HÖRNY BOSS

Chapter 50

🔞 VERA 🔞

I already got so used to Jack's soft side that I forgot that he can be mean and rûthless. 

His words didn't get to me, but I was only shocked by how much he has changed that made me forget that side of him.

I must confess, he has put in a lot of effort to change because of me and I love him more for that. 

It was great timing when he fell. I was waiting for him to get exhausted and carry himself back inside with his pride, but karma caught up with him.

I could have laughed at the look on his face when the special hands lifted him to a stretcher and wheeled him back inside, but I didn't want to look like a fool in front of so many people.

I was literally embarrassed because of the way he talked to me while many people were watching, but I didn't really care about what they thought. No matter what we did, won't people always talk?

Looking at me devilishly, staring at me under their noses or staring daggers at me, snorting when my name is mentioned…

Shaking their heads when they hear something good or bad about me, I have learnt to accept that with a smile and a rich heart.

So when a young police officer by name Harry told me about what happened in my house, that was when the real fear rose in me.

When he told me that the young girl and Nathan were admitted to that same hospital, I almost ran all the way to Nathan's room to check up on him.

"Does my face look that bad, huh?" He tried to smile and failed.

"Oh, Nat. You shouldn't have gone inside when you suspected that she's in there. You could have called the police immediately. What if… the police came late?" I sat down beside him on the bed.

He might not suffer internal injuries, but his face is going to have a lot of scars for a long time. His hair was shaved so that the wounded parts would be properly treated.

"I was gonna defeat her anyway," he mumbled. "I'm glad you are okay, Vera." He added, touching my hair fondly.

"I feel…" I bit the words back before I could say it.

I feel guilty, especially when I look at him and mostly in situations like this one. Nathan only cared about me, and I have only hurt him.

Now I wonder why we didn't end up together. How can my encounter with Jack for just one day throw me further into his arms and set my heart captive ever since then?

When I think about it from another perspective, I feel that there is really a faithful God and he made everyone's fate the way he thinks would work out for the best.

Maybe I am too bad for Nathan. He's a gentleman, and he has never been reckless and I don't think he would ever do anything close to being uncultured.

On the other hand, I love Jack's reckless abandon. His rûthlessness drew me to him and drove me wild from the moment I opened the door of his office just a couple of months ago.

Who said the rich don't bleed? Actually, Jack had had his own share of heartache, headache, ugly dreams and bad days. I guess we all do.

"What?" He asked, dragging my mind back to the present.

"Oh, I thank you." I whispered.

He took my hands and squeezed passionately as a smile spread across his face.

"What about Jack?"

"His stubbornness got him tied up in bed," 

Then we were laughing.