The unexpected kiss.

Everyone paved the way for the stretcher where Serina is. They headed straight to the observation room, then Daniel had to go back to the office to settle the meeting which Caster should have attended before coming to their banquet dinner this afternoon.

Vincaster was left outside the room together with the nurse. He glanced at her and was irritated when the woman stared at him.

"Are you done drooling at me? Can't you focus on your job as a nurse?"

The nurse finally got a hold of herself and stopped admiring the beauty in front of her. "Do you know this woman, Sir?" She asked for information that needed to be filled in by the person responsible for the patient.

"Serina Alpheus- Liverteo. 26 years of age, born on February 07, 2000. Blood type A+," he replied without even holding his breath. 

The nurse was dumbfounded when he suddenly blurted out the necessary information without asking him.

"What else do you need?!" He asked with evident irritation in his voice. 

"W-what is your relationship with the patient, sire?" Despite the fear towards the cold-blooded guy who accompanied the patient, the nurse managed to ask another question to complete her duty.

"She's my wife. Are you done?" He asked while crossing his arms together. Then, the nurse nodded her head, and before she could utter another word, Vincaster had turned his back already. 

He went to the lobby and dialed the chairman's number to let him know that they might not attend the family banquet this afternoon.

"I knew you were lying when you told me that you are on a one week honeymoon. I should have hired an investigator to watch your movement."

"I'm not lying, so please stop interfering with my private life, grandpa. If you want to know the reason, then come here to Sioson Hospital, ward S."

"Are you sure you did not come up with an alibi again?"

"Since when did I do that? It was you who always doubted my words. Anyway, do not bombard her with questions because my wife is stressed right now."

"You are such a bad husband. How come your wife suffered from stress already when you guys had been wedded for just about a week? You didn't force her to marry you, weren't you? Honestly, I find it weird that you never had a ceremony, then out of nowhere, you showed me that marriage certificate."

"I told you, we are going to tell you everything. Don't overthink because it's bad for your health."

"Alright, I'll visit my granddaughter-in-law. You better show me your prowess in acting if you are going to fool this dying old man."

He sighed and replied, "We are married out of love, and it's not like what you think of our relationship."

The chairman made no statement and simply cut the line. After that conversation on the phone, Vincaster hid his phone inside the pocket  of his black pants and went to Serina's ward. He found no one inside, aside from the patient. He sat on the edge of Serina's bed. Then a moment later, the doctor entered the room, holding the diagnosis result. 

"Is she alright?" He asked and glanced at the woman sleeping on the hospital bed.

"Don't worry, the lady is alright. She just suffered Reflex syncope as the result of a reflex response to some trigger, in which her heart slows, or blood vessels dilate or widen."

"She fainted from an emotional shock?"

He wondered how stressed she was for fainting? 

'What provokes her to faint? Was she traumatized by something? And, as far as my research about her is concerned, she does not have cardiovascular disease, nor has she had psychotic triggering sickness.' 

"Yes, that is likely what happened. Does she have a phobia?"

'How would I know? I barely know this woman.' If he wasn't too careful about his words, he would have blurted those words out.

"She was a secretive person, so I'm quite unsure if she had a phobia. But, I noticed her cold hands when she was holding our new wedding ring."

"You need to encourage her to open up and free herself from whatever triggers her. If she kept on having episodes like this, her heart would grow weaker." The doctor tapped his back before leaving him a word of wisdom. 

"I'm saying this as your family friend and not just your private doctor. I was surprised when your grandfather told me that you are married, at first I didn't believe it. But after seeing how concerned you were, I knew why you had kept your marriage a secret. Your woman is quite an ordinary woman, and I know you protected her private life. So, even if she's preserved, you must still try to get to the bottom of her heart because that's what a couple should do. Take care of your woman."

He ran his finger in his hair as the doctor left and thought he might have fooled the doctor about his marriage, but not his grandpa. He glanced at her and noticed something was wrong.

"I-it's your fault," says Serina with her eyes closed.

 "She even talked with her eyes closed," says Vincaster as he bends a little to wake her up and only to receive a slap from her.

"What the hell?!" he roared in anger and it awakened his wife. 

Serina was surprised when the first thing her eyes laid on was Vincaster's face, which was only an inch away from her face. 

"You were pretending to sleep to slap me, aren't you?" he added while closing the gap between their faces, and just when the tip of their nose touched, the door had opened. He was startled and lost his balance, so he ended up putting half of his weight on Serina. 

Serina forgot how to react because her mind went blank when a soft and strawberry taste of his lips touched hers. Her eyes widened upon realizing what happened...

"Ehem."

They both turned their heads when the chairman cleared his throat.

'That bastard kissed me!' Her mind was in an uproar but could not act on her real emotion because the chairman had entered the ward already. Instead of throwing a fit, she extended her arm and hung it on Vincaster's neck and pull him closer to her mouth as she whispered, "I'll kill you, a*shole."