chapter 4

Chapter 4

Inside the ward at hospital T...

"You are awake?" A surprised voice startled Amelia out of her daze. She looked at the source of the voice and saw a young bubbly girl with a head full of green hair walking towards her.

She was surprised as she called out, "Chloe? Why are you here?" Amelia asked. The astonishment in her voice could not be hidden.

"If I hadn't come, you would probably be buried right now." Chloe said.

"What?" 

"Nothing, I am just kidding. How are you feeling? I thought that I heard you scream earlier!" Chloe said, stopping beside the bed.

"I felt pain in my head. Wait, why are we in the hospital and what the hell happened to me?" Amelia asked. Looking at the drip on her arm and the small bed, she could deduce that this was the hospital. 

Her head also felt heavy and when she touched it, she realized that she was covered in bandages.

"You were involved in a car accident. Girl, I have only been away for a few days and you are already in this state? Can't you make me worry a little less?" Although Chloe was reprimanding, her voice was gentle and filled with love.

"I am sorry. I was just having a bad day. I did not know that I will get myself into an accident. But it is not serious, is it?"

"Thank God you only have a light concussion, nothing serious." Chloe said.

"What happened? Did that bitch and bastard cause you trouble again?" Chloe asked. She was looking Amelia like she could not wait to cut someone into pieces right now.

"I... I was..."

"Miss, you are finally awake! Thank God, thank God you are awake." Before Amelia could say anything, an excited voice came through room.

Amelia looked over and confusion clouded her eyes. She turned to look at Chloe with a questioning gaze.

“He said he is the one who ran into you on the road. He brought you to the hospital and he has already taken care of everything.” Chloe answered.

“Oh.” Amelia nodded. She really had no recollection of what happened. She was feeling so down after leaving the company that she did not know that she had been knocked over by a car until she woke up in the hospital.

“Hey.”she said in a small voice to the man who was approaching.

“How are you feeling now? Do you feel any discomfort?” Peter asked, a small grin appearing on his handsome face.

“I am fine. Thank you for the trouble.” Amelia spoke.

“It is good that you are feeling fine. Although that is the case, the doctor said that you need to stay for at least two days just so to make sure that everything is alright.”

“I think that I feel fine. I don’t really like being in the hospital so, just let them discharge me already.” Amelia said as she looked at peter. He was donning a black suit with a white shirt inside. His neck was being hugged by a black bow-tie. He looked like a reliable person or else, he would have abandoned her on the road.

“You need to rest. My boss said that I should take care of you and make sure that you are okay, if not, I won’t be getting this month’s salary.” Peter said, sounding troubled by Amelia’s idea of being discharged immediately.

‘‘I am really fine. Tell your boss that I am grateful for all the help but I will be taking care of myself from now on.”

“Wait a minute, let me make a call.”Peter said and left the room with his phone.

Amelia looked on with puzzlement. She said that she is okay. Must he make a big deal out of it? Besides, she did not like owing others. She hated it most when someone was nice to her and she also knew that she was also at fault. If she had been a little careful, then this accident wouldn’t have happened in the first place.

“What the hell is wrong with him? didn’t I tell him that I am fine.” Amelia lamented, looking at Chloe who was standing beside the bed in silence.

“He is just doing his job. But you need to listen to the doctor and stay for a day if not two. We don’t know if you might  have other complications apart from the concussion on your head.” Chloe said after thinking through.

“Just whose side are you on? Have you already been coaxed by the beautiful face?” Amelia asked as she looked at her best friend with a raised eyebrow.

The one thing among the many that Chloe loved in this world was beauty. She could throw all conscious in the wind when she sees a handsome or beautiful face and Amelia was well aware of that trait of hers.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Although Peter is handsome, he is not my time.” Chloe tried to explain herself.

“Oh Peter, I see. Thank you. I had forgotten to ask about his name just now.” Amelia said,looking at Chloe with a meaningful gaze.

“I am just worried about you, alright! Stop with the nonsense and listen to what the doctor has to say. Besides, he… he has already paid your hospital bill until two days later, you don’t want to waste that, do you?”

“okay, but just one day. Tomorrow I am out of here!” Amelia said.

Just as they finished talking, Peter came in. “My boss has said that you should not take your health lightly. You should listen to the doctor but don’t worry, all the bills and anything will be taken care of.”

“Help thank your boss for the trouble.” Amelia said in a polite voice. Since they have already put it that way, she did not want to seem as if she was unreasonable. There were a lot of things that she needed to think about and this might be the best time.

“Help me send my friend home. She has just come from a business trip and she might be exhausted.” Amelia spoke to Peter.

“I will stay. If I go, who will take care of you?” Chloe denied her request immediately.

“I can manage on my own. Besides, you need to rest. Come over tomorrow, I have a lot to tell you, alright!”

“Alright.” Chloe finally relented. “Get well sweetheart, I will come see you tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

After the two left, Amelia stared at the door in a daze. It was only after she felt her eyes sting that she looked away. But the moment she blinked, she remembered everything that had happened in the conference room and she could not prevent her tears from falling anymore.

…

When Axel finished looking at the documents, it was slightly past six o’clock. He moaned in exhaustion as he massaged his sore neck. He remembered something and immediately stood up, taking his coat and the car keys, he left the office in huge strides.

He tossed the keys to the bodyguard who has been guarding the door and went to the lift without stopping in his tracks. Everyone had already left the office and the whole building was eerily quite.

“Boss, where to?” the bodyguard in black asked as he started the car.

“To hospital T.” Axel said. He was a man of few words and would only talk when necessary, everyone around him was already used to it.

“Pass by a flower shop.” after thinking for a while, he ordered the driver. He thought that it won’t be so nice to visit a sick person empty handed.

At the hospital…

Axel carried the huge bouquet of blue roses as he made his way to the private ward where Amelia had been admitted.

He knocked on the door but seeing that no one was answering, he slightly pushed the door open and entered.

He saw that Amelia was lying on the bed and she was curled up like a ball. It was slightly dark in the room but not to the extent of preventing someone from seeing well. Axel did not switch on the lights as he walked over the bed on light steps.

He looked at her for a while and seeing that she was sleeping rather soundly, he did not disturb her. He put the blue roses on the bedside cabinet, after thinking for a while, he left his business card and a written note on top of the small cabinet beside the flowers.