Soon the bodyguards of Ryan entered the restaurant and surrounded the place while he carried up Alister in his arms and rushed to take her out of there through the back door as the paparazzi gathered around in the front door.
His eyes kept scanning her pale face. Her eyes were closed, hands tightly clutched on her wound. He had taken out the knife and pressed his white handkerchief on the wound to resist the flow of blood.
The driver opened the door of his Mercedes Benz and he got inside, he rested her head on his lap and applied more pressure on the wound till they reach one of his funded hospitals.
Once they reached, he carried her out of the car himself, and bodyguards walked alongside him to block the view from the crazy media persons.
"Mr. Del Cardoso who is that??"
"Is she your girlfriend??"
"Mr. Cardoso what happens?? Who is that??"
He did not give any answers and strode forward as fast as he could and as soon as he stepped inside the hospital, the nurses and ward boys came forward with the moving bed.
"I need a doctor!! Quick!! Call a doctor for me!"
Ryan shouted shocking everyone around him. Nobody had ever seen Ryan Del Cardoso so dedicated and scared for someone else.
One of the doctors rushed quickly to the spot and checked Alister's pulse while Ryan kept her intact in his arms.
"Is she ok, doctor??"
"She is breathing but we need to stop the bleeding soon. She looks pale, she must have lost a lot of blood."
The doctor replied quickly and indicated Ryan to put her down on the bed so that they can take care of her.
Ryan hesitated to let go of her. Her face was pale, eyes closed, lips parted, a strand of tear stuck to her red cheeks.
"Mr.Cardoso please put her down. She needs stitches as soon as possible. "
The doctor again voiced out and this time, Ryan put her down but kept ahold of her right hand as they took her inside the care unit, and from there he was not allowed to enter. He had to leave her hand from his hold reluctantly.
The glass door closed and Ryan looked away. He could not yet believe that someone else took a knife from him. He did not even know her.
He quickly pulled his phone out not caring about the bloodstains that were on his hands and white shirt.
"Did you catch those bastards??"
He questioned as he stood by the window checking out on her. The doctors were removing her clothing and changing it into the hospital cloth.
"We did, Sir."
"Good! Keep them alive. I will deal with them."
Ryan said. He could not part his eyes away from her even for one second.
"But sir..."
"But what??"
"They are already dead. All of them poisoned themselves."
The guard informed.
"What the hell? Did you guys could not reach faster??"
Ryan spat, angry that now he could not even find out who had sent those bastards to kill him but someone else got hurt in the process.
"Clear the scene before the police get in. Keep the investigation on. I need the report of who sent them in a week."
Ryan ordered and hung the phone as he saw the doctor coming out from the care unit. He immediately stood before her.
"How is she??"
"She is fine, Mr.Cardoso. Just unconscious for the timing. Make sure to collect her medicines and how to feed them, the nurse inside will inform you."
The doctor informed and took her to leave once he thanked her and got inside the private care unit.
There was a nurse inside writing down something on the notepad. Her abdomen was kept bare, stitches were visible. The wound was fresh. She was kept on sedatives and saline.
He moved closer towards her and sat beside her bed on the stool. He could not help but slowly trace her smooth cheek.
"Mr. Cardoso??"
"Yes??"
Ryan turned back to see the nurse calling out to him. She handed him a form to fill it up considering he bought her in the hospital.
"Please fill this form for the hospital procedure. "
Ryan nodded and took the notepad from her. The nurse left giving them some privacy.
The first gap was asking to fill in her name and it was then he realized, he did not even know her name.
And regardless of how badly he treated her, she took the knife for him. He shows flashes of her confidently declaring her undying love for him.
Her eyes, those pale red lips moving as she pleaded for him to give her one chance..one chance to get close to him....those moments flashed before his eyes.
For the very first time, Ryan felt awful...terrible about how he treated her when she was just confessing her love for him sincerely.
He pats her head soothingly wishing that she would wake up anytime now. He would no go ahead and say that she was the most beautiful girl, he ever saw just because she saved his life but she was not bad looking either.
Of all her facial features, her doe-shaped eyes looking his way kept flashing before his own grey eyes.
He dropped the notepad on the side table and stood up, leaned forward, and pecked her delicate lips a few times before he decided that it was time to leave.
He knew that this girl had affected his thoughts definitely and he could not allow that to continue so he left the cabin right after.
"Find the whereabouts of this girl and fill the forms whatever. Pay the bills too. "
He ordered his head guard, waiting outside and then giving one last look to her unconscious form, he left the hospital even though he did not want that.
On his way home, he could not help but keep thinking about her. Her screams of pain as she fell down on the ground, holding the knife.
That...that was the moment, he felt so vulnerable and shaken. A feeling that he had never felt since the death of his mother.
He needed to maintain his distance from her...he could not dare to feel that way again...
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