"Nick, are you awake?"
Nicholai was surprised when he realized that he was in a white room with the distinctive smell of ethanol, plus Austin was approaching him and looks alert.
"I'm at the hospital?" Nicholai asks, confirming that he was truly ill.
"Yeah, you fainted while giving your speech." Austin answers.
"So embarrassing." Nicholai hisses while he was covering his face.
"Yes, of course – very embarrassing. You fainted while you were giving a speech at such an important event. And you know what is more embarrassing? Your rival sees you faint. Jonas and Rania – his wife saw you faint. How stupid of you to show your weakness in front of those two b*stards." Austin says, adding to Nicholai's embarrassment.
"Shut up! You are just adding to my problems." Nicholai says irritably. "Eh, by the way, does my wife know that I am in the hospital?" Nicholai asks as his eyes wandered around, looking for where his wife was.
