Olivia POV I donât know how long had passed, but I wake up naked on my bed wrapped up on a blanket. The last thing I remember was having a bath. I look around to see a sleeping Raphael on the sofa holding his phone.
I get up and wrap up the blanket covering my body and walk to him, I put one strand of his hair behind his ear, he looks so peaceful while he sleeps, he looks like an angel.
I grab another blanket and throw it on top of him.
His phone rings and I grab it so he doesnât wake up. I see a womanâs name but I reject the call, it might just be his secretary or his assistant.
Almost at the same time I cancel the phone call a message comes in and I look, I swear I didnât do on purpose.
âHey hot stuff, fancy a fuck?â
Thatâs what it said on the text, I felt anger coming over me that I couldnât explain. I throw the phone at his head and he wakes up âHey, that hurtâ â he says grabbing his phone and massaging his head.
âGET OUTâ â I shout at him He gets up and walks towards me, he breathes confidence.
âI SAID GET THE FUCK OUTâ
He grabs me by my waist and pushes my body towards his and calmly looks into my raging eyes.
âAnd why would I do that?â â He asks with a smirk on his face âBECAUSE YOUR SLUT IS WAITING FOR YOU TO GO FUCK HERâ â I say feeling a tear falling from my eye, immediately I clean it with the back of my hand still starring into his ocean blue eyes.
I can see confusion, and lust on his eyes. We are not together. He just comes to my rescue when I need it and then leaves. I have no right to feel this way but I canât control it.
âWhat are you talking about?â â He asks looking down on me âLet go of meâ â I say trying to get out of his grip âNot until you explain what is happening hereâ
I laugh in sarcasm âYou have to be fucking kidding me, one moment you want me, the other you tell me to fuck off, then you say I will ask you to fuck me, when I ask you say not yet, and then you pretend to be worried about me and pretend to care and then you get text messages from your girlfriend asking for a fuckâ â I let out âI donât have a girlfriendâ â He says with the calmest facial expression Iâve ever seen, Heâs either a great actor or he is actually telling the truth.
âThatâs the only thing you got from all of that?â
âIâm just saying that I donât have a girlfriend, and about you, I do care, if I didnât I wouldnât be hereâ
âYou care?â â I say as if I could breathe again.
âYes I care, but I have dangerous people around me, and if they find out that I care about you, you will be in dangerâ â he says giving me a little peck on the tip of my nose âRaphael?â â I say looking up at his eyes âYeah?â
âYouâre hurting meâ â he was grabbing me as if his life depended on it, his hands were so tight around my waist that he was hurting me.
âSorryâ â he says loosen up the grip but not letting go âYou should go home and rest, I will leave the hospital tomorrowâ â I say trying to distract both of us from the tension that was between us "I am not going anywhere" - he says "Ok, but we should get some sleep" - I say He grabs my hand and takes me to the bed and opens it for me, I jump in and he wraps me with the duvet.
I look at him and smile, I close my eyes trying to sleep. But I canât, my head is flying around, thinking about what he said.
He cared, but he couldnât. Dangerous people? I feel myself drifting into dreamland.
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I wake up and itâs light outside and Raphael is nowhere to be seen. Thereâs a tray with pancakes next to my bed, smells amazing.
I grab the plate and I start eating it, chocolate chip yam.
The doctor comes in to do the rounds and tells me that I am free to go. I smile and he asks me to take it easy for the next couple of days. I nod and smile.
I grab my phone that was standing on the bedside table and I turn it on and there were 20 missed calls from Lucas and 7 text messages from him. 3 messages from Tasha and a couple of missed calls from Anna and John.
I message Anna and John saying that I will be discharged if one of them could come and pick me up.
I waited for about 20 min and I got an answer from John âLove I am sorry, but I am at work at the moment and I canât get out, I tried but the boss said no, I will meet you after my shiftâ
âThatâs okay, enjoy workâ â I reply and I have nothing from Anna so I get up grabbing the small number of things I had.
I grab my phone again and I start to read Lucasâs messages âHey, how are you?â
âOlivia? Are you better?â
âOlivia, Raphael doesnât let me see youâ
âOlivia are you upset with me?â
âLiv, please I am worried and I canât visitâ
âI miss youâ
âPlease call meâ
After I read them all I decide to reply âHey, I am sorry about Raphael, I had no clue, I didnât have my phone with me, I honestly forgot about it. I am leaving the hospital in 20 min and I will call you thenâ
2 min later he replies âIâm glad you are leaving the hospital, do you need a ride?â
âYes pleaseâ â I reply âIâll be there in 10â
I start scrawling my phone and read Tashaâs messages and was wishing me fast recovery and saying she was thinking of me.
I get dressed in the same clothes I was wearing when I fainted at work, I put my hair on a high ponytail and I walk out of the room.
As I get to the hospital door I see Lucas waiting for me, he looks tired.
âHeyâ
âHeyâ- he says while he hugs me âI am ok Lucasâ
âThank Godâ â he says opening the door for me to get into his car We talked during the drive home, and he gave me a couple of weeks off which I thought was too much but he insisted on me taking a paid leave.
We stopped at the groceries shop to get some food and he paid for everything getting upset when I tried to pay, there was food for about 2 weeks there, from snacks to chocolate, Ice cream, fruit and veg, meat and fish. I had a lot.
When we stop in front of my building I see a fuming Raphael waiting outside pacing.
I get out of the car and he walks past me towards Lucas grabbing him by the collar of his shirt pressing his body against the car.
âWHAT DID I TELL YOU?â â He shouts at Lucas.
âRAPHAEL, LET HIM GOâ â I shout grabbing his arm feeling his body all tense.
He was just staring at Lucas and that was scaring the shit out of me.
âRAPHAEL LOOK AT MEâ - I say and his eyes meet mine, I see anger and fear.
âPut him downâ â I say in a soft tone with one of my hands on his shoulder and he puts Lucas down.
Lucas starts coughing trying to catch his breath.
I grab Raphaelâs face between my hands never breaking eye contact.
âI am ok, I asked him for a liftâ â I say and I see his face tensing up and his eyes got darker, as if he was being haunted.
He growls and I block everything else around us, itâs just the 2 of us.
âHey, I am here, hug meâ â I say and he hugs me, I feel his body relaxing and when I look at Lucas his body is all tense and I say a mute âI am sorryâ throwing him a small smile.
Lucas takes the bags out of his car and drives away, Raphael hasnât moved since I asked him to hug me.
How can this guy be so broken? One moment he is all tough and the other he is this teddy bear needing my hug to relax.
âHey, do you want to come up?â
He nods his head and I try to get away from his hug but he doesnât let me go âNot yetâ â He says