While waiting for the recovery of Reissha, Elijah dialled the phone number of the lead investigator for an update on the incident.
"Captain, have you connected the dots that will lead to whoever is responsible for this? Do you know who's the culprit is? Any updates?" Elijah asked, not giving a break to the situation. There were a few sighs before he received an answer.
"Mr Roberts, me and my team don't have any updates yet. The message you gave us is just a trick to deceiving. " The captain's response to him.
"Why? What are you doing all this time? My lover—my companion I mean suffered because of this shit! I want to make him pay!"
"I know, I know Mr Roberts, but we have to pass through the proper way. We can not accuse or arrest anyone without further evidence. As of now, we have to wait—" he got cut off.
"No! I can not wait to see him suffer too inside the jail! Do you hear me? I want him to be imprisoned. Do your job, search for an operation and keep me in touch." This time, he learned to lower his voice and becomes calm.
"No problem Mr Roberts, I and my team will do our best to solve this case as soon as possible. We'll be having another search operation in the factory and anywhere near that place. You must take care of Ms Alfios and yourself too. I'll send five police officers for your safety. Thanks for interacting with me. " He leaves before hanging up the call.
Meanwhile, Elijah is roaming around the room, massaging his head and taking a simp of frustration. He's perhaps thinking about how can he meet the culprit and do what he can for him. Punish him, or crush him.
He released three consecutive deep sighs and went inside Reissha's room and sat beside her.
It takes hours before Reissha could recover. She seems so tired and unable to move. However, Elijah took care of her the whole time. He never leaves her side till she wakes up. He gentle caress Reissha's hair and whispers," Thanks to Him! He wakes you again. I thought I'd lose you...and I don't think I can." But, instead of dragging him down, Reissha only held his hand and smile.
Minutes later, the doctor entered to check on them. "Sorry for interrupting, Mr Roberts, the patient is fully regained her consciousness after the incident. We have some reminders to avoid this again. First, if you have headaches, please, come here for further findings. Don't stress yourself too much. Be careful of what you eat, like, a large number of sweets are not good. You also have medicine to take every day. Remember, it's suitable for your faster healing. I'm leaving."
"You heard those?" Elijah asked.
"Hmm," she simply answered.
They stayed quiet for a while before he converted it to a start of a conversation. Although it's still hard for her, Reissha managed to listen and talk to him.
Elijah becomes overprotective, taking care of her, to the foods and for her drinking of medicine.
"You made me worried about you. Next time, you are not allowed to talk to anyone. You are not allowed to have something from them nor make friends with them. And, you must follow my advice and will, do you understand?" Reiss's eyes widened as he finished saying those.
She gasps before answering him. "Huh?! How could you say that? Do you already cross the line to be my mother? What makes you think that I have to follow you? Are you insane?" Without hesitation, she protested even her voice is not clear.
"Pft."
"Why are you laughing? It's not funny. Do you firmly make fun of this sort of thing? Well, what can I expect."
"Because it's haha. You just look haha. Oh sorry, you looked pissed at this moment. Your brows knitted and your sights just rolling in and so on. But, how can you be so gorgeous despite suffering from pain? You are amazing! " Here we go again, as he declared those, Reissha's reaction turns to be unbelievable. This brings her chills and shivers through her spine.
'O-oh, does it mean he affects me?' she thought.
She remains unconscious for too long, not until Elijah gestures to know if she's still.
*waves hand* "Hey, Reissha back to earth! Where have you been? Have you already reached the moon because of thinking about me?" He cracks in between the moment.
Reissha gained a lot of energy to catch him and strike his hand hard. He might cry out loud for the grief but he laughed solely for pleasure.
"You punk! When did you become one of three idiots, huh? But I think you're not because they rather talk with a sense than you can." She undesignedly said while her brows intertwined. " Oh, sorry for the harsh comments, I can't help but say so."
"Nah, it's okay. I found it cute so. Besides, it's me who starts this quarrel. Are alright now? Do you feel a little bitter inside you?"
She was about to say "Yes, a little bitter for you" but she thinks of a thing to irritate him. And guess, it's a wrong idea.
"Yeah," she simply answered.
"What is 'yeah'? Could you please elaborate it for me to know if that's exactly how you feel about me? Like, if you already fell in love and willing to be my wife forever—" He couldn't proceed to his next words because Reissha hit him to the best she could.
*facepalm* " I don't know where you get that idiopathic disease you have but the only thing I could say about it is...it's so cakey, or somehow, a pizza I wouldn't ever dare to crust."
"Lol, you only said that because you knew you currently blushing on my cracks," he receives a death glare "joke hehe. Enough of this. You know how much I care for you, right? So please, don't make a fussing thing and protect yourself. I cannot afford to lose you." He held her hand and peek into her eyes directly. "Reissha, if you ponder, I'll treat you better."