go unnoticed by the doctor and Rose meanwhile Isabelle was still lost. " Okay, since Ryan didn't wake up, it was confirmed he slipped into coma but looking at his condition medically", he continued while flipping through Ryan's medical record with him, "His coma is not something too serious, he just need someone to communicate positive things and news with him and not bad news obviously. He can hear all we say, sadly but can't move a finger", he closed the file and said, " I hope you understand the assignment", then the doctor left. "You should look after yourself mum", Jason said and hugged his mum, he continued, " You are looking extremely old now". Rose smacked his arm and shushed his while whispering, "You shouldn't say things like that to his hearing", but Jason shrugged and said, "That way he will get up to take care of you like he normally does", he turned to Isabelle who was looking extremely lost in their midst, " Hey", Isabelle looked up with her eyebrows raised up in surprise, she asked while turning to look around, "Me?". He signalled for her to come forward which she did, she then bowed to Rose, " Good evening ma'am". "Evening dear", Rose replied but kept staring at her with a confused look which made Isabelle restless. 'Like mother, like son', she said to herself as she gave Rose a nervous smile. " Why do you intend to make her uncomfortable, she's the new P. A. Ryan appointed before the accident and she resumed today", Jason said to clear the tension in the ward. "How about we both step outside to give him privacy with his little brother", Rose said to Isabelle, " Okay ma'am", Isabelle nodded and Rose held her hand, leading her outside, giving Jason space to have a chat with Ryan. Jason sat comfortably on the chair beside Ryan's bed, he stroked Ryan's hair backward and sighed, "I could have sworn that I'd never see you in this condition but here you are. You need to get your ass up as I don't know how you cope with those rabbits in the company. Even your so called Chinese investors", Jason scoffed and the monitor connected to Ryan's heart made a beep, Jason was agitated, he decided to talk more about the events of the day's work, " You could have imagined that they want to pull out from investing with us", Jason smiled disappointedly when he got no reaction from the monitor, "But trust your big brother to do the needful", he continued, " I'll let you rest now as I need to talk to mum about several other things and one is the cancellation of your god dammed marriage", with that he left the room, the monitor started beeping very seconds and stopped after a long time. Jason went to his mum's room and was about to enter but decided to eavesdrop on them. Rose said to Isabelle, "I could bet with anyone that you look familiar", Isabelle smiled and said, " I saw you once, the time I came to the company to get the result to my interview. I saw you with one playful Liam", she clamped her mouth with her palm, "Oops, my bad", she apologized. " I knew it, you're quite familiar", Rose continued, "Do you by chance know anyone by name, Cassie Mayor?", Rose asked. " Yeah, that's my mum", Isabelle giggled. Shock was evident on Rose's face, looking all white and pale, there Jason decided to come in to ease the air in the ward, "So what are we getting for dinner?", " Tell your mum, I'm Rose Sydney, I'd love to see her", Rose said ignoring Jason. "Alright ma'am, I'll get going now, my mum would have my dinner prepared already", Isabelle said and bowed a bit, she turned to leave but Jason's voice stopped her, " Won't you invite me home for dinner?", Jason openly tried to flirt with her which she noticed, she walked to him seductively, tracing her fingers on his chest, "I would have love to", she then turned serious immediately, " But you're not invited", on remembering Rose's presence, she left immediately. Jason then turned serious, "I think you already know who she is now", he said. " How's Ryan doing now?", Rose asked ignoring Jason's question. Jason who knew what his mum did decided to flow with his mum, he sighed, "He will get better, but once he gets up, he needs to call of his engagement with Susan. I don't care how far they've gone or how long they've been together...", he decided to keep his cool, not wanting to show his anger in front of his mum. Rose asked, " Why?" "Hmmm, because I'll be forced to get back at the Anchors, which I definitely will, either they get married or not", he blurted out with his face red. At the mention of 'Anchor', she knew Jason already did his findings and her suspicion was confirmed. 'Yes, it was the Anchors that are behind the accident of Ryan, no wonder they aired the news about his death. But why would they want him dead when he's getting married into the family', Rose wondered and thought to herself. " Don't stress yourself trying to unravel the mystery behind it, I already know all I need to know about it and when the time comes, you will know about it also", Jason said to her as though he read her mind, he continued, "Now back to Isabelle, I conclude you know who she is already", he grinned.