Chapter 48
“Dean, where are you going? Please come back, Mr Dean; you can’t leave right now because you’re drunk.”
“Shut the hell up and stop following me, Lucas. Do you fucking want to lose your job?” Dean yelled back in anger as he turned around with
a balled fist,
“My job is to protect you. Your father is going to have my head on a platter if something goes wrong with you. You’re the only heir of the Anderson cooperation.”
“Shut it! I don’t want to hear….” Before Dean could complete his statement, he heard a loud gunshot and instantly froze,
“What was that?”
“A gunshot! We have to go back in right now, Dean; it isn’t safe. I’ll go get the car ready myself as soon as possible.” Lucas half yelled, but
he had to know better that Dean had always been a curious fellow.
As Dean took a step towards the path he had heard the gunshot, Lucas grabbed his arm,
“You cannot go. I won’t let you go.”
“You want me to punch you in the face?” Dean uttered and as Lucas swallowed a lump of saliva down his throat, he instantly let go of
Dean’s hand.
“I’ll come with you.” He muttered but received a loud scoff, “Do whatever you please Lucas.” Dean responded and as he adjusted his coat properly, began to walk towards the direction of the gunshot.
There was not a sound around the area, but he was certain something had gone wrong there.
“Nothing’s here. Let’s leave please.” Lucas murmured in a low tone but heard Dean say afterward, “You’re such a scared coward. I really should be the one protecting you and not the other way around.”
“H….help me.” He suddenly heard a low voice and held Lucas’s mouth, preventing him from responding, “Shut up! I heard a voice right
now. Listen closely.”
“My b…. My…precious baby…” This time, it was Lucas who heard it first,
“Come on, let’s go,” Dean uttered and began to run in the direction of the voice but instantly halted the minute his gaze met with that of Stella’s unconscious body in a pool of blood.
“What the hell happened here?” Lucas questioned, but arched his brows as soon as he spotted Dean taking off his shirt,
“What the hell do you think you’re doing? We don’t even know her. What if she’s a spy or an assassin?” He half yelled, but Dean forced his
hold on his shirt away,
“Did you hear what she said? She’s fucking carrying a baby so we have to save her right now. Hurry and get the car Immediately.”
There was no convincing his boss right now. The look in Dean’s eyes made Lucas understand that he wanted to desperately save the strange lady no matter what. He heaved and instantly began running, heading towards where the car was parked.
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Dean went on his knees, staring at Stella’s face,
“What a beautiful lady.” He murmured as that was the first thought that crossed his mind before picking Stella up in his arms,
“You’re going to be alright, I’m not going to let you die.”
Chapter 48
Thankfully, he had moved down to her nostrils and Stella was still breathing slowly. As soon as he got to the car, he carefully tucked h into it,
“Get out, I’ll drive.” Lucas heard but stared at Dean in shock until he was pushed out of the front seat,
“Get in the back seat and make sure you keep her steady. I’m going to kill you if anything happens to her.” He instructed and as soon as they both in, ignited the engine instantly.
Two hours turned into 3 hours, and three into four. 4 hours became five and five hours stretched into six.
Finally, Stella was brought out of the operating room,
“How’s she?” Dean questioned as soon as he spotted the door open with Stella on a stretcher being taken away,
“For now, she’s stable, but we have no idea how long it’ll take to regain consciousness. We only have to keep a close eye on her first. The doctor announced while Dean simply watched the stretcher being taken away to a ward,
“May I ask who you are to her?” He questioned but Dean remained quiet for a few seconds before responding,
“I don’t know her. I found her lying half–dead close to a bar. Is something wrong?” He questioned and hearing a deep sigh only made his worry increase,
“You can tell me what’s wrong.”
Dean watched as another deep sigh escaped the doctor’s mouth, “Shall we?” He heard again before the doctor began to walk away until
they were close to the ward,
“What’s wrong?”
“Thankfully, we were able to save the young lady but…” there was a slight pause again, and Dean curled his fingers trying to be patient,
“Not the baby. She lost the baby. We found traces of drugs that were harmful to the baby in her system. Sadly, they had gone deep in her blood streams affecting the baby as a result.”
There was silence for about 30 seconds before Dean spoke, “Can I see her now?”
“Yes, you can.” The doctor responded and at this moment, Dean walked away, heading towards the ward. As soon as the nurses were all done setting everything, he watched them walk out one after the other,
The only thing Dean could do was stare at Stella from the distance he stood. Tears welled up in his eyes, but as soon as he realized it, he
cleaned them up,
He was right! She was pregnant! She was going to have a baby, and it also meant she had a man already. But the baby…. It was gone
He stood at his spot, staring until about 10 minutes when he walked up to Stella’s bed and stood close to her,
Once again, the tears threatened to fall down his eyes, but he was quickly able to control it,
Dean gently raised his right hand and brought it close to Stella’s face, then with a finger, he rubbed her cheeks gently, moving to the
strands of hair on her face,
“Stella, where have you been all these years?” He murmured and finally let go of the tears settling at the base of his lashes.
It was late, but he was still able to recognize her even after so many years.
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