Damian's rose

Chapter 17: 17) Just like moon and night !

Authors pov...

Rose woke up from her unconscious state and sat up leaning against the bedpost sighing heavily, she

looked at her arm and it was wrapped in white bandage and a glucose drip was attached to her other

hand, she moved her fingers slowly but it stung, she pressed the red button which was located near the

table and a nurse quickly came into her personal ward...

"You woke up Miss, how are you feeling now?..."

A nurse inquired giving her a warm smile...

"I am fine..."

Rose replied in her raspy voice, trying to get up...

"Ohh no... don't, the drugs are yet to wear off, doctor will be here in a minute, please sit down..."

She said hurriedly holding her...

Rose was feeling slightly dizzy..

"I need to pee..."

She said trying to stand straight...

"Come I'll help you..."

The nurse took her to the washroom and helped her...

She came back to her hospital bed and sat there staring at the white boring walls...

The doctor came shortly after that and checked her...

"Ok, you are fine but don't move your hand too much otherwise you will tear your stitches, okay?..."

A young doctor said giving her a charming smile...

Rose nodded and thanked him, the nurse gave her medicine and she gulped them down...

Suddenly the door opened and she came face to face with Damian and jack was behind him, Damian

was in his usual black suit, looking handsome as always but she noticed the tiredness on his face...

"Good morning boss..."

She greeted him professionally...

"How are you feeling?"

he asked in his usual cold tone...

"I am fine..."

She replied back...

He looked at the doctor...

"Yes Mr. Knight she is fine now, but still she needs to take care of her wound, make sure she don't

move her hand too much otherwise the stitches will open up and the wound can get infected..."

Doctor said making Damian humm in understanding...

"Hey beautiful..."

Jack said smiling at her but she kept her face staight leaning against the bedpost making him huff...

"Rude as fuck..."

He mumbled lowly...

"I have brought a gift for you, after everything you did great yesterday..."

He said giving her a toothy smile and placed the black paper bag in her lap...

She eyed him suspiciously...

"Ohh come on, it's not like I am going to give you a bomb, you can trust me..." Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

He mocked rolling his eyes...

"I don't trust anyone..."

She took the bag and opened it. Damian noticed how weak she sound...

She opened the bag and quickly pushed it back on his lap turning her head aside closing her eyes

tightly...

Jack and damian frowned at her actions...

"Keep this away from me..."

She said still with closed eyes.

"Hey, what happened?... It's just some strawberries and raspberries, we thought you will like it, after

eating the tasteless hospital food for breakfast..."

"I don't like them..."

She shook her head with disgusted expressions as tiny wholes and little bumps on berries made her

feel nauseous...

"What happened rose?..."

Damian placed his hand on her shoulder making her open her eyes...

"I have trypophobia..."

She said looking at his deep blue orbs, Damian stared at her grey stormy eyes with blank face but

actually got lost in some old memories...

FLASHBACK...

"Bella, see what I have got for you.."

A 10 year old Damian came running towards isabella who was sitting on a bench in the garden...

She smiled brightly when she saw him...

"What is it dami?"

He showed her the fresh honeycomb he specially brought for her...

Her face twisted disgustingly...

"Eww, keep it away from me, I don't like it..."

She shouted running away from him, Damian ran behind her throwing that honeycomb away.

He catched her before she ran inside the house, "what happened bella, why are you running away from

it, it's just a honeycomb, are you afraid of honeybees..."

He lift little Isabella up in his arms...

"No, I am scared of that tiny wholes, it's disgusting..."

She replied pouting...

"Mommy said it's a ty... Try..."

Her little mind was unable to remember the difficult word...

"Trypophobia..."

Damian completed her sentence...

"Yes, I have trypophobia.."

FLASHBACK ENDED...

Jack cleared his throat to bring him back from his world, he was staring at rose for too long and his

hand was still on her shoulder...

Damian pulled his hand away and cleared his throat awkwardly, first her grey eyes and now this

phobia, it was making him confused...

"When will she be discharged?"

He asked in his bossy tone to doctor...

"Tomorrow, she is still weak and we have to check up on her frequently..."

Doctor replied...

"I am taking her home now, come there to check on her..."

He ordered him making his eyes widen...

"But Mr. Knight she can't walk properly now, she is still under the effect of drugs, should I ask someone

to bring a wheelchair..."

