“Golden CIAC award of this year goes to…”
Sanaya kept her fists clenched as like everyone she was also waiting for Nick to announce the winner. Though she was not feeling good, since he warned her to quit her career, was he going to hand her the award?
“Sis, Mr. Nick is gonna announce your name.” Mona said so while smiling. She was more excited to see Tuna get to know who was the winner and who was the best. She could not wait to hear Nick announce Sanaya as the winner when Sanaya was hugging her arms and breathing heavily, she had a high fever. She was having trouble keeping her eyes open.
“And the award goes to… Tuna Halifax.” Nick announced and everybody started clapping their hands including Mona until in a second she noticed that the winner was changed. She immediately glared at Sanaya who was looking at Nick.
“How can it be? There might be a mistake. You got the highest votes then why they a…” Mona asserted. She found it unfair.
Right, this was supposed to happen. In that industry anything could be changed at any time. When Sanaya was still looking at Nick, Tuna walked in front of her eyes with a proud smile on her face.
On the stage, Tuna was standing close to Nick. As if she was too proud of herself tonight, at a time she even raised her hand to hold his but as soon as he glared at her coldly, she did not dare to do so.
“Sis…” seeing Sanaya to still sit, Mona pronounced, in a melancholy tone.
“I want to go back to my apartment.” With that as Sanaya turned around she lost balance and Mona quickly held her hand. “Sis, you are burning with fever.”
“I am ok…”
“You are not ok. It’s my fault, I did not take care of you well. What to do now? You have…”
“Keep quiet and take me...” Sanaya told her but suddenly her head started spinning around, she held Mona’s hand quickly.
She wasted her time when she needed to take care of her health. Oh no!
With her assistant, when she was walking towards the exit, suddenly Tuna appeared in front of her eyes. Mona quickly put a mask on Sanaya’s face to not let people see how pale and sick she looked now or Tuna was gonna laugh at her for sure.
"Won't you congratulate me? Sanaya." Hearing Tuna Sanaya let go of Mona's hand and asserted, "Congrats!"
She was planning to walk away but Tuna stood on her way. "Don't you think this award is so beautiful? Do you think it suits my hand more? I can't believe they have…"
"Nobody is interested to know what you can believe or whatever you want to say, none is interested to know." As Mona asserted, Tuna moved towards her to say something back.
This was all the same. Tuna was looking for attention again.
Glaring at Mona for a second, Sanaya walked away, not giving any ears to Tuna's words.
Sanaya was close to the exit, she could see her vision become blurrsome for a second and then everything was ok again. She was sweating and she was seeing a double-double version of everything.
"Hold on a bit more." Clenching on her dress tightly, Sanaya took a step ahead when she could hear Nick's voice from behind. She decided not to turn around but walk away but of course, only if he was going to let her do so.
To make sure, she could not leave. He was a little louder. "Miss Sanaya."
Grabbing her dress tight, Sanaya stopped at the place as she saw everyone's eyes turning to her. Things were to turn out to be kinda awkward.
What was he trying to do? She thought.
Standing just behind her he implored, "Is Miss Sanaya angry because she could not win?"
Sanaya really had no energy to answer him. She was getting weaker from time to time.
Getting no response from her he smiled a little and said, "See, I told you before, didn't I? You can't…"
"So it was you."
She would just think that she was overthinking if not he was saying it himself. Seriously! How could he! She wanted to laugh now.
Hearing her he felt something was wrong with her voice. He quickly turned to her and as he gaped at her eyes he felt something was wrong with her. She did not seem to be ok at all.
"What's wrong with you? Your voice…"
Cutting him off Sanaya smiled a little at him. "Be aware of the surroundings. If you get close to me, tomorrow's headline will be filled with you and me."
"What…."
Sanaya was losing her mind because of him. As she was sick she just wanted to leave. Thinking of doing so as she took a step ahead suddenly he grabbed her hand and proclaimed, "I don't care."
"Really? How about your Miss Tuna?"
"What about her?"
As people were gossiping and glaring at Sanaya and Nick, Mona quickly tried getting Sanaya out of there.
But unfortunately she couldn't do something when she moved away seeing how Nick was gaping at her coldly. She felt like getting there at the wrong time.
As Sanaya tried pulling her hand Nick grabbed her more tightly. He could feel her body temperature was not normal. "Why are you burning so much? What…"
"Mona… Take me home." Ignoring his questions, Sanaya held Mona's arm.
Mona on the other hand was kinda in a difficult situation. On one side, Nick was not intending to let go and on the other side, Sanaya was telling her to take her away from there.
But what was more surprising was that the male god of the country seemed so close to Sanaya. Even though Mona had been her assistant, she never saw them together, except that day at the site.
As reporters started taking their photos, Kyle ran there quickly.
"Ahh, Mr. Nick. Please let her come with me, she has a fever."
"Since when?"
"No need to tell him… Let's go… Mona." Sanaya asserted with her half closed eyes.
"You keep quiet!" Nick gaped at the reporters coldly and they quickly stopped taking photos. Taking his coat off, Nick quickly put it on Sanaya and then he took her in his arms.
"What are you…" Not only Sanaya but everyone there were shocked that Nicholas Davis took her in his arms all of a sudden. In front of so many people he did not care to think of what would happen later.
"Mr. Nick…" Mona uttered.
"As an assistant, isn't it your responsibility to see if your boss is fine or not? She's burning in fever,how could you neglect your duty…" Nick blurted out furiously.
"No, sis Sanaya did not want to, she wanted to…"
Without hearing Mona, when he wanted to head out of there Sanaya grasped on Mona. "I don't want to… go… go with this man. Mona, you take me…"
"Ahh, Mr. Nick. Please let…"
Nick gaped at Kyle and he quickly got a hold of Mona. In front of everybody, Nick walked out of there immediately while having her in his arms. Sanaya could not rebel anymore as she fainted in his arms.
Mona and Kyle were standing side by side. What just happened was yet to become the talk of the town. Far more, she failed to do what her boss asked her to do. Who knew what was gonna happen with her once Sanaya would wake up.
"This woman… Why doesn't she take care of herself at all?" Nick kept looking at Sanaya the whole time in the car. He could not be less worried, he covered her with extra clothes in the car.
Back to the mansion
Dr. Benson was checking on her and Nick was pacing back and forth continuously. Mrs. Elisa could see he was about to lose his mind.
"Ben, how's my wife?" He asked Benson again.
"She will be fine after taking rest. I have prescribed medicines for her, make sure to…" Benson could not finish and Nick moved him aside and quickly sitting next to Sanaya on the bed he took her hand between his hands.
"When will she wake up?"
"Let her rest for a day."
Seeing how he was freaking worried about his wife, Benson smiled. He was happy for Nick, now he knew how to take care of someone.
Letting out a sigh of relief as Benson was about to leave the room suddenly he stopped and strolled back to where he was standing previously. "Oh, about your condition… Did you tell her?"
"Not yet." Nick answered.
"What should I do with you? I told you to tell her, you know how she can be of your help dude! Let me tell you, if you really don't mean to leave your beloved wife all alone here then you better talk to her. You act real before us, I don't know why you must act macho before your wife. Seriously duh!" With that as Benson walked away Nick glared at Sanaya.
"It's not about being macho… I just don't want her to think that I am sick, I am weak. She can think I am strong, capable enough to protect her." Holding her hand he touched it on his forehead and kissed her hand.