All the sleep immediately left Grace when she heard Aleena’s panicked voice through the phone. Moving to a sitting position, she quickly asked, "What happened?"
[Boss, there’s a person here who tried to break on to our floor and is asking about you. He seems to be in a really bad state. If you want, we can take care of him immediately-]
"No! Wait. I’m coming downstairs." Grace quickly dismissed Aleena’s idea of taking care of the person who tried to break past the security system they had installed on the 20th floor to keep the top three floors of the building safe.
For some reason, she could think about only one person when she heard Aleena’s words, and it made her slightly panic.
She quickly climbed out of the bed and headed out of her apartment. What she didn’t expect was to find Davian inside the elevator when the door opened for her.
"Did you receive call from your men?" She asked as she stepped into the elevator.
"Mmm. They said someone tried to break onto the 20th floor. Of course, that’s not important enough for me to head there myself... but then they told me that this person is talking about coming here on your orders." There was an edge in his voice as he answered, but Grace had no time to pay attention to his unusual tone.
His words only made her guess about the intruder’s identity stronger. She knew that this person was none other than Dr. Kian.
The elevator stopped on 20th floor and she quickly stepped outside, only to find nearly a dozen people standing in the hallway. Among them, three were her own team members.
"Where’s he?" She asked the moment her gaze landed on Aleena who immediately stepped aside to let her see him.
Grace stilled the moment her gaze landed on Dr. Kian and she took in his state. He was severely wounded, blood covering his white shirt. He was drenched from head to toe and looked extremely pale. Not only that, his eyes were closed, and from where she was standing, she couldn’t see properly if he was even breathing or not.
Dread descended over her as the worst thought possible entered her head, taking away her breath and leaving her in despair. She wasn’t sure from where she found the strength to keep moving, but the next thing she knew, she was rushing forward and crouching on the floor next to him.
"Dr. Kian..."
She tried calling him but her voice came out as a mere whisper. She tried again, forcing her voice to be loud and stronger. "Dr. Kian, can you hear me? Are you still there?"
When he didn’t answer immediately, she inched closer and grabbed his shoulders which resulted in a painful groan from him. She immediately took a deep breath of relief once she confirmed that he was still alive... or barely alive.
"Dr. Kian, open your eyes. Look at me. You are here, you are with me. I will take care of you, okay? Stay with me." She kept talking to him as her eyes scanned his body and she immediately noticed that he was carrying severe injuries on his body, especially the cut on his stomach.
Her eyes immediately moved to the people standing around her and stopped on Davian who had been silently standing on the side, watching her worry about a man who appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the night.
"Davian." She called, her voice filled with hope and urgency that immediately pulled him out of his trance. "You have a doctor in your team, right?" She asked, recalling the information he shared with her about his men who were present in the building with them.
"Right." He confirmed her doubt, filling her with more relief.
"Great. Please call her. We need to save him." It may not sound like it, but she was requesting him to save Dr. Kian’s life. She was able to notice the shock that appeared in Davian’s eyes, but he was quick to school it.
He nodded toward his men who moved forward, putting Grace on alert that not only surprised everyone present in that hallway, but even her. "I..." she tried to find words to explain her action, but there was nothing for her to say.
"They will take him inside. We can’t treat him in the hallway." Davian explained and only then did she stood up and stepped back to allow his men to pick up Dr. Kian and take him inside one of the units.
She was about to follow them inside when Davian grabbed her arm and stopped her. Those who were still present in the hallway immediately left to give them privacy so that they could talk.
"Are you alright?" He asked as soon as they were alone and he had her attention.
Surprised at his question, she slowly nodded her head. She suddenly felt the need to explain to him, especially after witnessing how taken aback he looked with everything that was happening and also by the way she was behaving. Truth be told, even she wasn’t expecting herself to react like this.
"He... he’s someone I know, and... I’m the one who called him here..." she wasn’t sure what she wanted to explain, but she felt the need to say something.
There was silence following her awkward words, but then she heard him asking - "Is he someone important to you?"
She looked up and found him looking back at her while he waited for her answer. She kept her gaze locked with his as she answered truthfully, "Maybe just as important as you are. No more, no less."
Once again, there was silence, but then she watched him nodding his head before he reached out to cup her cheek and spoke in a gentle voice, "Don’t worry. Rebecca will do her best to save him. He will be alright."
Even she didn’t know how badly she wanted to hear these words. She nodded her head and the two of them finally headed inside the apartment where Dr. Kian was taken moments ago.