She looked inside his blue eyes with barely open eyes.
"Matilda? Matilda?" She heard his voice inside her head and after that, she had gone lost in the darkness.
*****
His shirt was stained with blood; he was walking anxiously across the hospital's operation room. It had been an hour; she was inside being treated for her injuries.
He was looking at her from the small glass window on the door.
"I won't let anything happen to you," he whispered. He looked at his phone and dialed a number.
"I need to know who he was and drag that bastard to me as soon as possible" he said angrily and hung up the phone.
The doctor came out.
"What is it?" he asked while starching his forehead.
"Miss Huston is fine, just an injured shoulder, she will recover within a month and half, the bullet has been taken out on arrival" said the doctor professionally.
"Can I see her?" he asked.
"Yeah but right now she is not conscious, but you can see her" said the doctor smiling and he left. Easton rushed inside the room. She was lying on the bed with many machines attached to her fragile body.
He held her hand softly and bent over her to kiss her forehead.
"Why you come back for me? You were leaving and why did you shield me you silly girl, if anything happened to you how would I have lived?" he said in a whisper. He softly moved his hand in her hair.
"You will never know how much I love you Matilda, you are my light, you were the first woman first human being in my life who made my heart beat, you are the only one I care for Matilda," he said in a whisper.
All she was seeing was darkness, she was hearing sounds as if she was around some machines. She opened her eyes slowly and then she heard his voice. The all things he was saying to her. She felt her heart race, he was the first man she ever cared about, the one she was willing to give up her life.
"Mr Easton?" she said softly.
"Yeah Mel I am listening" he called her by her nickname for the first time.
She softly touched his handsome face as if she was checking if he is fine.
"I am fine Mel, look I am okay" he said in a voice full of deepness and passion. He looked deeply inside her eyes.
"Why you do that Mel?" he asked.
"I don't know Mr. Easton, all I was thinking is to protect you, all I knew was to save you, I did not want to lose you Mr. Easton, that's why I did this I shield you to protect you," she said while smiling.
"Silly girl, if anything happened to you?" he asked.
"Living without you? I preferred not living at all" she said while looking inside his eyes. "I love you, Easton Fanaggaen," She said in the last sentence in a whisper. He looked at her as if he was in a dream.
She touched his messy hair and smiled.
"It is true," she said. He smiled coming out of his trance. He brought his lips near to her and kissed her softly. A tear fell from her eye.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I never believed in love Mr. Easton, and now my heart is filled with it as if it is made up of love," she said.
"I will never leave by your side," he said and kissed her over her forehead.
"Your phone has been ringing the whole time Miss Huston," said Natalie who entered the room.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"I don't know if it's some number," she said. Her expressions turned darker and she grabbed the phone from Natalie.
"You are fine now?" asked Natalie.
"Yeah, I am fine now," she said while looking at Easton. There was something inside her eyes that made him smile widely.
"Natalie, would you settle the hospital dues?" he asked. Natalie nods in yes and leaves.
"What's inside your phone?" he asked with serious expressions.
"Oh gosh, he is so sharp, how does he know?" she thought.
"Nothing just some bills, the bank is calling" she lied. He looked at her doubt fully.
She looked away.
He held her hand and asked.
"Mel, you don't have to hide anything," he said.
"Easton, I am not hiding anything, it's like I need time to process things, I will tell you for sure," she said while pressing his hand.
"Well, I know something," she said while blushing.
"What?" he asked.
"You know" she said, she was turning bright pink.
"What?" he asked, smiling as if he knew. She unlocks the phone and shows him the video.
"Where have you found that?" he asked, astonished.
"The girl who gave me dare has sent me" she said.
"Well you are not a bad kisser," he said while looking inside her eyes. There was something in his eyes that made her blush even more and her heart started beating faster.
He bends over her "I am not bad either you can try as now you are completely sober" he said and put his lips over hers' kissing her passionately. He kissed him back and she had the déjà vu of kissing him in the nightclub. They were kissing passionately.
Unknown to them someone was watching them from the door's small glass window. It was Jim.
"I knew something was going on between you two" he said in a whisper and smiled.