"Good morning miss and welcome back,you got us worried there for a while." She heard a sweet voice say. Trying to sit up and look around, she found that she was in the hospital.. strange, who brought her here? How did she not die? She wondered.
"How did I get here miss?" She asked confused.
"Your boyfriend brought you here miss, do you remember what happened to you?"
Everything that happened to her flashed before her eyes and her heart felt heavy, she wanted to cry out loud but couldn't, her eyes just couldn't let her shade a tear. In that moment she decided one thing and that was to make her father pay, to make him so miserable, so much he will beg her to kill him. That naive little girl Amber Garcia died the day her father sold her.
Wait. Did she say boyfriend?
"Miss what is your name?" The nurse asked with a concerned look on her face noticing that the girl in front of her kept quiet and in deep thought.
"Oh my name is Joy... Joy Benson, please tell me, how long have I been here?"
"For three weeks Ms Joy, and your boyfriend hasn't left your side for a second, he has gone out to answer a phone call, he will be back soon am sure, he really cares for you miss. Let me get the doctor to come and examine you." The nurse said with a smile and hurried out.
Again,which boyfriend? Yes she has been in a coma for three weeks but she clearly remembers not having a boyfriend.
Or is it one of those men who wants to torture her more?.. fear creeped in and Joy started to panic, trying to get out of bed and run for her life, the door opened and she froze in her tracks in anticipation of what was coming her way. When the person on the other side walked in, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped, a fly could play in her mouth at that point. He walked towards her and his sweet minty scent filled her nostrils, making her head spin for a second, his brown eyes locked hers and this time her heart was beating wildly in her chest, he had messy black hair which covered his forehead and pale smooth skin with pink thin lips. She was so lost admiring this six feet tall handsome man,she didn't realize he was right in front of her.
He closed her mouth dramatically and chuckled "why don't you just eat me already?" He said with a smirk on his face.
She was brought back and felt so embarrassed, she started blushing and looked down going back to her bed. Then the thought of what happened to her came back to her and once again panicked.
"Who are you?" She almost shouted.
" Calm down, am Taylor Young." He said while sitting on a chair near the bed.
"And am your fake boyfriend " he continued with a playful smile, but Joy had a serious face, she was trying to figure out why a stranger would go to these lenghts for her.
" Why?.."
"I wasn't going to be allowed to stay with you unless I was a family member or something like that,so I came up with that idea so that I could stay here with you, what do think hmm." He winked at her and gave her puppy eyes, which she found cute.
"Nice to meet you Taylor, my name is Joy. Hmmm where.." the door opened and the doctor walked in with the nurse, before she could finish her statement.
The doctor examined her and asked her a few routine questions, then she noticed how worried Taylor seemed, but she couldn't understand why a stranger would worry so much about her, when not even her father cared much about her. She found it strange.
After the doctor was done, he left with the nurse leaving Taylor and Joy alone.
TAYLOR'S POV
I was having a stressful day from all the business meetings I was attending, and so I decided to take a walk after my last meeting to relieve some of it. I was lost in my thoughts when my feet took me to a park and I noticed something strange in the nearby bush from where I was seated and I decided to take a look, only to find a beautiful brown girl with bruises everywhere, she was covered in a lot of blood and looked lifeless. My heart ached, she looked so fragile, so serene as she lay there.
Without even thinking,I picked her up rushed to my car and took her to the nearest hospital. Weeks went by slowly and I never left her side, it's like something about her was drawing me towards her, telling me not to leave her side.
I was outside talking to my father over the phone, who said he wanted me back home in Asia to handle some other businesses there and I was vacillating on whether to stay with this stranger or go back home.
When I went back to the room, she was awake and looked more beautiful even though her hair looked like a bird's nest, she has tender brown skin, thin lips, brown eyes with long eye lashes and beautiful curves which could be seen even in a hospital gown.
After the doctor examined her, we were left in the room alone and I didn't want to scare her off, I knew she wanted to ask how I found her and I didn't know how to explain it because when she smiled at me, I could see so much agony and bitterness in her eyes, such sorrow and all I wanted to do was take it all away from her. So I wonder what exactly happened to her.. whatever happened to her, I will be the one to make her forget her pain and bring happiness to her.
