Mr. Billionaire Boundless Love

“Wrong number.” Replied to a man from the other end of the line. Clint nodded. His head was swathed in bandages. There were some bruises and scratches on his face. He looked quite different than usual, and it would have taken someone a few seconds to recognize him.

He slowly walked to Selene and stood by her bed. He looked at her silently for a few seconds before breaking the silence. “How are you feeling?”

Selene shook her head but nodded after that.

Austin looked at them. “You must be hungry, Selene. I’ll go grab you some food.”

After that, Austin stood up and left.

Clint sat down on a chair by the bed and moved forward to arrange Selene’s hair on her forehead. He then smiled. “I’ve spoken to the doctors. They said you’ll most likely make a quick recovery. But your throat might need some time before you’ll get your voice back.”

Selene looked at his eyes, unsure of what she felt towards him. Her emotions were running wild in her head.

Even though Clint had betrayed her with a lie that she could not forgive, he had truly saved her life.

He had even put himself in danger in order to save her.

“Thank you,” Selene whispered. Though her voice was gone, her gratitude was sincere.

“I’m just glad you’re alright.” Clint smiled at her.

Selene was a little surprised, but the pain made her frown, and she closed her eyes to evade his gaze.

Clint could tell what was going through her mind and chose to stay silent. He looked at her calmly.

The fear in Selene’s heart disappeared.

After a long silence, Clint sighed, massaging his eyes. “You should rest. I’m leaving.”

Selene nodded her head.

Clint stepped outside and closed the door carefully. He came across Austin, who was on his way back to Selene’s room with food in his hands.

”Clint,” Austin said. ”I haven’t had the chance to thank you for saving Selene’s life.”

He then bowed his head at Clint exaggeratedly.

Clint shook his hand subconsciously and smiled. “Yeah, it was quite intense. When I got to the store, I didn’t know if she was in the store and hesitated for a long time before I finally went in.”

“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have left her all alone.” Austin admitted with shame. But his expression soon changed. “I hope you won’t guilt-trip her into marrying you just because you saved her.”

Clint’s face froze. “Don’t worry, I’m not that kind of person. I just hope that she can be happy.”

Austin looked at him from head to toe dubiously. Finally, he raised the corner of his lips and nodded. Then he took the food into the room.

“Selene, I’ve brought you some food.”

Selene opened her eyes and struggled to sit up. However, she fell back, as she was too weak and dizzy to sit up by herself. Austin quickly went forward and helped her sit up.

“The doctor told me that you could only eat light foods.”

Selene leaned back against a pillow. “Have you slept in the past two days?” Selene whispered.

“Yes. I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

“I’m awake now, so you should go get some sleep.”

“No.” Austin shook his head. “I won’t leave you alone again. I could just sleep on the couch.”

Selene knew that he must feel guilty about what had happened. “We’re in a hospital. Doctors and nurses come and go. You should go home to sleep.”

Austin curled his lips and hesitated. Selene saw his tiredness and was very worried about him. So, she stopped eating.

“Why aren’t you eating?”

“If you don’t go home and sleep, I won’t eat anything.”

Knowing her stubbornness, Austin sighed, “I won’t go home until you finish eating.”

Selene ate the food.

When she was done, Austin relented and went home.

After he left, Selene lay on her back and rested. But soon, she felt the need to go to the washroom. So she climbed down the bed and tried to stand on her feet, but her mind became dizzy, and she lost her balance, nearly falling to the ground.

She then took a deep breath and tried her best to move to the stool. She tried standing up once more when she got there, but she seemingly had a blackout and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, she did not faint, and she maintained consciousness. She struggled to stand, but she was too weak to do so.

The floor was very cold, and she felt physically uncomfortable. She wanted to ask for help, but she physically was not able to.

She opened her eyes and saw that the room was empty. She lay there for a while, waiting for someone to come. Then, after a while, she heard a voice call her name. “Selene.”

She recognized the voice straight away. It was Clint. He was back.

Selene closed her eyes out of frustration and lay there motionless.

“What happened?” Clint asked, letting the door close behind him.

Clint soon realized what had happened to Selene. He crouched down, scooped her up, then carried her back to bed.

Selene felt lucky at that moment that she couldn’t speak. Her mind was too jumbled up to form coherent sentences, so she would have ended up embarrassing herself.

Clint was too worried about her to pay much attention to her embarrassment. So, instead, he pressed the electronic bell by the bed and asked for a nurse to come.

“You just woke up from a drug-induced sleep. If you need to move, please call a nurse.” He then paused for a while. “Or me. I’m here if you need me.”

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Clint looked at her and continued, “I’ve spoken to the police, and they’ll come to the hospital to interview you. Someone started that fire, but the security camera system was damaged, and the police haven’t found any evidence yet. You said you were robbed by someone, right?”

Selene nodded.

“You just woke up from a drug-induced sleep. If you need to move, please call a nurse.” He then paused for a while. “Or me. I’m here if you need me.”

Selene didn’t speak, mainly because she couldn’t.