Novel Full 141 Just One Bite
Day Fourteen…
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Nathan’s VIP ward was now heavily guarded by his men. Axel and Aiden arrived at Country F. His right-hand man, Axel, brought ten of Nathan’s elite bodyguards.
Five of them visited the crime scene together with Axel and Stephen. Aiden was the one who was left in the hospital to watch over his best friend.
“Hey man, what happened to you? You almost died last night!” Aiden asked Nathan worriedly. “How could someone easily defeat you?”
Nathan was already awake and Aiden was the first person he saw. He was hoping to see Abigail but she was nowhere to be found.
‘Maybe she is still in shock because of that kiss?’ Nathan thought to himself, completely ignoring Aiden’s query.
“Nate! I’m talking to you,” Aiden complained.
“Pardon, what did you say?” Nathan asked.
“I said how could a single person defeat you in one-on-one combat?! Was he that strong? Even Stephen and I were having a hard time defeating you together!”
Nathan fell silent and blinked. ‘Because I was distracted… I was thinking about Abigail.’
Nathan had an answer but he wouldn’t tell Aiden about it. It was too embarrassing.
“Yes, probably he is stronger than both of you combined,” Nathan said with a straight face. He just made this as an alibi.
“If that is so, you have to bring your bodyguards wherever you go. Why did you come to this country without them?!” Aiden started nagging Nathan. Aiden could also become an overprotective friend sometimes. He didn’t like to see his friends getting hurt.
“Damn! I wanna beat the guy who did this to you!” Aiden mumbled through his gritted teeth. He was cracking his knuckles.
Nathan looked down and pressed the side of his stomach wherein he was stabbed by the poisoned dagger. He lost consciousness inside the comfort room so he didn’t know what happened after that.
He thought the guy would approach his unconscious body to end his life. But he was surprised that the attacker let him live. For what purpose? What did he attack him for in the first place if he wouldn’t finish the job?
“Did you find any clue? I wonder if this is some kind of warning… He had no intention of killing me on the spot.” Nathan shared his deduction with him.
Aiden nodded his head as he rubbed his chin. “Stephen and Axel are still investigating. To think about this… no major artery has been damaged. No internal organ got affected. The poison he used isn’t that fatal according to the result of your medical examination.”
“But still, I wanna beat that guy for messing with you! How dare he attack you?!”
The two were still thinking so hard when the door slid open. Veronica came running in Nathan’s direction.
“Nathan! You are finally awake. How do you feel?” Veronica approached Nathan and held him as if she was a worried girlfriend.
Nathan wanted to shove her off but he recalled that Dr. Doreen told him that Stephen and Veronica were the people who immediately brought him to the nearest hospital to save him.
“I’m fine,” he plainly said.
“Thank God! You scared me to death! I thought we were going to lose you. I-I…” Veronica was not able to finish her words as she burst into tears. She cried in front of him.
Nathan frowned as he watched her. He turned to Aiden, his sharp gaze motioning Aiden to take over and comfort Veronica himself.
Nathan seemed like telling Aiden this– ‘Get her away from me.’
Aiden could only smile helplessly. He knew that Nathan didn’t know how to comfort a woman. The only woman in his eyes was Monica.
Without further ado, Aiden moved closer to Veronica and held her shoulders. “Nathan is okay now. Stop crying now, Vivi.” Aiden led her to the couch, successfully separating her from Nathan. Vivi was his endearment to Veronica.
Abigail also showed up inside the ward. Nathan looked at the door and met Abigail’s eyes steadily for a moment. His penetrating gaze made Abigail halt on her steps.
She stood there while holding a lunch box she prepared for Nathan.
‘Can he remember anything or not?’ Abigail mused to herself as she assessed Nathan. She couldn’t figure out what he was thinking as Nathan was good at concealing his emotions.
With her drumming heart, she found the courage to move forward and get close to Nathan. She was soon welcomed by a deathly glare from Veronica.
“Abi!!!” Aiden, on the other hand, excitedly called her name and greeted her with so much enthusiasm. “Is that for us?” He pointed at the lunch box in Abigail’s hand.
“No! It’s for the patient!” Abigail blatantly said that brought a faint smile to Nathan’s face. However, he was able to erase the smile right away, hiding it from everyone.
Aiden just crumpled his face, acting jealous. He wanted to taste Abigail’s cooking so he glanced at Nathan and begged. “Can you share it with us? I want to taste Abigail’s cooking.”
Nathan gazed at Aiden with his glowering eyes. He thought his best friend was too shameless to ask him that. Of course, he wouldn’t like to share.
“I’m hungry.” Nathan only said. But these words also meant ‘I won’t gonna share!’
Aiden could only sigh in defeat.
Meanwhile, Veronica started to show some attitude again. “Why are you here?” She didn’t bother to hide the displeasure in her voice.
“Do you need to ask? Isn’t it obvious? I’m here to see Nathan,” Abigail responded in a sarcastic tone.
Veronica’s face darkened further because of that arrogant remark from Abigail. She couldn’t believe that this mere actress was talking back to her.
‘Just you wait, Abigail. I’m gonna make you suffer!’ Veronica was cursing Abigail in her mind.
Nathan wasn’t bothered by the two Ladies arguing. His attention was now focused on the lunch box.
Aiden sat in front of Nathan and opened his mouth. He was begging Nathan to feed him a spoonful of Abigail’s homemade food.
“Just one bite…” Aiden asked Nathan with his puppy-eyed look.
But Nathan only picked up his phone and dialed a number. After a while, he handed it over to Aiden. “Here, just order anything you wanna eat.”
Aiden: “…”
‘Eh? Don’t tell me Nate doesn’t wanna share even just one bite of Abigail’s food?!!’