In his arms

Third POV 

Oliver is left in the hotel room, wondering how did things become so messed up. This wasn't the vacation he imagined, he imagined a different scenario, a scenario where he can Express his true feelings to Melody. 

 He has been in love with her for many years and always lacked strength to tell her how he feels and now things have been messed up for him again. But he knows he has to leave this place as soon as possible. 

 

Oliver is desperate for Melody to return when he hears a knock on the door he  quickly goes to answer with hopes that it will be Melody or the lady from the reception with news of Melody. 

He opens the door and Nathaniel and the other bodyguards enter and Nathaniel wastes no time connecting his fist with Oliver's Jaw. 

Oliver is completely taken by surprise and falls down and Nathaniel proceeds to kick him in the gut, and now Oliver has blood coming out of his mouth and is in tremendous pain. 

" I warned you to leave, instead you book two tickets back to Namibia, do you think we are  fools, you think we don't know your planning on leaving with Melody. Have I not made it clear to you that you and Melody are now strangers to each other huh. 

We will give 6 hours to leave and if your not gone by then you'll be dead by dawn." Nathaniel says and he starts to leave. 

" I'll never leave her here, you might as well kill me there's no way I'm leaving her here with you monsters " Oliver spits back at Nathaniel " Is that so, where is she now Oliver? How can you protect her when you don't even know her whereabouts. Stop your foolishness now, you'll never win " Nathaniel says before leaving.  

 

Oliver is left on the floor bleeding, he tries to crawl but his ribs are killing him, his losing blood and everything goes dark.

 

 

Melody finished her coffee and decided to go back to her hotel room to have a talk with Oliver she knows something is up Oliver is acting weird and that's not like him.

 She gets to her hotel room and is completely shocked by the scene in front of her, Oliver is on the floor in a pool of blood. She seems to frozen on the spot she can't move, she's shocked to the core a knock on the door is what brings her back to reality and she finally goes to Oliver ignoring the person knocking on the door.

  She squats in front of Oliver and feels his pulse and luckily his still alive and then she quickly runs to the door, when she opens it there is a security guard " Excuse me ma'am we received a call from neighbors saying there seemed to be a struggle inside this room" The guard says. 

" Yes I was out and came back to find My friend on the floor unconscious can you please call an ambulance please " Melody says to the security guard already in tears.

 She feels so guilty if only she hadn't left if only she had stayed and listened to what he had to say obviously something is going on and she wants to know why Oliver didn't talk to her.

  The ambulance arrives and Oliver is loaded on a stretcher before being wheeled into the ambulance and Melody gets in with him. She's holding his hand and crying her eyes out,  she can't believe how her vacation turned into a mess.

They get to the memorial hospital and Oliver is rushed to Emergency and she's told to wait and she can't see him for now until they are done operating. She bumps into someone and almost falls but strong arms hold her before she falls.

 Melody looks to owner of those strong hands and she gets lost in those green eyes and Time seems to pause for a while his absolutely perfect 6.2 feet and well built body with muscles and dark hair that's gelled to perfection and juicy lips.  

" Clumsy much " Giovanni says while removing his hands once she's steady, " what" Melody asks confused.  " This is the second time you've bumped into me,  the first time was at the airport do you make it a habbit to always bump into people" He says with an amused expression. 

Melody feels her cheeks heating up, she knows she's probably blushing and his smile is just so perfect she can't seem to get her eyes off him.  " Like what you see " Giovanni asks Melody who is blushing like a high school girl. 

She doesn't know how to answer his question because she knows she was caught she didn't mean to drool over him and she decides to change the topic instead " Are you sick or visiting someone " She decides to ask him instead of answering his previous question.

Giovanni realizes that she's trying to dodge his question and chuckles and Melody glares at him and he stops " Yes indeed I was visiting someone your highness and you what are you doing here " Giovanni replys. " sarcastic much are we, I'm here because my friend was assaulted and his in surgery and I don't know what's going to happen and it's all my fault " Giovanni tenses a bit does she know why Oliver was assaulted, maybe that's why she thinks it's her fault.

" Why do you say it's your fault " He asks trying to find out just how much she knows.

" When I woke up today my suitcases were packed and when I asked Oliver why he had done that he didn't want to tell me what happened and I freaked out and left the hotel room,  I just needed to get away a bit and when I came back he was unconscious in a pool of blood.

 I can't help to wonder what if I hadn't left maybe none of this would've happened, I was selfish and only thought of myself and I knew something was off and if I was good friend I would've probed further" Melody answers already sobbing and Giovanni decides to take her hand and lead her to a secluded area in the hospital once seated he takes her face in his hands and looks at her in  her eyes

 " You wouldn't be here if you weren't a good friend and as for the assault you wouldn't have known it was going to happen if anyone should be blamed is your friend for hiding things from you. 

 Who knows if you had stayed you'd probably be in surgery as well or dead have you thought of that ? It's clear that your friend has dark secrets his keeping from you " Giovanni counters trying to make sure Melody views Oliver in a different light .

" I had actually never thought of that it's just that I've known Oliver for so long I had never imagined he'd be caught up in such " 

" Well never say never,  it's the people we love who hurt us the most.  Now wipe those tears they look hideous on you and the name Is Giovanni by the way" 

"Melody is my name " She says blushing she can't believe this handsome stranger has made her smile and almost forget about the pain that was in her heart not so long ago. 

"Penny for your thoughts " Giovanni asks Melody who seems to be far away in space.  

" Oh nothing I'm just thinking that I'm hungry and I'm not quite familiar with places around here " she says embarrassed. 

"Well it's a good thing that I know just the place then but I have to make a quick call can you excuse me for two minutes " Giovanni asks before going leaving he asks Nathaniel to make him reservations at posh restaurant for two and asks Nathaniel to send another driver one that Melody wouldn't recognize he doesn't want her freaking out. 

" Shall we go " Giovanni says to Mel and she simply nods and stands up. He places his hand on her Lower back and ushers her outside and leads her to his car, he opens the door for her and she gets in he gets in the other side. Once they arrive at the restaurant he opens the door for her again and leads her inside. 

" When you said you know a place I never expected you to bring me to such an expensive place " She says once seated.  

" And why's that " He asks watching her attentively as she looks at the menu. 

" Because I can't afford the things here, I'd have to end up in the kitchen washing dishes for a month in order to pay off my bill " She says confused as to why his laughing. 

" Come on it's my treat, do you think I'd bring such a beautiful lady here and expect her to pay " He asks her. 

She's surprised he finds her beautiful considering the fact that he must have plenty of girls throwing themselves at his feet "You hardly know me,  why would you do that " 

" Because I can" He answers " Now what are you having " He asks. 

" How can I know that when the menu is written in French " She asks annoyed.  He decides to order for her and they have their meal while learning more about each other and Melody can't seem to stop laughing at his jokes.  

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