"I have dressed his wounds. But since he has lost a lot of blood and is having a high fever, his condition is slightly serious. I’ll be checking on him until he wakes up." Rebecca, the thirty-nine year old doctor in Davian’s team, informed Grace and Davian.
Davian gave a nod of his head in understanding before adding, "You have done a good job. Please take care of him."
Rebecca nodded her head and then returned to the bedroom where Dr. Kian was currently resting. Before she closed the door, Grace got a slight peek of his sleeping form that forced a gasp out of her mouth as she noticed the amount of bandages that were covering his upper body.
"He will be alright." Davian told her for the tenth time, trying to help her relax a little bit.
Grace closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh. It was half past five in the morning and more than three hours had passed since she found Dr. Kian unconscious and injured in the hallway of 20th floor. In these three hours, she had been constantly thinking about how he ended up in his current state.
She kept wondering if he ended up like this because of her.
The warm and comforting presence on her shoulder made her open her eyes and she looked up to find Davian observing her. Even though he was quick to school it, she still succeeded in catching the look of concern in his beautiful eyes.
"You need to get some sleep, Grace. Staying here will not be of any use to him. Let Rebecca do her job and use this time to rest properly. I’m sure when you will wake up, he will be in a better state." He spoke gently, shifting her attention.
She knew that he was right. Besides, he had also not slept because of her. She gave a nod of approval and replied, "You are right. Let’s go and get some sleep."
Her words brought a small smile of approval of Davian’s lips and the two of them headed out of Unit 2003 before entering the elevator to head to their respective floors.
"Are you... not curious about him?" She found herself asking. But before he could have answered, the elevator stopped on 21st floor. She stepped out, thinking that he would head to his unit, but was surprised when he stepped out of the elevator after her.
The two of them stood there in the empty hallway of 21st floor for a while before he finally answered her question with one of his own. "Will you tell me about him?"
Grace didn’t want to keep too many secrets with Davian. Thus, she decided to be honest about Dr. Kian. "How about you come inside?"
Even if he was surprised by her sudden offer, he did a great job at hiding it. He followed her inside her apartment and the two of them settled down on the couches in the living room, facing each other.
She took a few moments to gather her thoughts and words before she finally began. "You must remember my secret of making all those supplies disappear. I have been telling you that I have saved those supplies in a safe place, right?"
Davian was confused to hear her suddenly talk about an entirely different topic, but he still gave a positive nod of his head in response to her question and waited patiently to hear what she had to say next.
"In the previous timeline, Dr. Kian was related to this secret of mine. I met him only briefly, and he handed me that secret before he lost his life." She revealed and stopped to take a deep breath before continuing, "In this lifetime, he knows nothing about this secret, but we still came across each other. I feel like... it’s somehow my responsibility to keep him safe in this timeline, or at least... I should try to."
There was nothing but silence following her confession. She lifted her head and looked at Davian who was silently staring at the wall up ahead with an unreadable expression decorating his face.
She wasn’t sure for how long they sat there in silence, but then he finally spoke, "I thought he was someone important."
"Huh?" Grace stared at him in confusion.
Davian turned his full attention to her as he spoke, "Back when you said that he’s someone as important to you as I am, I felt that he’s someone really important... and it... it made me feel a little bit sad. But now... now I’m feeling even worse because I realized that I’m not important enough to you."
The only thing she could do was to stare at him in stunned silence. What is he talking about? She wondered as her brain struggled to wrap around what he just spoke.
"Wait." She said while looking straight into his eyes. "Don’t you think you are focusing on the wrong matter here. We are talking about Dr. Kian-"
"Why is he the important matter here?" Davian demanded, looking totally unimpressed by her words. "The important matter is me... I mean us."
Grace opened her mouth but no words came out. Letting out a deep sigh, she stood up and signaled him to follow. "I think it’s time for you to return to your apartment."
"Wait. Are you throwing me out of your house?" He appeared flabbergasted as he realized what was happening to him.
"No. I’m asking you politely to leave." Grace corrected as she grabbed his arm and pulled him toward the door since he wasn’t moving on his own. Moments later, she was closing the door on his face, unaware of that one man from Davian’s team who witnessed this epic moment.
While she made her way to her bedroom to get some sleep, and Davian headed to his own apartment while still contemplating over the huge problem that he had suddenly unveiled, that certain person was typing a message in the new group chat that contained all the members of both Grace and Davian’s teams.
[New update: Lady Boss just threw Master King out of her unit.]
Followed by 99+ new messages...!