To heal a broken heart

Chapter 46

~Jayden's POV~

I sigh and glare at the door in front of me. Can't they hurry the fuck up?!

I'm currently waiting for Holly to be treated after we saved her from that fucker's grasp. I brought her into the nearest hospital, not trusting anyone from my gang with patching her up. Another fact was, that I didn't want any of my men to see her naked again. I'm a jealous man and prefer a complete (and female!) stranger over someone who might see Holly on a daily basis. Sadly they threw me out of the room, because she had to take off her blanket once again to get patched up.

Now I wait for over half an hour already, wondering what they fucking do for so long. Just when I'm about to burst into the room against all orders the door finally opens and out comes Holly still wrapped in her blanket, but with bandages and band-aids looking through at some places.

"They didn't have clothes my size", she shyly explains, her voice still throaty from past screams and looking down in obvious shame. Her cheeks are red and I can see how uncomfortable she feels. My poor baby.

"Don't worry, I'll get you home as fast as possible. You just need to heal now", I smile at her, hoping to make her feel better. "They're all incompetent here anyways."

My last, frustrated grunt made her smile as well, finally.

"They patched me up really good tho", she tells me and I smile again, happy she's starting to feel better.

"Are you still feeling pain?"

"Yeah, but it's okay. Nothing I'm not used to. They gave me something against it."

"Damn it", I curse. I hoped for her she'd be free from it after they gave her the right stuff. She already hurt enough in her life. I just want her to finally be happy.

Once I carried her outside so she wouldn't have to walk that much, I put her in the passenger seat and buckle her in. She blushes at my overbearing care and tells me to stop, but I just smile at her flushed state and proceed to take my seat behind the wheel.

"Let's go home", I mumble, already thinking about snuggling up with her and simultaneously planning what to inflict Aiden with once he wakes up from his unconscious state. He'll find himself surrounded by my most trusted men in one of my cellars. I smirk at the thought of revenge. I never was the type to easily forgive...

Twenty minutes later I carry Holly straight into my room inside my building. Amber follows us at first, the others straight behind her, but they give up once I slam the door in their faces. I want alone time with Holly now. Nobody invited. Period.

Carefully laying her on my bed, I make sure she's still covered properly. Then I turn around and search through her clothes for something comfy to wear, that won't harm her wounds. Returning with soft leggings and a loose t-shirt together with some underwear I quickly snatched out of one of the wardrobes, I help her into a sitting position, while she playfully rolls her eyes.

"I can still move by myself, you know? Just turn around", she orders in an amused tone. I huff, but obey and stare at the wall for a few moments till I feel a tap on my shoulder. When I turn around she looks nearly like before when she had no heavy injuries together with severe blood loss and whatnot. Only her pale state and a few smaller cuts in her face show me her real condition.

"I'll get us something to eat and then we'll cuddle and sleep, okay?", I ask her carefully. Hopefully she'll accept the offer of food.

"Can I please come with you?", she asks in a small voice, surprising me. "I don't want to be alone."

"Of course, angel."

With a smile I take her hand and slowly lead her out of the room, reminding myself of her words about her ability to move on her own. When we make our way down the halls to the kitchen we suddenly see something I waited way to long for.

There in the middle of the hallway are Adam and George, furiously kissing each other.

George greedily presses Adam against the wall, while Adam pulls at his lovers hair in excitement. Both let out small grunts here and there and before I have to see my friends making out with each other any longer I quickly gather myself and pull a silently squealing Holly away from them towards the kitchen.

"They're finally together!", she cheers after we turned the first corner. I smile and agree with her.

"I don't know how long George waited for this to be honest. It feels like forever", I muse, then we enter the kitchen. I head straight to the fridge and pull out ingredients for a nice meal to nurse Holly back to health. In the end it's pizza with a lot of vegetables because why not combine healthy with yummy?

And she probably needs the calories right now, she told me she didn't get much food at Aiden's place, tho she didn't sound very sad much to my sorrow. I just want her to accept herself. If she really wants to diet, because of HER I won't stop her, but this insane food neglecting due to her problem with other people's opinions and the bullying needs to stop. She's just starving that way and I won't accept her hating herself.

Back in my room we lounge on the bed, her in my arms and both of us with pizza in our hands. Thankfully she accepted the heavy meal and really eats at least some of it. We don't even turn on the TV or anything else, both of us obviously just want to feel the presence of the other. I'm just incredibly happy to have her back in my arms, where I can protect her. From others as well as from herself.

"I- I bit Ai- Aiden's, uhm, thingy before, you know?", she suddenly mumbles quietly. I nearly choke on my food.

"You what?!"

"He... He tried t- to force me a- and I didn't want to and-"

She broke down in painful sobs. Finally all of the built-up tension flows out of her in form of large tears. I tighten my hold on her and gently run my hand through her hair, quickly swallowing my last piece of pizza so I can use both hands to sooth her.

"Sh, it's okay, you did good. I'm here", I murmur into her ear, slowly caressing some place on her arm without any wounds with my now free hand. She whimpers and buries her head in my chest, gripping my t-shirt for support. I swear to god that little fucker will pay.

It takes a while for her to calm down again, she cries and cries for what feels like a painful eternity. My hatred for Aiden shoots through the roof, growing more and more the longer my sweet, little angel sobs into my chest. I didn't think it'd be possible to hate someone with such a passion.

"All better?", I ask after she somewhat calmed down. She nods and snuggles as close as possible, holding onto my shirt and burying her face in my pecs. My smile is clouded with a painful expression on my face, I just wish for her to be able to forget everything she had to experience in that fucker's grasp.

"Let's sleep, little one", I murmur into her ear and softly stroke her hair. I nearly miss her timid nod, but shortly after her breathing slows and she's fast asleep. Finally she gets some rest.

I bed her comfortably against my chest, deferring everything else until later, just wanting to protect her sleep for now. Closing my eyes I breathe in her sweet scent. I think about everything that happened, trying to calm my raging thoughts and in the end I eventually drift off into dreamland as well.