Protective of her

Whitney and Ella could be seen pacing to and fro in front of the ward Rebecca was in. Immediately Rebecca passed out, they called for emergency and the ambulance arrived in no time.

The doctor in charge of Rebecca’s treatment walked out of the ward and they rushed to him immediately.

“What happened to her? Will she be okay?” Ella questioned.

The doctor’s lips curled up in a charming smile, and they both wondered why he was smiling in such situation.

“It’s good to see you genuinely worried about her, she’s so lucky to have both of you.” He commended.

“Thank you, but is she okay?” Whitney asked. She wasn’t concerned about his comments on their friendship, that was the least of her problems, but she also didn’t want to sound rude to him.

“She’s fine. Her body reacted to shock… By the way, what was going on before she passed out?” The doctor asked keenly.

“We were having a normal conversation. Now, if you don’t mind, can we go see her?” Whitney asked.

“Sure, you can.”

“Thank you.” Ella flashed him a smile and he nodded curtly before walking away.

She instantly turned to Whitney. “Learn to be polite.” She advised shortly and walked into the ward, accompanied with Whitney whom shrugged.

As they got into the ward, they met Rebecca seated upright on the hospital bed, her gaze focused on a particular direction, she didn’t bother to look at them. She was lost in the world of her thought.

Whitney took a deep breath, not knowing how exactly to apologize and make Rebecca feel better. She only reached out to Axel because she didn’t like Eric. If he could treat Rebecca that way on the wedding day when the abductors came, then he wouldn’t be able to protect her in the future.

She knew Axel so well, he became friends with her even before he had the guts to talk to Rebecca. After what he did to Rebecca, she couldn’t bring herself to hate him no matter what. She only pretended to hate him just to make Rebecca feel better.

She watched as Ella approached Rebecca and asked about her health, but she just stood there, not knowing what to do.

“Whitney.” Rebecca called cooly, on noticing her.

She gathered enough courage and walked closer to the bed.

“How are you feeling?”

Rebecca was about to reply, when someone suddenly walked into the ward.

Just like the devil, he wore black all through. His face wasn’t clearly visible because his black hoodie covered the upper part of his face, and it made one wondering how he could see.

The smell of chocolate musk filled the room, escalating from him and spreading across the room.

The aura along him was unbeatable. He needed no aura, instead, aura needed him.

Ella moved back in fear, prepared to dial the cops number if the unknown man tried to hurt them.

The room went silent, even the drop of a pin would echo repeatedly. All gazes on the mysterious man, with different thoughts running through their minds.

As he moved closer to the bed, Ella shoved her phone close to his face.

“Stay back! Or I’ll call the cops!” She threatened.

Slowly, he moved the hoodie away from his head and his face was clearly visible and the man with dark aura was no other than Axel.

They were all perplexed, except Rebecca who looked calm and unbothered. Something in her told her he would show up, and her instinct was right after all.

She moved her gaze to Whitney and shook her head slowly. No soothsayer was needed to tell her Whitney informed Axel about her being in the hospital.

”Excuse us.” He didn’t need to direct the question to anyone. Those that needed to leave the room knew themselves.

His voice sounded with so much authority, leaving no room for refusal.

“Will you be okay?” Whitney asked, referring to Rebecca.

“You should have thought of that before calling him here.” Rebecca answered, hinting that she knew how Axel got to know about her whereabouts.

Whitney didn’t say a word, she had nothing to say. She left the ward, alongside with Ella.

“I was expecting to see you holding a bouquet of flowers.” Rebecca blurted, even before she could stop herself.

“Didn’t know you love receiving flowers from me.” He chuckled dryly.

Rebecca scoffed, “I don’t. It’s your new habit, so I thought you’d still come here with one… By the way, stop bringing flowers to me.” If it was the energetic Rebecca, she would be yelling by now, but she was calm, she somehow felt dizzy.

The doctor had told her the drugs he gave her would make her fall asleep, and now she was beginning to see its effect.

“How do you feel?” He asked instead, ignoring her previous statement.

“I don’t know.” Rebecca replied calmly.

“I’ll have you transferred to a private hospital, you’ll be treated properly there.” Axel said firmly.

“You do not decide what I want, Axel. The reason I’m in this position is because of you.” She raised her voice a bit.

Axel went quiet, he didn’t say a word. His gaze was just fixed on her and he didn’t blink.

“You killed a human and you’re standing here feeling less concerned about it! Did you even think about her family? Did you think about how devastated they’d be?” Tears fell from her eyes as she ask those questions, she just couldn’t hold it back.

Axel reached for her hand but she moved it back before his hand could even touch it.

“Do. Not. Touch. Me.” She warned, sending him death glares.

He didn’t try to convince her. He took steps backward, but his eyes didn’t leave her face even for a bit. It was as if she would disappear if he looked away.

“They will be able to cope. In her next life, she won’t hurt you.” He finally replied the question she had asked.

His words added to Rebecca’s injury. She felt guilty. The woman was dead because of her.

“Did you even try to know what I did that made her hurt me? Did you?!”

“No. It’s not needed.”

Rebecca shook her head slowly, she couldn’t believe the same Axel she used to know was now a killer. And he killed somebody all because of her. To top it, he wasn’t feeling remorseful.

Ignoring the fact that she was weak, she managed to stand up and walked closer to him.

His dark gaze piercing on hers was intimidating and she couldn’t bring herself to stare directly at his eyes.

“The cops will find you, they’ll hunt you down and you will cool your ass down in jail… I will visit you in prison with an evil grin on my face, and I hope you feel pains.”

She slowly looked up and she felt disappointed when she found no single expression on his face.

“Listen, Becca…”

He grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer. Her boobs collided unto his chest and her tummy twisted.

“If anyone hurt a strand of your hair, I’ll hunt them down and make sure they disappear from the surface of the earth…”

Goosebumps prickled her skin as she heard those words. For a long time, she hadn’t felt this way.

“And trust me, I don’t need to know what you did to them first.”

She couldn’t say a word, she didn’t know what to say.

She locked gaze with him, her gaze piercing as if trying to look into his soul. She was confused.

Years ago, he broke her heart. He made her know she was nothing to him. So why did he return now, and why being this protective of her? She just couldn’t understand no matter her hard she tried to.

His grip was still on her wrist and their face few inches away from each other. She was sure he could hear her rapid heartbeat, but she couldn’t hear his.

Nothing else in the world mattered to her at that point. He was the only one she could see, and she badly wanted to know what was going through his mind.

The ward door opened all of a sudden, and for the first time in two minutes, they broke the eye contact.

A worried Ella rushed into the ward, “Eric is here!”