The ambulance soon arrived and Mark was taken to the hospital’s resuscitation room.
As she watched the door close, Paulina’s eyes teared up, she felt an invisible hand squeezing her heart and she couldn’t breathe.
Alvaro and his parents received the news and came running.
“Sister-in-law!” Alvaro ran to Paulina’s side and looked at her with a worried expression.
Paulina turned her head, saw them and burst into more tears, “Marcos he … Marcos he …”
Ms. Gloria’s eyes immediately turned red as well, she went over to her and hugged her, and even though she was having a hard time inside, she gently reassured her, “Don’t worry, Marcos will be fine.”
The words comforted Paulina as much as they did herself.
“What’s going on?” asked Mr. Juan with a grief-stricken face as he looked around the emergency room with the door closed.
Alvaro looked at Paulina, who was crying inconsolably, and said to Mr. Juan, “Dad, I can’t explain what’s happening to my sister-in-law in this situation. It is better to wait until she calms down before asking.”
Sr. Juan sighed and said no more.
For a long time, Paulina gradually calmed down.
“Silly girl, don’t cry.” Mrs. Gloria wiped the tears from her cheeks, “Marcos has been blessed with a good life, everything will be fine.”
Paulina nodded.
It was then that Alvaro took the floor and asked, “Sister-in-law, weren’t you going to an engagement party, how did you get into a car accident?”
Paulina was silent for a moment, sorting out her thoughts before talking about what had happened tonight.
After hearing this, Alvaro frowned, “First you get stopped by a car and then you try to get hit by a van, this can’t be a coincidence, can it?”.
“How can it be a coincidence?” Sister. Juan’s face was very hard, “It’s obvious that someone is out to get Marcos and Paulina.”
“Who the hell is so vicious?” Mrs. Gloria grabbed Paulina’s hand with an angry face. “In The Leoz family we have always done things openly and honestly, we have never hurt anyone, so how can anyone have a problem with us?”
Alvaro contacted Alfredo to ask him what was going on.
“The van driver has been put under control. After the police questioned him, they said it was because he hadn’t slept for two days and had accidentally fallen asleep while driving, which caused the accident.”
“Asleep?” Alvaro didn’t buy the driver’s story.
“The police have taken the driver away, and we’ll have to wait for the results of the investigation to know the details.”
Alvaro hangs up the phone with a bad face.
“What did Alfredo say?” asks Mrs. Gloria.
Alvaro repeated what Alfredo had said for them to hear.
“How can people be so irresponsible nowadays? It is really irresponsible to doze off while driving.” Mrs. Gloria was furious.
If the driver had been in front of her, she would have scolded him.
Mr. Juan and Alvaro thought the same; neither of them really believed the driver’s words.
Just in case, Alvaro called Alfredo again, “Apart from the police investigation, you should also investigate the driver, this accident is not simple, someone should have fixed it.”
“Don’t worry, Second Prince, I have already sent someone to investigate it and I will inform you as soon as there is something.”
“Good.”
Alvaro had just hung up the phone when the door to the resuscitation room opened.
Out came the doctor.
Paulina, Mr. Juan and Mrs. Gloria ran to meet him.
“Doctor, my husband, how is he?” asked Paulina impatiently.
“The injured man has a mild concussion, the rest is not serious.”
At the doctor’s words, several people were relieved.
The hearts hanging in the air finally returned to their places, and then the nurse took Marcos into the ward.
Paulina sat by the bedside, her hands clutched his cold hands, her earnest gaze resting on his pale face.
“Paulina, you go rest, I’ll keep an eye on Marcos,” Ms. Gloria said softly as she approached.
“Mom, no.” Paulina shook her head, “I’ll keep an eye on Marcos.”
“It’s too late, get some rest or your body won’t be able to take it.”
Her body had barely recovered, and Mrs. Gloria was truly afraid that with so many tossing and turning in bed, she wouldn’t be able to take it.
Paulina turned her head and looked at her, “You and Dad go back to rest, I’ll take care of Marcos.”
“How can that be?” Mrs. Gloria was not quiet and immediately refused his offer, “I’ll wait here with your father and Alvaro, we won’t come back until Marcos is awake.”
“Yes, sister-in-law, how can we leave you alone to take care of your brother.” Alvaro agreed.
Paulina looked at them and couldn’t help but feel guilty, “I’m sorry for worrying you.”
“Silly girl, we are all family, what is there to be sorry about.” Mrs. Gloria gave her a feigned look of discontent before reaching out and patting her shoulder, “Don’t be naive, we’re all here.”
Emotion instantly flooded all over her heart and Paulina, with reddened eyes and a snort, said, “Okay.”
…
Rawlins was furious when he received the news that all the men they had sent had withdrawn.
“Rubbish! Rubbish, all of them! So many people can’t even handle a Mark.”
For him, tonight was the best time to deal with Marcos.
He and Chris had been so sure that tonight’s plan would work.
But it didn’t!
Since they had dealt with the Leoz Group, it had never worked.
This made Rawlins furious, he didn’t know if his men were too useless or if Marcos was too good!
Chris also blushed heavily.
“Marcos should have been prepared for this.” He said gritting his teeth.
As much as he didn’t want to admit it, the truth was the truth.
Marcos was much more reflective than they were, and he should have realized something was wrong from the beginning and prepared for a return attack long ago.
Otherwise, they would not have lost all the men they had sent.
The thought of not being able to hurt Marcos even once made Rawlins grit his teeth with hatred.
It wasn’t enough!
Really unhappy!
“We got careless this time.” Chris said, “If we had been a little more cautious, we could have taken Marcos down right away.”
“What’s the point of saying that now?” Rawlins rebuked him relentlessly, “Every time you say you need to be cautious and prudent, on what occasion have you actually been?”
Rawlins’ questions irritated Chris, “The plan failed and I’m pissed off, do you have to be mad at me?”
Rawlins lowered his head and closed his mouth without another word.
“We lost too much this time, we’ll have to think long and hard before we deal with Marcos again.” said Chris.