GARY GAUTHIER’S POV
I hugged her figure as the driver drove out wildly to the nearest hospital. I can’t seem to comprehend what just happened.
I look down at her sleeping figure and am worried, fucking worried. What the fuck just happened?.
Minutes ago I was kissing her very delicate skin, she was just fine. Glowing, looking damn beautiful and then we pulled up at a very expensive club, the most expensive in Atlanta and she stares at the building and goes into shock.
Its been so long I feel helpless, Even when I and Brie got divorced, I hadn’t felt helpless.
But now I couldn’t help feeling helpless. She looks so pale my heart longed to protect her.
I don’t know the effect she has on me. I’ve known her for over a month but it seems like forever.
Throughout the short ride to the hospital, I hug her frame figure, kiss and ruffle her hair and listen to her shallow breathing. Minutes later he pulls up at the hospital and goes out swiftly.
The door opens and I rush out heading for the hospital. Nurses rush to me on seeing me and she’s placed on a stretcher. I can’t believe some were still ogling at me still.
They rolled her into a ward and I was asked to wait. I sit down on a chair as I ran my hands through my hair. My driver walk towards me trying to catch his breath.
“Call Carly and tell him to cancel the appointment I have with Simon.” I day breathlessly. He nods and bring out his phone to dail. He hangs up after speaking with him and dails another number. I lean my head against the hard chair and briefly close my eyes. Whats the issue with Lesley. Why do I have this feeling that there’s more to her?. I can’t just seem to place my finger on it….. but I can feel it. She always seem scared, like she’s running from something. I sit for close to an hour before a nurse comes out of the room and I push to my feet immediately.
“Mr Gauthier, She’s fine now. You can go and see her after she’s been rolled out into a ward.” I sigh in relief and thanked the nurse who is staring flirtingly at me.
I walk into the ward after she’s been transferred. She lay on the bed, her eyes are shut and her face looking pale. I sit on the bed and brush off strands from her face. Her eyes flutter open and she blinks… trying to adjust to the light. I squeeze her hand softly.
“Hey brunnie.” She looks up at me and smile.
“Hey.” She replies weakly.
“Where am I.” She added trying to sit up but I hold her down gently.
“You’re in the hospital and you’re safe okay…. just rest.” She lays back into the bed with a sigh.
“I could change my mind you know…. about not going to the party tomorrow night and we could fly back to Newyork.” I suggested. Maybe she had a phobia for travelling he shook her head.
“No Gary, I’m fine already…. just passed out from stress I think.” I arch my brows.
“Stress…. I don’t think you’ve been doing stuffs that could stress you out….” She bits her lip and close her eyes and open them slowly.
“I will just call the doctor and ask him if you can be discharged.” I peck her and walk out the door.
A dozen of my men where standing around.
“What’s the issue?.” I ask ben my driver.
“Just some couple of snoopers waiting outside the hospital.” He replies. I groan as the nurse who had earlier attended to me approach me.
“Mr Gauthier…. The doctor needs you at his office.” I nod.
“Get them out of here Ben… they are the last thing I need now.” I follow the nurse to the office and walk in.
“So good to see you around Mr Gauthier….. just got in?.” I nod.
“Staying for a week …. it’s business.” He smiles In reply.
“Umm, there’s are some things you need to know about the lady you brought in here”. I nod as he adjusts his glasses and pick up a file.
“The girl seems to have been a druggie Gauthier, she’s been injected severally with drugs.” I frowned at the doctor. What the fuck does he mean. Lesley a druggie? she dosen’t look like one.
“Any of her relative you could get in touch with?”. I shook my head.
“She lives alone….. got a friend called Stacy…. She told me she lost contact with her family”. The doctor nod.
“Not only that…. she has internal injuries. It seems she fainted due to fear-” He’d barely finished his sentence when I banged on his desk angrily. He jerks in shock. I grit my teeth angrily.
“I don’t get a damn thing!. what the fuck are you talking about huh!, Is this another tactic at frauding. She just collapsed out of fear, stop faking all this trash or am gonna fuck your ass up”. I yell. The doctor looks calm. He shakes his head.
“Sorry about that Mr Gauthier, but just put that at the back of your mind…..”
“No….. am just gonna thrash all you’ve just said in waste bin. Now tell me when she’d be discharged and let me get the fuck outta here.” He nods immediately, surprised at my outburst.
