BXBX NOVEL Chapter 196 - Don't Spoil Me
"You better just go back to the office, I feel sorry for your abandoned employees there."
Lisa\'s words just now sounded like cold water splashed on Oscar\'s face. Never before had he heard how cold his ex-wife was when she talked to him. It was as if Lisa ordered him to get the hell out of her face right away.
"No, Lisa, I want to accompany you here. I can work later!" Oscar replied insistently.
"Don\'t sacrifice your company just for a woman unworthy of all that, Oscar!" Lisa snarled as they fumbled over where the man was standing.
The room suddenly became quiet.
Suddenly, Oscar\'s cell phone rang, breaking the silence. The man took out his cell phone and picked up the call.
"Good morning,"
"What? The company needs me now?" he continued. "Fine, I\'ll be right there."
He hung up the call and put his cell phone in his trouser pocket. He walked over to Lisa and said, "It seems like you\'re right. I\'ll go to the office and come back here. There is an urgent matter at work. If you need help, you can press the bell button on your left. Do you understand, Lisa?"
Lisa just nodded in answer.
The man poured water into a glass and then placed it on the table near her bed. "If you are thirsty, I have prepared this drink for you. You just have to take it. It\'s not too far from where you are now. If it\'s hard to reach this glass, you can ask the nurse for help, okay?" Oscar explained, a little panicked.
"Yes, ugh you don\'t need to panic like that, Oscar..." Lisa replied, rolling her eyes.
The man kissed Lisa on the forehead and then left her alone in the hospital room which felt lonely and cold.
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Thirty minutes after Oscar left, Lisa\'s throat started to feel dry. She tried to reach the glass which was placed on the table near her bed but she couldn\'t.
Lisa then pressed the bell button. While waiting for a nurse to come and help her fetch water, she moved her fingers rapidly. She looked worried.
Her memory returned to the figure of her sister and mother who still needed her help. If it weren\'t for her, maybe her sister and mother wouldn\'t have survived until now.
What would happen to the two of them if Lisa lost her job due to permanent blindness?
The woman felt so restless in bed. Her vision was still very hazy, she didn\'t dare take the risk of going out and walked around the hospital corridors to release her fatigue.
"Good morning, can I help you?" The nurse Lisa had just called came.
"Sorry, can you help me get water? I\'m thirsty," Lisa asked the nurse.
While sipping the water given by the nurse, her mind returned to Oscar. How could her ex-husband come back and act as if he had never done anything wrong to her?
Did that man forget that he had come to Lisa several times and raped her?
\'What a jerk!\' Lisa thought. But deep down inside, she still had love for that golden haired man.
Lisa patted her forehead several times, diverting her intrusive thoughts.
"Do you still have feelings for your ex-husband who raped you several times? You\'re crazy Lis!" She muttered to herself.
"Are you finished, Miss?" The nurse asked, holding an empty glass.
Her words immediately broke Lisa\'s thoughts. The woman then nodded. "Yes, I\'m just thirsty."
The nurse replied with a smile and then walked out.
Lisa stared at her left, trying to imagine Rangga\'s figure coming and visiting her. The shadow of the tall man with a thin stature like a model in men\'s fashion magazine cover slowly stepped into the VIP room.
Rangga\'s soft and gentle steps made his black curls wave along with him.
Though Lisa didn\'t have any romantic feelings or love for him, she had to admit that Rangga was indeed so stunning. She didn\'t know why the man who helped her several times last year hadn\'t had a lover until now.
Lisa\'s thoughts were scattered again. First, Oscar\'s shadow haunted her mind and now it\'s Rangga\'s.
After thinking about him for a while, she thought that Rangga was perhaps a very strange man. Yesterday, the man promised to accompany her but she hadn\'t received a call from Rangga up until this morning. That man didn\'t even visit her!
\'Ah, maybe Rangga will visit me tomorrow.\'
Lisa stared at the wall in front of her with blank eyes, seemingly daydreaming. The woman was alone with nobody to accompany her besides the cold gust of air from the air conditioner and the faint sound of footsteps from outside the room. Sometimes she heard the voice of a nurse shouting in the hallway of the hospital.
With her vision still blurred and the back of her head aching badly, the woman could only wait and daydream.
There was nothing she could do but lay her limp body on the bed, hoping that Rangga would come and visit her soon.
Nearly an hour passed, now Lisa began to feel hungry. She pressed the bell button and at the same time, someone opened the door to her room.
At first, Lisa thought it was a nurse but it turned out that her guess was wrong. When she heard the distinctive pounding of shoes fill the silence, she thought she knew who was coming to her.
Lisa glanced at the door. Her eyes narrowed as she tried to figure out who.
"Rangga?" Lisa asked doubtfully.
The figure walking towards her bed didn\'t answer. The first thing Lisa felt when the person walked in was an appetizing aroma of food and the rustling sound of a plastic bag.
The distinctive aroma of chicken porridge grew sharper, filling Lisa\'s sense of smell when the figure approached her.
The figure of a man slowly appeared. Lisa then turned her face towards him.
"Oh, I thought you were Rangga," Lisa added dryly.
Oscar placed the plastic bag filled with porridge near the table. The man took off his blue coat and leaned it against the back of the chair.
"Have you eaten yet, Lisa?" He asked shortly.
"I\'ve just called for a nurse, but they haven\'t arrived yet."
"Here," Oscar said, handing her the porridge she had just bought. "I hope you like it."
The fragrant aroma of chicken porridge spread to all corners of the room. The aroma was so delicious that it changed Lisa\'s appetite.
"It smells so good," Lisa said cheerfully.
"I know you must be bored with hospital food," Oscar replied.
The man poured the porridge into a bowl from the hospital. He spooned some and gently fed it to Lisa. "Let\'s eat,"
"Oh my God, this is so delicious. I haven\'t eaten street porridge for a long time!" Lisa exclaimed cheerfully.
"Wait, why did you come back?" Lisa asked Oscar, raising an eyebrow.
"My business is finished at the office, you don\'t need to worry."
"Please don\'t abandon your duty and come here for my sake, Oscar. Your company is much more important!"
"No problem. Work can wait but your health can\'t."
Hearing Oscar\'s last words made Lisa speechless. What was he thinking!?