LOGINWith Morvian’s critical state, every second counted.The surgeons scheduled me for the stem cell harvesting, as they tried to start conditioning regimen for Morvian.Just before the skin prep began, I asked to see Olivia, and the nurse was gracious enough to let me out. However, I was surprised to see support equipment like the oxygen masks were gone, replaced by just a small tube, and she was actually awake.“Olivia?”Sean, also in the ward, turned to me, and I smiled at his surprise as I walked towards Olivia. He had bid me goodbye, and thought I would be in the surgery theater already.Olivia stared at me with a strange look, and for a second I feared she may have lost her memory. She raised her arms then, and whispered my name. I almost fell right into her, reminding myself just at the last second to be careful. She hugged my neck tightly, and I realized that Sean had taken away the thing I dreaded the most.She must have questioned him about my absence when she woke up, and he
The night was a blur, the blood bank was functional again, and Morvian received even more blood transfusion as his ward began to look real festive, troops of medical staff moving in and out.I sat outside his ward because I was too lightheaded at this point to stand. The thought of having to break the news to Olivia if this poor kid died while she was still unconscious, made my head swim and breathing difficult. “Is there really nothing that can be done for him?” Axel asked from behind, and I was again reminded he was still there. I turned to him with a sad look, he really should go home at this point. He’d been here since last night. “He needs a bone marrow transplant. And Olivia is not a match,” I said with a heavy sigh. “And she doesn’t have even a tiny clue we can search for his real father with?” He hissed in frustration, “What about her father, the drunk?”“The French bitch said he doesn’t know either.” I responded, thinking how I really never wanted to see that monster, or
I turned my gaze away, feeling all kinds of conflicting emotions. The top emotion was ‘good riddance’, he seemed to have taken my warning and moved on.But then I was furious. Because had Olivia just been another potential lay in his eyes? He looked at other women the way he did her, and his interest was so shallow if he could move on to another woman the next day, literally.I grimaced, disgusted, and that was when Koffi’s voice caught my ears. “He should resume work next Monday.”“And are you sure he has access to the nanosync?” Levine’s voice, with that Scottish schoolboy accent, returned.“Of course.” Koffi’s voice lowered, and he muttered something quietly that I didn’t hear.I was about to turn my attention back to the couple downstairs when I heard, “That should do it. As soon as the launch is done, we can move our shares. This is a bloody sinking ship,” Washington said. I pulled my phone out and started to record, just in case this turned out to be important.“As long as we
I took time explaining why it was important I was at this ball, but Axel disagreed, saying it was pointless.“Ok. Let’s say it turns out to be pointless. What harm could come from it though?” “You, fucking falling in a faint,” he smacked his thigh, eyes burning bright in an incredulous look.I looked away. I’d try not to do that because there was still so much to be done. Despite realizing Luiza was being manipulative, there was some truth to what she said. The company was important to Olivia, especially with Morvian here now. So I had Chris bring in a tuxedo, and got dressed for the ball right in my ward.“What if the Gyehna attacks you?” Axel tried one last argument as he watched me get ready. I shrugged.“He’s not after me,” I carefully fixed my cufflinks. “And as long as the dogs stay here, no one can harm Olivia.”“So you’ll be out with just your aesthetic guards?” Axel’s voice was grave disbelief, and I turned to him.“They did fine in Budapest.” I moved my hand up to strai
“I really am not in the best mood, Luiza, please leave.” I pushed past her into the hallway.But the clicking sound of her heels followed me, as if she hadn't heard me.“Half a decade, is this how you treat me after not seeing me for so long?” She hurried up behind me, till we were walking side by side.I said nothing, just kept my eyes ahead, walking, and cursing the day I decided to be kind to her, to rescue her. Because now she could be the final straw that broke Olivia and I’s relationship.“Colt.”I spun around then, my eyes flaming and glassy. “What the fuck are you doing here? When the fuck did you become PR expert?”She stopped, and gave a slow smile. “You are scared.”“You should be scared. You are the fraud here, and I could get you kicked out of the company this very minute.”She walked closer, “But you won’t.” She gave a full, bright smile. “Because you would have to explain to your brother’s wife why you did not tell her who I was immediately when I showed up.”I kept qu
When I opened my eyes, the car was thick with smoke while the dogs tried to beat the door open. “Mr Fletcher, Mr Fletcher,” Chris called when I began to cough in the suffocating smoke, my mind hesitantly drifting from my teenage world of bosomy girls with maddening scents, and starry-eyed boys who had fallen in love without knowing it.“Olivia.” I gasped suddenly.I could see nothing from this point, with my back to the roof of the car, my head suspended midair, barely supported by the seatbelt wrapped around my torso.“The car,” I called out, “Fire…the car.” My words were incoherent, but that was the quickest way my mind could think to get them out.However, Chris picked it up immediately, screaming out orders while I tried to move, even though I knew it was best to remain still till the ambulance showed up. But I couldn't stay still, terrified at the fact that I couldn't hear anything from the back. I unhooked the seatbelt, and at the first attempt to raise my head, I blacked ou







