It had been two days and it was finally the time for discharge from the hospital.
The doctor declared that Alister was fit and healthy to go home. Her wound was healing quickly due to the usage of heavy expensive medications. All the hospital cost was born by the Cardoso.
The doctor had also removed the stitched and there was a faint mark on the side which showed of as the reminder of the day of the tragedy.
The nurses have her the scar removal ointment and Alister had been using it for a while now. As soon as Courtney would come, she would be ready to go home.
But despite of all these things, she could not help and think about him...he did not once to come to visit her...which seemed very unlikely for she had taken a knife for him...she practically saved his life but...
She touched her lips in a daze as she recalled how she abruptly landed herself onto him, clashing her lips onto his and how he was so shocked...
She even recalled how he held her in his arm, rubbing her back as he called out for help...how he carried her from there, holding her palm, rubbing them, hesitating to let go when the doctors asked.
Even though she was unconscious, she could hear them...she could feel his touch..not to mention, she even felt the last time he pecked her lips as he left...
She could not help but question why did he do that?? She wanted to know but there was no answer to those questions as he would not be coming back to answer them.
She did not even know why she was thinking of him...why only the somewhat decent moments of him and she kept reflecting in her mind...why not the ones where he humiliated so badly? Who not those??
And suddenly there was a knock on the door, she nodded her head to get in. She assumed it to be Courtney as she tried to get up from the bed but the wire of the saline got entangled on her feet and was about to trip off but then...
"Ahhhh...."
She screamed and someone held her in his arms once again. She did not have to look up to see who it was for she remembered the touch.
"You need to be more careful and not keep tripping off only for me to protect you all the time..."
Ryan said after breaking their momentary eye staring contest. Alister broke out from his embrace and maintained a decent distance between them.
"I...I do not need your protection.."
Alister muttered under her breath as she looked down not wanting to make eye contact with him while he kept watching her.
She just did not get why did he appear suddenly from nowhere when he abandoned for two days straight. What was the need to come out of hiding as if he cared??
She wanted to throw those questions right onto his face as to why now?? Why all of a sudden?? What was the need even??
"If I don't do it, you might have long ago ended up in here with broken legs and backbone."
Ryan chuckled pointing to the hospital bed.
"Instead I ended up with a knife inside my belly."
Alister blurted it out, rolling her eyes, getting annoyed by his overconfidence.
"You came up to me declaring your undying love to me."
Ryan pointed out and right away, Alister's cheek got painted in red. She was embarrassed by how she was being bold screaming out her love for him.
She did not even know from where she got all that confidence to do that but one thing was strange and that was it felt so natural to pronounce 'I love you' to him, looking right into his grey orbs. She did not even know why??
Somewhere in all of these, Ryan enjoyed teasing her game and how her cheeks got red just like that. That was all new to him.
"Why are you here??"
Alister asked not daring to look right into his eyes and question them.
"You are getting released today."
"Yes so??"
"I came to get you."
Ryan said it out as if it was so ok and that she had been waiting for him.
"And what makes you think I will come with you??"
Alister counter-backed.
"And why not?? I will not allow you to reside back into the Stephenson mansion."
Ryan stated with hands-on his pocket like it was so obvious. Alister just narrowed her eyes at him.
"Oh wow!!! Look who cares about ghosting me for two days straight??"
Alister mocked with a funny face. Ryan only smirked at her.
"Oh, you missed me?? "
"No...no..what no??"
Alister denied the accusations right away, looking anywhere but him. She did not miss him..she just thought about him...
"Oh yeah, you were even counting the days...two days huh??"
Ryan snorted with a winning smile plastered on his face and it was for the first time, Alister saw him that way. She just could not part his eyes away from his breathtakingly handsome face.
"Do not miss me too much darling because I m not yours to miss yet..."
Ryan smirked and that made Alister to blush furiously once again. He did not know what was happening but he sure as hell was enjoying these mini teasing games of theirs and how adorable she looked at the moment.
Soon the nurses arrived and changed her into her usual clothing. His men carried away her bags to stuff in his car.
"You do know that..."
"...You have a sister and she agreed that I pick you up instead because she did not want to miss her spa appointment..."
Ryan interrupted her and Alister could not believe what she was hearing to. Courtney ditched her after how she described him to her??
"Now get in unless you want me to drag you inside..."
Ryan held the car door open waiting for her to get inside. Alister agreed only because she did not want a scene outside the hospital and then they drove off to God knew where.
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