~Wealth consists not in having great possession but in having few wants.-Epicurus.~
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Surprise chapter.
I rushed through the hospital door.
"Sorry sir. Where are you going?" The nurse questioned.
"Miss. Valenti," I replied.
"Are you family?" She asked.
Gosh. Say you are her boyfriend.
I thought you were the good angel here.
Do you want to get in or not?
"I'm her boyfriend," I said.
"Oh. She didn't mention anything about that." She says flipping some pages.
"Well somethings are best kept unknown," I said.
"Ok room 57 ." She said.
"Thank you," I said rushing past her.
Slowing down my pace when I get out of the elevator I scan the doors for the room 57. My heart drops to the bottom of my chest when I see Natasha.
She's seated near her aunt, her beautiful silky blond hair is now messier than usual. Her exquisite emerald eyes have lost their sparkle and are now red, with dark circles forming under it.
Should I knock?
I decide to go for it. When she whispers come in her voice hoarse my heart breaks. I can't help but think that I caused all of this.
"Nurse..." she begins but abruptly stops when she sees me. Although in that state I can see the daggers she throws at me.
"What are you doing here?" She asks coldly.
"Listen just hear me out before you chase me away," I say.
"Hear you out?! Are you kidding? Did you 'hear me out' when you fired me? Did you 'hear me out' when you sent that $15000? Did you 'hear me out' when you magically appeared in Natalie's suite? No Lorenzo I will not 'hear you out' but I will get someone to exhort you out." She said using a lot of inverted commas made by hands. I really wanted to laugh but I saw how angry she was and swallowed my laughter.
"Ok. Please just let me explain. Give me ten minutes and then after that, if you want to still chase me out, you can." I pleaded.
"These ten minutes I won't be able to take back. I mean EVER." She warned.
"I promise it will be worth it," I reassured her.
"Ten minutes and that's all." She said sitting on the sofa.
"Ok. Thank you so much." I said sitting down.
"Nine minutes and 59 seconds." She started counting.
"Ok. So let me start the day we came back from the airport." I said.
"My mum wanted to tell me something. She said I should let you go because I had missed an important meeting that would allow our company to grow, I missed it the day we were baking those delicious cookies. Mum wasn't pleased with her kitchen and the meeting I missed. So after I talked to her about the reasons I missed it, she said that I have to let you go so that I could focus more on the company." I said purposely leaving out what I had discussed with my mum.
"So it was her idea to fire me?" She asked calmly.
"Yup," I said.
"And you just went along with it not bothering to explain that simple fact to me." She said getting angry again.
"Woah slow down. That was the worse mistake I had made in my life. Every day without you at the office was torture. I kept seeing your shadow everywhere just those few weeks I thought of you more than I thought of anyone in my whole life. I would wake up and see you bring breakfast to your aunt. I would smell your perfume on every female colleague. No, I wasn't ok. I tried to get over you and my mistakes. But I kept seeing your shadow reminding me of how we were, of how it was. They followed me everywhere. You didn't text, didn't call I was going crazy. That's why I was very happy to see you at Natalie's suite and the vague sight of your face near the station. Just the sight of you brightened me and honestly seeing that you won't around another man's arms brought a lot of relief." I finally confessed.
"So you were going crazy and that's why your mum and Ashley tried reaching me." She whispered.
"Yup mum saw the effect you had on me. I mean rehab wouldn't have done me any good. You are my painkiller and the joy in my life Natasha I promise you I would never intentionally hurt you." I said surprised at my own words.
I saw her look at me so intently I wondered if my feelings won't mutual.
"I mean if you don't feel the same way it's ok I just wanted to let you know that. But please don't break my heart and tell me that you don't feel the sparks I do." I pleaded.
She stood up so suddenly like I was the fire.
"Lorenzo thank you for letting me know. I'm not going to lie by I never thought of you liking me but sadly my feelings haven't reached that level." She said.
My heart broke. I mean I literally heart the tear.
"My feelings reached past that level. I really like it. I like your smile, your eyes, your presence. I can't believe you felt the same way about me. I mean have you looked at yourself in the mirror who wouldn't like you?" She said smiling.
"I mean I do turn a lot of heads," I said grinning which earned me a smack on the arms. "No, I'm serious Natasha you are my beauty I don't hold a candle next to your beauty."
She blushed scarlet.
"Now that that's settled. I need to have a little talk with your mum." She said.
"No. She was looking out for me. I told her how I felt about you and she said she needed to make sure that it was returned." I explained.
"So this was a test?" She asked crossing her arms.
"Basically," I said scratching my neck. "Anyways how's your aunt?"
"Just waiting for her to wake up." She said.
"I'm awake." We heard. Turning we see her aunt smiling at us. "You guys are so cute together."
Natasha blushed. "You saw all of that?"
"Oh, honey I wouldn't mind waking up to that scene every day." She smiled.
It's good to see that she approved of us.
"So how you feeling ma'am?" I asked
"Oh stop that! Call me Susan. I'm feeling guilty. I'm so sorry you had to find out this way. I was going to tell you today." She said.
"No, it ok. Hey, no worries I am just happy you are ok." Natasha said.
"So where do we go from now?" I ask.
"Well, we have to amputate her leg," Natasha said.
"Who said that I want to amputate my leg?" Susan said.
"Aunt this is not negotiable," Natasha said. "Anyways the pricing is very high."
I smirked. "Do you know who you are talking to? Money isn't an issue especially if it's to help the favorite person in the world."
So we got everything agreed. I paid for her amputation, the mechanical leg, and the treatment.
"Ok this will take an hour or more so I would advice you to go home. " the nurse said.
"No I want to be here when she wakes up," Natasha argued.
"Natasha have you seen yourself lately. I mean yes you look cute but I do like when you freshen up." I said ruffling her hair.
"Well, you are right to let's go to my house." She said.
"Enjoy yourself." The nurse winked then smiled.
I grinned shaking my head.
The drive was full of stupid grins. Coming both from me and Natasha.
Getting to her house I waited for her to shower and made some waffles with help with her waffles maker.
She came downstairs drying her hair.
"Nice shirt." I smiled at her.
"Thanks, it's actually for the wedding but I haven't done my laundry so this was my only option right now." She said.
I served her a plate of waffles and we sat at the table.
"Ice cream?" She asked.
"Yup," I said completely shocked that I forgot that.
After she sat down I held her hand.
"Natasha I can't continue like this," I said.
"Are you ok you sound pained?" She said.
"I am pained in many areas. But I need to know you are mine. I want to hold your hands when we walk. I want everyone to know you belong to me and only me." I continued
"You make me sound like a pet or a car. What's your point?" She asked.
"Natasha I want you to be my girlfriend."
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OMG. They finally had their moment.
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