"Don't mention it. He deserves to get better. Everyone does. How are you feeling? He's still your husband."

"Oh" she sighed out:" I'm alright. I knew something like this would happen some day. But I hate it that it had to be you who had to be in the middle of this mess."

"Are you apologizing to me because I slept with your husband? Don't, please." I chuckled and she smiled: "Yeah, it's weird, I know. Hey, what about Nick? What going on between the two of you? Does he know anything? Because I feel like he's pretty clueless about this whole situation."

"Yeah, Nick. We got pretty close, I really like him. But no, he doesn't know anything, I mean, I haven't talked to him yet. I'm scared of his reaction."

"Well" she stood up: "If you really like him, you have to be honest with him. No matter your fear. It is a lot to take in so give him some time to process everything."

"Yeah, I know. Thank you for coming."

She smiled and picked up her purse: "Of course. Should I tell Nick to come in? “

I nodded.

" You'll be fine. "she winked at me and left.

I was fixing my hair nervously as Nick slowly stepped in. He was wearing the same thing that he wore on the party. His hair was messy. He entered with a smile on his face and it made the butterflies in my stomach go wild.

" Hey"

" Hey, my little patient. How are you feeling?" he sat on the bed, right next to me.

"Now that you're here, amazing." I caressed his cheek and noticed

his undereyes were darker than usual. "Did you get any sleep?"

"I'll sleep when you're all well and home." he answered and put his hand over mine, lifting it up to his lips and kissed my knuckles.

I was melting.

"Nick, I owe you an explanation..."

He looked at me with a worried expression.

"I believe you're wondering why did your brother try to kill me."

He put my hand down on the bed and nodded: "I mean, I knew he was your boss, right? Whenever I came to visit him, I saw you there, at the company. But when I introduced him to you, It seemed like you two never met. So I thought, okay, It's normal that a worker doesn't know her boss, maybe you two have never communicated with eachother directly.

Also, I'm sorry for not telling you that I'm the brother of your boss. I just wanted to approach you first, in a.. normal kind of way. But I can't understand why would he ever do that to you, why would he get so mad at you to actually try to kill you, I.. I don't get it. At all "

"Nick... I hate to tell you this, but.. Me and Nick, we.. we had sex. A few times."