Novel Palace
Chapter 85
At the mention of Vanessa being involved in a terrible accident, I scramble to my feet, the chair screeching as I push it away from the table.
Frank instantly gets up as well, wondering what’s going on with me.
As I get the details, it seems like with every passing second, my heart races even more.
“Where is the right now?” I ask the woman on the other end of the line.
It turns out Vanessa’s not too far away. The hospital she’s been admitted to is only
nutes from here.
The only thing on my mind right now is that I have to go there immediately.
As soon as she cuts the call on me, I leave the table in a rush, Frank walking in a hurry beside me as I head to the parking lot.
“Dude, what happened?” he asks.
“Vanessa was involved in an accident.”
“What? How?”
“I… I need to go right now.” I loosen my necktie, feeling like I can’t breathe as my body temperature rises.
Once I’m in the backseat, I instruct my driver to drive as fast as possible.
1 don’t have it in me to inform my father that I won’t be back at the office and what just happened to Vanessa, so Frank says he’ll take care of it for me.
On my way to the hospital, I dial the woman’s number again just so I don’t lose contact with her. I need more details about what happened. To my frustration, her phone doesn’t even ring, making me slam the seat beside me.
“Drive faster!” I instruct my driver.
He flinches a little. “Yes, Sir!”
Close to 5 minutes into the ride, something else hits me. Vanessa was with my sister, so what happened to her? Did they already part ways? And where did this accident even take place? These questions make my mind race even more as I try to make sense of all this.
Frank gives me a call right when the car turns at the corner and I can see the hospital.
“Hello?” There’s a slight tremble in my voice.
“Are you there yet?”
“I just arrived.”
“I’ve just informed your father. He’s on his way there right now.”
I abruptly end the call, my mind still racing about Sophie.
Just as the car comes to a stop, I step out, thinking about calling her, but to my surprise, I receive an incoming call from her. I’m so curious to
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ng on that i quickly pick up, standing right outside the hospital.
Hello?” hood my breath, hoping it won’t be some random person on the other end of the line telling me Sophie’s been admitted, too.
Melo, Big brother She sounds cheerful
forrow my eyebrows.
“Did you see the video i sent you?” She giggles, making me wonder why she sounds like she’s having a good time.
“Where are you right now?” I ask, pacing a few times..
“I’m at a restaurant with Vanessa.”
“What? You two are still together?”
“Wow! You sound so shocked. Hey, Vanessa, you won’t believe this. He actually
as jealous that we’re still hanging out.”
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Vanessa bursts into laughter in the background, making me run the palm of my hand down my face.
“Can you give Vanessa the phone for a moment?”
“Aww, so in love,” Sophie says mockingly but right now, I’m so confused.
“Hey, babe,” Vanessa says from the other end of the line.
I sigh heavily. “Hey, is everything okay?”
“Yeah, everything’s fine. Actually, it’s great!” She giggles with Sophie.
Now at a loss for words, I end the call, dropping my hand on the side of my body while tightly wrapping my hand around my phone. Was this
supposed to be a prank or what?
I know that Vanessa’s okay and that should put me at ease, but I’m fuming right now. Who would dare do such a thing?
“Wow, you actually came.”
I hear a familiar voice and when I turn around, it’s Carmella.
She’s dressed in black with a hood covering her head. She also looks like she’s barely gotten any sleep.
“You did this?” I shake my head in disbelief.
“Oh, come on. What else did you expect? I had no other way of seeing you.” She crosses her arms, coming closer.
“How could you stoop so low?”
She scoffs. “Are you kidding me? You’re the reason I did this, remember?”
“Who was the woman I spoke to?”
“I don’t know. She’s just someone I paid,” she says nonchalantly.
“You’re really out of your mind for doing such a thing.”
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I feel so disappointed in myself because I fell for it. Shaking my head, I face the direction of my car so I can get back to it, but she holds out her hands and blocks the way, twisting her face in an ugly sneer.
“I can’t believe you actually came rushing here as soon as you were told that bitch was in an accident. Were you that worried about her of something? Imagine what you’ll be like when she gets into an accident for real.”
“Don’t you dare,” I warn her.
“I see you’re now strongly defending her. Is it because you
Tady started fucking each other?”
“That’s none of your business.”
“You can’t say such a thing to me. It’s definitely my business, babe.” She smirks.
“Don’t call me that.”
“How could you tighten security so much just because of me? Do you really not want me close to you?”
“You know the answer to that.”
“I saw that bitch moving around with so many bodyguards, like she’s someone’s special.”
“You’ve been following Vanessa?”
“What do you expect? She caused this in the first place.”
“No, she didn’t. You did. Why am I even still here talking to you?”
“It’s because you already miss me.” Her lips curve into a flirtatious smile.
I twist my face in disgust, attempting to step to the side so I can walk past her, but she jumps in front of me again.
“Don’t leave just like that. You can’t seriously hate me that much. I saw you all over the news when you bought that bitch what’s now the most expensive diamond necklace in the world. You were all smiles and being affectionate with her, but I know it’s bullshit. You don’t love
her.”
She holds out her hand so she can touch the side of my face, but I push it away with a grunt.
“What the hell are you doing?” I grit my teeth, looking around at the few people walking by. “We’re in public.”
“I don’t care. In fact, how about I just scream it out that I love you?”
“Don’t you dare do such a thing.” I tilt my head with a glare.
“What else do you expect when you’re pushing me away like this?”
I sigh heavily. “When will you get it through your head that it’s over?”
She snickers. “It’s only been about a week. You couldn’t have moved on that fast.”
“I can’t believe I abandoned my food just because of you.”
“You make it sound like I’m wasting your time right now.”
“You took the words right out of my mouth.”
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Just as I think about how I left, I realize something and it makes me panic. Frank already informed my father. Right now, he’s on his way here
to check on Vanessa and will be arriving any minute now. Shit,
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