Female Novel
Chapter 84
Chapter 84 Chapter Eighty Four
Again, I woke up with a the worst of splitting headaches there could be… exaggerated that a bur toomuch, but yes, it hurt. I slightly winced as I turned to my side. I could make out a pole, a bluecurtain, white walls and I could already tell that I was in a hospital. Memories of what happened andobviously landed me in a hospital assailed me.
Who brought me here? I wondered but I continued putting the right name on the things I could see;a beeping computer, another blue curtain, more white walls, walk a-
“Oh my God, Sydney!”
I suddenly felt arms on my arm. I squeezed my eyes shut, my head ached as I turned to face thedirection that the voice had come from.
It was Grace. I managed a smile but my smile fell the moment I noticed her swollen, red rimmedeyes and watery smile and the dark circles under her eyes. Grace never had dark circles or swolleneyes. No matter how long or late she worked, she always had a way to make them look non–existent.
“What happened? Are you okay?” I asked in alarm and tried to stand up but Grace quickly pressedmy shoulder down, and her fingers slowly massaged a muscle under it. “Relax, girl relax. You needto rest,” her voice quivered as she spoke but her voice sounded happy.
Suddenly, at the wrongest time, I remembered. I looked up at a smiling Grace. She was brushingher hands down on my hair softly.
“What time is it?” I said weakly, but even with a weak voice, I sounded desperate.
I held my breath, hoping that it wasn’t time yet. The shareholder‘ meeting of GT Group was to beheld the next day. As a shareholder, I’m also supposed to attend and that was more of the reasonwhy I had left work so that I could have time to rest and attend the meeting in good state but Bellajust had to ruin everything.
I
“You!” Grace accused, a slight frown on her face. She choked out, “You scared me to death! Whengol home yesterday, I found you lying on the floor in your room, motionless.” She sniffed, “No matterhow much I called for you, you wouldn’t wake up. Her voice shook this time, “I thought you weredead. If anything happened to you, I would die of guilt. You said you weren’t feeling. well, but I stillinsisted on staying at the office for that damn overtime. I should have been with- you
I gave her a weak smile, “I feel much better now, don’t worry, okay?”
She pouted, “You know I’ll always worry, then she pulled me into a hug.
“What time is it? Or to be more specific, what day is it? How long have you been here?” Gracefrowned and pulled away. “Why do you need to know all that?” She asked but she answered myquestions anyway. “We’ve been in the hospital for hours, we spent the night here.” I sighed andsank into the bed. “Can you help me ch*ck on the shareholders‘ meeting of GT Group? I amsupposed to attend.”
Grace scowled at me and said, “Sydney, what you need now is rest. Not to be running helter skelterall in the name of attending some meeting. Forget about that damned shareholders‘ meeting. Yourhealth is the most important thing.”
“Come on, Grace, I’m supposed to be in attendance. I tried to sit up, but Grace wouldn’t let me.“You should rest, Sydney.”
I knew she meant well but I was starting to get pissed. “Gracr, stop it. I have to be there. It’s just firabout a couple of hours and I’ll be back.”
“Nuh uh, nope, you’d remain here for at least an hour.”
I glared at her and she met my glare with an equally fierce one. Neither of us was willing to backdown.
Our stare down was broken when the sound of the door being opened reached us. We bothChapter 81 Chapter Eighty Four
turned toward the door.
It was the doctor. He had a vibrant smile, the type that was so genuine that you couldn’t help butreturn the smile and we both did. Except Grace’s smile was wider, her eyes twinkled and she
blushed!
I shook my head as I looked away from her, a small smile tugging at my l*ps. It was about time.“Doctor, how am I doing now?” I asked, deciding to focus on the matter at hand now.
“Miss Sydney, right?” I nodded and intently looked at the doctor’s face, hoping to catch. every shiftof emotion in his facial expression, as he studied my medical history. Then he looked up with asmile on his face and said, “You’re in good health. Though there are still some test results. we’rewaiting for, we’ll call you when they’re ready or whenever we have news. For now, you can go homeand you should get a lot of rest, okay?
Sydney nodded, “I understand, thank you, doctor.”
I passed a ‘now what look at Grace and she rolled her eyes. But before she caught my eye, caughther eyeing the unaware doctor..
I
Soon enough, the doctor turned to Grace, “You too,” he pointed the pen he had in his hand towardher and I didn’t think my friend could brush harder than she already was. “You need to take care ofyourself while looking after the patient. Look at you, you’re all flushed, you haven’t slept a winksince last night! Look, you’re almost turning into a panda.”
Grace giggled weirdly and blushed, “I… I understand, thank you, doctor,” I almost slapped myforehead as I listened to her stammer.
The doctor beamed at her, he briefly turned to me. “I’ll leave you two now, call me if you needanything, okay?”
I nodded, “We will.”
Grace breathed a sigh of relief after the doctor left the room and started to fan her face. “Gosh! Ican’t believe that man saw me with these dark circles. I must look like a lunatic. She turned to me,“Do I look like a lunatic?”
“No. You do not look like a lunatic.”
She pouted then her gaze suddenly narrowed. “You’re still not going to that meeting.”
“Come on, Grace. See? The doctor said I’m fine. Why else should I not go?”
“Because you need to rest, Grace said matter of factly.
“I’m going to that meeting. I deadpanned. I promise you, as soon as the shareholders‘ meeting isover, I’ll come back and rest, okay?”
Grace looked at me and sighed, her eyes filled with concern, “Fine, If you insist, I’ll drive you there.
“No,” I shook my head and she was already glaring at me before I said anything. “I’ll take a taxi.”“And why will you do that?” She shot back defiantly.
I took her hands in mine, “You’ve been up all night, Grace and you worked all day yesterday, youwill be too tired to drive. You don’t want to put me either of us in danger by dozing off while driving,do you?” She shook her head and I nodded too.
Then I clutched her hand tighter. “Now, Promise me that you’ll go home and sleep for a few hours,and after the meeting, I’d call you do that you can come pick, okay?”
It felt like it took cons before Grace reluctantly nodded, agreeing to my terms.
Grace and I left the hospital after we settled the necessary bills. Thankfully, Grace, ever considerateand smart thinking brought me a dress. It wasn’t very appropriate for a formal meeting but it will do.
When we got outside, she ensured that I got the taxi in her presence while she waited in the car.The moment I hailed down a taxi and got in, the two cars zoomed off at the same time and weparted ways where we had to.
Luckily, I arrived in time for the shareholders meeting. The door was starting to close when I
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hollered out, “A minute, please hastening my steps until I got in and then the door was shut
after me
I easily found my usual seat that had my nameplate on it. I sighed as I settled in the seat. Now theone problem I had with the seat that was assigned to me was the fact that Rose’s seat was next tomine. I usually had to seat through her glares and scowls and whenever I try to make a suggestion.novelbin
I spent the rest of the meeting gritting my teeth and clenching my fists because she wouldn’t stopscoffing and snorting. The woman really did know how to get on my nerves
I exhaled deeply after I was settled in my seat. I turned to her so we could exchange our usual fakesmile – not that it was necessary but it had become a routine of some sort
only to be surprised at the person sitting next to me.
My eyes traveled to the nameplate and back. Why and when? I wondered. I asked with a staggeringsmile, Lucas, what are you doing here?”