A Condemned Lust [Lionel Messi]

Chapter sixteen

Leo's POV

"WHERE IS SHE? WHAT HAPPENED?" I called out to Clara, jogging towards her.

She was sitting in the waiting room next to a guy that looked familiar, but i couldn't recognize him.

"She's okay don't worry." She said, giving me an anxious smile, on the contrary to the guy's now decomposed face.

Her response wasn't enough. She called me half an hour ago saying that they had to take Laura to the hospital. I dropped everything and drove here as fast as i could.

If she was okay, she wouldn't be here in the first place.

"Explain now, Clara. What happened? What did the doctor say? Can i see her?"

"Leo, breathe. She needs to rest, they're taking care of her now."

How can i possibly breathe when i still don't know what got her here?

"Did you call him Clara? What the hell?!" The guy sitting next to her blasted out.

"Excuse me?! Who are you?" I exclaimed, not understanding his sudden attacks.

"I'm her best friend, Marc." He said with a phony smile on his face.

Marc. I knew his face was familiar. The guy who was hugging her in the picture on her phone.

"Marc. I see. I'm-"

"Lionel Messi, yeah i know." He cut me off with a bizarre tone.

"I'm her boyfriend." I replied returning his fake smile.

"Unfortunately."

Woah. I didn't know my girlfriend's best friend was such an ass.

"Marc! Stop this." Clara raised her voice, breaking our electrifying eye contact.

"Why did you call him Clara?!" He badgered.

No seriously, what is up with him?

"Because he's her boyfriend and he deserves to know what's happening." She replied in a calmer tone, trying to contain whatever this is.

"Did he get under your skin too? Jesus."

Okay. That's enough.

"I am standing right here. And i can hear you loud and clear. What is your problem with me?" I raised my eyebrow at him, trying to maintain my calm.

"My problem is not with you. My problem is with you being with her. With my best friend. And taking advantage of her."

"Taking advantage?!" I shouted, completely ignoring that we're at the hospital.

He was bashing me for no reason, throwing shade, while all i cared about was checking up on my girl.

"Enough with you two!" She turned to face Marc pointing her finger at him. "Whatever THIS is, it can wait." She stood up and walked with me farther away from him. "Ignore him please."

I didn't care about his crappy comments. All i wanted was to make sure Laura is alright.

"Please Clara, can you tell me what happened?"

She played with her fingers nervously for a moment, before nodding. "Laura has been having these episodes, the blacking out, the fainting, every time she was under a lot of pressure. We thought it's the exhaustion, and she refused to go to a doctor, until today." She paused, taking a long breath, "It happened again but it was more intense."

Why on earth am i knowing this now? Why haven't she told me?

When she fainted at my house, i thought it was a one time thing only because her anger got the best of her. I didn't know it was recurrent.