FALSE AWAKENING

Chapter 7: Opportunity

Drake closed the door and locked his parent's office. He went to his room that he rarely uses because he is always staying in his bachelor's pad. He lay back on the bed with the photo of his fiance in his hand and brought it near to his heart and closed his eyes.

He never felt this kind of happiness and regretted his actions for the past years. He hopes it is not too late for him to make it up with Cullen. He grabs his phone and dialed his brother's number.

"Bobby, I want to marry Cullen,” he said confidently.

"Drake, are you drunk? Are you sick? I will ask our family doctor to visit you." Bobby is in disbelief.

Drake never spends even a minute of talk when it comes to Cullen. He knows his brother is wondering right now what changes his heart and decides suddenly.

"No. See you tomorrow." Drake answered and cut the call.

He is excited to sleep now so that he will wake up again and see the person who makes his heartbeat go crazy every day.

Drake jumped down from the bed and placed the photo on the side table carefully.

I'll just shower and we will sleep together ok? Now I'm talking to myself like an i***t.

He scolds himself and chuckles.

After taking shower, he heard the maid knock on his door to inform him that dinner was ready. He answered and after a few minutes, he went down to the dining room excitedly and smiled at the servants. The maids are murmuring and he can see from their faces the shocked expression and disbelief.

I know, I know. It's new to you. I never smile or greet anyone in this house but today I can't hide my happiness.

Drake can feel they are glancing at him while he is eating and enjoying his delicious food.

I don't mind. I'm glad they are not scared and they feel comfortable even though I have this cold face. My parents taught us to show respect and don't look down on people, especially the people serving us to ease our daily life. I rarely visit our mansion and they were surprised after all.

After the dinner, Drake stood up and bowed down to express his gratitude to all of them and headed up to his room.

Indeed, they were all shocked.

He prepares himself to bed, grabs his phone, and checks the messages and missed calls from Keith and others.

For sure, they will need an explanation.

Drake respects his friends so much, he treats them fairly. They are real friends and it's not nice to ignore their feelings being left without reason. And he knows they will never stop to question and get an answer. He put back his phone to the side table and stared at the photo again and smiled.

I'm in love with you. Please be mine forever Cullen.

Drake wakes up early, prepares himself, and eats his breakfast. He doesn't want to get late and doesn't want to miss the day without seeing Cullen's beautiful face.

As usual, he can't walk peacefully. Fangirls and fanboys are waiting for him already to watch his dramatic entourage while screaming and calling his name.

Drake's eyes search directly to the place where Cullen and his friends gathered every morning. But this time, he is standing alone looking down checking or playing with his phone. Drake stopped abruptly and walked in his direction and grinned.

I will grab this opportunity.

Drake releases a deep breath while walking.

Cullen saw Drake looking at him so he avoids meeting their eyes by checking his phone as an alibi. He thought that one of his friends was approaching so he spoke.

"What took you so long? I wait–" Cullen's eyes widened and startled.

"Really? Are you waiting for your fiance every day?" Drake said in a very low but cold voice, stepping forward closer to Cullen. Their bodies are a few inches apart.

"I....I...I'm sorry, I thought you were my friends, approaching." Cullen can't look directly, feeling nervous about Drake's sudden behavior. He never thought that Drake would approach him.

Cullen steps backward slowly until he loses his balance. As he stumbles, he accidentally grabs Drake's T-Shirt neckline and pulls him towards his own body and they fall together on the ground.

It happened so fast and caught the attention of the students who were passing by. Some are taking photos and videos, some giggles.

Drake's face is on Cullen's neck and his lips touch the skin, the smell, and taste like sweet vanilla while his waist is in between Cullen's legs. His eyes are closed and can't move properly and feel hot all of a sudden.

Cullen groaned, feeling heavy on his top, and realized their position. His eyes widened, and finally, their eyes met and panicked. Cullen lifts his head and wants to push Drake but he feels dizzy until his eyesight gets blurry and becomes dark.

"Cullen! Cullen!" Drake gets up quickly when he realizes Cullen fainted and saw blood dripping on the ground.

Danica, Harold, and Cyrus arrived in shock when they saw people gather around in their meeting place and saw Cullen unconscious but didn't utter a single word. They let Drake handle the matter.

Drake's friends also arrived and asked Keith to prepare his car. Sunyeun hurried to the parking lot and ready him to the main gate. Drake approaches with his worried face carrying Cullen carefully in a bridal style.

