His Relentless Possession

67-Surprise Guest

"Granny! How are you?" I asked, trying to sound cheerful as I waltzed into her hospital room.

The room was as white and simple as ever. The hospital room was filled with advanced medical equipment and machines designed to keep my granny alive.

"I'm doing well. Have you been busy?" Granny asked, probably referring to the fact that I hadn't dropped by before.

"A little. A couple of things happened... and I just got tied up..." I replied vaguely.

Sensing that I didn't want to talk about it any further, my grandmother did not continue asking. Instead, she started talking about small random things that she knew would cheer me up. I truly appreciated her for everything that she had done for me.

"How's the painting going?" Granny asked before she smiled beautifully at me.

She had been receiving treatment for only around a week, but she seemed to be doing well. I smiled back at her as I observed her glowing face. I prayed and hoped that she would be cured and that she would be able to leave the hospital soon. Even if not permanently, it would be good enough for me if she could at least go out sometimes. I was sure that she was bored out of her mind being stuck in this room all the time.

"It's going well. I'm actually here to show you the rough sketch," I said enthusiastically.

I began removing the canvas from the protective bag to show it to her. My grandmother took the canvas in her hands as she stared at the rough pencil sketch on it.

"This looks much better than I had imagined..." Granny said thoughtfully.

"What does that mean? Don't underestimate your own granddaughter. Actually, I based this sketch on a photograph of us that we took together a while back," I said.

"So, how can I help you today, young lady?" Granny asked.

She handed the canvas back to me, and I smiled at her.

"I'm planning to base the facial expression on the real you now. So, I guess all I need you to do is put on your best smile for me," I replied as I sat down in a chair next to her hospital bed.

"That's easy enough," Granny replied before smiling widely at me.

I couldn't stop myself from laughing at her, and soon we were laughing together. In that moment, I honestly forgot about all my troubles and everything that was going on in my life. I just wanted to focus and live in that moment, at least while it lasted.

We were busy having a great time enjoying each other's company when the door to the room burst open. I had a bad feeling that it wasn't the doctor or the nurse who had just stepped in through the door.

"Ra... Raiden... why are you here?" I asked in confusion and panic.

My eyes were like round saucers in shock at seeing Raiden walking into the room. He was dressed in a very smart-looking white suit with a black shirt and matching black leather shoes. Overall, he seemed too smartly dressed and fashionable to be on a casual hospital visit. So, why was he here... exactly?

"What? My father is paying for this room, and you're telling me that I can't be here?" Raiden replied without a care as he made himself comfortable on the sofa.

I glanced over at my grandmother, who was also shocked at Raiden's sudden appearance. I wondered if she even remembered who he was. After all, she had probably seen him only once on that day at the church where we failed to get married. Raiden was also dead drunk that day, which added to my guess that she probably didn't remember him.

"...That's not what I meant..." I said before I sighed.

Why was he here? I didn't even want to see him. He had made my life messy enough already, and now he was intruding on my grandmother's hospital room, where she was supposed to be recovering.

While I was thinking of how to handle him, Raiden had gotten up from the sofa as if he had just remembered something. I watched as he walked over to my grandmother's hospital bed. Instinctively, I stepped in between my grandmother and him with my arms wide open to guard her.

"Why are you really here?" I asked suspiciously, my eyes narrowing at him.

"Don't worry your little head. I'm not going to hurt your grandmother. Do you think I'm some kind of monster?" Raiden said in disbelief before he laughed a little.

Yes, I did think that he was a monster.

Raiden folded my arms to my side before he walked past me toward my grandmother.

"My name is Raiden, and I'm currently dating your granddaughter. I heard that you were in this hospital from my father and decided to drop by to see how you were doing. I am sincerely sorry that I did not inform you beforehand," Raiden said smoothly before smiling his most angelic smile at my grandmother.

I hated how well his smile seemed to enchant her. My grandmother looked up at him with such glassy eyes as if she had just seen a real angel.

Wait?! I was missing the real problem here...

"No, Grandma. We are not dating..." I said firmly.

"Really? But yesterday we already..." Raiden said with innocent wonder.

"We had dinner. Yesterday, Raiden and I... had dinner," I quickly jumped in before he could complete his sentence.

Was he crazy?! Was he honestly about to tell my grandmother that he and I had sex yesterday?!

Raiden chuckled amusedly while my grandmother looked at us with a confused expression. This was so bad; he was going to cause so much misunderstanding between my grandmother and me. Plus, as far as my grandmother was concerned, I was still dating Ethan!

He smiled at me as he turned around to face me once more. I could hear his soft laughter as he was about to walk past me.

"I didn't know that you were the type of girl who would sleep with a man she's not even dating..." Raiden whispered into my ear before he walked past me casually, as if nothing had happened.

--To be continued...