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ALEX POV

Emergency General Hospital

My eyes blankly scanned the crowd which mostly were unknown to me, sitting in a row, who came to witness our wedding and Annabel. Most of them were Annabel's family and friends.

A few of mine came to support. Jeremy, Frederick, and Nicolas was my best man and Mara was also here as one of the bridesmaids paired by Nicolas.

"Those lifeless eyes doesn't match your bright white tuxedo, bro!" Teased Frederick, chuckling softly. "Chill man, it's your wedding, not a funeral!" I just shot him a disparaging glare and he shut his mouth, shaking his head simultaneously, then he strode off and joined the others in the back waiting to march.

Since morning, I was like a robot following whatever the people telling me to do. Not a single word had been said since I have nothing to say. I just shut it off all that negative emotions fogging my skull and just accept the fact I chose this destiny.

Yes, damn destiny. Fucked-up destiny!

The Presider stood in the middle of the beautifully decorated gazebo in the garden in the midst of the estate of my parents. The wedding planner did an amazing job. Everyone looks so happy while I felt like I'm in a death row where I'm waiting to be executed.

I heard gasped and murmurs and the people quieted when the ceremony began. A sweet melodic music started and all the bridesmaids with their partners march happily with their beautiful tailored suits and gowns.

Then, not long, Annabel in her stunning white princess gown emerge in, marching slowly in my direction.

I heaved a long painful sigh. This is it. The end of my bachelorhood. This is reality and I have to face it. I force a smile on my face when my dad nudges me in the elbow. I don't know how and when he came.

After like a decade, the Presider starts the ceremony and most of the time I was zoned out. The presider has to repeat the question again when I heard Annabel called my name.

"Alexander Maximilian Morrison, will you take Anna.... blah blah.. blah.. till death do you part?" the presider asked. I could feel my back burned with all the eyes shooting into my direction. I could literally hear someone gasping audibly, others holding their breath, and some just leisurely watching the ceremony.

"I-"

"GOD, NO!" I was cut off mid-sentence when I heard a frantic sound and it was Mara, on her feet trembling and I saw Nicolas, like a lightning to the rescue on his wife. "I'm s-sorry, excuse me ..." she shot each one an apologetic look though her face held worries.

The whole crowd was looking at her irritatedly and some with confusion and curiosity, except me, my friends, and my family who doesn't seem to care. I just watch what's going on when Nicolas assisted her trembling wife heading out of the place.

"What happened?" I heard Jeremy asked Nicolas, as they passed by. Even the presider forgot about the ceremony as he stared at Mara who had a blanched face. I thought she was going to have her baby now.

"Nicki was rushed to Emergency General hospital, she just crashed," Nicolas explained briefly.

Nicki is in the hospital. Suddenly, everything sinks in into my blank head and seems like all my motor system switch back on.

My muscles went rigid, heart beats picking up a pace each second. The thought of Nicki in the hospital between life and death made my head seem hammered non-stop.

My head and heart, at that moment, only focused on her at the thought of her dying. Terrible scenarios flashed in my head and my breathing felt like constricting. My whole body shuddered and I felt my chest is going to explode. And unconsciously, I tasted my salty tears.

With a blurry vision, I looked at Annabel whose eyes were now pitch black in fury. I ignored the chaos that's starting to grow in the place. "I'm sorry Annabel but I can't do this," and in a blur, I felt my feet picking up speed out as I push myself out of the curious and surprised crowd, and out of the garden to the garage. I saw Rodrigo on the corner of my eyes, following me.

He opened the car door before I could reach it and I swiftly climbed in. He slid in the driver seat and not long we are in the expressway.

I felt my eyes moistened and then it silently cascaded down my cheeks, unable to hold as dread and pain overwhelms me. My driver just silently watching me through the rearview mirror, without uttering a single word.

"Please hold on, baby! I'm coming. I won't ever let you leave me again, EVER!" I silently cried out with my throaty voice trembling. I felt as if my entire world, and all of its beauty, had come to an end and all that's left is darkness.

"Can you go any faster, Rodrigo?" I sounded hoarse.

I felt the car picks up speed and before I knew it, Rodrigo pulled the car in the parking lot of the big hospital. He opens the door for me before I could reach it. I hastily climbed out and strode off. I was walking, running frantically in the hallway. I know I look like a fool with my bloodshot eyes but I care less. I wanted to see her.

I walked straight to the information desk. I saw an old lady engrossed on the monitor in front of her.

"Excuse me! Do you know where is Cara Nicole Rivas' room is?" I asked in a coarse voice, impatiently. The girl seems to not paying attention much. She doesn't seem to care that someone might be dying at this moment.

