Chapter 40: Bryan's Suspicions

Stella heard a light painful groan and immediately lifted her head up to meet Alexander's eyes wide open. She gasped aloud, standing up on her feet.

"H.. hey, Alex, can you hear me? Can you see me? Look at me."

Alex didn't utter a word but kept staring at the ceiling. "Alex, please say something."

"You're so loud." He managed to say. Stella chuckled in happiness. "I thought I lost you forever, Alex. I was so damn scared."

She lowered her body towards his and hugged him forgetting that he was in pain until she heard him groan again. "Oh, sorry, I'll go get the doctors now."

Stella ran out of the room and a few minutes later walked back in with two doctors. After checking Alexander's condition, he was slowly allowed to sit on the bed for only a few seconds.

"You'll be here for a few more days and heal properly"

Alex nodded his head and shut his eyes.

When the doctors walked out, Stella came closer to him. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied.

Stella didn't really know wher