"Good morning miss and welcome back,you got us worried there for a while." She heard a sweet voice say. Trying to sit up and look around, she found that she was in the hospital.. strange, who brought her here? How did she not die? She wondered.
"How did I get here miss?" She asked confused.
"Your boyfriend brought you here miss, do you remember what happened to you?"
Everything that happened to her flashed before her eyes and her heart felt heavy, she wanted to cry out loud but couldn't, her eyes just couldn't let her shade a tear. In that moment she decided one thing and that was to make her father pay, to make him so miserable, so much he will beg her to kill him. That naive little girl Amber Garcia died the day her father sold her.
Wait. Did she say boyfriend?
"Miss what is your name?" The nurse asked with a concerned look on her face noticing that the girl in front of her kept quiet and in deep thought.
"Oh my name is Joy... Joy Benson, please tell me, how long have I been here?"
"For three weeks Ms Joy, and your boyfriend hasn't left your side for a second, he has gone out to answer a phone call, he will be back soon am sure, he really cares for you miss. Let me get the doctor to come and examine you." The nurse said with a smile and hurried out.
Again,which boyfriend? Yes she has been in a coma for three weeks but she clearly remembers not having a boyfriend.
Or is it one of those men who wants to torture her more?.. fear creeped in and Joy started to panic, trying to get out of bed and run for her life, the door opened and she froze in her tracks in anticipation of what was coming her way. When the person on the other side walked in, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped, a fly could play in her mouth at that point. He walked towards her and his sweet minty scent filled her nostrils, making her head spin for a second, his brown eyes locked hers and this time her heart was beating wildly in her chest, he had messy black hair which covered his forehead and pale smooth skin with pink thin lips. She was so lost admiring this six feet tall handsome man,she didn't realize he was right in front of her.
He closed her mouth dramatically and chuckled "why don't you just eat me already?" He said with a smirk on his face.
She was brought back and felt so embarrassed, she started blushing and looked down going back to her bed. Then the thought of what happened to her came back to her and once again panicked.
"Who are you?" She almost shouted.
" Calm down, am Taylor Young." He said while sitting on a chair near the bed.
"And am your fake boyfriend " he continued with a playful smile, but Joy had a serious face, she was trying to figure out why a stranger would go to these lenghts for her.
" Why?.."
"I wasn't going to be allowed to stay with you unless I was a family member or something like that,so I came up with that idea so that I could stay here with you, what do think hmm." He winked at her and gave her puppy eyes, which she found cute.
"Nice to meet you Taylor, my name is Joy. Hmmm where.." the door opened and the doctor walked in with the nurse, before she could finish her statement.
The doctor examined her and asked her a few routine questions, then she noticed how worried Taylor seemed, but she couldn't understand why a stranger would worry so much about her, when not even her father cared much about her. She found it strange.
After the doctor was done, he left with the nurse leaving Taylor and Joy alone.
TAYLOR'S POV
I was having a stressful day from all the business meetings I was attending, and so I decided to take a walk after my last meeting to relieve some of it. I was lost in my thoughts when my feet took me to a park and I noticed something strange in the nearby bush from where I was seated and I decided to take a look, only to find a beautiful brown girl with bruises everywhere, she was covered in a lot of blood and looked lifeless. My heart ached, she looked so fragile, so serene as she lay there.
Without even thinking,I picked her up rushed to my car and took her to the nearest hospital. Weeks went by slowly and I never left her side, it's like something about her was drawing me towards her, telling me not to leave her side.
I was outside talking to my father over the phone, who said he wanted me back home in Asia to handle some other businesses there and I was vacillating on whether to stay with this stranger or go back home.
When I went back to the room, she was awake and looked more beautiful even though her hair looked like a bird's nest, she has tender brown skin, thin lips, brown eyes with long eye lashes and beautiful curves which could be seen even in a hospital gown.
After the doctor examined her, we were left in the room alone and I didn't want to scare her off, I knew she wanted to ask how I found her and I didn't know how to explain it because when she smiled at me, I could see so much agony and bitterness in her eyes, such sorrow and all I wanted to do was take it all away from her. So I wonder what exactly happened to her.. whatever happened to her, I will be the one to make her forget her pain and bring happiness to her.
