Chapter 54: Chapter 54

WRITER'S POV

As Dreidan walked past the long-deserted corridors carrying an unconscious Avatia in his arms, he reached the room where Leo was. He stopped walking. The anger he had in his heart could kill someone. He looked at Leo who was still undergoing torture from Roberto. "You are going to stay alive Leo, cause I swear, the moment I take Avatia to the hospital, I'll certainly come back for you. Pray. Just pray nothing serious happens to her."

Leo knew Dresden. He had worked for him for a long time to know what Dreidan could do to him. He knew what Dreidan did to traitors. Leo was pissed. He thought he hired the best men. He had worked out this plan in his head for years and to think it backfired on him in just a short time. But deep down in his heart, he was glad. He was glad that he had inflicted pain on Dresden. He had succeeded in bringing the man pain and if Avatia was already dead, it would break him more. He was happy that he had avenged Liya. That was the aim for all this.

Dresden looked at Roberto. "Keep him alive. I'm not done with him. He's gonna regret the day he came into this earth when I come back."

Roberto just nodded as he watched his shirtless boss carry the girl away. For the first time in years, he felt sorry for his boss. Dresden had barely recovered from the death of Neveah and just when he seemed to open up his heart to another girl, the bastard sitting right in front of him almost killed her. With anger, he lifted his big foot and sent it right to Leo's manhood with so much force that Leo thought he was going to die. He screamed so hard which earned him another punch from Roberto.

Once Dreidan's men saw him coming with an unconscious Avatia, they opened the door for him and he got in. Straight up, they sped up to the best hospital in the city in the shortest time.

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Dresden walked up and down the corridors of the hospital. This was a private area of the hospital which was a good thing. He didn't want people looking at him and gossiping. He ran his fingers through his hair for the nth time. The horrible feeling of dé has gripped him hard. He still vividly remembered pacing the corridors of the hospital years ago before that stupid doctor walked up to him and told him the worst news ever. What if this new doctor came to deliver such news again. They had been in there for about three hours already. He knew he wouldn't be able to handle it if anything happened to Avatia. His grip on the stress ball he had picked up earlier tightened and his knuckles whitened even more.

First, was Neveah and now Avatia? What did he ever do to that bastard? Leo was going to pay so bad. What would he even tell Grace if Avatia died? How was he going to go about it? He shook his head to get rid of such pessimistic thoughts. But still, what if?

The doctor who just walked out gulped once he saw Dresden. He had heard about the man and knew how dangerous he was. How was he going to deliver the terrible news he had. Mr. Vaughn looked pissed and the doctor didn't know how to go about it. Dresden noticed the doctor's countenance and it only pissed him further. He needed to be sure that Avatia was alright. "Speak up already. She's alive right?"

The doctor slowly nodded.

Dresden let out a breath he didn't know he was holding for hours and it felt like a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders. Thank goodness.

"Can I see her now?"

The poor doctor gulped again. "Mr. Vaughn, there's something you should know."

Without thinking twice, Dreidan gripped the doctor's collar, shaking the man violently in the process. "You fucking said she's alive right? What do you want to tell me now? Huh? That she's going to die? Don't you even fucking dare." He finished and roughly pushed the doctor who stumbled backward.

The poor doctor who was already sweating shook his head in denial. "Then what is it?" Dresden asked angrily.

The doctor pulled out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead. "Avatia had extremely high blood pressure which I'm not sure she knew. And from what I realized, she was put in an extremely cold place since there was ice in her hair and her body was cold. I presume she was locked in a freezer, am I right?" The doctor asked all this while, stammering.

"Just fucking go straight to the point." Dresden who was losing his temper already said.

The doctor continued. "As a result of whatever caused her to be so cold, she went into a hypothermic shock. Also resulting in cardiac arrest. My team and I tried our best to resuscitate her but she ended up in a comatose state."

"When would she wake up?"

The doctor scratched his forehead. "I don't know sir. It may take days, weeks, months as well as a year. You just have to pray for a miracle. Her body is weak, and so is her heart. I'm sorry but she's in danger. Right now, she needs people around her. She needs her family by her side." The doctor explained. "And if you would excuse me, I still have a few things to do. You'll be able to see her in a couple of minutes though." He said and walked away.

Dresden stood there speechless. She was in a coma? That means she could die anytime. What the fuck had he gotten an innocent girl into? And how would he call her mother now?

After contemplating for a while, he decided to use Jade. After all, Grace already knew Jade. A nurse walked up to him and told him he could go in and see Avatar. Before he went in, he called Jade to tell Grace to come over to the hospital. Then slowly, he made his way into the room.

The sight in front of him broke his heart. There she was, red marks covered the few parts of her face that tubes were not covering already. Leo must have beaten her hard. And she was naked. That fool raped her. Oh, Leo. He was going to cut off his manhood for sure.

His beautiful Avatia lay there, pale and looking sad in her sleep. Her beautiful eyes

were full of eye bags and hair was disheveled. She reminded him a lot about Neveah. She looked so sad when he saw her corpse. Her lips were slightly down. He had thought it was just because of the accident but now that he thought about it, was it an accident? And now, look at Avatia, laying in bed in so much pain. He didn't want to be the cause of her pain but he was. Looking at her almost lifeless state, he realized he couldn't afford to lose her too. He lost Neveah too fast and now that he was blessed with another woman, was he also going to lose her? No. Never. He couldn't lose this one because it was a sure fact. He loved her. He didn't know when he had fallen in love with her but he had. And he had fallen hard. She was his new HEAVEN.

He kept staring at the beautiful girl with so many medical tubes connected to her upper body that he didn't know a lot of time had passed. Soon, the door burst open, and a crying Grace and Draya and a panic-looking Jade walked in.

Grace and Draya immediately rushed towards Avatia, their shoulders shaking as they cried.

Grace spoke up. "My baby, who did this to you? Who did this?" Then she turned and saw Dresden. Her motherly instincts kicked in and before she knew it, she marched furiously towards him. And before she could hold herself, she slapped him, and more and more followed. "You bastard. I told you to stay away from my daughter and you didn't. Look. Look there, young man. Look at my innocent daughter. Look at what you've done to her." She ended as she broke down and cried.

Draya who was crying and watching the scene sadly walked towards the crying mother and held her. Grace was too weak to pull away. After she cried for a while, she pulled away and looked at Dreidan, fury in her eyes. "You bring nothing more than pain everywhere you go. I got in trouble because of you. I can accept that. But my daughter. That's a different case. And as hard as it can be, I forgive you. And I also want you to walk out of that door..." She said as she pointed to the door in the room. "And as you walk out of that door, walk out of my daughter's life as well. And this time, for good. I mean it. My daughter deserves someone better."

There was nothing that could break Dreidan's heart more than those words. Just when he realized he loved Avatia, he had to leave her? It was like killing him again. "But ma'am..."

Grace pointed to the door and shut her eyes. "Please sir, just leave."

And as if Neveah's death wasn't enough to break him, walking out of Avatia's life shattered him completely. He looked at the woman he loved so much, looked at Draya, then at Grace, bowed his head, and said. "I'm sorry for all the pain I've caused." And with that, he walked away, with Jade following behind.

Someone, please give me some tissue; first, was Neveah, and now Avatia?

And is Dreidan leaving? I swear I'm crying;

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