"mom?..and I think that Joy is seducing my Taylor..." Alicia added fuel to the fire and sobbed softly."Whaaat!" Mrs Young shouted ignoring the people around her, now she was extremely angry , she hasn't like Joy from the very first encounter, and now this? How dare that little girl get in the way of her plans. Taylor was known to be cold hearted and much as girls tried to seduce him, it never worked, so what did this silly clumsy girl do to seduce her handsome son? Is this the reason he has been going against her wishes these months? Oh hell no. That girl has got to go."Yes Mom it's the truth, I walked on them being very close, only heavens know what would have happened if I didn't go there at that time.. " she looked up to see if Mrs young was listening and more tears dropped from her eyes seeing that Mrs Young seemed remorseful."Or.. what they already did" she covered her face and cried."Can you imagine she even chased me out of her room
Alicia and Taylor left Joy's room and went in the study.Taylor gestured for Alicia to take a sit right across from him."Lovey what were you doing in Joy's room? You know it won't look good in people's eyes if they saw you together like that." She said with a sad face."Listen Alicia, you are a very beautiful and wonderful person, but I can't be with you.""What do you mean you can't be with?!" She shouted and got up from her sit."Alicia I can't marry you because of that contract, I'll look for other ways to make our company stronger. I don't wanna hurt you because I don't love you" he tried to point it out without being rude" You do know this marriage will strengthen our companies ties. Your company will be more known through out the world. Whatever you want I will provide. name it". She tried to persuade him." That's the thing. You don't seem to understand my point here Alicia." Taylor said as he stood and held her shoulders. " You
"Come in" she said as she sat up in bed. The door opened and revealed a worried Taylor."What happened Taylor,why do you look worried.?" She asked concerned."It's nothing, are you alright?""Yes am fine" she smiled shyly."Hmm ....Joy I need to talk to you about something very important." He said coldly and Joy knew exactly what he was referring to and she felt uneasy as so many different emotions surged in her body."Yes.. please sit" she said and sat next to him on the couch."Joy you know I will always be here for you right?" He asked as he got her hands and put them in his."I know Taylor and I'm very grateful for all you've...""Am sorry for what happened to you." He hugged her tight like drawing energy from her. Without knowing tears fell down Joy's tender beautiful skin. he wiped them with his fingers and kissed her forehead."No.. don't cry, your tears are too Precious to be shade for your ruthless father Joy. They shoul
There stoop Luther holding a bunch of flowers and smiling brightly."Luther... Good morning. What are you doing here?" Joy asked as she approached him."I came to make sure you are okay after yesterday, is everything alright?" Joy felt embarrassed mostly because she did not remember what happened last night, and she felt extremely sad for no reason, it felt like her past was relived . She gave him a faint smile and asked him to join them for breakfast, he gave her the beautiful flowers and sat next to her on the table.Taylor on the other hand did not like any of what was happening, he kept quiet the entire time."This is Luther, my friend and workmate" she introduced him to everyone in the dinner room. Shu was feeling uneasy, she noticed that Taylor did not like how Joy and Luther interacted, Xu on the other hand was enjoying the show and Taylor was producing a cold aura."This food is really good" Luther praised as he eat joyfully,"I agre
Taylor felt like the heavens had been opened as those three words echoed in his ears. He stared at her with confused eyes, thinking it's a dream."I love you Taylor, but I can't love you" she started to cry hysterically and he hugged her"I am really worried about you Joy. What's been bothering you? Tell me, am right here" he asked in a low comforting tone. As her cheek rested upon his palm, his face turned bright red." I'm scared Taylor" she said with a shaking voice,"don't be, am right here" he gently stroked her back."That day you found me..'sob' I was raped...but that's not the heartbreaking part, My father..my own father had me kidnapped and raped..he asked those men to kill me after.."Taylor froze after hearing this, rage filled him to the core, Joy on the other hand was crying non-stop."Why would he do that.Taylor.I'm his own daughter..why.... My own father!" She cried as her heart broke again into thousand pieces.
" I haven't been completely honest with you Taylor... I have had feelings for you for a while now". She said as she gently placed her arm on Taylor's"I know, I sound a bit off but that's how I truly feel" Alicia's face turned red as she gave off a smile slightly looking down.This came as a surprise to Taylor and he had no words. How was he supposed to tell her he had feelings for another without breaking her heart. They both knew it was an arrangement to strengthen the business ties between their companies, which Taylor solely disapproved of, which she knew from the way he reacted at the party, but changed his mind due to his mother's persistence . At that moment they was a bit of awkward silence between them until Taylor's phone rang, it was from one of his clients. Saved by the call, Taylor excused himself, gave off a sigh as he picked up the call from the men's bathroom.After the call, Taylor looked at himself in the mirror. As he passed his fingers thr