Davina’s Pov:-
I stared at him not knowing what to say or do, My heart began beating faster and faster, and as a passing second he stared at me patiently waiting for an answer but I didn’t have one.
Say something, he’s waiting.
“…” I blinked and opened my mouth to say something but nothing was coming out of my mouth, he shook his head while chuckling, “That’s stupid of me to ask…” he said while shaking his head.
I just stared at him not knowing how to react, he grabbed the body wash and began to wash me, I did the same. We both showered together while we kept kissing each other hungrily and walked out with white towels wrapped around our bodies. I was surprised to see his clothes in my closet, we both dressed at a time while glancing at each other.
I felt so awkward that I kept looking away whenever our eyes met, I don’t understand why but the question he asked in the shower was bugging me a lot. Why couldn’t I answer him, of course, I would leave him after the contract ends, it was clear and simple. Why didn’t I say it?
It kept roaming in my mind all day, I don’t know why that damn question kept rushing to my mind whenever I saw him but I couldn’t concentrate on any other things because of it.
As the day went on, I suddenly remembered that I had decided to talk to Arthur about Olivia’s captor roaming on this island. I stood up from the couch and made my way towards his study room, I knocked on the door and waited for his reply.
“Come in,” he said from the other side,
I pushed the door and stepped inside, he was sitting on the desk typing something on his laptop. I cleared my throat and gained his attention.
“Davina?” he said while looking at me and slowly closing the laptop.
“I need to talk to you… If you have time?” I said while walking towards him,
“Yes…” he motioned me to take a seat and I did,
“I want to talk about Olivia,” I said cautiously,
“What do you wanna talk about?” he asked with interest radiating in his eyes,
I swallowed hard, “When… I saw her… running in the woods, she was actually running from someone…” he cut me off, “Yeah, you told me that!” he said,
“Yes, What I want to say is… what if the one she was running away from is still on this island… what if he discovers her here and tries to get her again?” I said while staring at his face,
“I think she should have security around her… to protect her from the person!” I stated, “We don’t know who the person is nor do we know the reason” I added.
“You have a point there,” he said while considering my words and thinking about it, “I will put some bodyguards and install cameras around the estate,” he said, I nod my head at him.
“Thank you for letting me know this,” he smiled at me, “Though I’m curious to know why you wanna protect her? Knowing the fact that she was the reason why your husband left you!” He asked with a mocking smirk on his lips.
“In case you forgot, he cheated on you… with her…” he said and I noticed the way he clenched his jaw while saying that. I took a deep breath and controlled my anger,
“I remember… I remember every single thing crystal clear… even if I try to forget… you are always there to remind me…” I said mockingly, “I want April to be safe and that’s the only reason why I’m doing this…. I don’t want her to know all this!” I quickly got up from the chair and made my way towards the door.
“I want you to stay away from Olivia,” he said, making me halt, I turned my head back to look at him.
“I don’t want you to visit her…” he added and was about to say something but I cut him off,
“Trust me, I don’t want to either,” I replied while clenching my jaw and walking out of the room.
***
I had avoided him for two days, he didn’t come to my room again. As he said he had doubled the security around the mansion. Several Bodyguards were appointed by him. He has implanted security cameras everywhere in the mansion except for our bedrooms. The complete estate was secured with cameras and security guards. He made sure no one could enter the estate without getting caught.
***
A few days later
I was sitting in Arthur’s room beside Olivia, staring at her unconscious face. She had pipes attached to her, the doctor said she was in a short coma because of how weak her body is, there was no energy left in her and the doctor also says that before going unconscious Olivia might be in shock, she saw something that shocked her system badly.
Although Arthur asked me to stay away from her, I had no choice other than to sit here as the nurse had gone out to have her lunch. Arthur had put a nurse to look after her all the time, she takes care of Olivia day and night.
It has been 11 days since I found her in the woods and bought her here. She has been in a coma since then. There was no improvement in her condition. The doctor visits her every day to check her but keeps telling us about her weak state.
I kept watching Arthur taking care of her, holding her hand and sitting with her the whole day. He never came to my room again after that day and we kept our distance. Neither he attempted to talk to me nor did I, But I would watch him quietly without him knowing. He would just go to the room she was kept in and sit beside her on the bed and stare at her, I don’t know what was running inside his head as he stares at her that way but the care and worry he has for her flashes in his eyes.
Every time I see him sitting near her, some kind of feeling arises inside me. I don’t know what it is nor do I understand why I feel that way. No matter how many times I tell myself that it’s nothing but It keeps bothering me to see him like that.
As days passed on, tons of questions began to arise inside my head. I want to know about the whereabouts of Allen and my curiosity to know who did this to her was increasing as well.
There was no attempt or anything suspicious happened in the past few days which is quite doubtful to me.
Maybe the Captor still couldn’t find her?
Stop it now Davina, I thought and looked away from her.
“Where is Allen? Is he alive?” I mumbled while I turned and glanced at her, “Is he in danger?” I said while I stared at her.
Watching her not respond I let out a sigh and turned away from her. All of a sudden I heard her mumbling something, I turned to her in shock and stared at her face. She had an expression on her face as if she was in some kind of pain, tears were running down from her closed eyes.
“No…” She whispered, “No… please,” She began to cry,
Looking at her I was panicking, “Olivia,” I began to call her while placing her hand in mine.
“Allen!” She began crying aloud, hearing his name. I was confused and shocked.
“No… please… Allen!” She began screaming, Hearing her screams, Arthur was the first one to enter the room.
“What happened?” he asked with panic evident on his face, his eyes moved from my face to hers and as he moved them back to me I saw anger in them.
“What did you do?” he asked while walking to me and grabbing my arm roughly,
“No-Nothing… I didn’t..” I tried to defend myself but he cut me off,
“Shut up,” he yelled in my face and dragged me out of the room.
“Get out,” he gritted his teeth, and shut the door in my face.
Tears rolled down my cheek as I stared at the closed door, I placed my palm over my mouth and ran towards my room. I stepped inside and shut the door, I leaned my back to the door and let the tears run down my cheek.
I sat down and pulled my knees to my chest, I wrapped my arms around my knees, “I didn’t do anything,” I cried while laying my head on my arms.
“I swear… I didn…” I stopped crying as something hit my mind, and the way she kept shouting Allen’s name flashed in front of my eyes.
Why did she scream his name?
Author’s Note:-
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