"How are you related to her, sir?" she dared ask in nonchalance, obviously didn't get the fear and desperation in my voice.

"Damn you for asking me such stupid question where I don't fucking know if Nicki was dying at this moment!" My temper just exploded. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" I growled gruffly, with my lidded eyes, feeling my face contorted in all- consuming anger.

Her aura changes into a scared cat when she realizes who I was or maybe because a crazy guy with bloodshot eyes suddenly appeared and run-amok.

I knew I acted arrogantly knowing my parents has shares in this hospital. We are not known as one of the wealthiest family in the world and owns half of Barcelona if we don't have shares mostly big business here in the whole Barcelona.

"What's going on, son?" My dad's voice boomed in the entrance foyer. My head snapped to his direction and I saw mom catching up to him.

"I-I'm s-sorry, M-Mr. M-Morrision," she stuttered as she shifted her gaze between us and dad. At last, she recognized me. That's more like it. Fear me.

"I want the room where Cara Nicole Rivas is in, NOW!" I demanded impatiently.

"Calm down, son!" dad patted my shoulder as he looked at the lady who was visibly shaking, as she taps on the keyboard.

My frustrations kept piling up with the slow response, and finally the lady looked up at me as she tried to smile but it didn't reach her eyes. I knew I had scared her greatly. Her hands were still shaky.

"She is in the emergency room, sir." She smiled ignoring my temper trying to look unfazed but her body betrayed her. "No one is allowed yet until the doctor is out and tell you so. For the meantime, please wait in the waiting room, it's across the emergency room on the 5th floor," she explained with her professional tone, yet fear is still evident in her voice.

Without wasting a second, I walk, run to the elevator and thank God, I don't have to wait. The door slides open and I briskly stepped in and punch the 5th floor. Dad and mom were trying to catch up, but I pressed the closed button. They can wait but I can't. The lift jolted slightly and I felt the rectangular metal box moved. Not long, the lift jolted to stop and the door slides open.

I quickly stepped out and looked for the emergency room. It was two rooms after the elevator. I saw a lady in her sixties pacing back and forth in the hallway, looking frantic. Then, she stopped and her tight rigid eyes landed on me, then gradually move over my shoulder.

"Oh honey, I'm sorry to call you at such a wrong time. Forgive me. But I need someone to watch her as I need to go watch Antonio." the lady exclaimed and walked past me.

My head involuntarily followed her with my body pivoting slowly. I saw Mara and Nicolas coming towards us. Mara hugged her with worries etched all over her face. I believe, it's her mom as the two shared the same features.

Nicolas walk closer to me and pat my shoulder. "I'm sorry, it has to go this far for you to realized that you love her more than anything else," he muttered sympathetically.

I just nodded my head in agreement. My heart was mentally praying that she will survive. I don't know if I can live without her in my life.

"How is she?" Mara sniffed.

"The doctor hasn't come out yet since an hour ago. Nikki's dad is on the other floor. He had a heart attacked after the police called informing us about Nikki's accident and was rushed here unconscious." Mara's mom cried out and the two cried together. I saw how the two was so close to the Rivas.

Mara and Nicolas were sitting on the two chairs in the waiting room as I paced back and forth, my head was clouded with different horrific scenarios.

Mara's mom, Selina whom I was introduced after an hour when they both relax a bit, was now on the 8th floor watching Antonio.

After a long agony of waiting, a young handsome guy in his early thirties walked in looking exhausted.

"Who's the patient's family here, I could talk to?" The doctor asked shifting his gaze to the three of us momentarily.

"I am!" I replied. Mara and Nicolas' eyes automatically looked at me confused, but they both didn't utter a word. I was relieved none of them objected even though Mara doesn't approve me.

"Hi, I'm Doctor Raniel Peterson," he stretched out his hand.

"Alexander Morrison!" I replied as I took his hand.

"The famous Morrison," he remarked grinning broadly. I didn't say anything.

"She's still unconscious. She had a closed head injury from the hard blow she got due to the hard impact of the crash. I was surprised that it was just a side-impact accident, usually, it's not fatal, but in her case it was a bit fatal. She seems to be at a high speed when the crash happened. She's lucky she survived, but we still don't know. Her spinal cord was also affected. It will take a month before it will heal by itself, depending on the response of her tissues. There's no broken scalp or broken skull, or blood in her brains but I can't reassure you that she's a hundred percent safe with that. There's a chance that the bleeding will occur later," the doctor exclaimed. I felt relieved knowing that she's fine now, but the doctor last word plummeted the small ounce of hope in my heart into the ground.

"She also may or may not lose the baby, we are not sure of that yet since she didn't bleed. We took some of her blood for a blood test to check if the baby is ok," he added on with sympathy in his voice.

