chapter 3

Chapter 3

At the hospital…

“What happened?” the nurse helped the assistant to put Amelia on the stretcher as she asked. Her head was bleeding and she had still not gained her consciousness.

“She was ran over by the car, please take a look at her.”

“This a serious case. Have you called the police? Was it a hit and ran case?” the nurse asked.

“No miss nurse. I am the one who knocked into her and believe me it was an accident.” the assistant said. If it had been a hit and run, would he be here, worrying about her?

“Just make sure that the young lady is okay. As for everything else, I will take care of it.”

“Okay. I will take her to the emergency operating room, please go and complete the admission procedure and pay the operation fees.”

“Okay nurse, I will do it right away.” the assistant spoke and immediately turned to leave.

He took care of the admission procedure pretty quickly. He had just finished signing his name on the receipt when his phone rang.

“Boss!” the assistant called out respectfully.

“Peter, how is she? Has she woken up?” the man on the other end asked in his emotionless voice.

“Not yet. She has been taken to the emergency operating room and she is yet to be out.” Peter answered through the phone. His back was stiff as he stood ramrod straight. He did not dare breath out loud through the phone.

“Find a way to contact her family and investigate what happened today in details.” the man ordered.

“Yes, sir. Will do it right away.” Peter said and the man  hang up the phone. Peter heaved a sigh of relief and walked along the corridor to the operating room.

He did not know why his boss was concerned about this stranger. A lot of people had used similar methods but he has never spared them glance. He even at first thought this girl was a scam but after sending her to the hospital, and seeing how his boss was concerned, he thought otherwise.

“Big Seven, go and retrieve the lady’s handbag from the car, we need to find a way to contact her family.”

“Yes brother Peter.” the bodyguard named Big Seven bowed and immediately left.

When the bag was brought over, Peter took out the phone but it was locked so, there was nothing he could do.

The operation did not take long and she was wheeled out of the operating theatre within thirty minutes.

“Doctor, how is the patient?” Peter walked over in hurried steps and asked.

“She suffered a light concussion on the head but everything else is fine. She can be discharged after two days.” the doctor said. Peter felt relieved after hearing what the doctor said.

Amelia was taken to one of the private wards. Although her eyes were closed, there was a pained frown in between her eyebrows. She seemed to be restless as she tossed and turned about in bed.

Her eyes were swollen and there were dark circles that could not be hidden. She looked very exhausted and overworked.

Just as Peter was contemplating on how to find her family contacts, the phone that he had already returned to the hand bag rang, startling him.

He hurriedly took it out and pressed the receiving button. A bubbly voice was heard over the phone. It was so loud that he had to take the phone away from  his ear so as to avoid his ears from getting damaged.

“Sweetheart, I am already at the airport but there is no sign of you. Where are you? don’t tell that you forgot! This time I am not forgiving you no matter what!” the voice over the phone said.

Peter was shocked. ‘Who talks to her friend like that? Could she at least started with a simple greetings.’ he thought.

Since he had found someone who knows the lady, he cleared his throat to stop the other person from throwing out more words.

“Miss, do you know this miss?” Peter asked. He did not even know what he was saying.

There was silence over the phone before a voice a kin to a thunderstorm came through the speaker.

“Who are you and why are you with Amelia’s phone? don’t tell me that she was so disgusted by that bastard that she decided to find a secret lover behind my back!”

Peter cleared his throat awkwardly, but at least he knew the name of the lady lying on the bed.

“Immediately get her on the phone. How dare she go to indulge and forget about her best friend.”

“Err miss don’t misunderstand. Amelia was involved in a car accident and she is now in the hospital. I wanted to call her family member but her phone was locked and I could not find any kind of ID on her, you just called at the right time.” Peter said in one breath.

“What did you just say? Amelia was involved in a car accident?”

“Yes miss. Could you  please come over to hospital T? you said that you were at the airport, right? It is not far from here and I will get someone to pick you up.”

“Don’t worry, I will hail a taxi. Don’t you dare abandon by best friend, I will not let you off. And don’t call anyone from her family or anything, I am her only family.”

“Okay miss. I will wait for you at the hospital.” Peter said and hang up the phone. He was glad that he had found someone or else he would have been forced to report to the police and that would have raised a lot of questions.

Peter left the room and called Axel.

“How is it going?”

“Not bad. I have found her best friend and she said that she is the only family Amelia has. Oh right boss, the young lady is called Amelia. I find her name and even her face familiar, I will look into it.” Peter said.

“No need. Just make sure that she is cared for and compensate her accordingly.” Axel said over the phone.

Although Peter was shocked for a moment, he nevertheless accepted his orders.

Axel, who was currently at Stars Entertainment agency, was sitting in his CEO office with a contemplative look on his face.

Amelia, that name sounded orderly familiar to him. Where had he heard it?

Amelia, Amelia, Amelia. He did not know what came over him but he repeated the same name three times. At the third time, something clicked in his mind and he immediately looked at his computer screen that was running some complicated numerals.

After debating for a while in his mind, he entered a few letters and all kind of news articles popped up.

“Amelia Lightwood; you never know what kind of devil lies beneath a beautiful mask.”

“Amelia Lightwood; a promising seedling in the modelling industry but she is not who she says she is.”

“Amelia Lightwood; a thief who should not have set foot in the entertainment industry. After failing to steal from her director, she turned around to seduce him.”

Axel looked at all the articles, his face darkening with every news that he read. That is why he found her so familiar when Peter was taking her to the car. So, she is the governor’s daughter who was banished from the entertainment industry.

If he remembered correctly, she had been in the industry for not more than two years but she had achieved much more than someone who had been in the industry for years. When he first saw her walking the on the runway, he knew that she was a gem.

But she suddenly vanished when she was about to receive the international award and that is when all the rumors surfaced.

He has been toying in this industry for years and he would never believe anything he has not seen with his eyes, especially words that came out of a reporter’s mouth.

Remembering how he had wanted to porch her back then, his expression was unreadable as he stared at the name on the computer screen.

After a long while, Axel closed the news tab and resumed to doing his work like nothing had happened.

…

In the hospital, a few hours had passed when Amelia slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the unfamiliar environment, she sat up vigilantly but a sharp pain shot through her head making her scream out loud.

“Ah!”