In Love With My Bully-Chapter 56: Stranger Love

Three days later, I was still in Richard’s hospital room. I slept there; I ate there. Martin would come pick me up in the mornings to go have a bath and change of clothes and then bring me right back.

I missed his smile, his jokes, his teasing, and his arrogant attitude. I missed it all. I sat beside him reading a book.What else could I do? All I have been doing was waiting. I read aloud; maybe he would hear me and not feel alone.

But suddenly, the monitor gave a loud, shrill sound and continued in a flatline tone. My heart gave up. I screamed.

"Someone help! Richard! No! No! No! Don’t do this to me!"

The door burst open with a team of doctors and nurses. A nurse came over to me to move me out of the way. "Step outside, please, ma’am."

"Don’t you dare touch me!" I pushed her away and turned to my husband. I cried or wailed or screamed; I couldn’t even tell. I just know that my heart was hurting. I felt a pang of pain in my belly, but that didn’t stop me.

"Ma’am, we need to help him, but we can’t if you’re in here!"

I finally listened and let the nurse lead me out of the room, all the while straining to see what was happening to my husband.

"Starting CPR!" a doctor called. "Clear!" That was the last thing I heard before the door closed behind me. I headed to the waiting room once more and found Victor just coming in.

I ran over to him and threw my hands around him and sobbed. "What’s going on?"

"I don’t know! I don’t know Victor! He’s crashing! He’s going to leave me! We have a baby on the way, and he is going to leave me!"

"Hey, Honey! You don’t know that! You have to pull yourself together! Come on!" He led me to the sofa to take a seat. I was bawling my eyes out.

"Please, Richard. Please. Don’t leave us." I felt another pang of pain, but I let it ride.

About ten minutes later, for what felt like hours, a doctor approached us. "He is back and awake now! But he is asleep. It will take a while before he gets his strength back."

I collapsed against the chair, holding my stomach. "Can I see him?"

"I will let you know as soon as the doctors are done with him," he said. "Are you okay, Mrs. Numero? You seem to be clutching your side."

"Nothing, just a slight pain."

"Why don’t we have you checked out? You’re in a hospital after all."

"I’m fine."

"Benita, get checked out, or I will get your mother down here!" Victor threatened.

"Fine!"

"I will get you a nurse."

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The nurse who attended to me led me back to Richard’s room.

"Your blood pressure is slightly elevated, Mrs. Numero. You need to rest and stay calm for your baby."

I nodded, her words barely registering. Getting back in the room, he was still lying there, still. The monitors beeped steadily, a soothing reassurance that he was still with me.

I took my usual seat, mentally and physically exhausted. I kept drifting in and out of sleep. My body begged me to rest, but I fought the feeling off; sometimes I won, and sometimes it won.

During one of the times my eyes were open, I saw some movement beneath the sheet of Richard’s bed. I looked closer and saw his eyes flutter.

"Richard? Oh my God!" His eyes opened slowly, clouded with confusion. I couldn’t hold back; I leaned over and kissed him, a messy, sloppy kiss with tears streaming down my face.

I pulled away and looked at him again.

"Uh..." his voice croaked. "You’re... pretty and all. But shouldn’t you be saving your kisses for whoever got you pregnant?"

I laughed both in relief and in response to his words. "You’re back!"

"Where am I?"

"You’re in the hospital." I said, holding his hand, which he retrieved almost immediately. I worried, but the happiness that he was finally awake didn’t let me think too much of it.

"I’ll call your dad!" I said excitedly and got my phone from the bedside table. "I’ll be right back. Just let me get your doctor."

I left the room, the phone to my ear, waiting for the call to be picked up. I signaled to a nurse to get a doctor. Mr. Numero picked up finally, and I told him the good news excitedly.

"He’s awake! Oh my God! He’s awake!"

His doctor passed by me, and I followed into the room, giving the man space to work. He checked his vitals and shone a tiny torch in his eyes. In the background of the call, I could hear everyone screaming with joy.

"He had an episode a few hours ago. He crashed, but the doctors were able to revive him. Yes, you can come see him now!"

I hung up the call and kept watch on what was going on. The doctor checked the bandage wrapped around his head and asked his name.

"Richard Junior Number. Can someone tell me what happened? What am I doing in a hospital?"

"You were injured. You had a head trauma, and you were brought in here three days ago." The doctor responded.

"I have been here for three days?"

"Yes, but we can safely say you are out of the woods now! You just need rest and your medication. You should be out of here in no time and back to your normal activities."

"that’s good to know." He turned to me, but his gaze wasn’t what I was used to. "Hey! You called my parents?" ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"Yes! They are on their way."

"So, I will leave you both now. Call me if anything changes." The doctor advised and left. I went back to hovering over him, but he seemed uncomfortable.

"Do you need anything? Water, perhaps."

"Who are you?" he asked. My heart sank instantly.