“No… No… I beg you…”
Elena’s eyes violently sprung open. She was so frightened that she immediately wanted to sit up. However, as soon as she moved, her whole body felt as if she was torn apart. The pain caused tears to stream down her face.
“Don’t move! You are injured.” Henry held onto her shoulders and gently set her back down. The girl had no strength, and she could not even sit up.
“It hurts…” Elena frowned. After the effects of the sedatives worn off, the wounds on her body started to hurt.
She felt pain all over her body, and it caused her to break out in cold sweat.
The pain was almost unbearable in her lower body. It was as if a raging fire had burned her. Every sleight movement caused intense pain that sent her into despair.
Henry held her trembling hand. He had mixed feelings when he saw her suffer like that. He had been worried about his big brother, but he also wanted to pummel him at that moment.
He pressed the buzzer and hollered, “Doctor, come quickly!”
That was the intensive care unit, and furthermore, that was Second Young Master Sharp. When the doctor heard the alarm buzzer, he dropped his chopsticks and rushed toward the ICU.
“She’s in pain! You have to do something!” Henry anxiously told the doctor as he entered the room.
The doctor expected that to happen, but there was nothing more he could do for her.
“Second Young Master Sharp, as I have explained, she would feel the pain as the effects of the sedative subside. I can’t give her anymore as it is harmful to her body.”
“Is there anything else you can do?” He could not sit and watch as she suffered through the pain.
“I have prescribed some pain killers for her. Has she taken them?” The doctor eyed the medicine on the bedside table and immediately instructed the nurse, “Bring a glass of water.”
Elena was in so much pain that she could not even speak, let alone take medication. Her entire body felt as if it had been burned by fire. It had hurt!
“Come on, don’t struggle. Take the medicine.”
Henry did not expect that she would be in that much pain! He knew that she was someone who could endure pain, and if she would complain about it, then an average person would have passed out from that amount of pain.
It was not as if Elena could not hear them, but she tried her hardest to calm down. However, the pain was too much. It felt as if all the bones in her body were crushed!
“It… hurts…” She trembled, and her whole body convulsed.
The nurse grew anxious and looked at the doctor. “She’s refusing to take the medicine…”
“She’s not refusing it. She just can’t take it! Can’t you see that she’s in pain?”
Henry wanted to rip the nurse’s mouth open. Elena did not refuse to take the medication; she had been nothing but cooperative! It was just that she was in too much pain! Did the nurse not have a shred of sympathy?
The nurse did not expect that Second Young Master Sharp, who looked so gentle and elegant, would treat her so fiercely! She almost cried because she felt so wronged. He had seemed so elegant and noble, yet why was he so terrifying?
Henry was not in the mood to care about his image. He gently hugged Elena as she trembled and coaxed her softly, “If you take the medicine, it will not hurt anymore. Come on, try to take the medicine.”
It was not as if Elena did not want to take it, but as soon as she opened her mouth, even her lips had hurt immensely!
It was even hard to place her lips onto the edge of the cup. When she swallowed a mouthful of water with the medicine, her lips had hurt! Why did it hurt so bad?
Henry’s heart ached when he saw the bite marks where Michael had bitten her. Was there any part of her body that was still intact?
Even her lips were cracked, and it had hurt to open her mouth! Such cruel torture!
Even if she did not cry out, he could feel her pain! Everyone in the room broke out in a sweat as she tried to take her medication. Finally, with much effort, they managed to get Elena to swallow the medicine. Both the doctor and nurse were relieved.
Elena quivered, but she could not lay down nor sit up. Her back was covered in bruises and wounds; it was extremely uncomfortable even to lie down.
Her pain was slightly relieved when Henry cradled her gently in his arms. He allowed her to lean against his arms so that she could hover against the bed instead.
However, how long could Second Young Master Sharp maintain that position? There was no point of contact to brace himself. He merely supported the patient with his forearms. It required too much of his strength.
It would be better if Elena could lean on his chest. However, that would irritate the wounds on her back, and it would cause her more pain. In the end, the doctor and nurse could only watch as Henry maintained that strenuous position. Since Second Young Master Sharp did not say anything, they too remained silent.
Elena shuddered slightly as she still could not find a comfortable position, but at least her back had hurt a little less. Henry let her lean across one of his forearms while his other hand brushed her hair away from her sweat-stained face.
He could not bear to look at her thin, bruised lips, so he turned toward the doctor and asked, “What now? Can she eat?”
“Her mouth…” The doctor did not know what to tell him.
Her lips were bitten in several places, and the bites were quite deep. It would cause intense and severe pain even to open her mouth. How could she eat? Even porridge would be a problem for her.
The doctor sighed. “Let’s continue with the I. V. drip for tonight. Don’t let her eat anything. We’ll try again tomorrow when it shouldn’t hurt as much.”
“Her injuries are not serious…”
The doctor rephrased his sentence as Henry glared at him. “What I mean was, although severe, the injuries are superficial.”
They were all external injuries; there were no internal injuries or damages to her bones. However, injuries to the flesh were the most painful ones, as it would feel like a raging fire had continued to burn across the flesh.
“She just needs to endure tonight. She would feel better tomorrow and would recover soon.”
“As for the wounds, Eldest Young Master Williams has arranged for Ryan to stay with her. We will help her to get better soon.”
The doctor was also afraid that his words might make the patient uncomfortable, so he picked his words carefully.
“Most of the wounds would not leave any scars but some parts of her body…”
Henry glared at the doctor again. Was that truly the time to discuss that? Had the girl not gone through enough trauma?
The doctor understood his intentions and quickly concluded, “In short, don’t be worried about the wounds. There should be no scarring.”
The majority of the wounds would not leave a mark, however, there would still be some scarring. That was a discussion for another time.
“Second Young Master Sharp, I’ll prepare more medication for her.”
“Go, quickly!”
“Yes, yes…”
“Wait!” Henry called out as the doctor was about to leave the room.
The doctor immediately turned around and asked, “Is there anything else, Second Young Master Sharp?”
“Give her liquid medication if you can. If there are no substitutes, then crush them into powder before you bring them over.”
“Yes. I understand!”
After the doctor and nurse left, Henry turned to Elena and softly said, “Don’t be afraid, it won’t hurt anymore. Don’t be afraid.”
Elena’s blood-stained lips continued to quiver. He did not know how much time had passed before she uttered something so soft he could hardly hear her. “Where is he?”