His cheeks turned pink on hearing her words. The date, the hug and her words were enough to keep him awake the whole night. He was so indulged in the hug that he almost forgot to wrap his arms around her.
He was about to hug her back but she moved away and said "Goodbye" .
He did not know what she did was intentional or not but he did not care if it was intentional as she had opened up a lot to him.
"Goodbye" replied Jaden with a wide smile on his face.
As soon as she entered her house Jaden left the place.
"How was the date?" asked Aunt Leah in an excited voice.
"It was good" she said smilingly.
"Did you people kiss?" asked her aunt maintaining the same level of excitement.
"Did he kiss you?" asked Uncle Elcon but in a harsher tone.
Rose smiled on hearing the same question but in two different tones.
"No" she replied looking at her aunt. Rose tore her eyes away from her aunt and looked at her uncle. "Before he kisses me I will make sure he takes your permission." she said to her protective uncle.
"Is he a romantic kind of a guy?" Aunt Leah asked. This question made Rose feel shy. "I guess" she answered in a low voice.
"No more questions please. I am tired" said Rose
"Okay" replied her aunt
Rose went upstairs to her room and changed her clothes. Before going to bed she searched for her mobile phone in her bag. It was missing. 'Oh! No when I was paying the bill Jaden was holding my phone. It must be with him' she recalled.
She quickly climbed down the stairs and asked Leah "Can I make a call from your phone?"
"Yeah sure"
She took Leah's phone and called Jaden.
" Good evening Mrs. Elwis " greeted Jaden.
"This is Rose speaking"
"Oh.. hi.".
"Yeah hi. Umm.. Jaden do you have my mobile phone?"
"Yes I was about to call you for that. It was in my pocket when you were paying the bill and I forgot to return it. Do you want me to drop it at your place now."
"No.. It is too late. Can you hand it to me if you will be passing by the hospital?"
"Yeah of course "
"And Jaden I had switched off the phone when we went to the restaurant. So, I would expect you to respect my privacy and not switch it on and check what is inside it." added Rose.
Jaden giggled and said "Don't worry I won't do anything which will make you upset."
"Okay, goodnight"
"Goodnight" Jaden replied with a smile on his face.
Jaden loved Rose very much. He himself did not know why was he so crazy for her. He got to know her when she was studying at McDavin's medical college which once was owned by his father and now by him . When Rose came for an admission interview at the college, Jaden first saw her. As soon as she got admission in the college Jaden asked Amanda to offer Rose a part time job so that Jaden could meet Rose and make her realize how much he loved her. As Amanda did not know why Jaden was asking her to do so she was hesitant at first but then one of the caregivers left the hospital so someone needed to fill her place and then Amanda offered Rose the job. Jaden had done many favors to Rose about which she did not even know.
....
Rose woke up and got ready for the hospital.
"Since today you woke up early complete your breakfast here at home" said her aunt.
"Okay" she said and sat down to have her breakfast.
Leah served her a hearty bowl of oat based porridge with frozen berries on top.
"Looks like the neighbor's dog puked something in white today." teasingly commented her uncle.
On seeing the upset face of Leah, Rose said "Come on uncle. Give it a try".
"No one is forcing you to eat". Saying so Leah took the bowl away from Elcon.
"Don't take it to heart. I was just teasing you," Elcon said while taking the bowl from Leah's hand and placing it on the table.
"Then eat it without complaining about its looks" Leah said and left the dining table.
As soon as she completed her breakfast Leah handed her a folder which had 5-6 papers in it.
"What is this?" asked Rose.
"It came from the hospital?" Leah replied.
"Time?".
"Around 2 pm"
"Why did you not tell me about this?"
"I thought this was not important since you did not ask me about it"
" One how am I supposed to know about its arrival during my working hours and two you know I was not at home almost the whole day so even if it is my job to ask I did not have the time to." Rose uttered in an unpleasant voice
Realizing that Rose was not in a good mood Leah admitted her mistake and apologized saying "Sorry".
"Look aunt. You say sorry and I feel guilty. Every notice, file or courier that comes from the hospital is important." Rose sighed and continued "Anyways if I spend one more second here Ms. White would keep my resignation letter ready ".
