Chapter 4
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Jake
“Jake…..,” I heard Belle mumbling.
“Belle….you fine,” I asked presing the bottom beside her calling the f*****g doctor.
Belle shook her head, her eyes staring at me. “My head hurts…,” she mumbled with her voice, a mere whisper.
“Don’t worry we will fix the pain,” I promised her, planting a gentle kiss on her forehead as the doctor knocked on the bedroom door.
“Come in….,” I said, squeezing Belle’s hand. I will not let any harm touch you again. I promised myself, watching the doctor checking her symptoms.
“Boss….everything seems fine for now, the headache might be the effect of medicine and i run some medical test just to be sure.” The doctor said, “She just had a good rest and some food.” I nodded my head at his words.
“Jake….,” Belle mumbled, trying to get up from her bed.
“Careful,” I said, trying to stop her. “Just rest,”
“What happened to me?” She questioned as she moved her hand to touch my face. “And why do you look so old?”
Old, Do I look old to her, I am only in my mid thirties, i’m not so old. “What does my old mean?” I asked.
“You look like an adult man.” She said, smiling.
Damn I sighed happily seeing her smile. How very much I wished to see her smile for a whole week, and she is smiling to me.
I bring her hands to lips , planting a gentle kiss on them. “If me being old makes you smile then I’m happy to be old.”
She smiles again at my words, leaning her head towards me. “I missed you.” She mumbled wrapping her arms around my body.
“I missed you too,” I said, browning my face on her shoulders. “So very much.” I mumbled.
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“What do you mean she can’t remember anything,” I shouted, wanting to punch this doctor.
"Is she suffering from dissociative amnesia?” The doctor said after finishing all the medical tests on Belle. “She only has memories of you Boss other than her mind is all blank. She doesn’t remember whatever happened in her life in the recent year.”
“You are good for nothing.” I said, pulling his collar with hands. “First you can’t wake her up and you tell me that she doesn’t remember her past.”
The doctor nodded his head, shaking badly. I let go of his collar. It's not his fault it's the fault of that Bastard, he is going to suffer much more than Belle is in life.
“What is the cure?” I asked him, hoping this time he has the answer to my question.
“There are few medications and therapy that can help,but…..,” The doctor pushed in between speaking.
“But….,” I responded annoyed by sudden silence.
“There is no guarantee her memories will come back.” He replied, with his voice shaking.
I sighed, trying my best to control my anger. “Anything else…,”
“Just keep the patient happy and let her live a normal lifestyle.”
“Okay fine…,” I can keep Belle happy. “Anything else…,” I asked.
The doctor shook his head.
“Okay leave then.,” I said, making my way to Belle’s room.
I don’t know what to do, I can’t share the tragic incident of her past to her, when she is fine now, after weeks. I need to keep her happy, it's better if is unknow to her past for a while.
Standing in front ofBelle’s door, I took a deep breath, wiping the stress away from my face and plastering a sweet smile on it for my Bellla.
“Belle,” I said, knocking on her door.
“Come in…” she replied from inside her room.
“So…..how are you feeling right now,” I asked as I walked to her bed.
“Bored.” She complained. “ I can’t even get out of this room,”
“Do you want me to take you out for a walk,” I asked, sitting beside her on her bed.
Belle nodded her head happily. “Please….,”
I nodded my head calling some of my staff asking them for a wheelchair.
“You feeling good now,” I asked, walking beside her watching her smile as the nurse pushed her chair towards the garden.
She smiled. “Thank you, But…,” She said, turning her head towards the nurse.
“You have a problem,” I questioned watching her expression.
She moved her index finger asking me to come close to her. “Can’t we just go to the garden alone.” she mumbled in my ear.
I smiled at words, nodded at her words. “Nurse…, I can take care of her from here,”
“But boss….,” the nurse looked nervously at hearing. “Did I do something wrong, I’m sorry.” she said, her voice shaking.
I shook my head. “No, but I want to leave for now. I Will call if I need your help,” she nodded her head, leaving without speaking another word.
“Happy now…,” I asked Belle as I pushed her chair.
“Very….but Jake why everyone here calls you Boss,” She asked, turning her head on me.
“Because that’s what I’m to them, they work for me, so they call me boss,” I replied honestly.
“Everyone here works for you,” She asked, turning her head around and looking at people in each and every corner of the villa.
I nodded my head. “Yes.”
“But there are like hundreds of people working here.”
“More than that…..,” I corrected.
“When did you become so rich?” she asks with her eyes not leaving mine.
Rich….I will tell her that I am not only rich but I also own the power that most people are afraid to stand in front of me. But I will not let Belle know that part of my life, she deserves happiness, not the darkness of my life. Even when she is with me, she never experiences the darkness that I experience daily to pay the price of all the wealth and power. Never.
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