In Love With The Enemy

Chapter 28

Tristan Pov:

Hurt and Guilt filled my entire being as I stood rooted in my spot, listening to the pain in Alina’s voice, while she spoke with her mother. 

Some say I don’t have such feelings or a heart at all, to care about someone, or have doubt and feelings. I thought the same, until I felt that foreign feeling inside me, reminding me about my wrongdoings.

I knew how much I hurt her and I didn’t care. I continued to give her pain, whether it was physically or mentally.

My entire life consisted of power, always power no matter at what cost. Thats the thing about power. When people look up to you, and every decision you make reflects what happens next, feelings are forgotten and very much pain is involved.

Sometimes, I wish some things could be different, but I know that’ll never happen. I had to do this for me, and for every person that my actions inflict or affect.

The moment Alina hung up the phone, she was already fast and ready to get away from me. I knew it by now that I couldn’t take my eyes off her for one second.

She was unpredictable. I never know what she will do next if I give her the chance to. I didn’t know what will happen next either, until it had already happened.

She ran while I chased behind her. Alina was no doubt, a fast runner. I would have been impressed if the situation was different.

I expected her to lock herself in one of these rooms, but instead she ran outside. It took me a few seconds to catch up to her.

When I did, what I saw next was shocking. My eyes roamed thoroughly, as I looked for her. I landed on the pool and found her in only a bra and panties, swimming.

After everything that happened today, I would have never thought she’d go swim. A part of me felt relieved, but another part of me was hesitant and anxious for her.

I just knew that something bad was gonna happen. She definetely wasn’t the type of girl to be so calm after what took place not even fifteen minutes ago.

My feet had started moving straight towards the pool. When I bought this mansion, there was only a few times I went swimming in the pool. I knew though, that it was really deep and I didn’t want her doing anything stupid.

”Alina.” I called her name out, but she didn’t answer me. I knew she heard me call her, and just decided to ignore me.

I kept walking to her in long strides, my eyes never leaving her. Every step I took closer, it felt as if she got farther from me.

A few steps later, I halted and left some distance between us. Sighing, I closed my eyes just for a few seconds, but that was the biggest mistake.

Everything around me was eerily silent, except for the cool breeze and the water fountains. Alina hadn’t made a sound.

I couldn’t even hear her Swimming anymore. It was like all of a sudden, she became too silent. I had opened my eyes, and was met with a surprise that wasn’t so pleasant.

Alina wasn’t swimming anymore. The pool had no traces  of anyone in It, which was really shocking since she was just swimming in it not even five minutes ago.

My anxiety rushed through me again, as I searched the pool with my eyes frantically.

I ran straight to the pool and looked everywhere, including around me, but didn‘t see her anywhere.

Then a thought popped up in my head. ‘She couldn’t have just vanished like that. What if she is underwater?’

I knew she could swim by the way she was swimming in the pool, but underwater was definitely deep and she wasn’t in the right state of mind.

Without thinking about anything else but her safety, which was really surprising, I held my breathe and jumped into the pool.

The water stinged my eyes, but I could care less at the moment. Worry developed inside me when I didn’t see Alina.

I looked down, refusing to overlook and risk her safety even more than it already was. When I did, I saw her.

It felt like my heart had stopped as I saw her descending towards the bottom of the pool. She was drowning.

Realization hit me as her eyes were partially open. “Alina.” I tried my best to scream underwater, but it was practically of no use.

I swam downward as fast as I could. The moment I got to her, it was too late. We reached the bottom. I held her body close to mines as she blacked out.

I didn’t know what to do. I was panicking underwater. No, No, No, No, No. I can’t lose her. I know I didn’t treat her right at all, but I just can’t lose Alina.

As I didn’t know what would happen next, a part of my soul left me. I swam towards the top as fast as the water let me.

When I reached the top, I got out the pool, holding Alina in my arms. I caught my breathe and looked down at her.

She was pale. No sign of life was showing in her body, making me panic even more. “She can’t die. She can’t. I won’t let her.” I told myself.

I pressed my hands on her chest, pumping and pumping while giving her air from my mouth into hers. My attempts were of no use. She was as still as a dead body.

I picked her up and carried her body inside towards my room in bridal style. Once I opened the door, I placed her on my bed and called for the doctor who worked here.

”Send Mr. Donovan to my room.” I called through the intercom.

A few seconds later, Mr Craig Donovan, the doctor came inside my room and strolled towards Alina.

”What happened, sir?” He asked me.

”She was….in the pool a-and“ I ruffled my hair in frustration. Never once in my life did I ever stutter, why now?

”Oh, no need to explain, sir. I understand.”

I nodded and silently thanked him for not having me say anything else about what happened out there. Reality is, I honestly don’t know what to say to explain this situation.

He checked her pulse on both the side of her neck and wrists, then her heartbeat. “Mr. Turner, she is still breathing but her pulse is very faint. I will need to run a few tests on her and attach air tubes in order for her to breathe correctly. She will need to be relocated for the time being, we cannot perform anything for her here, Sir.” He informed me.

