___ A Few Days Ago___
Inside a spacious apartment, a man was sitting elegantly on a large sofa facing the floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked the large swimming pool at the other side of his house. his handsome face was bathed in the light and he wore a calm expression while browsing through his phone.
He made a call which went through immediately and a cheerful voice was heard from the other side " Son .. you finally remembered mummy.., when will you come back " the other person asked, happiness evidence in her voice.
" Mum .... you know I like it here in Country Z " Jack whined to his mom with a gloomy expression. Since he came back to country Z his mom had been asking him this same thing every time he called her, although all his father's companies were here in Country Z, they had moved to a nearby city twenty-three years ago. he knew his mother had been paranoid since that incident that happened many years ago but she had always concealed her sadness.
He sighed and added calmly " Don't worry mom, nothing will happen to me.. I'll be fine" he reassured her softly.
His mother sighed " I'm sorry for acting like that son.. please take care of yourself " she said, " Don't forget to eat your lunch.., and don't stress yourself with work.. your dad will come back next week, make sure you come back to see him.. okay?" she added, quickly retaining her cheerful voice.
Jack chuckled and replied " Okay mum.. take care" before he hung up.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at his assistant who had entered while he was making the phone call and had been standing behind him.
" This is the information I gathered Sir," his assistant said while handing him some papers.
Jack took the papers from his assistant's hands and stared at the front page.
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Name: Clara Yang
Age: 24 years, graduated from College of Arts and technology M country.
Occupation: Software programmer at Cha Software Corporation.
Hometown: xx province
Mother: Anna ling
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Richard Yang
Occupation: Farmer
Sister: Lily Yang
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He looked intently at the information on the first page while smiling happily and flipped to the next page where her picture was attached, he gazes at the picture while caressing it, he then turned to his assistant and said " good job.. you can leave ".
After his assistant left, He stared at her picture and caressed it with a satisfied smile " Clara " he whispered. when he first saw her, he was attracted to her and couldn't stop thinking about her, she felt so familiar and he felt an indescribable sense of closeness to her. He must have her he thought with a glint in his eyes.
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___ The Present ___
Clara was on the hospital bed and Carl sitting beside her while Zach was still standing, facing them.
Carl was staring at her as if memorizing her perfect features and her heartbeat was in chaos when saw how intently he was staring at her. she looked away shyly with a flushed face.
Zach stared at his brother and shook his head, it was very clear as day and even a small child would understand that his brother liked the girl, but he was going to scare her off like this if he continued staring at her like an artifact.
He cleared his throat to ease the awkward atmosphere in the ward when a nurse suddenly walked in with a bag of medicines on a tray.
The nurse placed the tray on the bedside table and looked at Clara with a friendly smile then asked her a few questions about how she was currently feeling which she answered honestly, then turned to Carl.
" Sir your wife's condition is okay now, please make sure she doesn't stress herself and rest well for the next few weeks. She should also avoid cold foods and lots of sugar.. and also make sure she took these medications, the prescription is written inside" she said professionally before smiling once more at Clara and left the hospital room.
Clara blushed uncontrollably and turned to the other side to hide her embarrassment when she heard the nurse called her his wife, she had completely misunderstood, However looking at them in this condition, everyone would think that they were family because they were all wearing pajamas and coming to the hospital at this late hour together everyone would surely think they came out of the same house.
When Carl heard the nurse said ' His wife ', the word echoed in his head for a long time and he looked at the girl who had already turned her head to the side, seemingly embarrassed. he felt an indescribable joy in his heart when he heard that word. Marriage had never crossed his mind before, he was a workaholic and never spare a glance at girls even when he was in the university.
He that hadn't even thought of having a girlfriend before was now overjoyed after hearing this one word he slightly glanced at the embarrassed girl and smiled awkwardly.
Zach was surprised when he saw his brother smiled once again, he can count the times he had saw his brother smiled before, however, his brother was smiling today as if he had picked a precious jewel when he heard the nurse called the girl his wife. he thought something must be wrong with his brother and looked at him closely
Carl turned to his brother and saw that he was staring at him intently as if examining something, he frowned and wondered what his brother was up to. " What," he asked with a frown.
" N.. nothing.. nothing" Zach said awkwardly and scratched the back of his head. Maybe he was wrong, his brother looked totally fine and his frowning face just confirmed it.
Carl looked away from his brother and said, " go and get her new clothes ".
" Heh? " Zach was baffled, he looked at the time which showed 2:15 AM, where was he going to get clothes at this hour. He grimaced silently and replied " okay " before running out of the VIP ward while checking his GPS for the nearest mall, he luckily found one when he reached his car and quickly drove off.
Inside the VIP room, the atmosphere was awkward, Clara was still staring at the wall on the other side while Carl was looking at her. He suddenly remembered her phone which he had managed to collect from Zach after they reached the hospital, he took it out and thought she would need the sim card.
He cleared his throat before saying awkwardly " your phone " seemingly embarrassed. What would she think of him now, he thought anxiously and lowered his head slightly.
If Zach saw him like that, he would surely faint out of shock.