AFTER MY HONEYMOON

chapter 36

Once the door was closed, Mia breathed out a sigh of relief...she began to scold herself...how could she have just eaten the desert without asking the ingredients first..... then this wouldn't have happened.

She wasn't so picky about deserts...she loved cakes especially and making them too. But when she was out she made sure to stay away from strawberries or any food that was made with it. Many people love strawberries....and not a lot of people hate it....and even more fewer people, are allergic to it and turns out she was one of those, who were allergic to it which is quite rare.

Since her father cared little to nothing about her growing up, she never really knew she was allergic to anything...she just ate whatever he brought home.....and they did not include fruits like strawberries.... and sometimes Mrs. Williams would feed her. But she found out about it when she was in the orphanage and that was after she had started interacting with people after months of being mute from she shock of her father leaving her there all by herself.

Richard had gone finally and left her to her thoughts....and since she was already sporting a headache she decided to rest and not too long after she closed her eyes, a nurse came to fix a drip for her. She winced a little when the needle was pierced into her skin and soon the drip was fixed and she watched the nurse inject a liquid into the drip after which, she bid her a goodnight and left. Not long after the nurse left she felt herself drifting to sleep once again.

Richard had left the room but certainly not the hospital. He couldn't just bring himself to walk out of those doors just yet. He wanted to stay with her, a little longer but it seemed like his presence made her uncomfortable. He had noticed this for sometime now....she tried her best to avoid eye contact with him and she seemed to always be tensed....like she wanted every conversation they had to end as soon as possible. 

He had pondered asking her but decided against it since he felt it would make the situation worse. And knowing or observing things like this, he should stay away since he discovered that she was uncomfortable in his presence but he just couldn't bring himself to. It was like he was being drawn to her against his own will and whenever he let himself think about it, he would become scared.

And not too forget that even though she wasn't Lillian, he couldn't help sometimes seeing Lillian in her their slender build, as well as their porcelain skin which was very similar and not too forget the jet black hair as well. And not too long ago, he found out that their eyes were very uncannily alike at least that is when she isn't wearing her contacts. Even though there was still a lot of difference he still wondered why he did all the things he did when it came to miss Stewart.

He couldn't believe it....she was also allergic to strawberries just like Lillian... although Lillian had only told him on some occasions, he never saw her react to it since she made sure she wouldn't eat it in any way...he liked strawberries I mean who didn't right? But he knew his wife was a special one when she told him she was allergic he would sometimes tease her about it as well but it was just for laughs. And even though he never told her, the very same day she told him that she was allergic, he never ate them again and now he couldn't even remember what they tasted like.

He had managed to finally step out of the hospital and that was after asking the nurse he saw coming out of the room, to take care of her and since he had already dropped his number with the receptionist, he didn't bother doing that again. He stayed in his car for sometime before he decided to drive back to the hotel. After all he had done his duty of bringing her to the hospital there was no need to stay any longer since she didn't even want him to do that.

As promised by the doctor, Mia was discharged the very next day and this time someone else had come to pick her. She was shocked when he walked into the room and told her that he was here to pick her up.

Mia decided to follow Dominic back to the hotel since she didn't have her phone with her to call anyone else and that would have been Richard, or Emily who was very far away from her. As they drove back to the hotel, Dominic tried to make small talk with her but seeing she was not eager to respond, he eventually shut up and drove in silence which she was very appreciative of. She also wondered if her mom or Emily had called since they both didn't fail to call every single day she was there to ask how she was. They would probably be worried because the last time she remembered her phone was on silent she normally always did that when she was in a gathering of people.

She was also suddenly thankful, that it was on silent mode since she was sure that her phone and purse, would have been returned to her room. She didn't even want to imagine if Richard had picked any of her calls especially the one her mother, would probably have made to her.

When they finally got to the hotel, she wanted to hurry to her phone and see if her mother had called. Dominic had wanted to see her up but she insisted that she was perfectly fine and could go on her own. When she got to the room she knocked softly on the door since it was a weekend and she probably thought that Richard was sleeping in since he spent literally almost the whole of last night In the hospital...at least the little she knew of.

The door opened after just a few seconds of her knocking and she was shocked to see Vivian...she was dressed up and of course she had make up on as well. She smiled and said

 " Miss Stewart...you are back already I'm so glad you are back". Mia stood there assessing her as well as shocked that she was here at only 9am in the morning...at least that's was the time she saw when she got into the hotel lobby.

"Why are you here so early? Is everything all right?". She asked.

"Yes just came to help sir with some things please come in". She said still smiling...a smile that seemed to be grating on Mia's nerves by each passing moment.

She stepped Into the suite and looking at the small living room, she saw papers everywhere some of which were blueprints as well as designs and she noticed that Richard was nowhere to be found. She didn't bother looking for him and matched straight to her room and just as she was about to touch the handle of her door and finally step into the confines of her room she heard the opening and closing of a door, and Richard call out to her.

" Miss Stewart...you are back.... are you feeling better now?". He asked walking towards her and staring at her intently like she had bruises on her body.. but then again he must have seen the rashes on her last night she thought which have all completely disappeared.

And not being able to handle his stare she simply nodded, turned away from him and walked into her room shutting the door silently behind her.

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