Chapter 195: Learning to Negotiate

It was a little over an hour before Hayden returned to the room. I spent the past hour sitting on the sofa as I fretted about what had just happened. However, it seemed like there wasn’t anything for me to worry about. When Hayden returned to the room, he seemed calmed and collected. He had a pleasant smile for me, and I found myself smiling back.

"Why did your father visit? He seemed so angry…is everything ok?" I asked and I could hear my own concern in my voice.

Hayden sat down next to me on the sofa and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. Although some trouble went down between him and the boss, Hayden didn’t seem disturbed in the slightest.

"Nothing much. The boss got mad because I snuck out of the hospital, but I told him that I’m fine now. The other gang members are quite panicked because of the accident that I had but the old man will assure them that I’m ok and that should put them at ease. It’s not a big deal, really," Hayden said carefreely before turning to smile confidently at me.

If that was the case then I guess it’s all fine and good, thankfully so. I wondered what Hayden will do today. Hopefully he doesn’t have to go to work in his condition. I wished that he would go back to the hospital, but I wasn’t sure if we would agree.

"That’s great. What are you going to do today? I think…that you’ll recover faster if you go to the hospital to get proper checkups and follower ups from the doctor," I suggested.

"Hmm…don’t wanna. I’ll just stay here and rest," Hayden said lazily.

I had a feeling that he would say something along those lines. However, I still wanted him to go to the hospital no matter what.

"I really think you should go to the hospital. You know, what if something is seriously wrong? Also, I think you’ll heal faster that way. Won’t you consider going?" I asked pleadingly.

"I don’t want to sleep over at the hospital. If I go, they’ll probably force me to do just that just like last night," Hayden muttered as he frowned.

"Then, can you just go but not spend the night there? You can always return when you’re done, right? So, please go…" I tried to convince him.

Hayden sighed loudly and ran his fingers through his blond hair, leaving it all ruffled. I stared pleadingly into his clear blue eyes as I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"Please go. Hopefully, it won’t take that long. I’ll try to have some ideas for my website ready to show you when you’re back. How’s that for a deal?" I suggested.

"Trying to negotiate with me? Not a bad try…" Hayden muttered.

"So, you’ll go?" I asked hopefully.

"Fine. I’ll go. Let’s talk about the website when I’m back," Hayden finally agreed.

"Oh, before that. Umm…can you order Auntie to get me proper clothes and shoes now so that I can dress up properly for when I leave this room. You know…I only have revealing night gowns in the closet…" I requested with a complaint.

"Those are the most important things. Sure, I’ll tell Auntie to get some clothes for you. You can tell her the details of what you want," Hayden replied.

"What about grabbing my clothes from my apartment? Is that an option?" I asked, hopefully.

"It is but getting new clothes would be easier. Plus, I want to buy you some new clothes. Just sort it out with Auntie," he replied.

My old clothes were just fine though…

"Ok. You better be on your way. I’ll see you later today…" I said as I got up from the sofa and gestured towards the door for him to leave.

Hayden looked slightly annoyed at my insistence, but he got up from the sofa. Swiftly, he leaned down and kissed my forehead lightly before walking past me towards the door. I turned around with my fingertips on the lingering heat of his kiss on my forehead as I watch his back disappear through the door.

…

Soon after Auntie showed up to see me in the room and I figured that it was probably on Hayden’s orders. After talking to her about my clothes, she finally agreed to fetch some of my old clothes from my apartment in exchange for me picking out some new clothes and other items that I wanted.

"Hayden insisted on making sure that you pick out new clothes so…can you please just do as he says?" Auntie said encouragingly.

"But I have old clothes back at my apartment…" I protested lightly.

"I know that. How about this? I’ll ask someone to pick up some of your old clothes and you pick out some new clothes. I have designer catalogues and online shopping sites here for you, so can you please order a lot of clothes and accessories?" Auntie said, almost begging for me to place some orders.

Hayden’s orders were really absolute to members of his household. I nodded my head in defeat as I went through the website with Auntie’s help. After a long while, I was finally done with finalizing my choices for new clothe and shoes. I looked forward to reuniting with my old clothes more than the arrival of the new ones though.

"One more thing…" I quickly said before Auntie would leave.

"What is it, dear?" she asked.

Now this was the hardest part in all of this.

"Umm…can you help get me some…contraceptive pills?" I requested shyly as I glanced down at my folded hands on my lap.

Hayden is recovering now so somehow, I’ve managed to keep him off me for the time being, but his injuries are not going to hold him back forever, if they’re even holding him back now. Lately, he’s been doing me raw without any protection and that was probably because he thought I was on the pill. However, since being semi-kidnapped here, I had left the pills back at my apartment.

"Sure…I will arrange that if you can give me the details," Auntie replied after a short pause.

"Thank you…" I replied softly before giving her the details of what I wanted.

--To be continued…