All Chapters of INNOCENCE || BOOK 2 : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The same restlessness, the same ruined peace. Those feelings were as if taking the last breath of their life. He quickly went to the hospital doctors who had treated Hazel. The receptionist told him that Hazel’s treatment was over as soon as he came back to the hospital. He made his way to the room and stood at the door. “Doctor?” He called the lady, who was sitting on her seat, going through the reports in her front, lying over the desk. “Oh, Mr Daud, please come inside.” He nodded and went inside. “Please, have a seat, Sir.” He gulped slightly before taking a seat in front of her. “How’s she now?” He asked her, taking a seat while holding onto the armrests. “Out of danger. You brought her at the right time. She’s not raped, but she’s brutally assaulted.” Only if she knew how much he was regretting being late. Though he confirmed that Adnan did not rape her — and he believed him because he knew Adnan was not lying. He was anything but a liar, and Christian knew that. Christian

“Is everything alright, doc?” Christian asked as soon as the doctor came out of the room, removing the buds from her ears. She looked at the crazily worried man and gave him a nod. “Don’t worry. It’s nothing serious. She’ll get up soon.” She smiled at the man before leaving. He sighed and walked inside. Irene followed him. She watched him take a seat next to the bed. His eyes were trained on her pale face. Her chapped lips were parted. She could see how crazy her friend made him for her. But she had no idea about that. Irene could not help but feel pity for Christian, too. Please, please, help her, Lord, she prayed. Just then, her stomach growled and she huffed. She palmed her tummy, murmuring, “I’m hungry.” “Sorry I forgot that.” Christian instantly replied to her. She shook her head, not minding it even a bit. She, too, forgot about herself. “Wait, I’ll bring something to eat,” saying that, he got up when Irene interrupted him, asking;“What about you?” “I’m fine. Not feeling h

“Because I love you!” The confession took her breath away. When suddenly the air leaves the lungs for a moment, as the heart stops beating, as the winds pause to blow and as the waves freeze. Just like time stands still, so did her body at that time. As if the ears refused to hear anything except his confession as if the eyes refused to see anything except his face. Not only in the movie, she felt this all in reality too. She had thought that he did not love her at all. She used to think that he could not have such pure feelings for someone who did such trivial work as her, but it all proved wrong in a moment. In just a moment her thinking was proved wrong, just those three words forced her to know that she could be loved by someone who was not God though He loved her first. Those frozen tears started flowing from her big beautiful eyes. She was in tears over that confession and it was necessary for her because she knew that this was not the time when she could answer his confes

“So what’s your plan after that?” Irene asked Christian, sitting on a couch and smelling the tea in her cup. The hot air caressed her face and her eyes fell shut. She sighed, loving the pleasant heat. Hazel silently looked at Christian. Her gaze was soft but she admired Irene’s boldness inwardly. The girl easily asked him question after question and to her surprise, Christian did not even find it annoying. He was ready to answer her without sounding gruff. “Um… just handle my business stuff and all,” he said, could not resist a shrug that Hazel noticed. Her gaze did not leave him even for a moment as he talked to Irene but suddenly, Christian looked down at her, making her avert her gaze. “Sounds good.” “What about you? Would you look for a job?” “Yeah, I’m thinking…” Irene continued answering him as Hazel looked down at her cup, feeling embarrassment rushing up to heat her cheeks. He caught her staring at her and the emotion in his eyes was so soft and delicate that she could fe

“...but he was lying to my mother! By the way, my mother always takes my side but on that day, he was such an expert…” his voice began to slow down as he lazily but carefully looked down at the girl only to find her asleep. Her soft breaths were slightly audible. She was sleeping soundly. And he could not help but smile shortly when he saw her. She fell asleep while listening to him. He sighed, eyes blinking briefly. He was not displeased to find her asleep but he could feel warmth spreading in his chest by looking at her. He held the blanket and pulled it on her shoulders, covering her up. He then checked the time and found it was already around four at the dawn. He wondered how he managed to talk to her for so long. He had never talked to anyone for so long before. He never had so many things to talk about. Never thought that he would not even feel the passage of time while talking with someone. But the bigger surprise than that was that she was also listening to his words peacef