My mouth dropped open as I stared at him in shock. "A baby?" I repeated as I sucked in a breath with my heart beats picking up a pace.

I heard Mara and Nicolas said something incoherently as they are both surprised, too, but it didn't register with me since my head is still swimming with the surprising news I heard.

Nicki is pregnant?

I felt like my head just blow up with the news. I can't believe she's carrying my baby.

"I take that you don't know yet. Maybe your wife wants to surprise you and I spoiled it." He grinned mischievously, even at his exhausted aura, he seems to be a jolly physician.

"Do whatever you can to save them both, doc. Money is not an issue here. I just want them both alive," I stated firmly.

"We will just hope for the best for the baby, as well as for the mother. We may expect a coma that will last days or months or until she decided to wake up and she could also have an amnesia. Those were just some possibilities that might happen that we don't know yet. I just want to warn you now. It's all up to her. My suggestion is to constantly talk to her unconscious state. She can hear you, I can assure you that," the doctor added as he eyed me with sympathy.

"Thank you," I uttered deeply. I don't know what else to say. The great news took me by surprised. My head still swims and I felt like I'm dreaming.

I'm going to be a daddy. Yes, I'm going to be a daddy.

"Where do you want her to be moved?" The doctors question brought me back to earth.

"The best room here!" I answered briefly. I want her in their best private room. And I intend to watch her until she wakes up and never leave her. Even if she'll kill me. Not anymore that she's carrying my child.

"I'll ask the nurses to move her to the top floor, room 128. I'm sorry again and good luck. I'll come back and check on her every day and let you know the result of the blood test," he said dismissively and left.

Mara cried softly in Nicolas' chest as Nicolas was holding her and rubbing her back gently. Suddenly, "Nicki is pregnant, I can't believe it." Her tone is rising each word. Then she shot me a daggering look. Her eyes sparkle with fury mixed with tears. "And you asshole, if she didn't crash you wouldn't even think of marrying her after you took advantage of her!" Mara stood up yelling at me frustratedly and walked to grab me as she sniffed, but Nicolas caught her before her hands landed on me.

"Mara honey, we don't know what happened since Nicki didn't tell us everything. It's over sweetheart. What matters now is, Alex realized it before it's too late." Nicolas was holding her and carried her back to the chair.

She is right. I would be to blame if something happened to them. I felt my throat ran dry, my chest was really heavy and painful. My head was a blur. I just stood there with my body shaking with all these negative thoughts that reeling in my head, consuming me, draining the only energy left in me.

After a long silence ....

I look at Nicolas, then to Mara. Her bloodshot eyes were puffy and look heavy. "Mara needs a rest, I will watch Nikki till she wakes up." I uttered to them, hoping she will soon. "I'll let you know when she's up," I added glumly, with my voice sounding broken and hollow. Nicolas shook his head and assisted Mara out of the room.

I was about to walked out the room when mom and dad walked in looking both worried.

"Son!" mom calls as she opens her hands, as they both walk closer to me.

"Mom ..." I choke and I felt the tears streaming down my cheeks again. Mom hugged me tight comforting me as she rubs my back.

"I love her so much, mom. She was too stubborn to accept me. I had to give up on her because it's what she wants, but I realized, I can't live without her, mom. I can't. Especially now that she's carrying my child," I sniffed. Mom was just listening, then she harshly suck in her breath upon hearing the last words. Mom pulled herself a few inches away and look at me flabbergasted.

"She's pregnant?" mom asked in her saucer-like eyes.

I wipe the tears out of my eyes as I stared at her. "The doctor said she is, but he's not sure if the baby was still alive. They took a blood of her to test and I will know the result by tomorrow," I explained briefly as I squeeze my eyes shut, not wanting to let the negative emotions wins over.

"She will be okay. She's one tough girl, honey. She won't leave you and your baby," mom stated with confident, but I wasn't convinced much.

"The doctor said she's in her room on the top floor. Let's go and see her," My dad said softly and started walking to the door.

All three of us walked to the elevator, heading for the top floor room 128.

Shortly, we stood in front a white door. I twisted the knob with my trembling hand and push it open, with my parents trailing behind me. The nurse was just about to leave. She nodded at us with sympathy in her eyes and left. The room looks like those regular rooms in hotels except it's all white.

I looked on her almost lifeless body lying on the bed. Her forehead had a big bruised and scratches on her right cheeks. She's still beautiful despite the bruised covering her face. She looks peacefully sleeping. There were tubes that were connected to a machine to monitor her heartbeat. My heart clenched deeply at the sight of her. My poor Nicki and my baby. They have to feel all this terrible pain.

