Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

Immediately Adrian left, Grandma walked towards me.

“Ariel, what happened? Why did he look so mad?” She asked. I guess she noticed how he looked.

“I don’t know. He just turned out that way the moment he received that call.” I explained and Grandma nodded in understanding.

About thirty minutes later, I saw Adrian walk back into the waiting room. He still had that same look on his face no matter how hard he tried to hide it. He walked towards where I was and resumed his position back next to me.

“Any feedback from the doctors?” He asked. I stared at him in surprise. That was the first thing he was saying to me since this whole saga started.

I didn’t get mad since that wasn’t the question I was expecting from him. Instead, I was really happy that he finally said something to me.

“Not yet.” I answered and he nodded in understanding.

Him talking to me made me realize that he doesn’t really have any issues with me nor does he suspect me for what happened and that made me relieved. I decided to take an initiative even though he might have a negative reaction.

I raised my hand and intertwined it in his. I noticed he seemed shocked so out of reflex, I wanted to move my hand but he didn’t let me. He interlocked our hands tightly and placed his other hand on them.

The heaviness in my heart removed immediately he did that. I smiled and looked up to stare at him. He wasn’t looking at me but I could tell he was feeling the same way I was.

“Why don’t you rest a little, it might take a while before the doctors come out.” He muttered.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“But I’m not tired.” I protested but he didn’t listen. He placed his other hand on my head and made me relax on his shoulder.

I felt all the butterflies in my stomach fluttering. Since I was in a very comfortable position, it didn’t take that long for me to fall asleep.

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“Mum.. look.” Ariel’s mother said, attracting Grandma’s attention.

Grandma smiled when she saw the position Adrain and Ariel were in. She knew that no matter what had happened, it wouldn’t take that long for them to reconcile because of the great amount of love they had for each other.

Seeing them this way really made her fulfilled. She was happy Grandpa Henry came to her that day for the marriage proposal. She was even more happy that her beloved grand daughter is expecting a baby.

Grandpa Henry had told her already before the accident occurred and she could tell because of the way Adrian is being overprotective of her. She just hopes that Grandpa Henry would be able to survive this incident.

She remembered how happy he was when he was sharing the news with her and it made her sad. How could an agile man fall down the same stairs he walks on everyday?

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My sleep was disrupted by noises around so I opened my eyes only to see the doctors wheeling Grandpa Henry’s body wout of the surgery room. He wasn’t covered all over with a white cloth so that only means that he was still alive but was the surgery successful??

Adrian noticed I was already awake so he stood up and pulled me with him. We followed them silently as they wheeled his body to another ward before fixing drips on him.

“Doctor, how’s he?” Grandma was the first to ask.

“Well since he was brought in early, thankfully the surgery was successful.” He said making everyone heave a sigh of relief.

“But there’s a catch?” Adrian asked.

“Yes there is.” The doctor said making us paranoid again.

“The fall affected his head causing him to loose a lot of blood there. We were able to stop the bleeding but….” He paused for a while and stared at us like what he wanted to share wouldn’t be good at all.

“Just say it doctor.” Grandma urged.

“Well, he’s probably going to have side effects from the injury or might not. It’s really probable. We just have to wait till he wakes up.”

“And when would that be?” Dad asked.

“In a few day. Longest is a week.”

“About the side effects, what would we be expecting?” Grandma asked.

“It can be dementia, amnesia and other type of brain damage.” Grandma almost fell down when he said that but Dad was very quick to catch her.

“I would urge you not to feel down yet. Like I said, it’s highly probable that he would experience any side effects.”

“So you want us to just wait for whatever happens?” Mom asked.

“That’s the only advise I have for you all now. We would try all we can to make sure there wouldn’t be any side effects. Also, I would like to talk privately with his immediate family member.” He said.

“I’m his Grandson.” Adrian announced.

“Okay, can you come with me to my office for a moment?” He asked. Adrian nodded his head before he turned to me.

“I’ll be right back. Don’t go anywhere.” He said and I answered with a small okay. He gave me a small peck on my forehead and shared a glance with my family before he left with the doctor.

I wonder what must be so serious that the doctor doesn’t want to say in front of all of us.

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“Have a seat.” The doctor said the moment they entered into his office and Adrian sat down on the chair opposite his.

“Mr Montgomery, I called you here privately because what I’m about to say right now would cause an uproar if others were to find out.” The doctor started.

“Okay doctor. What is it?” Adrian asked.

“Well, I have reasons to believe that your grandfather didn’t fall on his own. Rather, he was pushed.” Hus words startled Adrian.

“Why do you say so?” Adrian asked.

“We found these on his body.” The doctor brought out a file and showed him the photos he had taken.

“Look at his chest area… it shows marks of him being pushed by a great force. Probably a very strong person.”

“Can it probably be a woman?” Adrain asked as he stared at the marks on Grandpa Henry’s chest.

“No. If it was, there wouldn’t have been such an obvious mark. My guess was that he was engaged in a fight with a man before he was pushed. Now that brings us to the good news.. we might be able to identify the assaulter.”

“Really??” Adrian asked as his face brightened up.

“Yes. We found pieces of fresh skin underneath your Grandfather’s finger nails. It would be enough to identify the person.”

“How long till I get the result?”

“Five to seven days.” The doctor replied.

“Alright, thank you so much for sharing this with me. And I would like to appeal with you to not share this with any other person. Not even my own family.”

“Don’t worry. Everything that we share here would remain here.” The doctor promised and Adrian smiled softly before standing up.

“Let me know of you have any other update doctor.”

“Will do Mr. Montgomery.” Adrian exchanged one last hand shake with him before leaving the room.