Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 277: She won’t survive

Chapter 277: She won’t survive

After finishing the assigned task, the man abandoned the car somewhere in the middle of the road and escaped the place. He then reached the designated location and entered the tall building where Natalie was already waiting for his arrival.

"Is she dead?" Natalie asked as soon as the man stood in front of her.

Her eyes glared at the man and when she saw him lower his head, her anger erupt like a bursting volcano, and she slapped him across his face.

"You f**king loser. I gave you one task and yet you failed " she screamed with no ounce of mercy on the man who shiver down her gaze.

The man, after speeding the car over Alice didn’t get the time to go and check on her as people on the road started to gather and instead of inspecting the outcome, he chose to run.

"S-she won’t survive madam" the man managed to speak even though he was hell-worried about how the lady in front of him will react. He was confident that Alice wouldn’t last because the impact she received was too much for a fragile-looking girl like her. There was no way she would even make it to the hospital.

His words came out like a whisper but it was enough to soothe her burning heart. "W-what did you just say?" she asked authoritatively.

Sensing the calmness in her tone, the man took the courage to raise his head and look at her before answering. "She won’t survive madam. The lady was hit on her head" he said.

The evilness in Natalie’s eyes began to falter." Are you or it’s just a lie you are making up" she questioned.

Natalie just wanted to be sure. Just because he said something she can’t entirely trust his words. She needed proof, only then she would be at ease.

The man was about to use an alibi to sneak out of the situation but stopped when she instead speak up." I want evidence until then you won’t get your money"

The man gape at Natalie in shock and gulped when he watched her eyes again turn deadpan.

*****

Hospital

More than two hours passed and finally, the door of the emergency room opened. Noah stood up in haste and crowded the doctor." How is she?" he asked. His eyes hopefully stare at the doctor.

Noah just wanted his assurance. He wanted to hear him say that his Alice was fine and nothing happened to her but the words the doctor spat out froze Noah’s entire existence.

"We can’t tell anything for now. The patient has suffered a serious head injury and being a doctor I tried my best to stop the bleeding but-" he stopped hesitating for a second.

"But?" it was Tristan this time.

"But we still need to wait for the patient to wake up. If she managed to respond then she is out of danger but if she doesn’t she might slip into a coma and I am not sure how long she will take to wake up again" the doctor didn’t want to keep them in dark.

When they brought Alice to the hospital she had already lost a lot of blood. Her body wasn’t responding but luckily they managed to revive her and even the surgery was successful, but still, the danger was lurking like a moving knife on them. It was now Alice who had to wake up within 48 hours and if she manages to break through the dark, she will be out of danger.

Noah lost his balance and stumbled back. He suddenly felt dizzy. The words came like a bolt shattering him completely.

Everyone was shaken by the doctor’s words.

"I would like to have a word with you" Taylor step ahead and it didn’t take to recognize who the man was.

Getting a meaningful look Taylor excused himself along with the doctor and headed toward his cabin.

Noah stood there like a frozen statue. The words that the doctor said kept replaying in his mind. He felt like standing at the edge of the cliff with Alice standing down there waiting for him.

He knew without her he would be like a corpse surviving the life he was given but won’t live. She had been the only pure happiness he had ever felt in his life and if she was going to leave him then his life had no meaning.

All the precious memories they created started flashing across his mind and with every moment he started feeling helpless. A sad smile appeared on his lips and his stiff body finally moved.

Turning around he watched Alice through the square shape glass window. He couldn’t see her that clearly as the nurses inside kept moving around making it hard for him to even have a glimpse of her but when he did, he saw her peacefully sleeping on that bed.

While his eyes kept scrutinizing her, he felt a hand on his shoulder, lightly squeezing it. Knowing who it could be Noah’s entire demeanor changed in the blink of an eye and he asked," Who did it?"

His deadpan voice shocked Tristan but he quickly composed. "We are still finding" he answered and watched Noah turn around and face Tristan.

While driving to the hospital Noah heard Tristan calling Sky on the way and also asked him to search everything. He wasn’t that dense to ignore the suspicious activity. Now that his brain was stabilized, he could finally think wisely.

His blank eyes were a sign of chaos waiting to burst out once he find the culprit behind Alice’s accident. Clutching his palm into a tight fist Noah pull back his attention at Alice.

*****

Every second felt like an eternity. An entire day passed yet Alice didn’t wake. Sitting on the chair next to her sick bed, Noah clasps her hand in his, as if he was holding a light feather tenderly making sure he wouldn’t hurt her.

"How long do you plan to sleep, Alice" Noah asked. His eyes stared at her pale face with longing.

Today was supposed to be their special day but everything turned upside down at the snap of a finger. Only if he had stopped her, she wouldn’t have been here like this trying to fight for her life.

"I know, I kept saying how beautiful you looked while you sleep and I don’t have the heart to wake you up but Alice... I am scared... scared of you not waking up forever. I am scared that you won’t come back to me. I am scared that I will be left behind all alone" a lone tear rolled down his cheeks and he smiled sadly.

Leaning forward, he kissed her knuckles and rested his face on them. "I don’t want to live without you, Alice. You promised me forever, then how can you leave me alone? Don’t be so cruel Alice. Don’t punish me this way. I promise I won’t tease you ever so please come back to me, babe. I can’t handle this hollowness that is slowly engulfing my heart" Noah wasn’t able to control himself and slowly he burst into crying.

Everyone was aware of his playful side but no one apart from her had witnessed his vulnerability. He would always let his guard fall when it came to her, as it was only she who would calm him down.

His tears fell on her hand as he kept whimpering next to her. He was slowly losing himself and all he wanted was for her to stop him from falling into the abyss. He didn’t know how he was supposed to find his way back if she wasn’t the one waiting for him at the end.

As if his words reached her Alice slowly moved her eyelids and a sigh escaped her mouth.

"Noah"

The name she uttered the moment she regain back her consciousness. Slowly opening her eyes, she tried to adjust her blurry vision and when she did, she found herself in a different place.

She remembered coming out of the coffee shop and heading back towards their car when suddenly her entire self was thrown miles away with her head getting hit on something and the next thing she remembered was falling into a deep slumber.

"Ouch" hissing in pain she tried moving her hand out of Noah’s clasp but failed when he tightened his grip and jolt up looking at her in utter disbelief.

Blinking his eyes several times he cleared his misty vision and gaped at Alice in shock. Her eyes were staring at him as a lone tear rolled down from the corner and that was when the realization struck within.

’She was awake’ he told himself but couldn’t find his voice as it felt like getting stuck inside his throat.

Alice on the other hand was surprised to see Noah in such a messed up state. He looked like he had been crying all this time and that made her heart clench in pain.

She wanted to reach her hand out and cup his face assuring him that she was fine but felt restricted as her muscles felt tight stopping her from even stirring a little.

"N-Noah" she again called his name and this time his stature broke its stiffness and he finally opened his mouth.

"You’re back" his lips broke into a smile and a happy tear escaped from his eyes.