Arranged Marriage (Haylor) ✔

Chapter 14

*Edited*

Taylor

I sat on a chair beside Harry's bed with both hands clasped on his. He had a bruise on his left eye and a cut on his bottom lip. A few bruises here and there. The doctors said he will be fine in a few days. He just needed to rest and drink his pain killers.

Harry has been out for a good 2 hours. Niall is being interrogated in the police station with mom and Anne. Austin was at the cafeteria bringing me and Harry food or so I thought he was. I kissed Harry's hand as tears started to well up my eyes. I couldn't have been nicer to Harry then this wouldn't have happened to both men who I dearly loved. I blinked back tears as the thought of falling in love with the person in front of me laid on the hospital bed, scared me shitless. I swallowed the forming lump in my throat and bit my bottom lip.

Absentmindedly, running my hand up to Harry's curls. I stroke his hair carefully and gently as I smiled. His still in his induced coma. So I decided to take a nap before he wakes up.

Harry

Feeling a weight on my left hand. I slowly opened my eyes, squinting a bit from the light illuminating the bright hospital room. Adjusting my eye sight, I looked at the figure on my left and caught sight of blonde hair.

Looking down on my hand. I didn't realize that our fingers were intertwined. Smiling to myself. I squeezed her hand slightly and felt her shift on her seat. Lifting her head up to look at me, her eyes widen and a smile formed on her lips. "Your awake." She stated, I nodded smiling and without thinking she hugged me ever so gently.

"Are you alright?" she asks, sitting back down on the chair beside the bed. I nodded, wincing slightly at the pain on the left side of my head. Taylor frowned, noticing that I winced at the sudden action. Standing up, she walked around the room and came back with a glass of water and some medicines.

"Whats that?" I asked, taking the pill and the water before thanking her. "Pain killers." She smiled and I gulped down the water. Before I can say anything, the door slid open, revealing Austin with two bags of McDonald's in hand with a smile on his face. "Hey.." he says quietly, he sends me a smile on my way before kissing Taylor on the cheek and setting the bags down on the table beside the sofa on the corner of the room.

"Hows your head?" Austin asks, my eyes widen slightly. This is the first proper conversation we ever had. Smiling at the concerned man standing beside Taylor, I replied "Im fine. Since Taylor had given me pain killers to subside the pain a bit. But to say it. I'm good." He nodded and whispered something on Taylor's ear. She frowned slightly and nodded before excusing herself to the bathroom and walking out of the room. Leaving Austin and I alone in the hospital room. I thought he would snapped at me but what he said surprised me.

"I don't know what to say." He says taking the seat where his sister sat a little while ago. Looking at him, he stares back at me and smiled. "Thank you." Furrowing my eyebrows at him, he laughed slightly. "I saw the way you look at my sister." He says, I blinked at him and lick my dry lips. "I never saw it when Niall look at her. To be honest." I flinched when he mentioned his name.

"I know you love my sister. I may have hated you because of what you did in the past but you prove yourself that you were something more than a jerk." I laughed awkwardly and he laughs too. "But the way you were overprotective of my sister, made me think that I am not the only one. You defended her and pushed away another jerk who broke her heart and I know you change. You change for her because you don't want to lose her. You regretted doing that to her, didn't you?" I looked at him and nodded.

"I did. The moment she stepped out of my life. I knew that she was the one but I was stupid to let her go and do such a thing to an innocent person like her." I took a deep breathe and continued "I would do anything for her to forgive me. For her to let me prove how much I love her. To let me have a second chance. I knew she was playing hard to get right now because she doesn't want to get hurt. And I regretted creating such fear in her when I forced her to have...you know that." I paused as he nodded understandingly.

"Then the moment I saw her on the day we crossed paths again made me think that if I never have done that to her, we would have been together and happy. But I was stupid. I regretted every single thing I did to her. I regretted it and I want her back." I finished, whispering the last part and playing with the iv. Silence filled the room before putting hand on my shoulder and looking up to look at him. He smiles and says "I forgive you." Before patting my back a bit.

A hand on the knob he looks back on his shoulder only to say the words that rung through my head "Fight for her, Harry. She still loves you. Taylor just hate to admit it. See ya soon." And just like that Austin Swift left without another word.

If only he knows how much I needed her.

Taylor

Coming back from the bathroom, I see my brother stepping out of Harrys room with a grin on his face with his hands in his pockets. And that only mean one thing. Speed walking towards him, I grabbed his arm before he can go further. "What did you say to him?" I asked, he looks at me and kisses my forehead.

"Nothing. Just told him to look after you while I'm not around. That's all. Nothing to worry about." Staring into my eyes I knew he was telling the truth. But wait...doesn't he hate Harry after all he's done?

"Forget the past. Move on. Forgive him. He may have done stupid things but he regretted it."

"He doesn't."

"He does. Then if he doesn't regretted it then he wouldn't have chased after you and begged for forgiveness. He wouldn't have been jealous the time when you were talking to Niall. He wouldn't have been overprotective over you because Niall wanted you back. He loves you, Taylor. He does and I'm not joking." Kissing my forehead once more, he checks his watch and says in a hurry "Im sorry, I cant stay. I have a meeting in about half an hour and the drive back to the building is an hour and I'm seriously gonna be late. See you later, sis." He squeezes my hand before letting go and speed walking toward the elevator.

The words my brother says kept repeating in my mind. I can't seem to shake it off as I opened the door only to see Harry reading something on his phone with a small smile on his face. Probably engage on what he's reading, I closed the door quietly and got the food out of the bag and smiled at my brothers concerned thought of buying unhealthy food for me and my fiancé.

Fiancé. That sounds nice. Only if the person sitting on the hospital bed with a smile on his face, feels the same way. Gulping, I shook the thoughts away and put a smile on my face before clearing my throat. Freezing mid scroll, he looks up at me with wide eyes. I laughed softly and shook my head at him. He smiles and started to laugh as well.

If only he knew how much I needed him.

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