"Thank God, you're awake now! I'm terribly sorry Yumi. I should not have asked for that favor from you. It almost cost you your life." A worried voice put Mayu in attention as she worked up. She looked up and saw the face of the older Aresta on a monitor, it looks like they're connected on a video call.
She closed her eyes again to try to compose herself and wake up fully. She felt a bit of pain somewhere on her hear but it is tolerable for her so she did not put to much mind into it.
"How was your trip Gramps?" she tried to lighten the mood.
"I'm not even home yet, my dear. Something happened to the hotel where we're staying and we were put on quarantine. I won't be home for probably another week. I'm really sorry about this."
"No. It was my fault." she tried to remember the events from before and felt her head ache again. She can remember what exactly happened but from old Naning's story, her head hit the sharp end of the table when Chryxso threw her away. And just like that, he threw me like a paper. That ironman. Tsk, tsk. I have to build my muscles.
"You don't have to cover up for my jerk of a grandson, child. I underestimated his violent tendency. He was never like this."
"Which leads me to ask, well, if you don't mind." I guess I can ask now.
"You have all the rights to know. After all that has happened." So I have to die before I can make you speak? I should never be curious of things again.
"What exactly happened on that accident? How did he come upon it?" she saw the old man take a deep breath.
"I'll start with his work in California first. He was an architect. He actually has his own firm and he has a very competent assistant,"
"Ellaine," she muttered. The old man did not hide the look of shock on his face.
"How did you know her?"
"I met her just after you left the house few days ago,"
"Is he taking advantage of her again?"
"What?" her eyes grew wide. Is he a psycho? Then why did they leave her to be with his psycho of a grandson? I need to call my brother.
"You got it wrong, Yumi. Let me continue with my story. Ellaine is a very good employee. She's been my personal assistant before I sent her to help Chryxso for a short time. He was already liquefying his assets at that time. She worked for hims for a few months and just came back home when she had an emergency at home. I found out that both of them are in a harmonious relationship and I was happy for them. Ellaine went back overseas to complete helping Chryxso out. Two weeks later she asked for another leave, she's pregnant."
"What?" more surprises kept coming her way. Should I let him continue with the story? I don't want to hear any lewd story.
"It was a different guy. After I hired an investigator, turns out that the father of the baby on her womb was her childhood sweetheart with she still carried a torch for. The guy was already with someone else so when I asked her to go overseas, she immediately agreed. Maybe she did it to forget, I don't know for sure."
Mayu felt her cheeks flushing red as the old man continued speaking. She wanted to stop him but she also wanted to know more. Ah, me and my curiosity.
"I can't blame her, she loves the guy so much. They got married and that's where it all started. Chryxso rushed all his work and followed her back here." What? Okay, the story is getting...
"I'm sorry for the word but that's just plain stupid." she can't help herself cutting in.
"In love." the old man simpered. Ugh! You're siding with him? Gah!
"Still stupid. She's already married." she answered straightforwardly.
"Actually, the guy left her. She had a miscarriage. Chryxso thought he could help."
"No. That's a marital problem. Your grandson is definitely something, sir." When she realized what she said, she regretted it. He's still Chryxso's blood relative so he may find her rude. But.
The old man sighed, he grew silent for a while before he talked.
"In any case though, just enjoy your vacation. Kris will definitely throw a fit if-" her eyes are wider when she heard him speak again. Oh, no! Not my brother!
"No! Please don't tell him." she pleaded. His forehead knotted.
"I haven't told them yet but they still need to kn-"
"I implore you Gramps, don't let them know about it. If my grandfather knows about it, too. He may not be able to take it." she's worried about her grandfather's health but she's actually more worried that her brother would turn into a murderer if he finds out what happened to her. He may be a bully to her but she'll always be his baby sister in his eyes. The old man sighed in defeat.
"Alright. You have to recover well and just enjoy your stay. Don't mind Chryxso, he'll move on."
"But what he's doing is wr-" she wanted to reason with him.
"I'll deal with him when I get back there. I don't want anything else to happen while you're with us." his worry showed again. She couldn't help but just agree. She lowered her her and just nodded. It's really troublesome to get involved in other people's affairs. But honestly, she won't mind putting her nose on his grandson's life again, she thought. Hehe.
She felt the pain on her head again. She tried to touch the wound on her head, it looks like a bump was created due to the cut. The old Aresta noticed her discomfort and bid his farewell.
She asked for her phone and called her brother. It rang twice beforethe call got immediately picked it up, his tone is higher than usual today.
"Why did you only call me now? Did you know that I'm so wo-" oh, my mother hen of a brother is worrying again! She smiled, she'll always be spoiled by him, she knew.
"I told you I'll call." she replied coolly.
"Yeah, you did. And why only now?" There's still an urgency in his voice.
"I forgot," she answered blandly.
"You forgot?" by now she knew, she'll get an earful if she doesn't placate her worrywart of a brother.
"I'm sorry," she said softly. She heard him sigh on the other line and when he spoke again, he sounded calmer.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I found a nice place to visit."
"That's great, let's go there next time."
"Don't you have work to do?"
"Leave them be,"
"You're suddenly slacking." he just laughed at her blatant mockery.
"Fine. I'll go now. Take care." she ended the call.
Kristoff fixed his tie and went inside a room. He conveniently took his seat while surrounded by a number of people wearing the white robe of a physician. A meeting seems to be cut underway, they looked at him with curiosity in their faces. He had an apologetic look in his face before he cleared his throat and spoke.
"Thanks for waiting. Let's continue."
Old Naning and Glenn escorted Mayu from the hospital a little after lunch since Chryxso had also gone by his office then. It seems that they're trying to prevent any confrontation between them. Well, they better be, she said to herself. I will definitely kill him if I even see the end of his hairs. Joke! She smiled at her own silliness.
Her condition was not serious anyway and she's also guilty of provoking him that led to her current situation now. But she would not also let him off the hook especially now that she knows what's really going on between him and Ellaine.
It was never right for him to chase after a married woman. I'm right here anyway, am I not beautiful? But she's just really feeling pity for the guy. The way she sees it, it's more like Ellaine's the one that played around his feelings. She shrugged her shoulders. Well I don't know the real story so I won't judge.
A week has passed and it appeared as though she's the only one staying at the mansion. Chryxso is already out by the time she wakes up and he also comes back home very late at night. She kept herself busy by reading any magazine that Reika gets for her or just helps with household chores.
She calls her brother to annoy him at times but since he's busy alone being a doctor and there's also the hospital that he manages, she rarely gets the time to chat with him. She found out that her grandfather flew to where grandpa Tony is to help with his situation overseas so she did not bother contacting him. She just prays grandpa Tony would not let his tongue slip and tell him about her recent accident.
Chryxso came home early one night while they are having dinner together. He tensed up when he heard her voice chatting with the household helps.