The Billionaire's Lost Lady

Chapter 8: Never Leave Me Again

Jace

She laid so quietly in the huge hospital bed. It'd been almost two hours. Her body was so fragile and thin. Her lips sealed but light and her eyes were shut in the most tight manner. The doctor said that she had bitten her tongue so hard that there was blood in her mouth when they had cleaned her up.

I was a mess. I couldn't bear to see her that way. Her silence, her numbness, it was killing me.

I didn't think I could breathe again.

Selene's mom informed about how almost an hour ago, Mr. Arly and his men, raided our school from one exit and had taken over the men. Luckily, all were safe.

I wanted to see my friends but not without Selene, happy and healthy, back in my arms.

I knew I should've never left her be. No matter how much we fought, she was still my girl, she was my responsibility. My Selene.

Tears spilled and rolled down my cheeks as I kept on staring at her limp body.

I was still lost in her when the door of the bright and white, medicine smelling room, opened. A frantic looking Sean came into sight. His Asian friend followed and then the blonde girl, Selene loved hanging out with.
When the last two boys entered the room, I stood up and William wrapped his arms around my shoulders. I hugged him back and he landed a caring fist on my back. Draco and I had a brief hug too, he tapped my shoulder with assurance when he released me.

"Sean?" I called him as he kept his eyes on Selene. I placed my hand on his shoulder and before I knew it, a punch landed square on my jaw.

I didn't retaliate. He had the right to do so.

"Sean!" Draco hissed, holding him away from me. I stood guilty, holding my jaw.

"You had one job!" He cried, "You had one job to protect her! What kind of a man are you damn it?" He yelled and I moved forward. I signalled Draco to let go and Sean cracked his knuckles when released.

"I'm sorry. I should've never left her." I bowed my head in remorse.

A soft cry filled the air and we saw the blonde girl, sobbing next to Selene. The Asian guy held her shoulders and she dropped her head back, on his stomach, and cried a little lighter.

"Alex, she's okay." The guy caressed her hair.

"Tane, Alex, I need some time with Jace." Sean stated while keeping his gaze fixed on me. He looked at William and Draco, who nodded and headed out with Tane and Alex.

"Sean, I-"

"She was crazy about you, you know?" He started as he moved around the bed, turning his gaze from me to Selene, sitting on the opposite side of bed and me. He looked at her like she was some kind of an angel dropped from her grace.

"R-Really?" I asked. I never knew that. I thought she cared for me as a friend but I was too foolish to see it at first.

"Yeah, she had been looking forward to you since the beginning of this school year." He ran a hand through his long and black locks.

I sat on the green sofa that I had been on before.

"She would care so much. Always saying how perfect you were, how you were the guy who made her happy. Never complained once when you would pretend like she didn't exist." He smirked coldly and I felt a pang of pain. That wasn't true. I was always aware of Selene's presence, I just didn't know how to show that to her.

"I always knew everything about her." I confessed and he looked up at me, "I felt the same way, you know." I chuckled, "I was just a piss-ass at showing that."