Lydia POV: "Let her in," I heard Ricky from inside the wardroom. Dome finally allowed me to step in and I went straight to the patient's bed only to see Cassie's unmoving body. Needles were pushed at the back of her hands and she seemed like in a vegetative state. She didn't seem like she was awake, but when I held her hand, her fingers moved a bit as if she tried to squeeze my hand. "What happened to her?" I asked as I looked straight at Ricky and another man wearing glasses. He seemed like a lawyer and he didn't act like he wanted to get involved in the conversation. He took a step back and just went to Dome, standing by the door, watching like a loyal spectator. "What happened to her?!" I raised my voice and marched to Ricky. My hand just reflexly slapped his face as I was so annoyed by his silence. Ricky sighed heavily as he fixed his composure again. He seemed angry but held in his emotion and looked at me with a calm expression. "I had to f*cking know that she's found from
Sergio POV: I saw Ricky's hands turn into fists. Any second now, he might hit this woman out of anger. So before that happened, I stepped in to get this woman out of Cassandra's wardroom. Ricky had it enough. He was not stupid to not know that he was to be blamed for what happened to Cassandra. He didn't need people to tell that right to his face. "Get off me! You nerd glasses-wearing man!" Lydia yelled as we got to the hallway outside of the wardroom. I chuckled at her insult, a bit embarrassed actually as a few nurses started looking at me when she said that. We stopped and I took a deep breath before introducing myself. I didn't think I ever met her in person, but I did know about Lydia's existence since she was the one who told Ricky when Cassandra went missing. "My name is Sergio Moretti. I'm a lawyer. Mr Xavier's private lawyer and the formal advisor of the Xavier family. Yes, I'm wearing glasses but I'm not a nerd. I only wore this to read documents," I said to her as I took
Riccardo POV:I knew it was my fault. Why did Lydia have to say it to my face? As if my heart was not wounded enough by what happened, she really needed to rub more salt on it and made it worse. Thankfully, Sergio could read me well. He grabbed that woman out before I lose my shit.I went to Cassie and just stood by her bed, staring at her face and the patch that covered her wounded cheek.'Did you give her a scar on the face too now? Like the scars on her neck from the necklace you forced her to wear weren't enough.' Slowly what Lydia said before haunted the back of my mind again.The memory of Cassie breaking the emerald necklace when she left my mansion flashed back in my head too. These words, this memory, were so bitter and I couldn't just skip them out of my brain as the trace of them was clear on Cassie. Her wound, her scars, they were showing all over her body.I felt terrible and the feeling when I found her at the factory began conquering my heart again. The guilt was too ov
Riccardo POV:Strange how two weeks went by so fast. Last night Dr Claus met me again inside Cassie's wardroom. He explained how their medical team had removed the needle behind her hand, the one that put sedation liquid into her body."The effect is estimated to wear off by tomorrow. We can't really confirm what time she would be waking up, but definitely be tomorrow. If she continues sleeping until evening, the nurse would wake her up for sure," the doctor said before leaving.So, this morning, I just had a sudden nervous breakdown. I was excited, yet worried at the same time. I just realized I had been concerned too much about having her wake up but I hadn't even thought about how I could have a conversation with her after.How should I ask for forgiveness from her? Did she even want to see my face again after my mistake regarding Carina? How would she react to the horrible scar on her face? If she asks about the unborn baby she used to carry, how should I tell her that we had lost
Cassandra POV:I still remembered what happened at the factory, each moment of it was a picture clear in my head. But the last thing that I remembered was the worst one because I saw Cristian's head explode right before I closed my eyes.I was sure that I was dying when I went blacked out because my body hurt everywhere and I didn't think I would be able to stand those pain. But when I woke up today, it was strange how the pain had gone away. The only obvious thing was that my body was still weak.'Where am I?' That was the first thing I thought when my eyes finally opened again. I honestly didn't think this was even possible. I even started thinking that maybe I was in heaven right now. But how could I be so sure about that anyway? I am not really an entirely good person when I was alive and I made so many horrible choices back then. I couldn't be in heaven, that made more sense to me.I slowly forced my body to be in a sitting position. Then my eyes scanned around, noticing that I w
Cassandra POV:Cut a few fingers? Sure, why not? So, I took his hands and just touched them in a way of preparing to cut one of his middle fingers. Now I could feel his hand shaking even more.Are you afraid of pain, Ricky? Did you know how much pain I suffered in the hand of the Rossi because of your mistake? The tip of the knife slightly touched his skin and blood instantly emerged from that tiny wound, showing how sharp the blade was.His expression changed and I saw how he began to grit his teeth to be courageous enough to take the punishment he offered me to do. But then, I knew who I am. I was not this violent. I didn't do revenge in this way. And it just made me hate him, even more, that he thought this kind of thing would make me feel better.So bitterly, I just threw away the knife on the floor instead. I sniffed hard trying to avoid getting sobby."Get out..." I said gently at first. He didn't listen to it at once and just gazed up, giving me his annoying confused look."Ju
Cassandra POV: "You're right. I worked for Mr Xavier. Now that we had come to this point, I don't see a reason to hide it anymore. He's a very special client for me. I helped him recover from his grief when his father died years ago," Dr Mala admitted it. "You're... you're his ex-girlfriend too?" I asked nervously. I didn't know why I thought that way. Probably because I never imagined Ricky being close to any other women. The closest he had ever been with apart from me was Carina and that creature was a monster. I was not up to being against another ex-girlfriend now. Not with my body this weak. "No..." But Dr Mala chuckled instead and shook lightly. Her mellow eyes were still looking at me with concern. "I'm engaged..." She added while showing me a diamond ring on her fourth finger. "Mr Xavier just entrusted me to help you too. He started hiring me the moment he decided to marry Carina Rossi months ago. He kept asking me ways to help you deal with the situation and when your co
Cassandra POV:"That's not even your fault. Ricky made the decision to take in Carina and everything just went downhill after. None of us had control over it. He was the only one who had the power to change it... But... he didn't want to..." I sighed.I wished I had the power to erase all those horrible memories from my mind, but I couldn't. Again, the resentment over Ricky came rolling to conquer my heart. His mistake caused a lot of damage to me. I just didn't know if I ever could forgive him again. I still couldn't entirely accept what had happened to me."Can you forgive him again?" Dome asked as he looked at me seriously. Yet I didn't answer because I didn't have the answer yet. My heart just couldn't decide yet.I changed the topic and we just talked about other trivial things instead. Nothing that might touch the matter regarding what happened at the factory or anything about the Rossi. I had the urge to ask about Carina. God, I really wanted to know what happened to that bitch