Chapter Forty Seven

Two days and still no call. She's not the only reason I'm here. We're also working here. When it comes to my work, I forget myself, and now there's a new project we're handling here. After walking on the streets of Paris, I saw the demand for and use of our new makeup products. We launched our new products two months ago but are still not interested. Now I understand why we're going down. Jessie is pregnant now, so I don't want her to feel stressed, but she needs to know how to do business.

"Sir, our market team is collecting the data. But sir, our price value is higher than others."

"We're giving them the best natural products, but now we need to change our plan. Send your people here, and they're going to collect the data. From high to low, each woman and girl. The age gap must be valuable. Submit your report to Jessie." We are planning to open our new store.

"We have already pre-ordered our next products." It's the last meeting I'm taking from here. My mind and heart keep telling me to go there. I don't know why. Last night, I heard her scream again. Full of blood, calling my name again and again. Sweating and breathing hard, I lost my strength. She wanted me to save her before she died. My dreams stopped after we slept together, but last night I was scared. Why did she never call me after our last conversation?

"Sir Theo wants to talk to you." I called him before, but the first time he ignored my call, which made me worried.

"What happened?" The lines of worry on Neil's face raise my doubts. I know them very well.

"Sir.." He stopped afterwards. He never stops. Why am I not feeling good? Taking the phone from him, I speak.

"What happened?"

"Sir, Miss Rose is not home for two days." The phone slid from my hand. Like the whole world stops for me. What does he say? Rose is not there. I think my ears hear something wrong. Someone is shaking me.

"Mr. Ronald." Huh? My security head, Neil, was talking on the phone while shaking me. My cold hand came into work and grabbed the phone.

"What the fuck are you talking about? I left her under your protection. How?"

"Two days before, she left home for her job and never came back. A note we found on the door. I thought it was normal, but now..." Normal? How can she be gone?

"Where has she gone? How?" A pain keeps coming into my heart. The dreams? No.. It's just a coincidence.

"You're telling me now? Why didn't you find that suspicious? Theo, you're irresponsible now. I'm going to kill you. I found something before I went there. Check every fucking place. Tell your team. Something gave me or you're dead." Without another thought, I grabbed my things and looked at Neil. He's already in action.

"Sir, we're ready."

"You're coming." He nodded and asked the driver for the car. Just important things, and we head towards the airport.

"Track the phone." He opens his laptop and starts working. We're twenty minutes away from the airport. Five minutes later, he told me the place, but it was her home. She left her phone at home. Fuck

Every minute for me now is heavy on my heart. How? She was sleeping beautifully on the bed when I left her. Two days ago, we talked on the phone. But now everything has changed. That's why I'm feeling so bad. My heartbeat keeps running in fear. My night was sleepless. Who the hell dares to touch her? My legs keep bumping in the car.

"Tell me what the hell we do?" I yelled in the car.

"Sir Theo is checking the whole area's cameras, but the problem is they're not working." Shit! Now I'm losing my temper. The useless Theo.

"I don't care. Tell him I need something in my hand." He nodded. We reached the airport and sat on the plane. Now I had nothing left in my hand. Just wait and wait. The first time I'm scared is after we got separated years ago. If someone hurt her, If she's in danger,?

"Any news?"

"No news, sir." After a long journey, our flight landed. As soon as my foot lands on earth, I grab the car keys from the driver and turn towards Rose's house. My security team members are following me.

"Sir Theo found her." The brakes crack the car's speed. A relief ran through me. But horror replaced it.

"Is she okay? She's home, right? Let's go to her home. I'm sure she's waiting for me."

"Sir.. please. Hold yourself..."

"Fuck the shit! She's fine." But why am I not ready to believe in myself? Stop right now.

"Sir, please let me drive." Coming out in the cold, I exchanged seats. He's talking with someone on the phone, and my eyes are running on the street, where my body is dying by passing every block. We turn and stop. A sign blinking rapidly in red. Someone stabbed hundreds of knives in my heart. Don't go inside...

Hospital

"Why are we here?" He looked at me with pity. No, my feet came to work and ran towards the hospital. She's fine. Inside the hospital, doctors and nurses are working. It's not a good-looking view. Fuck its low-class hospital. The atmosphere already looked so bad for patients. They lie in the open without any protection. Nurses and doctors ignore the patients and fucking hell the bed...

"Sir." Theo points towards a bed. A body is lying there. From far away, just some white legs came into view. It's Rose. I know her. Every single part of her body, I know. My eyes, full of worries, run over there. In the hospital gown, I can see her legs with some dried blood.

Blood

As soon as I reached her bed, a full view of her came in front of me. There are wounds on her face and body. An oxygen mask was on her face, and a needle was stuck inside her hand skin. But why is she alone? My hands were dead when her skin came into contact.

"Wh.. wh.. where's the fuck doctor?" My words crack like a single teardrop on the floor.

"Where's the doctor? Where's the blanket? Why is she alone?" I yelled with my full force. I can feel room eyes on me. The whole ward stopped moving and looked at me.

"Sir, please."

"Shut the fuck up. She's here because you've failed, Theo. I already gave you one warning, but you failed to protect her. If something happened to her, My blood boiled with anger, and it came outside when I grabbed Theo from the collar.

"Sir, please. Everyone is watching. You're already in gossip. We need to take her from here."

"You're fired, Theo." Rolling my shoulders, I take my hands away from his collar and turn towards her. She's lying unconscious without knowing I'm here. What happened to her? Why are there so many wounds? We transferred her to another hospital but didn't know when the news leaked again in the media. She's in our hospital. It was mine and my dad's dream. The doctors were almost ready when we took her here.

"Sir, the doctor is here."

"Mr. Ronald, we need to check her completely." Coming outside from her, I sit on a chair.

"S..sir."

"Theo I trust in you; that's why I left you behind for her. How?"

"I'm sorry, sir. I failed."

"Go and find out." While they're gone, my every second feels so heavy while sitting there. Doctors and nurses are still checking her completely. My phone keeps vibrating in my pocket. Two hours and still waiting. The tears never stop coming. Her skin is now white, and her face swallows. Who hates her so much? Why am I worried? Why is it bothering me that someone hurt her? Why did I leave her alone? I want to talk to her so much. Without her every second, I feel so alone. Like again, I'm running in fog in hope that, in the end, I found her.

"Mr. Ronald." Huh?

"Yes." Doctors and nurses are standing with reports.

"We checked her situation. Her wounds are not in a good situation, and they look like they're irresponsible towards her situation. If they treat her before then, What?

"Then what?"

"Then maybe she was not in a bad situation. The wounds are already infected. But the good news is she's fighting like a miracle." Thank god. That's my girl. Just keep fighting and stay with me.

"That means she's fine."

"But before we found something more, There's an injury behind her head, and it looks like someone hit her. It's not an accident. Is there a fight before an accident? Because we found some fingerprints on her face." Yes, I saw that in the car when she was in my lap.

"Wh..what? It means someone beat her first and threw her"

"Yes, and some fingerprints on her cheeks." Blood—that's the only thing I'm seeing. I'm going to kill whoever did. That fucking bastard.

"Don't worry, she's fighting. Just twelve hours, and then we'll see the result." The doctors were gone but shocked, still coming beat after beat. Someone lands hands on her, but who? My phone keeps ringing, so I checked, and there are so many notifications that keep coming, so I switched off my phone. Sitting alone with closed eyes, I just imagined her situation in my mind. How much did she suffer? How much pain is she taking?

"Mr. Ronald, you need to see this." Theo showed me something that crossed all my anger limits.

"What the fuck?"