"What do you want to eat?" Taylor asked, breaking the silence while getting up ready to leave."Mr Young,..thank you for everything, but I have some questions to ask you if you don't mind." She said motioning for him to sit."Hey, c'mon,do I look that old? Call me Taylor and we will talk some other time when you are well. Now you have to eat and get better.""Actually am not..""Yes you are and so am I , we are both going to eat. Wait for me, am going to get us something to eat.""But ..." He left before she finished talking not giving her room to say no to him.When he came back, they eat and chatted the whole day, well Taylor did most of the talking. He told her about his family back in Asia
She suddenly recalled all she went through with those men and she started to panic. She pushed him hard away from her, she was feeling breathless and was sweating."What's wrong Joy? What happened? Talk to me please!""Please leave me!" She screamed at him.He tried to get close to her trying to comfort her and he saw hatered in her eyes as well as fear."Please don't come close to me" she pleaded as she was taking steps back."Am sorry I'll leave ." He said while walking out of the room. This incident made him think back on why she was raped, he couldn't bring himself to ask her what exactly happened but he thought it was about time they talked about it. He decided to talk to her in the morning when she has calm down.Joy on the other hand was pacing back and forth in her room. Why did this have to happen to her? She decided to take a cold bathe to calm herself down. When she was done, she lay on her bed looking up the ceiling thinking of w
JOY!...JOY!... PLEASE WAKE UP!" Taylor shouted trying to wake her up.Taylor was doing some work in his office and it was passed midnight when he decided to go to sleep, when passing Joy's room, he heard her screaming.."STOP!... PLEASE DON'T..!"He knocked on her door, but no response, so he decided to go inside without invitation even though she clearly told him to give her some space."JOY!..JOY! PLEASE WAKE UP!...JOY!" He shouted trying to wake her up, she was sweating and turning in her sleep.He got some water and splashed her ,she was finally awake and breathing heavily."Joy, calm down it was only a dream... Calm down am here.." he said trying to comfort her, he tried to hug her and comfort her but she became restless."Get away from!..." She screamed moving away from him and baaam! She fell on the ground."Joy...""Leave me alone please.." she said trying to calm herself down."Okay, I'll be in my room if you need anything.
"I LOVE YOU JOY..AM IN LOVE WITH YOU!"There was pin drop silence. ' flashback'After Joy chased him out of her room, he decided to occupy himself in a lot of work to try and forget about the whole situation that had occurred. After work he went back home and lay in his bed.He was staring at the ceiling, drained and depressed about what happened the previous night. His day had not been too good that day. Life was not being very kind to him for a few weeks now, he had countless work to do and kept worrying about Joy. He has never loved any woman before,and the first woman he falls for is broken and rejected him. He could take no more of this stress. He looked vacantly at the ceiling, trying desperately to restrain and organize the emotions which were trying to force their way out of him. Just then, he heard steps outside his door.Even without opening the door, he could tell that it was her, the woman tormenting him all these week
She started rubbing his head, whispering " am right here.. please don't make this hard for me Taylor.."Time went by and she drifted into sleep in his bed.When she opened her eyes she found those mesmerizing eyes staring at her and she was startled."Am sorry I fell asleep in your bed, she said embarrassed. But he said nothing and kept looking at her like trying to find something he lost. She quickly got out of bed and straightened her clothes, while blushing. She rushed to the door and he finally spoke."Am sorry about yesterday,... Mmm... I don't know what exactly happened...but am sorry if I caused you any trouble.." he said getting out of bed."You said you love me...is that how you feel?" She asked while trying so hard not to look at him, she noticed that he said nothing for a while and she continued."Taylor am not ready to love am sorry if..""I was drunk.. that won't happen again.." he said firmly and walked passed her
"We are here miss," said Mr Li as he packed the car outside the Young mansion."Oh, Thank you", Joy said as she got out of the car.Once she got a glance of the mansion, she was astonished. Even though her father was a business tycoon, he never owned a mansion as big as as this, she thought to herself.She felt nervous, as confident as she looked she never liked first impressions."Can't we go back Mr Li?" She said in a low tone."Nonsense miss, the Young family has always treated me and the other house helps as there own, you will love it here",Mr Li assured her as he pulled the luggage out of the car." Let's go miss", Li said as he dragged the luggage to the house. Joy gave out a big sigh and followed Li.As they entered the house, they saw numerous househelps were waiting to welcome them."Welcome miss", they said in Union." We were waiting for you, we got everything ready just for you", said Shu,
" Mom, what exactly were you thinking!" Shouted Taylor as he interrupted his mother's chat with Mrs Suinne and Alicia"Excuse me for a bit" Mrs Young said with a faint smile as she dragged Taylor away." I know it came up all of a sudden, but its for the good of everyone. Am your mother and I have to choose what's best for you my pumpkin ", Mrs Young said as she placed her arm on Taylor's cheek gently."How is it beneficial on my side! Times have changed mom. These are not the old days where you get to arrange a marriage for someone else without any approval from them", he said as he removed her arm from his cheek. Seeing this, Mr Young walked up to them, leaving his conversation with the guests pending." Do what you gotta do, otherwise am not getting married to Ms Suinne and my decision is final". With eyes full of rage, Taylor looked straight into his approaching father's eyes and stormed out." Taylor, wait..." Joy grabbed Taylor's hand
The following day Joy woke up a little earlier than usual and prepared breakfast for her and Taylor. She hoped he had woken up in a better mood and hopefully the breakfast would make him cheerful since he enjoyed her cooking. She walked slowly to his room to take his breakfast, the door opened as soon as she knocked."Hmm good morning Taylor... I made breakfast..." She said with a sweet smile on her face."Good morning Joy...am running late for work, I can't have breakfast am sorry" he said without looking at her face and left her standing there with the tray of breakfast in her hands.She felt her heart ache, it wasn't her fault his parents arranged a marriage for him so why was he being mean to her? But Taylor had been there for her even when she pushed him away. So she got an idea."Shu!" She called out as she walked downstairs,"Yes Joy.. how may I help you?""Pack this food for me, I'll take it to Taylor on my way to see Xu for the job.