“Adam?”, Mariah says softly and all the darkness in Adam’s life vanished in that moment. He felt alive.Adam’s eyes widen and he looks at Mariah in disbelief. This is the very first time he heard Mariah say his name. It’s not that Adam hasn’t thought of Mariah calling his name out loud, he has, about a million times, but he didn’t expect his heart would go crazy like this.“Hmm?” He wants to hear it again, he wants Mariah to say his name again and again. “It was not your fault, Adam!” Mariah whispers, “It was not your fault.”Adam has been blaming himself his whole life for what happened that day, for what could have happened if the her sister never jumped in front of him to sacrifice her life in return for his life. He was never able to forgive himself, no one was there to tell him that it wasn’t his fault, that it was an accident. Deep inside he wanted someone to hold him and tell his these exact words but no one did. And now Mariah’s words made him realize that he had been dying
“Excuse me!” Pete said in a loud yet polite way to the nurse at the reception to get her attention as she was busy arranging some files on the desk.“Yes? Is there anything I can help you with,” the nurse replied politely.“Umm..,” Pete hesitated for a second but then he asked the nurse if Blaire was on duty today.“ Is Dr.Blaire on duty tonight?” Pete spoke and anxiously waited for nurses reply.“Wait, let me check!”, the nurse replied and at once she opened the computer on the reception table.“She’s has a night duty today so she’ll probably be here somewhere,” the nurse said while observing Pete. Pete felt like his heart was going to explode but he didn’t understand why.Everyone in the hospital knew Blaire because of her sunshine personality and skills. The nurse knew the second he saw Pete, that he was no patient and giggled inside. Blaire never had the time to date anyone because of her busy schedule. Mariah and Blaire were known to be single besties as they never dated anyon
After Adam gave Pete a day off, he could see Mariah’s pouty face from across the room but he had to do this since she kept avoiding him and he needed to ask her if she would agree to go to Ivan’s stupid ball with him and after what happened at the beach the night before, things got even more awkward between them.Adam knocked on Mariah’s door but she didn’t answer so he entered after knocking for a while. She wasn’t in her room so Adam thought that maybe she was with his father and Nurse Sophia. Adam’s heart dropped when Nurse Sophia told him that she was with her an hour go but she noticed that Mariah wasn’t feeling well so she told her to go rest.He thought that he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself if something happened to Mariah. He rushed to inform Mason.“Adam, she didn’t disappear. She went to see the horses in the back yard with one of the bodyguards. She wanted to get some fresh air,” Mason told him not to worry since no body could harm her here. The security in this mansi
“Here, it’s a wireless ear-piece. I’ll be able to hear everything with this and know if you’re in any kind of danger. Since no device or bodyguards are allowed in that ball, it’s the only way to know that you and Dr.Mariah are safe, “Pete explains everything while connecting his own ear-piece. His laptop opened in front of him and Adam, Mason and Adelmo stood beside him listening to every detail. “Just send us a signal and I’ll be there with back-up in case anything happens,” Adelmo says in a stern voice.“It won’t be necessary, I don’t think Ivan’s that stupid to invite Ariak and announce war in his father’s hotel,” Adam declared, “There’s something else that he wants from me, it’s just not about Ariak.”“Just be careful Boss, and don’t let your guard down and take care of our Dr.Mariah,” Pete exclaimed.Adam nods and places the device in is ear. Mason puts his hand on Adam’s shoulder. He knows it’s dangerous, it’s like going into a lion’s den and no one knows what Ivan wants and wh
Adam opens the door for Mariah, and extends his hand for her to hold it. Mariah gently takes his hand and gets out of the car. Their eyes glittering behind the mask, both of them smiling ear to ear. Adam kissed Mariah’s hand and the scent of her skin was enough to drive him crazy. They forgot for a moment what they were here for and just then Adam heard Pete’s voice in his earpiece.“Boss, they’ve opened the gates. You need to be very careful, don’t let them discover your earpiece or you’ll get into trouble even before you’re inside.”And at that moment Adam wanted all this to be real, he wanted it be a normal ball where he didn’t have to worry about someone getting hurt or worse killed. Mariah understood Adam’s expression, she knew what he was thinking just by looking at him because she was also thinking the same. Their eye met and both had the same thoughts that what if they met in a normal situation and not on a road where Mariah found Adam bleeding to death because of a gunshot,
Adam revealed himself first by taking off the mask.“Are you still going to hide behind your mask,” Adam raised his eyebrow at him. Ivan scoffed and then took his mask off as well and Adam was in shock. He wasn’t the Ivan he saw in pictures or news. He was a completely different person from what Adam had expected which left him bewildered.“Speechless, huh? You really thought that the son of biggest Russian mafia would go around revealing himself. Tch tch, you got it all wrong. I heard you’re the most feared mafia man here, but I don’t see anything in you,” Ivan let out a laugh which annoyed Adam.“Did I offend you. Oops, my bad. Are you going to kill me now, huh Adam?,” Ivan continued and Adam had enough of his bullshit.“ Cut this fucking crap! I’m not here to prove anything . Tell me what’s your deal? What do you want from me and why are you helping Ariak,” Adam said while staring dead into Ivan’s eyes.“I don’t want anything from you, there’s nothing that in can’t have. But you h
‘Don’t worry I’ll protect you , I promise.’ Adam was only thinking of Mariah and the promise he made her. He was furious, how did this all happen and why wasn’t he able to stop any of this. With a dizzy head due to the injury, Adam balanced himself on his feet again. He went out to see if Ivan was still here but he had already left and with Mariah which made him go crazy.One of the guards noticed Adam and pointed his gun at him.“Stay right there or I’ll shoot you,” the guard said while aiming his gun.Adam wasn’t threatened by it, he kept taking steps towards him without a single speck of fear in his eyes. Blood was trickling down Adam’s neck but he didn’t care. “Shoot me! Shoot me if you dare,” Adam screamed at him. When the guard saw that Adam wasn’t going to stop, he shot a bullet towards the ceiling but as he was about to point it towards Adam again, Adam punched him and snatched his gun. Adam didn’t hesitate to fire like the guard did.“Wai…,” the guard opened his mouth to b
Adam was sitting in his study after washing himself up and getting rid of all the bloodied clothes. He was thinking of everything that went wrong and how did it all happen. Every moment spent with Mariah was playing in his head. The day Mariah found him and saved his life, when they met at Keith’s house and how frightened Mariah was that day, her first night at Adam’s mansion. Adam realized how much he had hurt Mariah in the past. Adam threatened Mariah, forced her to stay at his mansion and doubted her intentions even though she was the one who saved his life and if it wasn’t for her, he wouldn’t be alive today. Adam thought that maybe it was the night when he couldn’t control himself and went to see Mariah at the hospital after she left the mansion, that he started to fall in love with her. She wasn’t wearing anything hot, she was in her scrubs and still Adam wanted her badly. Adam now understood what Mariah had been going through all these years, why she was so afraid of physica