I was sitting down, my foot tapping the floor as I anxiously and impatiently waited for some good news. When I heard his words, I got even more anxious.

Here I thought that she would be able to be taken care of right here, that it wasn’t that major, but I guess I was wrong.

After a little hesitation, I gave in and nodded. “You can take her to my hospital.” Not only did I have buildings, I had hotels bars and hospitals in different parts of the country, as well as other countries.

”Okay, sir. That will be just fine.” He said back.

We carefully and cautiously got her up and into the back of my limousine. I didn’t want to transport her via ambulance or anything hospital related. It would freak me out even more.

Once we arrived at Turner’s Ridgeview Medical Hospital, we got one of my medical assistants to put her on a stretcher and bring her to a private ward.

I decided to stay outside the ward and give myself time to try and clear my head. “What am I doing.” I asked myself. I didn’t have an answer though.

This probably wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for me forcing her into stressful situations. This was all my fault, but I was probably never going to admit that to anyone else.

Some hours passed as I sat there in on the bench in front of her ward, thinking. It wasn’t until I felt someone‘s presence near, that I broke out of my reverie.

“Tristan Sir, you should really go home for tonight.” Trevor said beside me.

I shook my head. “No, I will stay here until she wakes.”

“But sir-“

“Stop it Trevor, leave me be.” I snapped, angrily. I have always had a low tolerance level of patience with people.

”Okay sir…” He bowed and went around the corner to give me some space.

The next morning…

”Mr. Turner…” Someone tapped my shoulder.

I picked my head up in an instant and snapped my eyes open, to only be rewarding with bright lights and a cold, dull environment.

”Hmmm,” I groaned, a little annoyed to be awoken, but mostly touched.

”Miss Maddox has awoken. She had a panic attack a few moments after she had woke up, but we calmed her down.” The nurse, I believe to be Emerald, said to me.

”Ye- okay…thanks.” I finally said back, after a long pause.

I straightened my posture and popped my neck to relieve my body of the crooks I had in them from falling asleep on this uncomfortable bench.

Never have I ever in my entire 26 in a half years of living, had I ever slept on a bench in the hospital, waiting to hear good news about someone. Well, there was one time, but that was irrelevant.

Besides that one time when I was five, I’ve never done such a thing before. I couldn’t believe I had actually slept here and waited for her.

Even though I rested my eyes for hours, I was still exhausted but restless. Everything about my life was stressful, and this just added to the list of those things in my life.

”Would you like to come in?” Emerald asked.

I shook my head. I knew I was the last person Alina would want to see right now. I didn’t want to put her in any more stress than she already was in.

”No, I will give her some space.” 

She nodded. “Okay, sir.”

I left my hospital for some time and took a walk. I haven’t walked in a few years now. The cool breeze of fresh air was supposed to help soothe or calm me in some way, but it didn’t work.

I sighed and went back to the hospital, taking the elevator up to the ward Alina was in.

Without thinking I walked into the room of which she was. The moment I opened the door, I instantly regretted it.

Alina looked pale and scared, with different wires attached to her body, including one to hell her breathe. It wasn’t a good sight to see her this way.

As soon as she saw me, her eyes dilated and mouth opened wide. “Wha-what are y-you d-doing he-here.” She meekly said in almost a whisper, although I knew she was trying to speak confidently.

“I…” I cleared my dry throat and scratched the back of my head, nervously before continuing. “I just came to see how you were doing, I guess.”

”Well you don’t need to, I’m okay…” Her eyes were downcast as she spoke.

”Look…I-” I was about to apologize to her, but she cut me off harshly.

”Don’t! Stop trying to be nice to me, when you know that you hate me. This is all your fault. You’re the reason I’m here…” Her voice was full of pain, and it hurt my heart seeing her like this.

”And I’m sorry for that…” I said.

”No, you‘re not sorry about a damn thing! You’re an arrogant, self centered cocky and ruthless asshole jerk who doesn’t care about anything but himself and success.“

”If it weren’t for me, you would be dead. I saved you, and you call me selfish? Is that the respect and thanks I receive back from you?” I asked her in disbelief.

She scoffed. “You claim that you…” She pointed at me angrily. “Saved me?“

I nodded back, but to that she shook hers in disagreement.

”You’ve done no such thing!” Alina seethed.

”I did save you, though. You just don’t want to admit that.” I said back.

”It’s not about admitting anything, Tristan. There’s nothing to admit. I know the truth and so do you.

You did not save me, and you wanna know why you couldn’t have? It’s because you were the one who hurt me? You are the reason I’m here right now…so you did not save me!”

She was right, even though I didn’t want her to be. It was true, though. Even though I pulled her out and made sure she was brought here, I did not save her. I was the one who hurt her the most. I put her through all of the heartache and misery to stay in control, when I knew what I was doing the entire time I did it.

Alina spoke again, but this time her tone was more serious. Though, I could feel the strained effort she put into her words. “You couldn’t have saved me, because the saving I need is from you.”