Billionaire's Revenge (27 page)

Darius
quickly made his way to the exit trying to catch up with her.  As he
made it out to the street he cried out her name as she
had
been about to step into a taxi.  Looking back at him she
shook
her head
,
her mouth forming the wo
rd
,
“
Sorry
”,
as she ducked inside
and the car
which
slid into the
heavy
traffic.
 
Pulling out his phone he
called
his security officer demanding that they set the tracker that he had
placed in her phone
.
Signalling
that his car be brought around, he
waited for t
he information he
had
requested.

Stepping inside his car the call
finally
came
, Darius’ mout
h tightening hearing that she was close, that the signal had
been traced to the
hospital only ten blocks away.  He
felt the anger course through him,
her words returning to him when they
first met
that she
was
dating a doctor before he
forced her into his home. 

He
believed that their
budding relationship
ended the moment she
become his mistress, however it all made sense now.
Her need to be free, her need not to make waves in public, Darius filled with rage that the secret which he
allo
wed her to keep
had
been her on-
going affair with the
doctor
. 
She
lied to him when she
insisted that it was not a man, white seari
ng fury flooding through him. 
She
made a complete fool of him.  Barking the order the car
headed to the hospital
.

Sara
rushed
into the
emergency
room
, running quickly to the information desk, ignoring the many curious looks from both staff and visitors, not caring that she looked so out of place wearing the long
,
expensive and elegant cocktail dress, her throat and wrist adorned with diamonds.  She
stood impatiently as the woman behind the desk
helped the
visitor
in front of her, willing h
er to be faster in her need to find the patient she
had
come to see. 

Finally it
was
her turn
,
and giving a weak smile
,
she
gave
the name of the patient, the woman giving a small
return
smile as she
tried not to stare at the beautiful wo
man before her, her fingers flying over the keyboard befor
e giving directions, relief
filling Sara as she
moved to the elevator
.

The sound of her name being called
made her spin around as she
gasped
,
seeing Darius at the other end
of the hospital foyer
,
his face angry as the
elevator
opened.  Rushing inside she
pressed the button of the floor
,
her last sight being that of a furious Darius
bearing down on
her.

Darius
cursed as the doors to the
elevator
closed
his attempts to reopen them to
o
late.  As it
ascended
,
he
carefully watch
ed
the floor numbers above the doors
,
his mouth setting as it
stopped on the fourth
floor,
before once more descending.  Jumping in the elevator already stopped there he
pushed the same floor, t
he anger swelling within him.

Reaching the floor
where
he knew her to be, he
moved along the corridor ignoring the surprised looks of those he met
,
his tuxedo standing out in the sterile environment.   Turning the corridor he
finally spotted Sara
as she talked to a nurse
,
her eyes widened
in alarm as she saw
him coming towar
ds her
;
her lovely eyes flicked
to the room
she stood beside
,
a panic seeming to fill
Sara
.  Stopping feet from her, his whole body
radiated the rage he felt as in a c
lipped voice he
turned on
the beautiful woman
. 
“We are leaving now Sara”
,
he bit
out between gritted teeth.
 

She however
, backed
away, a long hurt moan leaving her soft mouth as her head
shook
furiously
.
 
“No...
Not till I know she is alright
”
Darius
,
who
started to move forward
,
stopped
abruptly, his face filling with confusion.
Had
she said
“
She
”
?
What
was she talking about?
 
Sara
turned and
fled
quickl
y into the room
.

Frowning at the dazed nurse, still stood wide-eyed watching the drama unfold around her
,
he
followed, stopping with the sight that
met him, his mouth
falling
open
. 
Sara
knelt on the large bed,
a
small child’s arms thrown around her neck as she
cried
,
tears filling Sara’s eyes also.
 
“
Its
OK sweetie
”,
she
soothed softly”
,
kissing the little girl
’
s head as she
smoothed her blonde
,
almost
white hair
,
“I’m here...it is going to be fine
”
The
little girl
clung
to her for all she was worth
.

