|| VALENTINA's POV ||
" How is he doing now??", It was Lorenzo's father who questioned me in a weak voice. He just came around the corner right after Nana left the hospital angrily. For the first time, I saw Mr.King so worried and tensed. Although he said only a few words, his expression told everything how worried he was for his son.
Was I hallucinating?
Lorenzo told me that his father didn't care about his existence. But the vulnerability that was shown in his eyes was no joke too. I had a feeling that he cared for Lorenzo more than he knew. I replied shortly, keeping my eyes on Lorenzo,
" He is doing fine now. Luka is taking care of everything."
Mr.King hummed softly and replied pulling his eyes back on me,
" You look exhausted. Why don't you go back to the house and take some rest?"
I was surprised to see that he was worried about me too. Smiling at him gleefully, I assured him strongly,
" Thank you for your concern, Mr.King but I am really fine. There is an extra bed also. If I feel exhausted, I will take a nap for sure."
He nodded with a small smile, plastering on his face. Looking back at Lorenzo, he spoke in a whisper,
" Thanks for taking care of him. I am relieved that he has someone to take care of finally. Be his support, Valentina not a burden."
I didn't know why but his words seemed to carry a different meaning. However, I had already sealed my fate with Lorenzo King. Whatever the storm comes, we will face it together. I mumbled with a sigh, staring at the old man who happened to expose his emotions today,
" I will do everything for him, Mr.King. Don't worry about that!!"
Lorenzo's dad stayed for another short while then left after talking with Luka to make sure that Lorenzo was served with the best medical treatment. After I was left alone with Lorenzo, I couldn't help but remember the days we had together. We used to cuddle each other in bed until I fell asleep.
Smiling at the memories, I didn't even notice how many hours had passed until the clock clicked on 12 A.M at night. Thinking about my sore feet that I got from this pregnancy, I thought of having a walk around the hospital, making sure that it wasn't too far away from Lorenzo's ward.
Most of the patients had gone to sleep at that hour. A few of their guests were awake inside the wards. I went lost in checking those patients, not until I realized that Lorenzo was alone in the ward and I had spent half an hour in wandering only.
Trotting on my slippers, I marched back to the ward carefully. However, as soon as I opened the door, I saw the least expected person here.
LEONARDO KING!!
I almost shouted at him, watching him standing next to the machine,
" What are you doing here???"
Leonardo seemed a bit surprised as well. But he played it cool the following moment. He spoke with a smirk, staring at me hard,
" Oh, I just happened to hear that my brother had met with an accident. Can't I visit him as a family member? You sound so pissed off, Valentina."
Yes, I was fucking pissed off.
From their intense enmity, it was obvious that he came here without any good intentions. My heart almost flew off when I saw him, standing next to Lorenzo's machine. I tried to speak politely but each word came out cold as ice,
" The visiting hours are over, Leonardo. You can come tomorrow. I will appreciate it if you let him rest now! "
Leonardo's face hardened with my words. He twitched his lips before saying,
" Oh my my! You aren't even his wife yet! Why so bossy? I am his family. You are reacting like I have come here to kill him, Valentina."
I knew that it wouldn't be easy to drive Leonardo away. Before I could retort anything, another voice appeared from my back,
" But I can ask you to go, Leonardo as Lorenzo's doctor."
Luka appeared in his white apron, watching grimly. He sounded mad too and I breathed a sigh of relief. From Leonardo's words, it didn't sound like he was going out anytime soon. To be very honest,I wanted this man far away from Lorenzo.
Leonardo chuckled in a sarcastic remark before telling,
" It looks like no one wants me here. I was here for a visit. Anyways, since you two are ganged up together, I can only go now. Bye, Valentina. We will meet soon."
He left after smirking at us silently. I felt a huge burden, dropping from my shoulders. Luka hissed at his retreat back, quickly entering to check Lorenzo's pulse,
" Fuck him! Don't ever let him go near Lorenzo, Valentina. He is definitely up to something. Leonardo is far more dangerous than he seems."
I nodded repeatedly and went next to him worrying,
" Is he okay? Did he do anything to him? I shouldn't have left the room, Luka."
Luka heavied a sigh of relief after he checked on Lorenzo and turned around to face me,
" Don't blame yourself for everything. Thankfully, he is okay. But I have to tell you something, Valentina."
I waited for him to speak as he continued lowering his voice,
" Lorenzo's accident doesn't seem like an accident."
I gasped hard to look down at Lorenzo, stumbling on my words in fear,
" What.. what did you mean?"
Luka sighed heavily and replied knitting his brows together,
" We are suspecting that it was an attempt to murder him. You better watch out closely from now on. Leonardo is the main suspect here."
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|| LORENZO's POV ||
The sound of machine beeping snapped me out of my unconscious state. I let out a groan before snapping open my eyes groggily. Looking around, I saw the sleeping beauty next to me. She was snoring lightly with her eyes tightly closed shut.
Was I dreaming? Was she really here?
I remembered the last time, chasing her when she was trying to get away from me. Since that time, I thought that I had lost her for forever. Never knew that I could go this insane because of a woman. All I wanted was to kill the guy when I saw her with him in that restaurant. They looked so happy together except me who had the urge to kill him.
I stretched out my hand to touch her but then remembered how badly she wanted to get rid of me. I was scared to think that she wanted to leave me. Maybe, I should pretend that I was still sick and unconscious.
She started moving suddenly. I jerked off in fear and closed my eyes shut to pretend back to sleep. She groaned lightly and said with a helpless sigh,
" You are still not awake. How long do you want to torture me, Lorenzo? I can't feel anything without you.."
A part of my heart felt alive again. It was not her concern but the deep love that I detected behind her tone. I didn't know why I wanted to continue, listening to her. She said a few more words about our baby and stood up to leave before saying,
" Forget! I will just keep waiting for you, Lorenzo..even if it means forever..."
I felt her moving away from me. Just when she turned around to leave, I blurted with a speeding heartbeat suddenly,
" Is that a yes to be my girlfriend again, Valentina Avery?"
She froze in her track with a gasp. Though I wanted to see her smile, she was crying instead...