"Shouldn't you be in bed.... With a fever?" Tyson asked through gritted teeth.
"Oh, the fever? It's gone now." Skylar shrugged nonchalantly. "Not like you or the nurses gave a shit about me, anyway. Don't pretend to care now."
"Baby?" Lila called weakly. "Who is she?"
"She's no one you need to worry about." He said with a tight smile as he softly caressed her hair. "I'll deal with her."
"You do know I'm standing right here, right?" She asked dryly but Tyson completely ignored her and kept on caressing Lila's silky and shiny black hair.
"Is she my donor? I need to know!" Lila demanded in a spoilt manner causing Skylar to roll her eyes.
"Typical." She mumbled. "She just had to be the rich, spoilt brat. Definitely going to have a lot on my hands." Fortunately, no one was paying attention to her, they were all focused on the pretty Princess.
Tyson sighed then nodded. "Yes, she is."
"Oh my gosh! You didn't have to."
Yeah, I didn't but I needed to if I plan to get rid of you for good.
"Now I feel so bad that you had to give up one of your kidneys for me."
Skylar let out a fake smile and it was so obvious it wasn't sincere but she really didn't care. "It's fine. I just did what I could when I saw how desperate your man here was to save your life."
"Thank you very much! I owe you one big time!"
"Ohh, no need for that. If anyone owes me, it's your boyfriend."
"Can you just shut it?!" Tyson growled.
"Whatever." Skylar rolled her eyes and walked away.
Tyson sighed and rubbed his forehead. He hadn't slept well in days, from overseeing things at his company to making sure Lila and Skylar were okay to keeping Lila's parents updated on her recovery. It'd been one thing after the other. When could he even get a break?
"Are you okay?" Lila asked, a worried look on her face.
"I'm fine, baby. Just focus on getting better. Okay?"
Lila nodded in response and he smiled sweetly. "I need to leave now, I'll be back later to check on you. If you need anything, the nurses are at your beck and call." He leaned down and gave her a peck on the head and decided to stay until she fell back asleep.
Immediately Skylar stepped out of Lila's ward and into hers, she took out the IV and plopped down on the bed.
Pretending to be Ill was so exhausting especially when she was completely healed seconds after the surgery. What the Doctors didn't know was that her kidney had grown back and she was back to having two again. At the end of the day, it was a total win for her.
She needed to pretend she had a fever because it would have been suspicious if she recovered almost immediately but she couldn't pretend anymore, she had urgent matters to attend to and lying in bed pretending to be ill wasn't going to solve anything.
There was a knock on the door and a second later, a blonde haired lady walked in with a bag in hand.
"You brought everything I asked for?"
"Down to the last detail." The lady grinned. "Can't wait to see their faces when they find out who you are."
Skylar got down from the bed and collected the bag, heading to the bathroom.
"It's way too early for them to find out about me. For now, let them still assume I'm a lowlife gold digger who wants to be related to an affluent family."
"I love when you make that switch of yours. It never gets old."
"Of course." Skylar winked and walked into the bathroom.
Minutes later, she was out, no longer dressed in hospital scrubs nor the baggy dress she came in with but in a tight fitting Jean trousers that accentuated her hips and curves and a white short sleeved crop top which revealed her flat and slightly muscled belly. She looked completely different from the lady who had stepped into the hospital earlier except for her still curly hair and the round glasses on her face.
"You look pretty good."
"Thank you Lisa." Skylar replied with a sweet smile.
"Ready?"
"Let's go." Skylar nodded once. After making sure everything was in place, they walked out.
Just as they stepped into the elevator, Tyson walked out of Lila's room and headed for Skylar's ward.
Tyson opened the door and was surprised to find the bed made, the curtains pulled with no sign of Skylar anywhere.
"What the fuck?!"
Immediately, he took out his phone and dialed Jay's number.
"Boss?"
"She's gone! Her bed is well made and empty. I'm pretty sure she left some seconds ago because I can still strongly smell her perfume and that of another person. Find them and make sure they don't leave the hospital premises. There's no way in hell I'm letting her escape after everything she put me through!" He growled.
"Got it!"
He angrily tucked his phone into the pocket of his jacket and rushed out of the ward. He tapped the elevator button lots of times but it's response was too slow, he decided to take the stairs three at a time.
He made it to the ground floor and rushed out of the hospital in time to see a big black tinted van drive off.
"God damnit!!!" He yelled out loud, getting weird looks from passersby.
Jay rushed to his side, looking around. "She's gone?!"
"Yes! She left in a black tinted van or so I think. I never should have fücking left her alone. I should have assigned some security men to watch her but I never for once imagined she would run away! God damnit! Fücking damnit!!" He balled his fists in rage. "How the hell am I supposed to find her now?"
"She's your wife now boss. She can't run away forever. She'll have to return, someday."
"I can't wait for someday but you're right, we're married which means she had to have drop her contact details. Go through everything, find her and let me know when you do. I will not let her escape! She still owes me some frigging explanations!"
"Understood. I'll get to it now." Tyson didn't say a word, just stared angrily at the spot the van zoomed off.
She really had some nerves leaving without telling him.
"Urmm, there's one more thing you need to know...." Jay cleared his throat.
"What?!" Tyson snapped.
"Lila's parents are here and they're demanding to see you. Word of your marriage has started to cycle around, it seems."
"For fuck sake! Does this torture ever end?! How exactly did they find out?!"
"Probably Hannah or Jones."
"It had to be Hannah. That freaking bítch never keeps her mouth shut.". He hissed. "Fine. I'll go handle them, just make sure you do everything possible to find her."
Jay nodded while Tyson walked back into the hospital to deal with his former soon-to-be in laws.
Jay took out his phone and started making calls to various people, trying to get her whereabouts.
Later in the day.....
Lila's parents had left after Tyson had been able to assure them that their daughter wouldn't be affected in anyway by his unannounced marriage to Skylar. Her mother was hysterical and cried every minute while her father was really pissed. He was able to convince them that his marriage was for their daughter's sake and when the time was right, he would divorce her and everything would go back to normal. That answer satisfied her father to some extent while her mother was a bit difficult to convince. Eventually, he was able to, so, there's that.
Hannah and Jones had also left and it was just Tyson and Lila in her ward with Lila deep in sleep.
There was a light knock on the door.
"Come in." Tyson said in an exhausted tone.
Jay walked in and Tyson sighed. "Please tell me you have something good to say."
"Quite the opposite, I'm sorry."
Tyson groaned and dragged his palm down his face. "Shoot."
"I searched everywhere, called a lot people but no one seems to know her and she's not in any of the records."
Tyson slightly frowned. "What do you mean?"
"What I'm trying to say is, the Skylar we saw today doesn't exist and the only other person bearing the same name died twenty years ago in a car accident.
That Skylar, whoever she is, was just an impersonator, pretending to be someone who has apparently been dead for a very long time. Her contact details; phone numbers and address are all fake. The phone numbers do not exist and the address leads to a deserted area in the outskirts of town."
Tyson closed his eyes for a brief second and when he opened them, they were blood red. Now, he was really pissed.