Hell Marriage
Chapter 27: Ava (Intermission(2))
Author's POV
Nicholas Entered the room to save the nurse.
"Oh Mira, here you are, I was worried sick you'd get lost and lose your way, uhn Connor, this is Mira, she uhn entered the wrong room, she was supposed to come to mine." Nicholas said dryly, not believing what he's doing.
"Why is she supposed to be in your room?" Connor asked staring pointedly at Nicholas.
"You won't understand, Connor, matters of the heart" Nicholas smirked, wondering why he felt the need to save the nurse. She stood there transfixed, the shock must have gone straight into her head.
"Matters of the heart?" Connor asked, suspiciously, he wondered when Nicholas started liking girls.
"Yeah, look Ava's awake, why don't I call Doctor Walker and walk Mira to my room" Nicholas said, walking up to the nurse, he placed his hand on her back to lead her out of the room, the nurse jumped at his touch which made Connor raise his brow in question, if the fool will just corporate, this could get Nicholas into trouble, he smiled too brightly at Connor.
"Let's go Sweetheart" Nicholas said, but the bird brained nurse refused to move, Nicholas pushed her forward gently with the heel of his hand.
"Mira?"
The nurse moved towards the door at long last, Nicholas led her out of the door without any drama, he turned to close the door, and stared inside the room past Connor, he found Ava staring at them, she must be mad for being ignored,
"Hi Ava, sorry for ignoring you till now, I guess I was too taken with Mira, hope you're feeling better?" He didn't wait for an answer but instead Closed the door gently, the nurse stood staring at him dumbly,
"Follow me" He said and started walking, after taking few steps, he heard no footsteps behind him, he looked back and saw the nurse standing there staring at him, he cursed under his breath, does she really want to die?, he walked back and held her arm, gently but firmly, moving fast and dragging the nurse to his room.
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Connor stood still staring at Ava,
"Connor?, is that you?, are you going to greet me like Nicholas has done or what?" She asked him furrowing her brows, Connor heaved a sign of relief, she doesn't remember calling him Logan, that must have been a mistake, in four strides Connor was beside her bed, she tried to sit up, but Connor stopped her.
"Don't, you need to rest."
"Why should I rest?, and why is Nicholas asking me if I'm feeling better?, Did something happen while i was asleep?" Ava asked.
"So many questions when you should be saving your breath, you saved my life and that of the Country.......but wait, honestly don't you remember?....." Connor asked.
As if a tap has been opened, Everything came rushing back to her, flood of memories assailed her.
"I remember" She said in whisper, Connor watched her as her face twisted in anguish, he knelt beside her and held her hands.
"Is something wrong?, are you in pain?" Connor asked worriedly.
"I could have lost you Connor" Ava said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Ava" Connor said her name in whisper, urging her to stop crying, he held her face gently in his hands and wiped her tears with his thumb.
"Yes, you could have, but you didn't, you saved me, you're my Guiding Angel after all." He said understanding that Ava didn't mean losing him to death, but to himself.
"I know it's weird saying this but after Months of pain and watching you lie there alive but lifeless, I discovered that I can't live without you, even when I hated you so much, I discovered that my hatred for you then was just a pretense to stop my self from loving you more, I love you Ava, I don't know if what I'm saying makes any sense or if the happenings of the past happened or not, or if you were really greedy then but I really love you and I don't want to lose you......."
"Take a breath, take a deep breath" Ava said cutting him short, Common heaved heavily, damn, that was a long speech.
"Did you notice?" Ava asked, tears in her eyes, damn, did he make her cry by saying all that?, Connor asked himself,
"Notice what?, am I the cause of this tears?, did I make you sad by......"
"No silly" Ava laughed while tears dropped from her eyes at the same time.
"Then if not me, then why are you crying?"
Connor asked confused, he won't ever be able to understand ladies and their emotions.
"Do you even realize that was the third time you called me by my name after so many years?" She said.
"What?" Connor asked, not quite Comprehending the reason why that would make her cry,
"Are you sad because I called you by your name?" He asked, eyes wide open.
"Of course no, I mean, I like it and I'm happy you called me by my name, and no, I'm not sad and I want you to call me by my name" She smiled brightly while more tears fell from her long dark lashes.
"It's just......this is the third time in years, you remember you first Called me Ava after you marked me, even though i was dying i heard you call Ava, the second and third time today, I just can't believe it Connor, I'm...I'm so happy"
Connor stared at her in disbelief, yeah she's right, he refused to call her by her name after they got married years ago, and he had said her name unconsciously, four months ago and now, he can't believe she was counting, he promised himself to call her by her name and so many sweet names, at all times that she'll lose count. But he still can't figure out while she's crying, if she's so happy, why's she crying?, he wiped the tears off her cheek gently,
"Please don't cry, I'm sorry" He said silently.
"You don't know, how worried I was Connor, I couldn't find you, Everyone lied to me about your whereabout, even Nicholas wouldn't tell me the truth, everything happened so fast, one minute we were having breakfast, in the next minute, you went out for some work, in the next hour, Nicholas told me you were out of the country." Ava said changing the topic.
"I found you at long last but then I couldn't do a thing, thank Goddess Alaina was there to help, she helped me......"
"Please I don't ever want to hear that person's name, don't ever speak of her in my presence" Connor said cutting her off.