Chapter 28
What’s that? Why does it smell that way?” Alfred asked weakly.
“It’s medicine sir. It’s going to absorb the poison and make the pain stop ” Lisa said in a convincing way too and Alfred had no option than to take it. He just wanted this goddamn pain to stop so he could be himself again cause right now he wasn’t himself.
Lisa gave him the medicine and made him drink all of it. Immediately he took the medicine prepared by her and he started throwing up.
Lisa became worried. She helped him clean up when he stopped throwing up and made him lay on the bed and he drifted to sleep.
Lisa sighed softly as he watched him . He can’t believe just poison could bring down a ruthless man like Alfred. Such is life.
She cleaned the room and after she was done she sat on the couch in his room staring at the man in front of him who was fast asleep.
The guards had come into this room more than ten times just to check what she was doing. She couldn’t blame them, she knew they were ordered to do so.
She sat on the couch tiredly and then within a blink of an eye she drifted to a deep sleep.
~~~Hours later~~~
She groaned as she opened her eyes. Her neck was hurting from the way she slept earlier on.
She raised up her head and stared at Alfred whose eyes were still closed but then she noticed something, he was shivering.
She quickly stood up and placed her hands on his forehead. “Oh shit” she quickly withdrew her hands.
” you’re having a fever, ” she muttered slowly to herself. She stood up from the bed and walked inside his bathroom which was looking like heaven in disguise.
She took a bowl of water and a towel. She sat close to him , squeezed the towel out and placed it on his forehead. She stared at the handsome face in front of her. His lips were just the perfect definition of perfection. It was so bloody red. A part of his hair covered his face looking so handsome. As she stared at him non stop she felt a strange feeling stirred within.
She blinked her eyes and quickly removed the towel from his forehead, squeezed it and placed it back on his forehead.
She left it for a while and continued the same process. When she was done she made sure he took his drugs and then again he drifted to sleep.
Lisa was already feeling so tired. She just needed to sleep but she just can’t leave Alfred alone in his state. She sighed as she sat next to him. Sickness could make a man like Alfred so humble.
She sighed softly and was about standing up from the bed when she felt a hand hold her hands.
“Huh” she opened her mouth speechlessly as she turned only to see Alfred’s eyes wide open.
“Don’t go anywhere, stay here” he said and used his other hands to push her close to himself and held her so tight so she wouldn’t disappear, suddenly they both drifted to sleep.
Hours later , Lisa felt her body soaked a little bit and then she realized it was that of Alfred.
She moved away from him and made an attempt to remove his shirt when she saw something. It was a big scar. Oh my goodness! She exclaimed in shock as she saw the scar. Her father must be the one who inflicted this pain on him. She wondered how much pain this man in front of him had gone through and yet he stood strong and tall to the world.
She made An attempt to touch the scar but then a strong hand grabbed her hands. It was Alfred. She looked at him there and she found out he was awake staring at her. This guy is just something else, one minute he’s fast asleep another minute he’s awake staring at her.
The both of them were lost staring at each other’s eyes but then Lisa quickly looked away and Alfred let her hands go. She stood up from the bed and quickly bowed her head, then left without saying another word.
Immediately, she got outside the room and she gave out a deep sigh of relief. She then walked inside the kitchen to get some food for herself. She was feeling so hungry, she needed to eat something. When she was done eating she went back to her room, took her bath and was about to sleep when a guard came knocking on the door on the claim that Mr Alfred was calling her.
She nodded and stood up from her bed then walked to Alfred’s room.
She placed a soft knock on the door twice but there was no answer. She then opened the door and walked inside the room.
She met no one inside, she closed the door behind her and walked fully inside the room. Suddenly she started hearing sounds of water coming from the bathroom.
“Oh, he’s taking his bath” she thought as she yawned. She was already feeling tired and needed to sleep.
She sat on his couch and then drifted to sleep.
As Alfred walked inside his room he met Lisa sitting on his couch in a deep sleep. He stared at her with no expression on his face and then he looked away. He walked towards his wardrobe, brought out a trouser and a hood and put it on since he was just feeling a little bit cold.
He turned to Lisa who was still asleep, her face looking beautiful with her red lips which were as red as blood. And her skin looked so tender and pure. Alfred almost found himself admiring her but he quickly wiped off the thoughts.
He walked towards her in an attempt to wake her up so she could get out of his room but he Quickly stopped. He had actually called her so she could come serve him food but now she’s asleep and he didn’t want to wake her up.
But then he did what no one could expect him to do. He helped her lay properly on the couch and covered her with the duvet.
TBC