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“Sorry, did I got you worried?, little boy.”she smiled weakly and dropped her hand beside her.
“Thank you.. thank you so much for waking up.. thank you.”a tear rolled down from my eye.
She chuckled and breathed out then closed her eyes.
“Oh, wait… let me go get the doctor.”
I sprang up from the chair and exit the room.
**
Mara’s pov.
Adrian walks away, leaving me and the queen alone.
“I.. I will try to talk to him. You should go now. I’m sure this is hard for him.”I told her before going after him.
I walked inside the room and met him standing by the window, with his hands in his trouser’s pockets.
“Adrian.”I called gently.
I moved to where he was but he took his face away.
“Can… you please leave me alone?”he sniffed.
I tried to look at him but he took his face away yet again.
Does he not want me to see his crying face?
“That’s a request I cannot grant you. You didn’t leave me alone when I told you to also.”I replied.
“It’s okay to cry, Adrian.”I touched his arm.
I sent my hands around his body and he buried his face into the crook of my neck.
“I…. I…”he sobbed.
“Shh, don’t say anything. Just cry it all out, hm?”I patted his back.
He broke the hug and went to sit on the bed.
I moved to sit beside him and sighed.
“It’s hard for you, right?. It is for me too. It’s… I just… who would have imagined that the Queen was… your mother.”
Okay, I don’t think my words sounds consoling enough.
He brought out a small red box from his pocket and opened it.
A pair of gold earrings appears. The light it emits could blind.
This is pure gold.
He removed it from the box and wore it for my ears after removing the previous ones.
I felt butterflies in my stomach and pursed my lips together.
“Please, kiss me.”he said and moved my face to his. He looks at me softly before claiming my lips in a sweet kiss.
*
Aysel’s pov.
“I got a call from the queen. She said the cops has got their hands on the psychopath after days.”I told Helene as she handed over a plastic of food to me.
“That’s good news. Have your breakfast.”
“Brunch, you mean.”I rolled my eyes.
I removed the lid from the plastic and dug my spoon into the food.
“This feels so relieving.”I sighed before shoving the food into my mouth.
A knock sounded on the door and I looked up to see Ralph.
“Hey, Helene.. leave. My prince charming is here.”I poked her.
Ralph strode in with a bag and he paused on seeing the food in my hands.
“Oh, you’re already having one.”he sighed.
“What?. Oh no, of course not..”I covered the plate and dumped it on Helene’s laps.
“Huh?”he stared out at me, perplexed.
“I will have the food you got for me instead.”I smiled.
“This brat!”Helene scoffed.
“Come on, use the door..”I nudged my head towards the door.
She stood up and left after giving me a killing look.
But, I cared less.
With all the headaches gone, I can finally focus on my love life now.
He came to where I was and tried to sit on the chair but I pulled him back by his top.
“Sit here, beside me.”I tapped the space on the bed.
“Hun?, is… that okay?”
“Just sit.”I pulled him down.
He brought out the food from the bag.
“You should feed me.”I said, enthusiastically.
He coughs.
I frowned at him and saw him gulp hard.
“Sure.”he nodded.
“Ei.. sh… before that, a morning kiss will do.”I grabbed his head and slammed my lips against his.
**
John’s pov.
“Do you need water?”I asked as she coughs.
I was feeding her some food.
“Yes, please.”she nodded.
I puts down the food and grabbed the bottle water then gave it to her after opening the cover for her.
She collected it from me and drank some water.
“Never in my life had I thought I would ever got shot.”she breathed out after dropping the bottle from her mouth.
“I’m…”
“Quit that. It won’t do. You have to take responsibility.”she interrupted.
“I will gladly do that.”I replied.
She chuckled.
She lifted the rim of the bottle to her lips again and drank from it.
My phone rang in my pocket and I peeked at the caller before sliding to the answer button.
“We got him!”
I relaxed back on the chair and let’s out a sigh of relief.
“Good job.”
“We are taking him to the station now. We will start investigating immediately.”
“Good.”I nodded before ending the call.
*
A day later.
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I rested my elbow on the window, rubbing my lips, while stuck in a traffic.
Geezz..
“I fucking hate hold – ups.”Theo let’s out a sigh and relaxed back on the seat.
Theo is mom’s adopted son but he is just like a brother.
He has been out and in of the country for some years but he has finally decided to settle down.
According to him, he wants to find his family and reunites with them.
He has been busy in the last three days.
Since, he is free today, he decided to tag along with me to go see Diana in the hospital.
My phone buzzed on the dashboard and I picked it up.
I answered the call.
“Any update?”
“He just confessed.”he announced.
“And?”
“He said the one who ordered the hit was…”he hesitated a little.
“Who is it?”I demanded.
“It was Emma.”he let’s out the bombshell.
“What?”
*
Diana’s pov.
The door to the ward went opened and Milly stepped in.
“Hey! When did you…”
“Diana…”she almost collapsed but she held the door for support.
She slides down to the ground.
“Who did this to you?”tears fell out from her beautiful emerald eyes.
“Huh?, look, I’m okay. Nobody is dead.”I cracked a joke.
“You’re.. not fine… why I’m i always been informed late?.. why didn’t you call me when you were shot… why…”
“Wait, how could a person that was at the brink of death call you?…”I joked again.
But, she seems so not in for that.
“By the way, who… told you I…”
“John!”she sniffed in.
“Why is he always the only one to call me?. Why can’t you do that?. I’m your friend!”she bursted out.
“Of course, I wasn’t telling you to call me immediately after you were shot.. but.. Diana, it’s been six days already.. yet no calls.”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t want to disturb you. But, did you said John gave you a call?,.. like a call?”
“Yes.”she stood up.
“You definitely put the word ‘always’, right? Does that means he has called you before?, like this isn’t the first time??”
“Of course. He was the one that told me about your wedding.”