Chapter 12 - To the Hospital!
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Mark blinks at the way she addressed him "Actually I should be the thanking you Ms. Clara and please call me Mark" he decided to tell his name since he felt awkward when she calls him Mister
"Ooh.. Okay, Mr. Mark but I didn't quite understand what you meant..?" she gives him a confused look
"Last week you picked up a fallen wallet at Town square street, remember? Actually that was mine, I was in a hurry that day and I wasn't able to thank you properly. So, thank you Ms. Clara for returning it" Mark replies
"Ooh. That Tall guy was you? No need for the thanks Mr. Mark, as an human being it's our responsibility to help others when they are in need" she smiles
'She has good manners, unlike some old man' Mark thought to himself while smiling and says "But still if it's okay with you I would like to ask you out for a meal this weekend to show my gratitude" he tries his luck
Clara's cheeks get hot by seeing his smile 'Oh! God help me!' she bites her lips and ponders on his request 'He's asking me out for a meal? This guy is asking me out on our first meeting? That too on this weekend? What's his motive? Arghhhh.... I want to decline but still he has helped me a while ago' she took a side glance at him '.... and he's handsome too....'
'Then again if he's not here, I don't think I can able to get rid off that bastard easily, so I'll have to show my gratitude as well but the fashion show is this weekend which I can't miss' she sighs "I'm grateful for the offer but I'm sorry, Mr. Mark that I have to decline it since I'm busy this weekend and couldn't able to take time to come" she apologies politely
"Oh. I'm sorry for asking you out suddenly" Mark says
"It's alright and would it be okay with you if we can go out for a meal next week? I'm free next week actually" Clara suggests
'I thought she has already declined my offer but here goes nothing' Mark ponders and says "It's okay with me"
"It's been decided then next week we will meet here at the same time" Clara grins
Mark nods 'so she's indirectly saying she doesn't want to give her contact details, I can't blame her for this since we met for the first time. How can she trust someone who she has just met and share her contact details'
Clara tries to stand up but winces in pain and sits back 'Tsk.. Why is it painful? Arggh.. I should have changed into sneakers instead of these high heels' she grumbles
Mark who notices she's still in pain offers help again "Ms. Clara, we have to get your ankle treated first to check whether it's just a sprain or a bone injury. So, let me take you to the hospital"
Clara waves her hands in refusal "No, Mr. Mark I've already wasted so much time of yours and I'll feel guilty if you stay any longer. As I said I'll call someone to pick me up, so don't worry about it"
'This girl is hard to convince' Mark ponders on what to say to convince her and uses her words from before "Ms. Clara, you said that it's our responsibility to help others when they're in need and I'm trying to help you by getting your wound treated. So, I request you to take my help"
Clara sighs 'I can't refuse now..' "Okay, Mr. Mark.." she agrees unwillingly, after getting the approval he calls Jim and asks him to come to where he is. After a few minutes a car stops in front of them.
Clara slowly gets inside on the back seat with the help of Mark, after helping her Mark gets inside and instructs the chauffeur to go to the nearest hospital.
After getting seated, Clara takes out her phone to find it's still in silence mode since meeting and notices she's currently getting a call from Dan. She swipes answer button while placing ear-pods and talks through them
Clara : "Mr. Anderson, have you called to see whether your friend is still alive or dead?"
Dan sighs on the other line "You met him already?"
Clara grinds her teeth "So, you already know that bas- Mr. Robertson is here and you didn't even care to tell me about it?" she was about to curse but sensing she's not alone, she gulps it down
Dan : "Didn't you see the missed calls? I have been trying to reach you for the past two hours to inform you of the same. Where have you been? Why didn't you answer my calls? Do you know how worried I was?"
Clara takes out her phone and looks through the call log, there are indeed twenty missed calls from him "I'm sorry, I was a little busy and need to put the phone on silent. So unable to answer your calls" she can't tell him she's busy in shopping and forget to check her phone
Dan sighs "You haven't answered my question yet, have you met him?"
Clara sighs "Yep, just a while ago"
Dan : "Where are you? Are you fine? Or should I ask did you do something to him?"
'I can't let him know I sprained my ankle or else he'll get worried' Clara ponders and says "I'm on my way home and what kind of stupid question is that? Of course, I'm fine and since it's a public place I couldn't able to do anything or else I would have kicked him like last time"
Dan : "Hey! Do think about his future, he is a prince and he requires descendants to take his position in the future. So, be careful of what you do" yep he's a prince which she doesn't care about
Clara scoofs "Who cares who he is or about his future and if he tries to make a move again, I swear I'll not go easy on him; if you have called me to discuss about him then I'm hanging up" she hangs up the call
Dan : "Hey-!" Beep.. beep 'this girl, how can she hang up the call?' he tries to call her again but she disconnects it
After hanging up, Clara ponders on what Dan said 'What if he's a prince? A man should know how to respect a women and that guy doesn't even know the meaning of respect'
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Mark gets seated beside Clara after helping her in and after few minutes he notices she's taking to someone on call
"Mr. Anderson, have you called to see whether your friend is still alive or dead?"
'Is she talking to Dan Anderson? friend? So they're just friends?' he doesn't know why this piece of information made him relax and he feels a little happy when she tries to curse that Blondie.
After listening to her words he came to a conclusion that Blondie tried to make a move on her but gets kicked and sent to hospital instead, he grips his hands into fists 'I should have punched him instead of letting him go' he looks at Clara and decides to ask her directly "May I know who is the person before? Who made you hostile and requested a complete stranger to help you?"
Clara who is looking at her phone, places it aside and looks at him "Oh, he's just a nobody and It's simply because I don't want to get involved with him"
Her answer surprised him "You are saying, you can get involved with a complete stranger over a person whom you have met before?"
Clara ponders and says "Mr. Mark, if you ask me I prefer taking help from a complete stranger compared to him"
Mark didn't wish to probe further and they both remain silent till they reach the hospital.
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