"Why are you so surprised?" Diego asked, sitting on a chair around the corner and then crossing his legs.
"I.. I didn't expect you to be.. here" Alexa stammered again. 'Get a hold of yourself!' she yelled inwardly.
Diego's suspicion was right. Alexa knew something.
"I heard you are sick. I'm just to check up on you" He said.
"Oh, that is so nice of you sir"
Diego separated his leg and leaned close, placing both of his elbows on each knee.
"Hm, so how are you feeling?"
"I'm getting better," She replied, swallowing hard.
"You know I'm married right?" He asked, staring at the ring on his finger. Alexa found it a bit familiar. She had seen the brand on someone's finger somewhere.
"She must be really pretty," she said.
"It's Candy"
Those two words struck Alexa hard in her cells. She felt like peeing on herself. She waited for him to say he was joking but his face showed he was serious. He lifted his dark gaze to her again.
"Why do you look pale?" He asked.
"Huh? I.. I.. am.. nothing" She tried to stop trembling but failed miserably.
"She almost drowned in the pool at the party. Fucking annoying right?" He asked but Alexa couldn't find her word. "My rivals want her dead but I've been protecting her"
"She fell into the pool trying to save me. I.. I didn't do it on purpose. I would have saved her but I.. wasn't okay.." She spoke quickly .
"I'll get to the root of the matter and you what comes next"
"I.. I didn't do any.."
"I never said you did something.. or did you?" He asked.
"No, I swear"
"Hell is coming" With this he smirked, stood, and left the ward leaving Alexa trembling and sweating.
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"Why aren't you accepting it?" Einstein asked Diego as they stood beside each other, staring outside the city which looks beautiful at night.
"Accept what?" Diego asked.
"Never mind, how is your nightmare?" He asked.
"I haven't experienced it for a long while," Diego replied.
"Really?" Einstein asked and seemed to think of something. "Since when?"
"Since..." Diego stopped talking when he realized the answer.
"Diego, you need to tell me. I'm your doctor" Einstein said.
"Well I'm getting better, isn't that what you wanna hear? I'm tired, goodnight" He said and walked away.
Einstein sighed. "What a stubborn patient"
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After Candy was good, she decided to return to her normal routine. She was back to the house and was preparing to get back to work soon. Yazmine was definitely going to shower her with so many questions once she set her eyes on her.
Diego seems too busy but does reply to her whenever she needs something. Also, he surprisingly didn't touch her or ask for anything. He was just silent.
His strange act bothers her.
"Are you still mad at me?" Candy asked as Diego drove her to the grocery store. The man only obeyed her request without complaining.
"I'm always mad at you," He replied.
"Because I'm pretty?" She grinned, tilting her head to one side. Diego scoffed with a proper reply.
"Why are you so quiet these days?" She finally asked the bothersome question.
"Do you want me to go back to my old self? I'll gladly do that" He said.
"No! That's not what I meant"
"Then don't complain while I act nice"
"I won't refer to this as nice. We are a couple. We should be doing something fun together. Not glaring and saying daring or cold words to each other. If you don't want me to know you at least let's do something together.. we should create memories"
"Things like what?" He asked.
"Will you do them if I tell you?" She asked.
"That's if it's not something dumb" He answered.
"Let's go out and watch a movie together, we can go to the picnic, park, play games, go out eating, and kiss in the rain.."
Diego stopped the car all of a sudden and shifted his gaze to her.
"Everything sounds dumb," He remarked. "We have a TV at home. Picnic? I don't do that shit. I'm too busy to play games. And kiss in the rain, we kissed a lot, why do you want it under the rain?"
"You're so boring!" Candy folded her arms and looked forward, pouting her lips.
"You just earned yourself a punishment," He said.
"I did nothing wrong, I was just telling the truth" She replied and Diego huffed.
"I'm not boring"
Candy's face lit up seeing something.
"Ah, let's get ice cream!" She squealed.
"Hell no!" He said.
"If you're not bored, then let's eat ice cream," She said and Diego clenched his jaw.
"Fine, go I'll wait for you" He pulled a long face and she came down. He closed his eyes, how the hell is he listening to her? She must have drugged him.
Getting there, Candy ordered two ice creams. On her way back, her eyes met with Xavier.
Xavier?" She blinked severally.
"Candy" Xavier smiled handsomely.
"What are you doing here?"
"I visited the company and didn't see you. I got to find out you had an accident. Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine, I'll return to work tomorrow," Candy said and wanted to leave before Diego saw this.
"Why are you in a hurry? I need to talk to you. It's been bothering me so much I couldn't sleep"
"I'm pretty busy right now," Candy replied.
Meanwhile, Diego's eyes caught them and frowned hard.
"That motherfucker," he muttered.
"Just a minute. About what I said about taking you on a date. I meant it. I know our relationship years ago seems childish but this time I am really serious Candy. Just give me a chance.. I don't expect you to give me your replies now. I can wait, but don't keep me waiting for long"
Candy couldn't speak because she had spotted someone standing behind Xavier for a while and he heard every single thing he just said.
"What a nice speech," Diego said behind him.
"Diego?" Xavier never expected to see him here too. He looked back at Candy who bit her lips.
"I never knew you were here either," Xavier said with an awkward smile.
"Hmm. I came here with my wife" Diego replied.
"Wow... That's pretty awesome. I would love to see her one day" Xavier replied and Diego clinched his jaw.
Is he acting dumb on purpose?!
Noticing Diego's deadly glare, Candy stepped forward.
"Let's leave" she held his hand but the man didn't move.
Just on her second step, Xavier spoke again.
"You must be really close to Diego. What's your relationship with him? Is he your brother? Judging by the way he is possessive, he must be your relative or something" Xavier asked.
This time, Diego burst into a dark laugh.
"Brother? If you really wanna know, I'll show who she is to me"
Candy blinked severally when the man looked at her with a smirk. He suddenly pulled her waist to himself and crashed his lips on hers. Candy's eyes widened.
It was the gentle kiss she craved for. He pushed her lower lips down with his tongue and kissed her deeper making her lose her senses. Candy forgot they were outside. She closed her eyes, pulled his shirt close, and returned the kiss.
He made her kiss him back.
He broke the kiss after a while, Candy got herself and slowly turned her head to Xavier, whose face was red with shock. Diego loved that look.
"Does that explain it all?" He asked Xavier.
"Huh?" Xavier was too shocked to hear him well. Diego raised his brow.
"That doesn't explain? Should I fuck her before you too?" He asked and Candy's eyes widened.
"Sir!!!!!!"
Diego gave her a look.
"What's with 'Sir'?.. Call me HUBBY"