“Pls calm down Mr Gauthier.” He takes the phone on the desk and speak into it.
“Check the patient at ward five, run a routine check on her and sign her out.” I stand up and he holds out his hand for a handshake. I shook it as he smiles.
“A pleasure meeting you Mr Gauthier”. I nod and walk out the door. Lesley was discharged minutes later and we drove back to the hotel.
She lay on the bed sleeping. I sit on the bed as I watch her sleeping figure. It had taken me a year to fall in love with Brie…. and it had only taken me a week to fall for Lesley. Now I know why they say it doesn’t matter how long but how well. I bring out my phone as it rings. I swipe to receive it.
“Boss…. it’s Carly…. Simon his pissed off at the cancelled appointment….”
“Then he should go to hell already….. and withdraw the deal with him, tell him am done doing business with him.” I yell into the phone and hung up. I toss phone on the bed.
The anniversary is scheduled for tomorrow night
In as much as I don’t want to go I have to cos I have a business meeting with some couple of clients. I can’t seem to sleep courtesy of what the doctor had said. I look at her as she slept peacefully.
No!, the doctor is just a fucked up d i c k trying to extort money from me. Lesley looks to cute too have been a druggie. Druggies hardly go back to normal. I don’t feel sleepy anymore and it’s almost midnight. I cover her up and peck her cheek. I walk out of the room to the living room to work.
Lesley turns in her sleep. Sweat broke out on
“No!, i didn’t do this. Stop please you’re hurting me!”
“Please. Don’t…. NO!” She jerks off from her sleep with a start and looks around fearfully. Her hair sticking to her forehead. The door opens as Gary walks in.
“Are you alright.” He asks as he rushes to the bed and grips Lesley shoulders
Lesley hugs him, her body shaky.
“I had a nightmare.” She squeaks. He pats her hair and kiss her hair.
“I’m here now brunnie, don’t freak out…. it’s just a nightmare, probably because of yesterday.” She raise her head from his chest and he pecks her on her mouth.
“You’d be fine okay….” He assures and she nods. He helps her up.
“Let’s go shower” He says. Lesley smiles at his his flirty tone. He pulls her close to himself. Lesley wrapped her legs around his torso, and he walked out of the room.
LESLEY PERKINS’ POV
I sit inbetween Gary’s leg. He’s sitted on the couch and am sitted on the floor, watching a movie and stuffing grapes into my mouth.
“Like seriously? you love horror series?”. Gary chuckles and stuff some grapes into his mouth.
“yeah brunnie…. “. I scoff.
“It is so horrible to watch Gary…. what’s the fun here?. ”
“You sitting with me and watching movies together.” He smirks as I blush.
“The doctor said some stuffs about you.” He says and frown
“Stuffs….. like what.”I drawl. Gary lets out a breath.
“Not to worry brunnie….. I sorted it out already.” I shrug and nod. He tilts my head to look up at him. He puts a grape in his mouth and held it between his teeth. He lowers his head as I nibbled slowly on it our lips brushing slightly. I nibbled on everything and end up kissing him. He tasted damn sweet. He deepens the kiss and we pull apart after sometime.
“Why did you fall unconscious after seeing that building?” I stiffen suddenly.
“I just felt woozy, not because of the building…. probably because I was tired.” I could almost feel him nod.
“Do you really wanna go to the anniversary with me….. you could rest you know.” I shook my head no.
“No Gary I’m fine now…. and besides… I’d be bored if you go alone.”
“Okay….. if you say so. it’s almost time. Let’s go shower.” He pulls me up.
“Jacuzzi or bath tub?…” he smirks.
“Make use of the jacuzzi … I’d use the bath tub….” He pouts.
“So you don’t wanna bath with me right” Ichuckles
“If you don’t wanna miss the anniversary is better we don’t bath together.” He spanks my butt as I go out of the room laughing.
We arrived at the venue thirty minutes ago. And I can’t stop feasting my eyes everywhere, The very expensive designs, rich Newyorkers who were definitely celebrities, the calibre of people around. To say they were influential is an understatement. More like, if they cough there’s every possiblity that they would cough out money.
Every thing here screamed dollars. The party had already started, and Gary had been walking around with his arm around my waist. Greeting and introducing me to almost everyone in the hall and there’s me forgeting their names immediately we moved on to the next guest. My legs are aching from the killer heels I wore, no thanks to Eva. Gary stops again in front of a red haired guy.
