Azalea's POV:

I was in my office now, with my guards sitting in here.

I asked them if they wanted anything to eat or drink because I hadn't seen them do neither of them the whole day.

All they did was nos their heads 'no' in response. Why don't they talk ?

I mean I know that they're technically working but...okay that makes sense. They always have to be alert and talking would distract them.

After I finished analyzing the business requirements of all departments, I went online to purchase technological equipment.

Since Marc Technologies was a really big company, new computer systems were always needed every now and then.

So, it was my job to arrange all the necessary things, including controlling of the budget and typing report on expenditure.

When I was done with that, next on my to do list was to identify upgrades, configurations or new systems of our software.

If there were any, I had to report it to the upper management; Liam.

Sometimes I wonder why I took this job. Let me be just be clear about one thing; I love my job...but it does get annoying at times like these when I have a lot to do.

Plus, if I wouldn't have been in this position; I don't think that I would have met Dante.

Two hours later and I could finally go home. I finished doing all my work, for the next few days at least. I'm coming bed, I'm coming !

Speaking of homey places, I miss Patricia. Ah...just thinking of her makes me happy. Patricia is my apartment, by the way.

I know that Dante brought few of my things to the house we are currently living in, but I still miss the cozy room.

"Well, see you later, Lea !" Kim shouted from her car.

"Byeee ! Nice meeting you both !" I waved back to Kim and her guards.

I turned around and got into my car. Then the other doors of the car opened, and in came the two guards that followed me the whole day.

It's not that fun having them around you. I don't know how Kim tolerates them for the whole dang day.

I found it cute that Alex cared about Kim enough to hire guards for her. Like, the whole time.

Now, I was back at home and had just finished having a shower.

It was almost 8:00 pm but Dante wasn't back home yet so I thought of making dinner. I'm going to make pasta for us !

Walking towards my wardrobe, I picked out a night suit to wear but as soon as I did, my phone rang.

Clutching on to the towel wrapped around me, I walked around my room in search of my phone.

Where is it ? I walked to my bed and then found it. Wow ! How forgetful can you be, Azalea ?

I looked at the caller ID. Liam ? Now he decides to talk to me ? I picked up the phone and answered the call.

"Look who decided to finally talk.." I teased.

"Um...Azalea ?" I heard Liam's voice through the phone. He sounded a little afraid.

I worriedly responded,"What happened, Liam ? Are you alright ?"

"I am. But, I can't say the same about Dante. He got into a car accident." His voice held uncertainty.

"What ? Where is he now ?" I quickly asked back, wearing a casual t-shirt and jean shorts. "I'm coming."

"He's at uh...Silver Crest Hospital." Liam replied. Huh ? Why would they take him to a real hospital ?

Doesn't he have his own ? Like the ones especially made for the Italian mafia ?

Brushing off those thoughts, I ran to the main door of the house.

Too worried for Dante, I didn't tell anyone where I was going; not even the guards who were surrounding the house.

I quickly got into my car, which was parked near the path of gravel and started driving towards the location of the hospital that Liam gave me.

In that time, all I could think about was Dante. I never got to tell him how I feel about him.

I quickly came out of the car and ran to the entrance of the hospital.

As I did so, I went to the receptionist's desk.

"What is Dante Romano in ?" I asked, panting.

The lady nodded and then typed something on the keyboard in front of her and squinted at the screen of the computer.

"I'm sorry, Miss. We don't have a patient with that name." She apologized. "Is there anything else I can help you with ?"

"Uh..no..thank you.." I said, baffled at her response.

Maybe they used an alias for Dante ? But why ? I thought.

I pulled out out my phone from my pocket to call Liam and ask him the room number that Dante was being held in.

I went outside the hospital to make the call because there were nurses and doctors running around.

Just before I could do so, I felt an arm pull me backwards against their chest. My hands were trapped with their tight grip on my wrists.

They clamped my mouth with a piece of cloth. Just by how it smelled, I knew that the cloth contained chloroform. So, I did my best to not breathe; I couldn't let this person win.

I attempted to kick the person and thrashed around to get out of their grasp but doing that only made me lose all of the energy that I had.

This happened for another few moments until I finally stopped.

Giving up, I took a deep breath and immediately started feeling lightheaded and weak.

I felt dizzy, my clear vision slowly turning blurry and then could see black spots dancing around.

A loud ringing sound made it's way to my ears and soon I passed out into an unwanted sleep.

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