“No go Sara...please”
,
her
innocent
voice tearing at Sara, the pain clear on her face as she
stared over at Darius
. 
“I
won’t
Carly.  I’m here
now.  It will be fine.  I will stay here with you...I promise”
  H
er eyes h
eld
his
,
begging for understanding as he
leant against the wall, shock filling him.  There was n
o other man, relief flooding through him.  Moving closer
,
Sara
gently prised the small girl from herself, the child suddenly aware of the other person in the room as large brown eyes in a tiny
,
serious
,
and
tear
-
streaked face
looked somberly at h
im
.

“Carly...I want you to meet a friend of mine”
,
Sara’s voice sounded strained as she spoke
,
“This is Darius”  Looking unsure, he moved over to sit on the other side of the bed from Sara, a smile forced to his handsome features.
 
“Hi Carly”
,
his voice so soft as he held out his hand, the little girl looking carefully at it before flicking her gaze to Sara for guidance, her small nod and encouraging smile seeing the child take the hand and smile back.  Darius
flicked his eyes to the small bracelet on her
wrist, the
love-heart
charm hanging down.  The words “
Love you” on one side
,
and “Forever” on the other, as it
spun
.

“
Hello”
,
she managed shyly before once more cowering back into the safety of Sara.  Relaxing a little he
gave
her another smile, one of the
heart-
stopping ones which Sara had
come to know
so well
;
she
felt
a small laugh rise within her seeing how it even seemed to work on children as Carly
grinned back
.

“Are you in here for the hospital food
?
”
,
Darius
chuckled playfully, onc
e again Sara surprised at how
easily
he seemed to react to children, Carly
shook
her head and
gave
a small
laugh before looking sadder, her hands patting her small stomach.
 
“My tummy hurts really sore...and my hand too”
,
she
said seriously,
holding out her hand, an
intravenous
drip attached, her small face almost comical, Sara wrapping her arms around her again, stopping her as she
tried to touch the large needle in her hand
.
 
“No sweetie...you have to leave that alone”
,
looking over at Darius
.

“Yes...Carly has appendicitis... she needs to be on steroids before her operation tomorrow...so I have promised her a brand new teddy for being so brave
”
Darius
smiled as the little girl nodded her small head, adopting a dramatically courageous expression on her tiny features.
 
“I am going to be brave”
,
she whispered so seriously, Darius holding back the small laugh as his eyes
fl
ew
to Sara’s, seeing as they shone with tears
.

Tweaking Carly's small nose gently
,
he
stood
. 
“Well you deserve the best teddy in the world then”
,
he
said softly
,
“I am just going to borrow Sara for a moment ...is that OK Carly
?
...promise she will be right back”
  T
h
e small child’s features filled
with alarm once more before she
nodded
,
letting go of Sara’s arm.
 
Looking up at Sara he
held out his hand, her face full of such thanks as she
took
it, a tremulous smile on her lips the two moving out of the small room together.  Looking around
he
found
a small room empty
. 
P
ulling her inside and closing the d
oor
he
led
her to sit on the bed
while he took
the chair beside
,
to look at her.
 
Sara
stared at
him;
her teeth savaging her lips
,
uncertainty
written over her features
,
as Darius took
a long steadying breathe exhaling softly, his eyes sombre.

“You have a child?”
 
The question
t
ook
Sara aback as she
stared back at him aghast
,
“NO!”
H
er head sh
ook
as her hand
shakily pushed back a strand of hair which
had
loosened over her cheek
. 
“I...I mean not exactly
...yes
”
Darius’s
brow knit
ted
together in confusion
. 
“What does ‘
not
exactly, yes’ mean?”
,
his dark eyes boring into hers as hers
flicked over him, so full of indecision
. 
“I think the time for secrets is over
don’t
you Sara...and I take it that Carly was the secret you were keeping from me...or do you have more
?
”