Elijah's POV

“I'm sorry, but Miss Bennett passed away ten minutes ago.”

This onerous line starts ringing in my ears. She was the light in my life—the sun, the star, the everlasting luminance. Now all I’m left with is darkness, the specks of light here and there to remind me of what I once had but lost. This darkness is slowly embracing me in its arms, making me never let go from here.

She has left me…

As soon as she left this world, she took my life with her. I'm feeling lifeless now. I don't know if I will survive for a long time. Thinking this, I go inside her room, pushing the doctor from my way.

When I see her lifeless bed lying on the bed, I feel a huge pain deep inside my heart. Her parents, Dalton and Lara also come into the room with their crying faces. They also can't believe this unfortunate moment. I make my heavy steps towards her bed, Dalton following me. Her parents are crying in the corner.

I didn't know that I would lose you again, Principessa...

“Meh, All of you are dramatic as fuck.” A familiar tone makes our eyes wide in amusement. It is Avery's voice. She suddenly wakes up and tries to sit on her bed. I help her in getting up because she still has a plaster around her arm.

“How… How… Is this possible?” I ask in a shocking tone, seeing a little smile on her face.

“I woke up just after my surgery. Doctors were so shocked at my sudden movement. They were about to tell all of you about it, but I made a little action and the doctor told you that I died.” She says, making everyone frown and angry including me.

She thinks that her act was a joke, but not for us. Everyone was feeling shit and crying for her. But now, she is fucking smiling at her little childish act!

“How dare you?” Dalton asks, raising his voice a little, making his way towards her. “Do you know how scared we were? We thought that we lost you!”

“Well, I didn't mean to do that, but I'm sorry to everyone. I just wanted to have some fun. I didn't know that it would become this serious.” She says, biting her lower lip nervously as we e still trying to kill her through our eyes.

“Umm… I'm sorry. I won't do that again.”

“You better!” Jacob says, wiping tears from his face. “Anyways, you need to rest for at least a month-”

“—What? I can't take a leave for a month from the office. I will face loss in that amount of time.” She declares, folding her hand on her chest with a frown on her face.

This woman is so fucking workaholic!

“Don't worry. Emma will take care of everything. She is perfect for this work.” Jacob says, smiling at her.

“No, Dad. The whole burden of work will fall over her head. She is still my assistant. I don't want to kill her because of my company's overload.”

“Who said that BE's workload will kill me?” A familiar voice barged into the room. It is Emma. “Are you seriously kidding me, Avery? Your company is the top priority of my life. Trust me. I will handle everything.”

“But-”

“No buts. You won't stress yourself with the company's workload. As for your official appointments, I will extend them to a month. I'm pretty sure our investors and organizers wouldn't mind.”

“But what about our new project?” She asks, looking at me.

“Don't worry. We have just started it. I'll take care of it until you get better. Then, I'll make you catch up with everything.”

“Thank you, but if you need me for anything, then don't hesitate to call me.” Her words reach inside my ear like sweet and beautiful music. Did she say that? I can't place my finger on it. Did her head get hit by some sort of stone or something?

“What are you thinking so deeply?” Her surprising phrases startled me. I hesitantly start rubbing my neck. “Umm… Nothing. It's just-”

“—It's just what?”

“It's just that you don't think that you are acting too sweet or something. I think you need an extra medical checkup on your brain.” Everyone started laughing at my words.

“Do you mean to say that I'm a cold heartless bitch?”

“No… No… I don't mean that.”

“Sure. Whatever you say.” She says, rolling her eyes.

The doctor who was standing all along this time, and told us about Avery's fake death, was smiling at everyone. He comes towards us, and says,”  Miss Bennett is fine now. She needs to take a rest for a few weeks. Also, it was an amazing miracle for us because she opened her eyes as soon as we completed her surgery. We didn't expect her to wake up this way.”

“When will she be discharged from the hospital?” Amelia asks.

“She will be recharged in a week or less because we still need to do some of her tests.”

“Thank you, Doctor,” I say, greeting him.

“My pleasure…” Saying this, he goes out of the room.

“Dalty, I'm starving. Please bring some chicken nuggets, burgers and coke from McDonald's.” She says, rubbing her tummy lightly.

“Sure, Sugar. I'll bring it right now.” Dalton replies and goes out of the room.

“Sunshine, I'm going to bring some essential things from ou home with your mom,” Jacob says and goes out with Amelia.

My gaze is not leaving Avery's face. Her smiling face is something that I'll never get bored with. Her beautiful smile always brightens any dark room. I just hope that this smile would never fade away from her face.

