The Greek Billionaire's Mistress

Chapter Five

CARA

I woke up with a brain splitting headache. My eyes blinked continuously as I tried to get the blur out of my vision. Where was I?

It didn't help that there was an annoying beeping sound that seemed like it was happening right I side of my ear drums.

Beep Beep...

Once my vision was cleared up to an extent, I rolled my head to the side and did a double-take.

Surely, that wasn't a heart monitor I was seeing sitting there.

I was in the hospital!

How_

All the memories washed through me like someone had just turned a bucket of ice water over me. The last thing I had remembered just before some i***t hit me was me rummaging through my bags as I tried to pull out my ringing phone. I had parked my car in the club's parking lot, seriously in need of a drink after all the stress Gabriel had put me through. Just as I had been on my way to the entrance,my phone had rung, making me look down at my bag, to retrieve it, only for me to feel like a thousand bricks had rammed into me, sending me to the floor. The loud bang from the impact hadn't left my head as I slipped into unconsciousness.

I tried to sit up, but still felt really sore and heavy. Who had it been? Had they left me on the curb to die? Had they brought me to the hospital and absconded? At least, I was alive.

I felt for the nurse's button and pressed it really hard. I needed to call my sister.

If I was having a bad day before, adding this to the list, I was definitely having the worst day of my entire existence.

I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the nurse to arrive. The headache was killing me.

"Hello, Miss Ellison." cane a very strong baritone. I frowned with my eyes still closed as a small tremor washed through me.

That wasn't the voice of a nurse. It was too...hot...shit! Why was I thinking about a voice being sexy on a hospital bed!

I opened my eyes and almost closed them back again.

It had to be a dream.

That definitely wasn't Adrian Nikalauo standing there, staring at me. Had my obsession with Gabriel's project led me to start hallucinating.

I hit the nurse's button again, still with my eyes closed.

"Miss, Ellison?" the voice called again, and I opened my eyes slowly, peeking at him.

Was I hallucinating?

He smirked. "No, you are not hallucinating, Miss Ellison." he answered. s**t! I had said that out loud.

I frowned, struggling to come to terms with the very handsome devil standing by my bedside. If I weren't hallucinating, what was he doing standing here?

"W_what_I don't understand." was all I could say as I stammered my way through the few words that left my lips.

Adrian, or the image I had somehow conjured, sighed, lifting a hand to rub the back of his head lightly. The movement drew my attention to the very dark mass of hair on his head.

"I uhh...I don't know how to say this. But, I want to apologize because, I kind of, ran into you with my vehicle. And I brought you immediately to the hospital." His words were a little bit rushed, but I heard every single one of them. And as I his words registered in my mind, my ears started to ring.

"What?" at this point, I was trying to sit up, ignoring the pain that shot through my body as I did so. Adrian rushed to my side. Was he trying to help? I swatted his arm away angrily. "Back off!" I bit out, managing to sit on my own.

He sighed and pulled back, but still stood close to me. I don't know why, but the proximity was a little bit disturbing for me.

"Listen, I'm really sorry. One minute, the road was empty and I was backing out, and in the next, I heard a bang. I swear I didn't see you coming." he said, looking really guilty.

Serves him right. I didn't even care who he was as he stood there. All I could think of was what would have happened if the car had actually climbed over me. I would have very well been dead.

"That's what they always say." I said, and swore. "Stop making it seem like I purposely got in the way of your vehicle. You could have killed me!"

I didn't even want to think anymore. I was so angry, and filled with fear at the same time.

"That's why I'm apologizing. I'm sorry. Believe it or not, I haven't left this hospital since I brought you here, I wanted to make sure you were alright. And you don't have to worry about the bills, u have paid it all." his words were annoying, I stead of reassuring, which I guessed he was aiming for.

How could a man like Adrian, look so smart and sound so foolish all at the same time?

"You are not making any sense right now. Who was supposed to pay the bill? Me? And where do you think you were supposed to be, if not by my side?" I asked, sounding harsh. He was being ridiculous. "For the hottest and one of the richest man in this country, you sound like an i***t. Wait till I sue you, and slander your name in the newspapers."

Ouch. I didn't know where the last sentence came from, but I felt the utmost satisfaction in me as I watched Adrian's facial expression morph into that of absolutely horror.

I actually didn't mean it, but as the thought continued to settle in my mind, it didn't seem like a bad idea. He could have actually killed me.

"Excuse me?" he bit out in a really low voice, sending another rush of tremors through me.

What was it with this man's voice that was having so much effect on me. And it wasn't just his voice. It was his whole presence.

As I faced away from him and moved to press the nurse's button, the cotton material of the hospital gown rubbed harshly against my n*****s, which had gone erect without me realizing it.

I stifled a moan as I pressed the button hard. My n*****s were very sensitive, and was one part of body that I enjoyed playing with...

Urggh!

Why was I thinking about that with this man in the room with me.

It definitely had to be the air conditioning. It had to be.

I leaned back on the pillow and turned my gaze away from him. "If you don't mind, you can leave now. I need the nurse to attend to me." I said.

I heard him take a step closer to me, but stopped when the door swung open.

Thank God!

Where had they been all these while.

"Hello, so sorry for the delay." The nurse said, walking around Adrian to come stand next to me.

I smiled back at her. "It's fine."

"I'll be waiting outside, if you don't mind." were his last words as he walked out of the room, leaving me alone with the nurse.

While she went about her business, I couldn't help but think of how strangely the universe worked. How had it known that I needed Adrian?

It had brought him right to me on a platter, and I was beginning to love it.

Adrian Nikalauo.

He didn't know what was coming his way. He didn't.

Maybe I could write about the accident in my next article...but was that enough, given that he brought me to the hospital and had stayed by my side ever since?

I needed something else...