She left home with a smile. Her cab driver was waiting in front of her house. On seeing her "Get in" said the cab driver.
"Yeah yeah" she said and got in.
She sat with the folder on her lap and thought 'I don't need to deal with Aydrien. I just need to find Amanda in a good mood and ask her to replace me with someone else. His medical condition would be a good excuse too'.
"We are here" said the driver and interrupted her thoughts.
"You are a fast driver" commented Rose.
"Or maybe you are a daydreamer" he answered. Rose narrowed her eyes and got out of the car.
Rose was walking towards the hospital's main gate when Jaden said "Hey, collect your phone first". "Oh.. yeah thanks" said Rose. Jaden handed her the mobile phone and Rose asked "How long have you been waiting here?".
"Thirty minutes".
"Oh.. sorry. I kept you waiting"
"No it is okay. Looks like you are in a hurry. We can talk later. "
"Thank you" said Rose.
She showed her ID to the security and walked in.
"Good that you have the folder in your hands. Now give that to me I need to submit it." said Amanda in a stressful voice waiting for her in the lobby of the hospital.
"What?" asked Rose with a doubtful expression.
On seeing her face Amanda in a nervous voice asked "Please tell me you read the file. Did you?".
As per Rose's plan she had to keep Amanda in a good mood so, she lied "Yes".
"Okay then sign it and give it to me" said Amanda while offering her a pen. Rose quickly signed and handed the documents to Amanda.
Amanda was walking away from her with the folder in her hand just before when Rose asked "I have something important to talk about."
Amanda paused her footsteps. "Okay, let me just submit this and then I can get back to you." Amanda said and continued walking.
Rose sat on the visitors' couch and switched on her phone.
"There you are" popped up Diana.
She sat beside her and continued "I called you last night. Why didn't you pick up?".
"The phone was not with me. I dropped it somewhere and someone returned it to me this morning".
"Name somewhere and someone"
"None of your business" said Rose and looked into her phone. While checking her messages 'Did you receive the contract? Please read and sign it before you reach the hospital' Rose read the messages. The messages were from Amanda. 'Which contract is she talking about?' Rose asked herself.
"So, tell me what you wanted to talk about" said Amanda.
Rose stood up and asked "Which contract did you message me about?"
"The one which you signed a few minutes ago."
"That was a contract?" asked Rose with a shocked expression her face.
"So you did not even read it before signing?" Rose lowered her eyes in guilt and Amanda scoffed.
"I lied because I didn't want to attend Mr.Swift and to confess that I had do things which don't make you upset."
"You do not want to attend Mr.Swift? Do you even know what the contract was about?". Rose shook her head.
"Now that you have signed the contract you not only have to attend Mr.Swift but also have to live with him."
Stunned by her words Rose asked "Why do I need to live with him?"
"That is what the whole contract was about. He has a high profile so it is obvious that he won't be kept here in this hospital. He needs security" Amanda replied.
"Also you know his medical condition. If the police comes to know about this it won't be good for his reputation." Amanda whispered.
"Where will we shift him then?"
"Staff quarters. I know it sounds like it is made for the staff unit but in that building we keep all our high profile patients ".
Rose in a low voice asked "Is there no way to terminate the contract?"
"No. If you would have told me about it earlier then Diana could have attended him".
"Missed the handsome guy" murmured Diana who was silent all this while. Both the ladies gave her a sharp look. "Seriously" said Amanda.
Amanda's gaze shifted from Diana to Rose as she said "Now Rose, I want you to go to Mr. Swift's room and check on him and if he has gained his conscious ask him to get ready for the shifting"
"Okay" Rose said and left the lobby as she did not want extend the conversation because Amanda was clearly in an unhappy mood. She climbed up the stairs and stood in front of his room. Rose closed her eyes and said 'Just two months. You can do this'.
She nervously opened the door and found him sleeping on the bed. Rose walked closer to him and saw wound on his cheekbone . Her hands instinctively went towards the scar and on touching it Aydrien's eyes opened.
"I am awake"