I felt the tears pooling down my cheeks again. I walked to the chair beside her bed and settled there. I felt so exhausted. I gingerly hold her hand and clasped it with my two hands, pressing my lips on the back of her hand and let it linger there. I want her to feel me.

"Please wake up, baby. I need you and our baby. I can't live without you, Nikki," I silently mumble between sobs. My tears kept streaming down on my cheeks, and in her hand. My lips still pressed against her knuckles with so much passion and love.

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NIKKI POV

I felt someone grab my hand but I can't open my eyes. The voice was muffled and I can't hear what he's blabbering about. "Dad is that you?" I asked but I knew they can't hear me. It's dark. My head is heavy and my eyes were so heavy that it feels like there's a concrete on top of my eyelid.

I remember I had an accident. Thank God, I'm still alive, or am I? Why can't they hear me? And why can't I see them, but I could feel him? I can hear but I couldn't comprehend.

I heard him again and he is crying. I wanted to reassure him that I'm fine. I wanted to touch him but I can't move my hand, my body.

And there again, that heaviness in my eyes. I battled with the sleep, but it keeps pulling me in darkness.

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ALEX POV

"Sweetheart, you need some sleep and, at least, get a shower and change," mom cajoled. It's been a week and she's still in a coma. The doctor came the next day after the accident and he told us she's pregnant, but they have to watch her carefully because of the accident she has a very high risk of losing the baby. I was so ecstatic with the news so were my parents.

I'm going to be a daddy. That thought fueled me and driven me to fight for us.

I was the only one who knows about the baby though I mentioned it to my parents, but they didn't hear what the doctor said. I will tell them when Nicki is up and we could tell them together, but I'm not sure yet if how will she react when she sees me.

Will she accept me? Or drive me away again?

Mom looked at me worriedly.

I don't know where did I get my energy. I didn't get to sleep, I may fall asleep for few minutes but was up after. I could feel I'm beyond exhausted but I don't care. I want to be here when she wakes up. I want her to see me first when she opens her eyes.

"Your mom is right, son. You look terrible, worst than her. Would you want her to see you like that?" dad stated casually. "We will watch her until you come back. The nurse just gave her a medicine, for sure she will be still sleeping until the medicine subsided," mom coaxed and I thought she's right. I don't want her to see me like this either. The hair under my chin was long and I could smell myself. I know the nurses must have smelled me but said nothing.

"I'll be back soon," I uttered and with a heavy heart as I took one more glance at her, then left.

Rodrigo was already waiting for me outside the hospital. He quickly drove me to my penthouse. As soon as I entered my place, I was welcomed with a cold quiet place. It feels empty just like my heart. Raw and hollow.

I quickly pulled a clean gray shirt, black jeans and boxer. I made my way to the shower room and started washing my body as soon as the water reach the right temperature. Shortly, I walked out of the shower room feeling refreshed. I quickly put on the clothes that lying on my bed. I didn't bother to shave as I'm scared she will wake up soon and I'm not there.

I walked to my office and stuffed all the papers in my suitcase. I grab my laptop as well. And just as quickly as I entered my place, I was back in the car with Rodrigo in the driver seat. Rodrigo started the engine quietly. I checked on my phone, which I didn't get a chance since the accident and, saw a whole bunch of missed calls and emails.

I called Alana and told her to bring all the contracts at the hospital.

I will be working in the hospital while I watched her.

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NIKKI POV

It's been always like this. My head hurt and my eyes were so heavy that it's so frustratingly hard to open. I always hear muffled cries on my side but I can't move my head to see who it was. I assumed it was my dad. I also hear different voices I don't recognize. I'm getting frustrated. I want to get up but my body doesn't cooperate.

"Please baby, wake up ..." A soft cry on my side. I want to reach him but my hands were heavy, too.

"I love you so much, Nicki ... Please, baby, wake up! I'm sorry I was so hard on you. I was so jealous with all the guys fluttering around you. I let my jealousy controlled over my emotions and my ego ruined us."

Alex?

What is he doing here? Shouldn't he be at his wedding ceremony? Am I dreaming? Is this just all part of a dream?

No! This is just a dream. He's married by now for sure. Yes, I'm dreaming.

Then, a muffled cries again. It never lasts. It's the same voice. For some reason, his cries made my heart heavy. I wanted to comfort him and let him know I'm alright, but I couldn't move nor talk. It felt like my lips are glued, but in my head, I could even scream.

Or am I dead?

Then, I felt him move and I felt someone injected me something. It took me a second to realize what was it. I wanted to stop her, but I felt the needle prick into my skin and that familiar pain shot through my veins.

And before I knew what's gonna happen next. I felt my eyes were heavy. Please, no ... I want to hear him. NO .... Then darkness embraced me once again.

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