“Lesley, meet Brandon my old time pal. Brandon, Lesley.” I stuck out my hand and he took it pressing a kiss to my knuckles.
“You are definitely the most prettiest lady in the hall.” He compliments I blush and mutter a thank you, Gary wasn’t smiling like he was before.
“Could I borrow her for a while.” He turns to Gary and his face turns sour.
“No Brandon.” he voiced out icily. Brandon grins
“Chill man okay…. I know she’s yours.” He smirked at him before walking off.
A woman with grey hair wearing a strap gown and holding a glass of wine moved towards us with a smile on her face. She hugs Gary and smile at me.
“Finally…. son you brought a girl!”. Wow, Gary’s mom. I blink, noticing how pretty she looks.
“Look at you Mom you still look thirty.”
“Hi ma’am” I say and
“Oh pretty!. Aren’t you so cute, I’mm glad you accompanied my son. Atleast he won’t be the odd one out!” she gives me a hug and peck my cheek. Gary rolls his eyes eyes at her and I chuckle.
“It’s my pleasure.” I simply say.
“Do come over to our table dear. Let me introduce you to the rest of the family.” She entwine my arm with hers and walk away, leaving Gary too trail behind us.
Their table is table was located at the extreme of the large reception in a way you could see everyone in the reception. I get to the table and sit down on one of the chairs facing three men. I sit between Gary and his mom
“Hey son.” A man in tux suit and curly dark hair smiles broadly at Gary…. the resemblance is striking.
“Hey old man… still haven’t grown any grey hairs yet.” Gary chuckles as he they shook hands.
“No son…. am not getting old anytime soon…. I still got a life to live.” He smiles and winks. Now I know where Gary got his winking trait from.
“Dad…. Meet my very special friend Lesley Perkins. Lesley meet my dad, My brother Francis” He says and point to a guy sitting close to his Dad. “And my uncle Royce” I smile and nod my head in greeting. They smile back in return. except Francis who kept a straight face.
“So finally you decided to bring a girl along…. a charming one at that.” His father starts. I bite down a blush.
“So when are you planning on-”
“-Oh just stop it already Dad!, Lesley ain’t my girl. Just my very special friend.” I frown, now am a teeny bit hurt. I never imagined Gary could say that. Not like I was anyways.
“Son…. ain’t you gonna introduce her to me”. Mrs Gauthier says feigning hurt. Gary roll his eyes at her.
“Come on mom…. everyone could tell you’re my mom with the way you act” They all laugh except Francis though, he was looking like he hates to be here.
“So how’s business.” Royce finally speaks up.
“The same story Uncle, always fucking stressful!.” Gary sighs. For once, Gary doesn’t speak to francis. And it was as though francis was invisible.
The waitress approaches out table and began to serve us delicacies. My stomach grumbles in protest. I’ve been so occupied I never even knew I was hungry. Mrs Gauthier lean into my ears and whisper.
“I got to warn you dear, their conversation is always long and boring. Do your self the favour of filling your stomach okay….” I nod and grin, liking her already. We all start eating once the waitress leaves.
I tuck into my food and took a spoonful. I feel Francis eyes on me, gosh!…. I hate those sort of stares. Gary, his dad and his uncle go into conversation and it was damn boring. I finished my meal and mutter a thanks to Mrs Gauthier. She smiles in reply.
She excuses herself and walk to the couples who are the hosts. I hold my wine glass and lean back into my chair. I wished I had stayed at home when Gary asked me to. I could still feel Francis eyes on me.. I ignore him and sip from my wine. Gary stares at me and ask if I was fine I nod in reply and smile.
“I know it’s boring but I can’t seem to ignore…. or should I walk you back to our suite?” He asks.
I shook my head no, don’t wanna seem selfish. He pecks me on the cheek and faces his father who was smirking at him.
Francis arched his brows. They return to conversing. Bored, I began to look around. Mrs Gauthier talking and laughing to whatever stuff the couples were saying. Men in Black suits sitted around tables and talking The girls beside them looking bored too, waiters and waitresses walking around with trays and attending to guests, music playing.
It was a nice gathering though. I roam my eyes around the reception. It rests on a group of men in red and white suits. security men around the table. One of them was backing me. I stare at him for a while. My heart raced… my face cloud and I clutch the wine tight. My face seem pale and my breath hitched…. and am slowly slipping into unconsciousness again..
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