Chapter 88: Chapter 88

And this topic turned to him, he told about the Indonesian woman he met in Brazil, since a year ago and until now he still sees her often, even if he has time he will visit the woman’s country and meet her, how romantic a woman is. Ronald Cortez. But Ronald feels that he doesn’t deserve her, he feels that he is someone dirty, a playboy who doesn’t deserve a good girl like that woman, which unfortunately makes him fall in love and feel different feelings.

“When I spend time with her, I want to stop looking and want to stay with her no longer want to continue my habit of changing women, she is like the answer to my long search.”

I could see the sincerity in his eyes, he was really in love, all the regrets were there.

“Prove to her and yourself that you deserve her, for true love, and for a peaceful life with her.”

For some reason my mind immediately went to Sean, oh, damn it! That man hurt me and became the thing I love in my life at the same time.

Ronald drove me to the hotel after we felt a little better for having disclosed our respective problems, he is someone to rely on. We hugged as I was about to get out of the car and gave me a quick kiss on the forehead.

“I’m right here, Ana, just call me and tell me.”

I smiled with emotion towards Ronald, oh God! He is indeed the best, one of the best men I have in my life, I fold my lips into my mouth nodding against the tears trying to escape, he hugs me once again and I cry in his arms again. Ronald stroked my hair, he planted a kiss on my head. After my tears started to subside, I unraveled our embrace then wiped the tears on my face using a tissue.

“Wait here, I’ll check out and stay at your apartment okay??!”

I looked at Ronald with pleading eyes, he smiled and nodded.

“It is better.”

I immediately got out of the car and ran inside the hotel to my room. I cleaned up my few belongings and put them in my silver medium-sized suitcase, then left the room.

Ronald helped me put my suitcase in the trunk of the car, after I checked out of the hotel, we went to his apartment. When we were about to stop at a crossroads because the traffic light was red, my body was thrown forward so hard that my forehead hit the front windshield, I heard the sound of the glass cracking, it hurt so much and my vision instantly blurred because of the pain in my head, my hand touched the part on my head. I felt pain in my forehead, I felt a thick liquid stick to my fingertips, I could faintly hear someone calling me, but I couldn’t answer it because the pain I was currently experiencing made me unable to think, the next second I was lost in the darkness.

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“Will she be okay?? What about the baby??”

“She and the baby will be fine, her skull fractured at the impact, but the fracture is minor and so far her brain is fine, she will only experience pain for the next few months from the fracture.”

“When will she fully recover??”

“I can’t say for sure, sir, but if your wife is careful the fracture will heal quickly.”

I tried to move my body, but it felt like nothing was happening, I don’t know what was happening but I could only hear voices, my vision was dark, my body couldn’t move, and my head felt very heavy. I can’t move it either. I felt one of my hands being grabbed by someone then my skin felt wet.

“Sorry, I’m sorry, Ariana, please open your eyes. Come back to me, I promise to fix everything, don’t leave me.”

It was Sean’s voice, it sounded sad and painful. Oh my husband I miss him I want to see him I want to comfort him. Sounds like a sob, no! I didn’t want him to cry, I tried to move my body but it didn’t work.

“Someone help me, I want to open my eyes I want my body back I want to see my husband Sean please!”

I screamed in the darkness, but nothing happened, nothing came, the next second the darkness swallowed me again.

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“Hi Ana, I’m here, I hope you can hear me I-“

Caroline!

I knew it was her, and she was crying, oh, my God! She sounded devastated, and I was still in the same state. The sound of her crying was getting louder and sadder, it affected me.

“No! Carrie don’t cry! I can hear you, I’m here but I-“

And the darkness took over me again.

**

My eyes slowly opened and looked up at the cream-colored ceiling, I blinked a few times and then looked around me, analyzing the situation around me, this is not my room and Sean’s in the apartment, not even my mom’s house then my eyes catch someone sleeping on the long sofa at the side. The right side of this room, the sofa is leaning against the wall, a man is sleeping there folding his arms in front of his chest and that man is my husband. My gaze shifted to my state and I realized that I was currently in the hospital, I didn’t know what had happened to me that I was here.

I don’t know what time and what day it is, including how long I’ve been here. My throat feels dry and I need a drink, I try to move my body but it’s still hard, so does my head, I touch my forehead, it hurts under the gauze that is wrapping it. I stared at the water sitting on the nightstand beside my IV line, oh my God! I’m very thirsty and Sean is sleeping, I want to drink and unfortunately I can’t move. I cleared my throat and tried to call Sean’s name, but I was like someone who had a sore throat and lost his voice, maybe because my throat was so dry, my lips also felt dry. I folded my lips into my mouth and moistened them with my tongue, I exhaled loudly through my mouth and stared at the ceiling of this hospital room, trying to remember what had left me lying in this place with a heavy, sore head.

And the memory comes back, when I was with Ronald in New York on the way to his apartment, at the intersection when we were about to stop because the traffic light was red, I don’t know what happened when I heard a crash from the back of our car and my body was thrown hard forward and I hit the windshield of the car in front. I closed my eyes for a moment while touching the part of my forehead that hurt, then where is Ronald?? Is he okay??

“Ana??! Are you awake??”

I opened my eyes and found Sean standing by my bed, I smiled and said ‘Hi’ to him, my voice sounded scary and I felt uncomfortable hearing it, no, it’s like I haven’t heard my own voice in a long time.

“Oh, Ana, honey, my angel, you’re here, you’re here.”

Tears gathered in his eyes, he caressed the top of my head then he kissed my forehead gently.

“I miss you,” I said, then his face was an inch above mine, he smiled and tears appeared on his cheeks my uninfused hand wiped his tears.

“I’m sorry Ariana, I’m an ignorant fool, give me one more chance to make things right.”

He was crying and I just stood there caressing his face, listening to his apology and seeing the vulnerability in his face, oh, my big lost boy, I know the reason I went to New York, it was because of him, and when I saw him being kissed by his damn ex-girlfriend, my heart is cracked to the corners, it’s the first time but i know more about my feelings for him more than i know that i love him too much. He then kissed my forehead, then pressed the button on my bed, five minutes later two nurses and a doctor came into my current treatment room.