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He pulled me into a warm hug, thanking God. Although that bullet slightly hit Leo’s heart, it
was minimal damage, the size of the bullet and the distance of trajectory bought him
enough time to survive.
“The doctors have successfully repaired the damage, Laura.”
Oh, my God!
This good news after the soul crushing misery of hours illuminated my world, relieving the heavy weight from my shoulders.
Feeling light like a feather, I buried my head in Bright’s chest and sighed.
“I can’t believe the height of our good luck tonight, Bright. Thank you so much for staying by my side.
I don’t know what I would do without you.”
It was a fact that Bright was the wise one among us, tackling the situation without giving in
to any emotional trauma. He faced a real–life crisis with courage and bravery. His
responsible nature made me realize that Bright was the man I could trust my family with
Caressing my back, he asked the doctor about the recovery period and expressed his desire
to see Leo. But he couldn’t get permission.
“Mr. Leo is in post–up recovery. We will keep him under observation for twenty–four hours
before any family meeting.
”
You can …”
“He isn’t Mr. Leo’s family!”
Leo’s assistant, James, arrived at the hospital after everything, and cut that doctor off curtly.
“Mr. Leo is an orphan, and his wife has left him for his rival. He is a lonely man.”
What?
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At this crucial moment, such an insensitive comment felt irrelevant, more than like a gaslighting tactic to spread rumors in the hospital. It was so unfortunate that Leo was surrounded by selfish jerks, whose prime focus was to blame others for publicity, with no care about his injuries at all.
Bright was all composed and calm until now, but he couldn’t keep cool after hearing those
rude words about me. He shot back at James.
“Oh, so you think that you are Leo’s family, his most sincere well–wisher!
Where were you when he attempted suicide earlier?
Then he was shot, the news of the terrorists‘ attack at his office building must have been in
the news for hours.
If you were so concerned, then why didn’t you come before when I was begging every influential businessman to abandon his sleep and help me with his resources…
”
Bright bluntly showed him the mirror of reality, dismissing James’s claim about us being heartless outsiders. His grip around my shoulders tightened, he snarled at Leo’s assistant.
“You should thank Laura instead of accusing her of cheating. She saved Leo‘ life twice, not even thinking about her image and reputation once.
She …
The doctors and nurses intervened to end this argument as James wasn’t backing off, he
didn’t hesitate to point his finger at me.
“Mr. Leo is hospitalized for the second time only because of Miss Laura.
She broke his heart after giving him high hopes, he had suffered badly due to emotional
distress.
It’s all her fault!”
The medical staff hardly separated those arguing opponents, who were ready to tear each other apart. I grasped Bright’s hand to leave as the doctor said,
“Mr. Bright, please be considerate. This is a hospital. So, please keep your personal matters
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out of this building.
The patients need complete silence for rest.”
As Leo was fine now, and we had done our duty, we returned home. Bright’s assistant and
driver were on duty even at five in the morning. My fiancé was still pissed off when we sat
in the car.
“Due to Leo’s rare blood group, it was so difficult to arrange for blood. I even volunteered to
onate as we have the same blood group.
But it wasn’t enough!
What was the use of all this hard work? That mere assistant dared to shout at me!”
Bright was scared that James would use this incident to make me the evil villain of Leo’s life, but I couldn’t care less. I grabbed his hand and intertwined our fingers, smiling softly.
“You have done more than enough, Bright, whether someone acknowledges it or not You
have saved Leo’s life. You are my hero!”
Bright insisted on staying at my Villa for some time just because of me, but I refused politely. Last week was tough for him like me, he needed rest to replenish his energy for his professional life.
After all, I didn’t want to be the career destroyer of my fiancé!
Anyway, I slept through the day and enjoyed a hearty meal with Jane at lunch, but her lack of interest in food aroused my suspicion.
Firstly, I thought that she didn’t like my cooking, so I ordered pizza for her later. But Jane
wasn’t interested in eating at all. Alarmed by her strange behavior, I sat down with her to
talk.
“What’s the matter, Jane? Why didn’t you finish your lunch, dear?”
Janie’s gloomy face crept up a feeling of dread from the pit of my stomach, I felt helpless as she said,
“I am not hungry, mommy!”
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Her innocent eyes were the mirrors of her soul, the tears pooling in them hinted towards a
concealed unease, popping up countless horrifying scenarios in my head.
I barely appeared as a level–headed parent and spoke softly.
“Is there anything bothering you, Jane?
You can tell mommy. Remember, we are friends.”
urie’s silence in response devastated me to the core, I made some odd guesses to assess the
problem troubling her.
“Is there anything at school? Did someone bully you? Or did any teacher scold you?”
I bit my tongue when my unhinged speech reached the bad touch, it was impossible for me
to imagine that someone had harmed my little girl.
After a series of assurances and gentle reminders, Jane spoke up, confiding in me.
“It’s Zoe, mommy. He is frightened of living alone.”
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