Chapter 130
Christian ran the red light so many times along the way. Twenty-five minutes later, he finally arrived at Delta Club.
Christian ran the red light so many times along the way. Twenty-five minutes later, he finally arrived at Delta Club.
Huffing and puffing, he alighted from the car and received Charlotte’s call before he reached the gates. “Mr. Thatcher, we’re at Alden Hospital. Victoria is in the emergency room right now.”
He hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Pale-faced, he entered the car and drove to Alden Hospital at full speed.
Right when he arrived at the hospital, two police officers came up to him politely. “Mr. Thatcher, you’ve run the red light thirty-six times. We will revoke your driving license and you gotta—”
“Sorry, I have something urgent to attend to.” Christian’s mind was blank and his ears were buzzing. He could not hear them clearly and he was not in the mood to listen to them either.
As such, he shoved them away before hurrying to the elevator.
Although it was 3.00AM, there were still a lot of people in the hospital. He was all drenched in his pajamas and sandals as his pathetic and weird state drew many eyes onto him.
However, he was not bothered at all because he wished to reach the emergency room as fast as possible.
There were quite a handful of people waiting in line for the elevator. He took a glance at them before heading for the stairs immediately. Skipping two to three flights of stairs at a time, he dashed all the way to the emergency room.
The police officers exchanged glances and they trailed behind him dutifully.
Outside of the emergency room stood Charlotte and Gabriella. Since they spent some time on the rooftop under the rain, their sodden clothes hugged their body and revealed their S**y curves.
Noticing Christian’s arrival, Gabriella jumped to her feet from the seat. With her hands tightly clasped and her head hung low, she was feeling so guilty that she dared not speak.
“Mr. Thatcher.” Though getting drenched by the rain made one look pitiful, that was not the case for Charlotte as she became S**ier. She approached him with knitted brows and every movement of hers was captivating.
“How’s Victoria?” He did not notice the worry that seeped into his voice.
“She’s in the emergency room. Her pulmonary edema and leg injury have relapsed, and the doctor said she’s in bad shape.” She shook her head before averting her gaze at the police officers attractively. “What’s this?”
The youngsters flushed instantly at her nonchalant glance. One of them stammered on his words as he expounded, “We received a report t-that someone was speeding i-in the district. That’s why we’re here.”
“I see.” Her gaze swept across Christian’s pajamas and sandals. While kneading her brows, she responded to the officers, “Mr. Thatcher doesn’t have the time for that at the moment. It’s inconvenient to talk about this outside of the emergency room too. Please come this way.”
That works too. As such, the officers followed her to the opposite direction of the emergency room.
In the meantime, Christian stood still outside of the ER and stared at the glaring red sign of ’emergency’, which was somehow a sore to the eyes.
The doctor said she’s in bad shape. What does that mean?
His limbs went weak and darkness loomed in his vision. For the first time ever, trepidation and anxiety swallowed every cell in him. His mind kept repeating the fact that Victoria might die and he could not stop his hands from trembling.
Gabriella, who was standing beside him, sneaked a peek at him. When she saw his long face, she quickly withdrew her gaze and deliberately slowed her breathing.
“Why is she on the rooftop at this hour? How did you find out that she’s over there?” Christian’s frosty voice broke the silence in the corridor.
As soon as he uttered a word, her heart sank to the pit of her stomach. Her heart was beating so rapidly that it felt like it was going to jump out of her chest any second.
All the while, she respected and feared him at the same time. This time, there was also guilt and anger. She was livid because it was not worth Victoria doing those.
She lowered her head and intoned, “I returned to the dorm at 1.00AM. Daisy, our roommate, came back soon after that. Previously, she kept scolding someone every time she came back, but she seems to be in a good mood today, so I asked her where Victoria went. She told me that Victoria won’t be coming back anymore and that Victoria might die tomorrow—”
“Make it short.” He was not in the mood to hear the long story due to the thoughts cluttered in his head.
His emotionless voice was not loud, but it scared Gabriella. After gulping her saliva, she narrated, “Daisy has been at odds with Victoria. Her answer was weird, so I asked another colleague about Victoria’s whereabouts. The colleague told me that Mr. Sharp arranged for Victoria to clean the rooftop. I was worried that she would be in trouble, so I went there. When I found her…” She gulped. “She could not hold for any much longer.”
“I see.” Her gaze swept across Christian’s pajamas and sandals. While kneading her brows, she responded to the officers, “Mr. Thatcher doesn’t have the time for that at the moment. It’s inconvenient to talk about this outside of the emergency room too. Please come this way.”
Her last words pricked Christian’s heart as his lips and body were trembling unconsciously.
Watching his reaction, she held her tongue and attempted to breathe softly in order to shrink her presence. At the same time, she was hoping for Charlotte to return as soon as possible.
He did not continue the conversation further as he was rooted at the spot like a lifeless sculpture, leaving only the raindrops on his hair and clothes to patter onto the ground.
Gabriella’s heartbeat was in sync with the soft sound of the droplets trickling onto the ground.
“Mr. Thatcher, things are settled, but your driving license is revoked. You will have to take the driving test again.” Charlotte strode to them elegantly after speaking to the police.
It took Christian a moment before he nodded and hummed in response.
Charlotte sighed at that, but she did not talk to him any longer. Instead, she looked at Gabriella and raised her eyebrow. “You arrived earlier than I did. Why didn’t you call the ambulance?”
Hearing this, he turned his head to cast his gaze onto Gabriella with vehement feelings.
Gabriella’s body tensed up at the drop of a hat. Her eyelids fluttered rapidly as she stuttered under their gaze. “I-I was t-too flustered, s-so I didn’t think of c-calling the ambulance.”
Christian took a step forward to her with his frosty gaze. “Is that so?”
His stare drained the color from her face and caused her body to tremble as she kept gulping down her saliva. She had always been fearful of him and the fear only deepened after she knew that he broke Victoria’s leg.
“Think carefully before answering.” His eyes zeroed in on her like a nail and every word of his was laced with chill.
Seeing that she could not put up with the pressure from the two, Gabriella leveled with them. “I did call the ambulance, but Victoria begged me not to. So, I told them not to come after that.”
Speaking of it, she could not suppress her urge as she continued, “If I was her, I would’ve done the same thing too! It’s painful for her that her identity from Miss Coleman has been swapped to a bar girl at Delta, let alone having a broken leg and being thrown out naked. She doesn’t even have a home to return to and her parents kept telling her off. It’s better off to die than to live this way!”
As soon as she finished her words, she regretted it and lowered her head in silence.