Keith gets out of the driver's seat and opens the passenger seat door to let Aang Drake place Cullen properly and buckle the safety belt. Keith taps his shoulder and Drake hands his motorbike key to Keith.

Before Drake rides to the driver's seat, he notices five black cars stopped and a man in a black suit gets out and checks him but when they realize it was Drake who is their boss's fiance, the leader signals to back off and leave.

Drake and Keith understood that it was Cullen's full bodyguards who were just nearby to protect him. His bodyguards are aware of who Drake is, so they did not interfere at all.

Drake drives fast but carefully, glancing from time to time at the pale but beautiful unconscious face of Cullen. He keeps blaming himself. If he didn't approach and tease Cullen, this would not happen.

They arrived in the emergency hospital and the medical staff assisted him to put Cullen on the stretcher. From there, he is not allowed to go into the emergency area and let the doctor do their duty.

Drake is walking back and forth in the waiting area when the doctor comes out and asks Cullen's relative. He approached and introduced himself as the fiance of the patient.

"Mr. Sander, don't worry. Your fiance is fine and he will wake up soon after 2 to 3 hrs. Just let him rest. The wound in his head is not serious. Just need to clean and keep dry to avoid infection." The doctor explained. Drake breathed heavily but was less worried.

The doctor bid farewell and informed him he can visit the patient in his room now. He quickly runs to Cullen's room and feels worried again seeing the man he loves lying in the hospital bed.

He pulls the chair near Cullen's bed. He took his fiance's right hand, kissed and put it on his chest. He can't resist looking at his face, soft and smooth skin, eyebrows, pointed nose, long lashes, lips, and mole.

Oh, God.

Drake gulped his saliva and cursed himself. Even in this state, his perverted mind takes over him. His face turns red. This is the closest look he ever had for three years of stealing a glance at Cullen and now he is in front of him and he can touch his beautiful face.

Get well soon. I'm sorry, I didn't mean this to happen to you. Don't hate me, please.

He picks up his phone and calls Bobby that he can't visit his office and tells him what happened earlier.

After two hours, Cullen's friends arrived. Drake felt embarrassed and his face became red and let go of Cullen's hand slowly. They walk quietly inside the room. Drake is feeling guilty so they comforted him telling him that it's ok and no need to explain at all.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your friend," Drake said while heads down.

"Don't worry, he is fine and it wasn't your fault, it was an accident." Danica comforted him.

Cyrus and Harold just look at him and give a slight smile to let him feel that everything is ok. After a few minutes, they bid farewell since Cullen is still sleeping.

After an hour, Cullen wakes up, feeling dizzy. He groans and opens his eyes. His first sight is Drake's face gazing at him while holding his hand.

"Drake, where am I? My head hurts." Cullen keeps asking in his angelic voice.

"Sssh, don't talk. It's not good for you. just to stay still and relax. We are in the hospital, you fainted and hit your head." explained Drake.

Cullen remembers what happened earlier and just nods.

"Can I call Mr. Morris?" asked Cullen.

Drake's facial expression quickly changes with full of jealousy. Cullen noticed it and smiled.

"He is my assistant and he is expecting me in the office but I think I can't work today so I want to inform him." Cullen makes it clear and smiles and touches Drake's face that suddenly feels hot and quickly turns red.

"I'm sorry. I have the right to feel this way, do I?" claimed Drake.

Cullen nods and smiles. But suddenly his stomach growled like a wolf. Drake chuckles as he hears it. Cullen pouted and pull his hand which was still in Wang Drake's hand while caressing.

"I'm hungry," Cullen said shyly.

"I know, so let's get out there and have something to eat ok." Without warning, Drake cupped Cullen's face and gave him a peck on his lips, and brushed it with his thumb.

"You are mine, Cullen."

Cullen widened his eyes and blushed but didn't say any word.

After paying the bill, Drake helped Cullen to get down from the bed. They get out of the hospital finally and head to the car park.

"What do you want to eat? Food or me?" Drake asked seriously.

Cullen hit Drake's shoulder.

“I want something hot and spicy. A hotpot maybe?” Cullen said while looking at Drake's smiling face and opening the door of the passenger seat.

“Do I look hot and spicy? I don't eat spicy food anyway.” Drake answered with teasing.

Cullen blushed once more, quickly went inside the car, and buckled his safety belt.

Drake grinned but laughed in his thoughts.

Cullen never thought that this guy with an impassive look has this naughty side of him.