She slowly patting his back tries to calm him down because she feels his heavy breathing and fast racing heartbeat. "I know." she says slowly.
Trying to hint him that she knows what is going through his family she says this. He felt at ease with her words even without an idea as to in which regard she says this. Tears rolls down his face feeling her warmth and it feels like she is with him in this moment. No matter what this means to her but to him it means the world. He wipes his face and open his arms to let go and she leaves him too. He smiles faintly while he sat on the chair. Looking at him she realises he cried as his eyes are red and watching him like this makes her worry even more.
She just got so lost while looking at him that she forget to say anything.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" he asks sheepishly with a pout.
She looks in other direction, blinking fast realising she was staring at him constantly. Regretting her action she says, "Nothing. I just zoned out thinking about something." making up an excuse in a very confident way.
" Oh.! Okay." he says nodding, " By the way what do you know Anna?" he asks looking at her puzzled.
Breathing deeply she says, "Is there anything I need to know? Do you want to tell me something?"
"No, there's nothing to be told. Everything's fine." he says showing his calm with a shrug.
"How good he hides his feelings and pain." she says in her mind.
"You didn't had a bite of it yet." he says giving her another spoonful of the cake.
Before she could deny her mouth is filled with cake which surely is very delicious.
"You also have it. Why aren't you eating." she says.
He gives her another spoonful and then take on little bite himself.
"You still don't like it?" she asks swallowing it.
Looking at her he says, "No I just am not in a mood of sweets."
"You don't like it Jim. Why did you have to do everything I say." she asks.
Looking at her he gives her the last spoonful and asks, " When did I said I don't like it? And why are you saying such things." he says in an easy way throwing away the box in the bin.
" Everytime you ate with me and I gave it to you. Your face shows clearly you never liked it but still ate it. Even today your face didn't lied but you did. Why you have to do this to yourself? Why can't you simply say No?" she says sounding annoyed.
" So you knew." says Jim sitting on the chair smiling. " I thought you hardly noticed anything except Marcel back then. And everything which is from you is always welcomed may it be something which I dislike. What's the big deal if I ate it. People usually do many things daily which they don't like or they don't want to do."
" Yes they do but for their loved ones they bear everything and even do things they dislikes." she says in a flow to respond to him.
He looks at her with those soft eyes filled with love and a smile, making her heart flutter this time. She then realised what she said. His expression clearly tells her that she has herself given the answer to her question that she is asking.
The air became awkward for her after what she says while Jim just smiles at her. She behaves really funny when she did any such things. She can't handle being awkward with anyone. She took a sigh of relief when the nurse enters after a knock holding the bag.
"This is your dinner left by your driver to us." she says keeping it on the table.
"Yeah thank-you." says Anna.
As the nurse left Jim decides to end this awkwardness of her so he stood up, opening the bag took out the porridge and spoon. Sliding the table over her bed and he kept the bowl with the spoon in it.
"Eat it. Your nurse will be here any moment for giving you medicine." he says.
"You also join. Didn't Isabelle sent your dinner?" she says.
" She does sent it. See." he says showing her the box of sandwiches and Spaghetti.
" Whoa. I also want Spaghetti." she says getting amazed by the food.
" No. You can't. Have your porridge until you fully recover." he says and sat on the sofa to enjoy his dinner.
Making funny faces in anger she looks at him, making him chuckle. Looking at him laughing like this she smiles and feel something warm in her heart.
"What was so urgent Richard?" asks Irene as she sit on the sofa in the bedroom.
"Did you talk to him?" he asks flipping the page of the book he is reading while sitting on the bed with his back resting on the wall.
"Yes I did told him what you want." she says removing her earings and watch. Keeping them on the dressing table she went to change.
Coming out after a few minutes she continues, "I told him what you warned about."
"So what did he said?" he asks.
"It's his decision, I won't pressurise him into anything." she says sitting on the bed applying moisturizer on her hands.
"You are very well aware of the consequences, Irene." he says in a stern voice keeping the book aside and left the room.
Feeling upset by his behaviour she wipes a tear that fell on her cheeks. She is disappointed in love because all it takes is a new person to enter and everything changes. All those moments and memories are unworthy after that which both of them have cherished for such a long time.
"Jim please do something soon." she prays in her heart.
"Here take it." Jim gives her the medicines, "Did Dr. Maxwell visit you today or not?" he asks.
