Chapter 64
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ETHAN CARTER
'Ethan I love you! It was- was a mistake! Nothing's going on between us. Please-please", Crystal had cried but I had been quick to not pay heed to her cries leaving her sobbing in the arms of an alarmed Landon.
That had happened four hours ago, I was back in the office having been called to an urgent meeting out of the blue. I didn't expect it but Mr Duncan of all people wanted to sell his shares to Roman Cervantes.
Roman Cervantes sure had some sort of influence if he had managed to get Mr Duncan to sell him his shares. But I wouldn't allow him, I wouldn't allow him to set foot in my company which is why I was determined to offer Mr Duncan more money if that meant keeping Roman Cervantes away from my life.
I listened as the shareholders conversed among themselves. Some acknowledging that indeed having Roman Cervantes be a shareholder in our company would help soar through great heights.
I was in the middle of listening to Mr Duncan's pitch when my phone buzzed against the 15 seater glass table. I glanced at it wondering why Mila would be calling me.
I excused myself, leaving the conference room and picking the call.
'Mila?"
'Ethan…Ethan! Some thieves broke into the house. Ali-Aliya. Something happened to Aliya",she cried breathlessly and I felt my heart lunge to my stomach.
'Is she", I lacked words. Thieves? Breaking in?
'Is she fine?! Are you fine? I'm-I'm on my way home right now", I spoke timidly hearing Mila's rugged breath from the other end of the phone.
'We are in the hospital, Ethan. I called her mom. She deserved to know",and the more she spoke the more my heart beat spiked, the more I felt nervous, the more I felt as if I would collapse.
What happened to Aliya!
'Which hospital?" I growled feeling my voice shake a bit.
'Saint Petersburg",she muttered and I could hear the fear laced in her voice.
In a whisker, I put my phone back into my pockets leaving my office building in a rush. I couldn't wait for Jai to bring the car around because I didn't even know if he was here or he had gone back home.
I hailed a cab impatiently instructing the cab driver to step on it to Saint Petersburg hospital. When we did get to the hospital I almost forgot to lay the driver and having no time I threw him a hundred dollar bill not caring about the change.
Hospitals. I never was a fan of hospitals starting from how they smelled to the atmosphere. I passed by some nurses not sure where I would start looking. I should have called Mila but once I got there panic had already overrode my body.
'Excuse me. I'm looking for a woman, Aliya-'
'Ethan?" Someone called behind me and I turned around seeing a sullen Mila.
'What happened? Where is she?" I asked looking around.
'She went to the garden to take some pictures when I heard her scream. W-when I went to check up on her, she was covered in blood and she had a nasty cut on her shoulder. I-I'm sorry Ethan. I-I shouldn't have let her go, I-I shouldn't-'
'Shh. It's not your fault", I hugged her thinking about Aliya. Wondering about how much pain she was going through. I should have been there. I should have been there to protect her.
'You are right. It's not her fault it's yours", someone spoke infront of me and I raised my eyes to see Raymond Chester.
Mila parted from the embrace and I faced Raymond.
'I want to see her", I demanded.
'You want to see her? She got attacked in your overly secure mansion! She got hurt because you forced her to work for you. You don't deserve to stand near her let alone see her, you piece of trash!" He pushed my shoulders making me tumble backwards a little.
I didn't mind it because he was angry that Aliya had gotten hurt. Damn, I was also angry and the minute I got out of here, I would get to the bottom of everything.
I had guards protecting the house 24/7 so I failed to understand how thieves got in. I failed to understand why they would try to steal from me and leave…leave her near her death's end.
'I want to see her", I repeated myself.
'Over my dead body",he said with gritted teeth as Mila tried to get between us.
'This is not the place to act like King Kong and Godzilla",she whispered.
'I don't want trouble, I just want to see how she's doing", I said in defeat.
'She's doing fine under our care so you can leave now", Raymond added acidly and I was tired of having to listen to his sour voice.
'I'm not leaving. Who gives you the permission to dictate who seed her and who doesn't? Ooh that's right…you are only her bestfriend so quit acting like you own her because she's not yours. She will never be yours"
'And you think she is yours? She hates you. You are the last person she would wanna see"
'Agree to disagree. I'm who she needs at the moment, not a man who keeps forcing her to accept him", I seethed watching his expression turn sour and him try to lunge at me like a wounded animal.
Had it not been for Mila and the doctor Vince who appeared out of nowhere, Raymond Chester would have punched my jaw and sent me crawling to the ground.
'Would you two stop it!"
Came another voice. Sharp and distraught. And just by the doorway that led to the wards stood a distraught Mrs Torres. Fresh tears on her cheeks, her eyes puffy and her hair out of place.
'If you want to act like a pack of wild animals, there's a zoo downtown",she hissed glancing at me then at Ray then at me.
'I suppose you are Ethan? Ethan Carter? She wants to talk to you and immediately she finishes talking to you, I want a word with you",she hollered and I straightened my coat walking towards Mrs Torres.
'Room 594"