"He had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good."

■•~ Charles Dickens~•■

Spiral of lights twisted and turned across my eyes. Voices echoed into my consciousness turned into sub consciousness as I dozed in and out of it. It felt heavy and it felt light as a feather at the same time. I was trying to recognize myself whether I was alive or dead.

"No! No! Leave me alone you..." I screamed and at the same time I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. All I could see were lights above me and masked faces of doctors.

They put a mask on my face and I felt a gush of wind and then I blacked out. I have no track of time after that.

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August was standing outside the operation theatre when he got a call.

"Erica! I can explain." He tried to continue but he was cut off from the other side.

"August! You know what you have done? You lost the most valuable target of ours. I don't even know where and how to find him next and I don't know what to do with your foolishness." Erica barked on the other side and hung up.

"Fucking shit!" August cursed and clenched his jaw in frustration. Erica never listened to him. She just used to give orders and that's all.

He was also really worried about Natasha. He saw himself developing a soft corner for her ever since he met her the first time. August Walker was not into ladies that much because of his tough regime he never had time for himself let alone ladies but the ladies in his profession saw him as a charmer and a womanizer never knowing of his other dark side.

The door to the theatre opened and a doctor came out.

"Mr. Walker!"

August came out of the deep trance..

"Yes Doctor!" He became attentive towards him.

"The patient you brought has been operated successfully and she is out of danger. We are shifting her to the ward. You will get to meet her once she awakes." He said.

"Thank you so much doctor." August gave him a warm smile.

"You're welcome!" The doctor said and left.

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I don't know how much time had passed when I started to feel myself. My hands moved. I could feel the pulse oximeter on my finger and feel the oxygen mask on my face. I coughed as I felt pain in my throat.

Slowly I opened my eyes and could see the hospital ceiling realizing that I was being admitted. It took a second for me to realise why I was there. The incident became fresh in my mind. I gasped as I thought of him.

His face was fresh in my mind. "August!" Involuntarily his name escaped my lips.

My eyes darted towards the door where a nurse appeared.

"You are awake!" She chuckled and came to my bedside. " How are you feeling now?" She asks.

"It hurts a lot. Please give me something for this sister." I requested because the constant pain was like a hellish nightmare.

"Ok. I'll give you something." She took out a shot and injected it into my IV.

I started to slip into sleep again. "Sister! Who brought me here?" I asked her and she said something which I didn't remember.

I finally woke in the morning and a doctor came to check on me. I was also cleared to have soup and water for breakfast. The nurse also came with my breakfast and she was helping me to sit.

"Sister! Did anybody come to see me? I mean my friends? Or the person who brought me here?" I asked wondering if my friends thought I was dead. I was mad at Emily.

The bitch prolly thought I was dead.

"Right now nobody is allowed to meet you. Once you get better you can meet your friends." She replied with a smile.

I couldn't say anything. It seemed I was given extra protocols. The hospital and specially the room I was in was kind of lavish. The nurses were checking on me every hour. I was treated like a queen.

"You're fucked up Tasha. Who will pay the hospital bill? Oh my God!" The thought of it made me jump up from my bed.

"What happened?" The nurse asked me.

"I was wondering who will pay my hospital bill. I am kind of broke you know and looking for a job." I explained her. I was so ashamed of telling her this and immediately regretted it.

"That is not your thing to worry about. That person who brought you has already paid all the expenses. So just don't worry ok! And rest. You need a lot of rest so stop overthinking. Hmm!" She rubbed my shoulder.

"Thank you sister." I said.

"Its ok. I am here if you need anything just press this button beside you. Just in case you need anything. " She pointed towards the call bell.

"Ok!" I smiled and took a sip from my soup bowl.

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He turned on the shower. Hot water fell on his cold skin and turned into steam.

He was thinking about Natasha. He was getting ready to meet her in an hour. He didn't know why he was so eager to meet her. He was kind of excited and a bit of overwhelmed.

It was rare for him to be this excited because of his cold nature. He had never felt for someone the way he was feeling now. This feeling was really uncommon for him.

He completed taking shower and slipped into his dress pants and threw on his favourite dress shirt. He folded the sleeves and left 2 buttons open which showed his super sculpted hairy chest.

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I took some rest for a while. It was almost evening. The time was really hard to pass because I hadn't my phone with me and there was only a tv which I really didn't bother to watch a lot. I could only get up to use the bathroom because I had a lot of weakness due to the massive blood loss.

I folded my hands on my chest and gazed into the empty space when I felt a presence in the corridor.

"Make sure she is taking her meds and meals properly. Take good care of her please."

I heard his voice. The same voice I could recognize in a million voices. I heard footsteps reaching the door. My gaze got glued towards it.

I immediately rested my head on the pillow and acted like I was sleeping. I don't know why my heart was running a million miles on the thought of facing him.

He came into the room and closed the door. I squeezed my eyes shut. The footsteps halted beside my bedside.

There was an eerie silence in the room but it broke when I heard his heavy breaths.

My stomach started to flutter on his breathing.

Then I felt his finger stroking my cheek. I was totally paralysed.

He pulled a hair strand tucked it behind my ear probably to take a clear look of my face.

I tried not to budge.

"So beautiful!" He exclaimed in his husky voice.

I was flabbergasted on his remarks.

"Is he for real?". I thought.

He pulled a chair beside me to sit.

"How are you feeling Tasha?" His voice echoed in the room.

I remained motionless like I was in a deep sleep.

Then I felt his fingers stroking the back of my hand where my IV was attached.

He held my hand in his.

Electric shocks penetrated through my skin.

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