Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Noah Johnson's pov;

"What happened between you two this time?" I asked Mr Martinez as soon as I entered the house.

He walked to me and gave me keys and said, "She won't come here anymore." And started walking upstairs.

"What do you mean by that? Where's she now?"

"I don't know."

"Why do you sound like you don't care about her? I'm sure that even now you're thinking about her."

"Why should I? Even if I did, it'll be just another act for her."

I stopped Mr Martinez and said, "Let's go and get her back and talk this over."

"Didn't you hear what I said before? She won't come here. She moved out of this house."

"Then, What about the thing between you guys?"

He didn't give a response and stood still.

I walked away from him and made a call to the restaurant but no one picked up. I called Mr Halls and asked about Bella but he said that she left early. If she wasn't at the restaurant then where might she be?

While I was thinking about Bella's whereabouts, Mr Martinez said, "I know where she is."

"Then, what are we waiting for? Let's go."

After a while, Mr Martinez stopped his car in front of the AB restaurant. Why did he bring us here?

I said, "Mike said she left early."

Mr Martinez pointed his finger in the front and said, "She's there."

When I looked in the direction where Mr Martinez pointed, I saw Bella sitting on the stairs under the lights from her restaurant.

I got out of the car and looked at Mr Martinez, he said, "I think it'll be better if you go alone. She might get angry again if she saw me. I'll stay in the car."

I nodded at him and walked to Bella.

I stood in front of her and said, "What are you doing here? Get up, let's go home."

She said while looking down, "I don't have a home."

I squatted in front of her and said, "Whatever the thing is, let's go to Mr Martinez's house and talk about it over there."

"I'm not coming."

"Why are you being stubborn?"

"That's what I'm best at."

"Why are you avoiding looking at me? Look at me."

I raised her head by holding her chin and saw her face turned red as Tomato and her lips were dried.

I held her cheeks and felt cold and asked, "Bella? What happened?"

She looked at me with half opened eyes and suddenly she fainted inside my arms.

I shook her by calling out her name, "Bella… Bella, wake up… Bella…" but she didn't wake up.

I shouted, "Mr Martinez! Over here!"

Mr Martinez ran over to me and looked at Bella and asked, "What happened? Why is she like that?"

"I don't know. Help me to pick her up."

I put Bella's hand over my shoulder and said to him, "Go and start the car. Let's take her to the hospital."

He nodded and ran to the car to start it. I carried her to the car and laid her in the back of the car and took the passenger seat beside Mr Martinez who was driving the car.

While driving Mr Martinez asked me, "Why did she faint? Is she sick?"

"I don't know. Get us to the nearest hospital quickly."

He nodded and continued driving the car. The way he held the steering wheel explained how worried he was. She loves you and you love her to the extent then why are you guys fighting against each other and making things more complicated than before?

After some time, we reached the hospital. Mr Martinez got down and rushed to the back of the car and carried her into the hospital.

When Bella got admitted in the hospital, the doctor examined her and came out of the room.

I asked the doctor, "Is she alright, doctor?"

Mr Martinez got up and stood beside me to hear what the doctor was about to say.

The doctor said, "Yes, she's fine now." And asked, "How long was she awake?"

"I don't get it, doctor."

"Was she fainting a lot recently?"

"I don't know but one of her employees informed me that she fainted once while talking to a customer in her restaurant."

Mr Martinez asked me, "She fainted? Why didn't you tell me?"

The doctor asked, "She owns a restaurant?"

"Yes, it's been open recently so she was working really hard for the restaurant."

"Looking at her condition, it looks like she didn't sleep for days. Was she showing signs of drowsiness, eating a lot, not concentrating on anything and avoiding talking with others?"

Mr Martinez said, "No. She didn't. Actually, she eats so little since she's concentrating on her work, she always looked active so i didn't notice it."

The doctor asked, "Were there behavioural changes like making a lot of errors, showing signs of stress like anger and difficulty in learning new things?"

Mr Martinez didn't answer him and stood still. He looked like he was thinking about something in his head.

I said, "Yes, Sir. She was mad some hours ago too."

"Because she got sleep deprivation. It's not to worry. If she sleeps, she'll be fine so I gave her sleeping pills to get some good sleep. You can discharge her after she wakes up. And, ask her to take a break from her work and take a rest. She needs a lot of sleep now." And left.

After the doctor left, I walked into the room where Bella was treated and saw Bella lying on the bed sleeping peacefully. Mr Martinez stood beside her and looked at her.

I said, "Stay with her. Yuyang is alone at home so I'll take my leave. Call me if she wakes up."

"What if she threw a fit when she woke up?"

"The doctor said she'll be fine if she sleeps so let her sleep for a while."

He nodded.

I walked out of the room and made a call to Ms Devlin and asked about yuyang. She said that yuyang has already fallen asleep. I ended the call and headed to my home.

Alexander Martinez pov;

After Mr Johnson left, I sat beside Isabella and caressed her hair while asking, "Why are you working hard with even getting a little amount of sleep? Don't you know how to take care of yourself? If you feel sick, who will look after the restaurant? Didn't you think about it? How can you be so irresponsible?"

A nurse walked in and checked the drip. I asked her, "Do you know how much time it will take for her to wake up?"

"For now, she needs to sleep as much as she wants, Sir." And left the room.

Holding Isabella's hand, I leaned beside her and said, "I know you'll be mad at me when you woke up and saw my face so I'll leave before you wake up when you show any signs of waking up. For now, let me hold your hand for a while."

One day, she's all sweet and cute… not to mention flirty. But next, she's a totally different person, acting as if I don't matter to her at all. If I hadn't reacted emotionally to your hurtful words… would things have been different? If I'd have been kinder, you wouldn't have ended up here like this, right?

Since I was mad at you for not eating with me, I didn't take care of you. Sorry for not looking after you properly. Hereafter, I'll take care of you in a way I failed to do.

I know you're working hard to give my money back, even if you give my money back before the timeline mentioned in the contract, I won't let you go, Isabella. Because you belong to me.