The Billionaire and the Baker

Chapter 7

Martin’s POV:

I arrived at the restaurant were Marco was sitting having dinner and took a sit opposite to him on the table.

“You should understand-” My phone rang interrupting me.I looked at the caller ID.

Gabriella.

"I'll just take this." I said to Marco before walking outside.

"Yes Gabriella."

"Where are you Martin?"

"I'm working, what's wrong?"

"We're waiting for you. Mother will be leaving soon. Dad's already at the airport." She replied.

"Look I..." I paused as I noticed a lady coming out of Mavis’ shop. It was Mavis. She was locking up.

"Martin, are you there?" Bella asked but I remained silent, my gaze was fixed on her. She locked her shop and began walking away. But then I noticed someone following her. A man. In the twinkle of an eye, he had his hand over her mouth and dragged her into a backstreet.

"Bella, I'll call you back." I said and ended the call without waiting for a reply. I pushed my phone into my pocket and rushed towards the alleyway where there had entered. The sight before me stirred up a new kind of anger.

I rushed over to the guy and threw him off her. I reached down and grabbed him by the collar, my fists connecting with his face countless times until his body went limp.

I stood up and walked over to Mavis who was still scared and led her out of the alleyway. She didn't seem to realize it was me but when she did, she slowly backed away and there was an awkward silence.

"Thank you." She said breaking the silence

"I should leave."

"It's quite late, I'll drop you off." I offered.

“No it’s fine. My apartment is just down the …r..oad.” She stuttered on her words and every where became silent.

I looked at her still figure, she wasn’t saying anything, neither was she moving.

“Mavis.”

“Mavis.” I called again but she didn’t reply. I watched her stagger backwards, losing her balance and I rushed to her immediately, catching her in my arms. I saw her shirt soaked in blood and noticed the deep cut on her neck.

No, no, no!

“Mavis, wake up." I said taping her cheeks lightly but she didn't respond.

I lifted her body quickly and ran over to my car placing her at the back seat before driving off to the hospital. I called Marco on the way and told him I was taking Mia to the hospital. He asked why but I couldn't explain it all on the phone and gave him the address of the hospital I was going to. I drove like a mad man, glancing back occasionally to check on her.

I got to the hospital and carried Mia in my arms before running in. I got to the front desk and a few nurses came out showing me to an emergency room. On getting there, I was asked to place her on a stretcher after which they took her in followed by a doctor.

I stood outside the door pacing back and forth, looking through the glass windows occasionally when I noticed Marco approaching me.

“Dude!” He exclaimed looking at me with a shocked expression on his face. I followed his gaze down to my suit and shirt that was now covered in blood.

“What happened?” He asked.

“Mavis, She’s injured. The nurses just took her in.” I said pointing toward the emergency room door then I explained everything to Marco from how she was being mugged to how she almost fainted and we both sat outside waiting.

Images of her covered in her own blood flashed through my mind and I cursed mentally. How did I not notice she was injured? My mind also travelled back to her sister who was probably waiting for her at home. I didn’t know why, but seeing her in that state scared the sh*t out of me.

I felt a hand on my shoulder pulling me out of my thoughts. I turned to see Marco motioning for the doctor who had just walked out of the ER. I stood up and looked at her through the window first before facing the doctor.

“How is she?”

“The patient is stable. Although the cut was quite deep and she lost some blood, luckily it didn’t damage any arteries in her neck. That would have been fatal. We’ve been able to control the bleeding and stitch up the wound.” He explained and I felt a wind of relief wash through me.

“You still need to fill out an in-patient admission form. She needs to be under observation for a few days.” He added.

“Alright when will she wake up?”

“She should come around by morning.” He said and motioned for me to follow him. I looked at Marco and he nodded at me.

Mavis’ POV:

THE NEXT DAY…

My back hurts!

And my neck too!

I tried to turn. I was lying on a very uncomfortable bed. I opened my eyes but it only made eyes hurt as well. I blinked a few times, trying to adjust my eyes to the brightness. I looked around, the familiar setting, boring walls, the straight cot I laid in and the drip on my hand.

I was in a hospital but how I got here was what I couldn’t remember. I looked around and saw a window. Mia stood on the other side with Martin and they were talking.

Is this a dream?

The last thing I remembered was seeing Martin then the cut on my neck and my blood soaked shirt. I tried to sit up but felt a throbbing pain in my neck. I looked back at the window to see the both of them looking at me. Mia rushed into the room immediately while Martin just stood there looking at me.

Mia came into the room and gently hugged me. I hugged her back stroking her hair gently. She broke the hug and looked at me.

“You made a new friend?” I asked holding her hands in mine.

“Kinda. He’s not as bad as I thought Mavis. He brought me over here and stayed with me until you got up. He also got me breakfast from the hospitals canteen.” She replied. My eyes immediately flew back to the window where he stood but he was no longer there. I then turned back to Mia and smiled briefly trying to hide my shock.

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