"Yes he did in the morning." she replies after gulping down the tablets and keeping the glass on the table.
"Would you like to lay down now. Your back must be sore." he says standing beside her.
"Yes please."
And he re align the bed and help her with the pillows. "Are you sleepy?" he asks.
"No not yet. Just a little tired." she says with a smile.
"Anna then close your eyes and rest." he says as he turns to go sit on the sofa. But she held his sleeve with her right hand.
Looking at it he smiles and turns to her, holding her hand he asks, "What happened?" with a smile that can melt stones.
"Don't go." she says innocently.
"I'm here only. " he says and sits on the bed near her legs. "Is something bothering you?" he asks.
"Yes."
"I know you want to go home Anna but we can't do things on our own at the moment. Had you not been hurt in your head, we would have left the hospital early." he says sounding disappointed in himself.
" Don't start the blaming yourself program now." she says rolling her eyes and pulling her hand back but he didn't let go.
" Again you are taking it back when you yourself gave it to me." he smirk.
She yawns and her eyes looks heavy by the way she is looking at him.
" Sleepy?"
" Yeah." she nods.
Sliding her hand inside the blanket he went the other side and sat on the chair patting her other hand slowly until she sleeps. Because of the relaxant pills she dozed off within a few minutes. Covering her properly with the blanket he dim the lights and left the room. Checking the time it shows half past 10 now. Asking a nurse to be with her until he returns, he went straight to Dr. Maxwell.
Knocking on the door he enters after getting permitted to.
" Hello Sir." he greets him with a handshake.
Maxwell responded the same and offers him a seat.
They both sitting on the sofa talks about her and Maxwell shows the remaining reports which arrived few hours ago.
"I was awaiting you to discuss these." he says to Jim.
"And?" he says calmly but his anxiety kicking in harder.
"I studied them thoroughly and it shows no sign of internal injury or anything worth worrying but, you need to make sure to limit her stress because it can lead to several issues for her." he explains.
"Like what?"
"She had a nervous breakdown 2 days back and after that had a head injury too. Though it's nothing to make a big issue but we both know her habits of overthinking and taking stress unnecessarily." Jim nods and Maxwell continues, "You make sure Marcel is not anywhere near her. Because the stress because of Marcel is the most which she took this time also."
Listening to him he keep nodding because he can't help but agree to what he was saying.
" So are you saying that she might get into something big if all this persists?" he asks.
" I'm afraid but it's true. She might end up with psychological issues also. You know her very well so you much be aware she keep things to herself as per her nature. And when things overflow, it might lead to something more dangerous than we expect. I'm afraid she might to something rash." he suggests.
Scratching his ear he smack his lips and says, " I understand. I'll keep all this in mind Sir. "
" Good. And yes tomorrow she'll be discharged in the morning but make sure she come for checkup twice a week." he says smiling and with a pat on his shoulder.
Smiling at him, Jim gets up thanks him and left the room. Exhaling a long sigh he wonder on what Maxwell told him. He has known her since long and she can be pretty harsh towards people in certain circumstances and if by being rash he meant harming people then it isn't something she can do. She can surely destroy a person by other means and she knows how to make them kneel before her but harming them physically is something she haven't done yet.
"Then could it be that she can harm herself?" he mumbles. And as this thought crossed his mind he rushed to her room. Opening it a bit he peep in and saw the nurse sitting there scrolling on her phone screen while Anna is sleeping. He enters, thanking the nurse he told her to leave.
He checks her blanket and pillows to be in position, then he sat on the sofa. He has been exhausted since a couple of days, his body calls for rest now so he just lays on it. His eyes are heavy but her mind is constantly running here and there. He is wondering whether I should tell her about his Father or not. He is worried about Marcel being back with his cliche nonsensical behaviour. He is unable to figure it out what he should do to be with her and convince her to tell him everything she would go through. He looks at her with those soft eyes filled with concern and love and kept looking at her until he unknowingly falls asleep.
Jim is constantly fighting with himself since years and now he has very well learnt to ignore his feelings about her. He is looking at her with all the love from his soul but he himself is not aware of it. He has been looking at her like this since long ago that he thinks that it's normal. But now she has started to feel the depth in the way he looks at her. The reason behind his smile when he looks at her. But this constant fear of losing each other is something that is withholding them to realise their feelings for each other. They both are afraid of changes may it be in people or circumstances.