David stopped the car in front of Maria's house, he went straight upstairs and asked the doctor. "How is she?"
"Maria fell from upstairs, scratched her skin, bruised a few places on her body, nothing to worry about."
At this point he was at ease and told the servants to come down to the living room, he would take care of Maria.
Her head was bandaged, her face pale, her lips white, it hurt him to see. In his heart, he blamed himself, if he hadn't been cold to her when she called, this wouldn't have happened. David felt that he was selfish.
After a while, Maria slowly opened her eyes. "David, is that you?"
"Um." He quickly grabbed her hand and asked nervously. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, just my head hurts a bit. Sorry, I shouldn't have let you worry."
"Why say these words? I should be the one to say sorry. Why did you fall from upstairs?"
She pursed her lips, as if it was difficult to speak, and stammered a reply. "I... I sleepwalked."
"What? Sleepwalking?"
"Yes! Without you, I'm so scared. When I was studying abroad, I began to sleepwalk, and there were times when I almost jumped out of the window, fortunately, my roommate discovered me."
"Why don't you talk to me about this?"
"I don't want you to worry about me. Moreover, you are only interested in Ella. You just have to have her..." Her eyes were welled with tears. "I'm fine, don't worry." She was pitiful to get pity from David.
David was so heartbroken that he couldn't speak, he approached the bed and hugged Maria, saying comforting words. "Don't be afraid, I'm here, I'll always be by your side."
"Yes." Maria lowered her eyelids, revealing a gloom after the scheme was successful. As long as she can make him stay by her side, anything, she can do it even if it's torturing herself.
Thinking about it now, Ella is lonely, Maria can't stop the joy in her heart, peacefully falling asleep.
Just as she thought, Ella was sitting by the window, waiting for the phone to ring.
It was more than three o'clock in the morning, and David still hadn't come back and didn't know if Maria was okay. There were a few times when she wanted to make a phone call but was afraid of the wrong time, afraid of disturbing them, so she had to be patient, waiting for David to call first.
But as time passed, minute by minute, she became more and more impatient, and finally couldn't stand it and called David.
David put one arm around Maria, letting her sleep in his lap. Suddenly he remembered his promise to call Ella, he was hesitating whether to call or not when the phone rang.
Maria opened her eyes. "It's already late, who's calling?"
David quickly hung up. "Nothing, you go to sleep."
"Yes." Maria knew who the caller was but she pretended not to know, hugging him tightly.
Hearing that the phone no longer had a signal, Ella was dazed, and frustrated, and turned off the phone, maybe she was bothering him.
She is really sad. Staying in the empty house made her sadder, so she went out for a walk.
Ella walks past a bar. She had never been to places like this before, but now, she wanted to. Hopefully, alcohol will help her forget her sadness.
Sitting at the cocktail bar for a while, beside her appeared a man. That's Raymon. Her expression was sad but still concealed.
At that moment, even though she was very disappointed, she still managed to smile. "Why did you come here?"
"I usually come here in the evening but this is the first time, I see you here," Raymon ordered a Margarita, said. "Not the person you expected, very disappointed, right? But do you need clear facial expressions? Don't you think about how I feel?"
"No." Ella sadly answered him.
"Where is David, why did he leave you alone? Are you two always together?"
"No, it's just him..." Ella thought about David with Maria right now, and she felt uneasy. "I will not say anything."
"You are stoking my curiosity. Speak up, I'm ready to listen." Raymon asks her.
"I don't want to say... very troublesome."
"The more trouble, the more you can't keep it in your heart, find someone else to talk to, and you will feel a lot better."
Raymon is right. Ella drank some wine, her face started to turn red. "Maria fell down the stairs, and he immediately went to her house, forgetting that I was still standing beside him."
"But David doesn't love Maria, he just sees her as a sister. Why are you still jealous?"
"I know. But I couldn't hold back. They grew up together from a young age, their feelings will surely be deep. They most likely went through a lot together, and I... I only knew him for a few months."
Ella drank the entire cocktail in one go. "He said he loved me but now he's pushed me into the abyss. Love will blossom if they are together."
Ella was getting more and more drunk, almost unable to distinguish who was in front of her, her mood was extremely agitated. She lowered her head dejectedly, clutching her heart tightly. "Here... it hurts... it hurts!"
She is like a child with no sense of security, only with him can she be happy. But once he leaves, only suffering remains, she feels the world is empty, just black.
Raymon is known as the 'bad boy' and used to flirt with a lot of girls but now it breaks his heart to see her in such a sad state. He couldn't bear to do a bad deed to her right now.
Raymon patted her shoulder, comforting her. "Why are you crying for him? Your world, not only David but also other people, like me. I am always ready to be by your side whenever you need me."
Ella didn't respond to him, because she was asleep. Raymon carried her to the parking lot and drove her to his house.
When he got home, he laid her down on the bed. He looked at her body, a sudden surge of lust in his heart. But he quickly restrained himself. She was drunk after all, harming a girl while drunk is a bad thing.
Raymon doesn't sleep, tending to Ella as she vomits. He gets tired, then he makes the 'good man' go to the kitchen to cook breakfast and look at her. He just hoped time could stop, or go on forever, so he could see her a little more. Only afraid of this girl, who does not belong to him.
When Ella opened her eyes, it was already morning, she reached for her phone out of habit but did not know it was in her bag.