“So, Elijah, when did you arrive here?” She asks suddenly, making me snap out of my thoughts.

“I came here as soon as I heard about your accident,” I reply, scratching my back nervously.

“Oh, I see.”

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Avery's POV

Everyone I care about is here with me, and I'm really happy that I didn't leave this world. I made the right choice to stay because some people in this world are my everything. I can't bear the pain of separation from them.

Furthermore, I know what I did was childish, but it was just a little act to see how people would react after my death. Now, I'm feeling guilty for doing that. Their tears were stinging like a bee for me.

I can't ever forget this scene I'll try my best to not be the reason behind shedding tears on any person I care about. Now, All I can think about is him, Elijah Veneto.

The person who saved my self-respect and virginity that day. He is my saviour. He has always saved me from many things. That's why he is an amazing person with a beautiful heart.

Now, I'm all alone in this room. Everyone has gone for some work, but where the fuck did this Dalty go? Don't tell me that he started getting lovey-dovey with Lara in that restaurant.

“We are here,” Dalton says, pushing the door inwards slightly. He has a huge packet of McDonald's in his hand.

“Finally…” I roll my eyes. “I thought you and Lara were getting busy in fucking each other because I know that you are too horny.”

“Sugar, I'm not that horny that I would forget my best friend. There was a rabble of people. We had to wait in a long queue.”

“Ok. Now, give that packet to me. I'm hungry as fuck.” Dalton hands me the packet, as a delicious smell makes its way into my nostrils. I can't control myself anymore.

Dalton puts a bed table on the bed and sits beside me. Lara takes out some disposable plates and cups from another packet. As soon as chicken nuggets come over on my plate, I take a fork and start eating them like a hungry man. Fuck! This is heaven…

“You become a monster while eating food,” Dalton says, laughing at me.

“I know. That's why I'm a girl with a big appetite. Now, let me finish my nuggets and burgers before they get cold.”

After finishing the food, I wipe my face through the aper and Lara removes those disposable plates and goes out of the room to give me some time alone. Dalton helps me in laying on the bed. Elijah also comes into my room with a paper bag in his hand.

“What is that?” I ask him.

“This is your new phone because your old one was broken during that accident. I've already saved everyone's number including mine so that you can be in touch with everyone.” He says, looking at me with an innocent smile on his face.

Can't he be less cute?

“Thank you,” I replied.

“You are welcome. In case you need anything, don't hesitate to call me.” He says with a smirk on his face.

“Sure, I will…” After this, he goes out of the room, and my gaze shifts towards Dalton who was continuously smirking at me.

“What?” I frown.

“Thank you.” He scoffs, trying to mimic my voice and accent. I roll my eyes.

“Sugar, but seriously what was that?”

I feel uneasy at his question. So, I try to close my eyes, trying to sleep.

“No… No… Don't you dare!” He says, making me open my eyes all of a sudden. “You can't run away from your feelings. Now, tell me why you have been acting like a softie to Elijah ever since you woke up.”

“Are you fucking kidding me? Can't I be soft to anyone?” I ask curiously, raising my eyebrows in confusion.

“I don't mean that. I mean that why are you showing your feelings for Elijah this frankly because I know you accurately. You always hide your true feelings, but this seems kinda suspicious to me.” He says, thinking deeply by rubbing his chin with the help of his forefinger.

I sigh deeply and gulp under my throat. “Fine! You won. There is something I want to tell you.”

“I knew that!” He grins.

“But you need to promise me that you won't tell a shit to anyone about this thing.”

“Ugh! Fine. I'll keep your secret to myself safely until I reach my grave.” He rolls his eyes.

“That's like my boy. Now, Listen…”

I sigh again.

“Do you remember that mystery guy who saved me from Maxim six years ago?”

“Of course, Since that accident, you couldn't stop talking about him. I was and still am so curious to meet your mystery guy because he is the first guy who made your heartbeat rapidly…”

“That's the thing,” I say, sighing again and thinking about Dalton's reaction.

“Fuck! That mean-”

“—Yes, Elijah is that guy. Elijah is my mystery man.”

A huge smile comes over Dalton's face, and then that smile turns into a mocking smirk. Not again.

“You know what this means?” He asks, still widening his smirk.

“I know. I like Elijah a lot.”

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Hola my devils,

How did you feel about Avery's fake death act? Now, Avery is finally showing her hidden feelings for Elijah. What do you think about this?

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