Doctor suggested not bothering to stop him from taking her home because he knows no one can stop

Damian and he will be beheaded in front all of the hospital staff is another thing he was scared off...

"No need, I'll take care of it..."

He said turning towards her....

Rose looked at him confused, she was feeling better but still a little bit of dizziness was there...

Damian lifted her up in bridal style making her look at him in shock...

"Boss, I can walk... Please put me down..."

She pleaded...

"Keep quiet rose ..."

He glared at her making her stop struggling...

She hesitatingly placed her hands around his neck and closed her eyes to avoid the stares she was

getting from the hospital staff and his men...

He placed her in the back seat and sat down beside her, her eyes were already closing due to the

effects of medicines...

"Why are you taking me home so soon ?"

Her voice came out tired and confused, she was not able to understand his difference in attitude

towards her, for her she was just his employees like his other men but he was not treating him like

other men, his behaviour towards her was much more gentle and different...

He didn't answer her just kept staring at her...

She gave up and closed her eyes, he looked at her sleeping form and placed her head on his shoulder

caressing her hair, her hair was messy, she was in her hospital gown with the drip still attached to her

hand...

When jack pulled in front of the mansion Damian gently lifted her sleeping form in his arms and walked

towards their room, everyone was shocked watching Damian carrying her, they were not used to

seeing him gentle and have never seen him taking care of someone like this...

Emily was also watching them, standing in the corner...

"Aww, my poor rose..."

She felt bad looking at injured rose, and Maisy rolled her eyes smacking her on her arms, she grabbed

her collar and dragged her playfully into the kitchen...

Damian entered in his room, placing her on the bed he covered her with the duvet and a nurse came

shortly after that...

"Take care of her..."

That poor nurse almost flinched at her place hearing his hard voice and nodded furiously...

He walked towards his office, getting inside he saw two men already sitting there, one was young, in

his mid twenties, with tall and muscular body just like Damian, with brown eyes and black hair, he was

his younger brother Roy...

His eyes darted from his brother to his father who was sitting there glaring at Damian, his blue eyes

were boring holes towards damian's direction, he has a very fit body for someone his age, the only

thing that showed his age were his grey hair and stubble...

Roy stood up from his chair and engulfed Damian in a tight brotherly hug...

"Brother, how are you ?"

Roy's voice was filled with worry...

"Perfectly fine, don't worry roy..."

He replied and they both sat down on the sofa, opposite to their father...

"Care to explain, why you didn't thought it's necessary to inform us about it..."

His father spoke in rude voice still glaring at him ...

"Hello to you too father..."

Damian said in his bored tone...

"DAMIAN..."

His father leaned forward and called his name in threatening tone, his father was always the strict one,

talking about status, power and royalty all the time, he always tried to keep Damian in his control but

failed, Damian was always a rebel and his rebellious behaviour crossed all the lines when his father

gave him the position of the mafia boss, but he always took care of his Brother and father...

"It wasn't necessary, I can take care of it father..."

He replied pouring himself a drink...

"He is right father, you don't have to worry too much, he is a mafia boss afterall..."

Roy lit his cigarette, and said while puffing out the smoke...

"Fine, have you thought about what I have said before, I am fucking serious here Damian, you have

some other responsibilities too, you have to give your empire a heir, you will turn 32 in few months, it's

high time..."

His father spat angrily...

"It's my empire and I will decide what to do and when to do... I will marry when I think it's the right time

and right girl, no one can force me into it father, not even you..."

He spat back with the same tone...

"Hey, Hey calm down you Wolf's... Take it is easy father, I'll talk to him you don't have to worry about

it..."

Roy raised his hands to stop them as it felt like they would smack each other any moment now...

His father got up and left the office, slamming the heavy wooden door loudly making Damian sigh in

frustration...

"Well, your so called soon to be fiance is here, how you gonna deal with that bitch..."

Roy said mocking him...

"Fiance, my foot... she is just the daughter of dad's best friend. This is the only reason I am not killing

that bitch, otherwise she would have been long gone by now..."

Damian's grip tightened on his glass turning his knuckles white when he thought about natasha...

"I can do that for you, you just have to say a word..."

Roy looked at him mischievously, crushing his remaining cigarette in the ashtray...

********

Rose woke up with a groan, her body felt heavy and her throat was dry...

Sitting up and she rubbed her eyes gently which were not ready to open, she glanced at the clock and

frowned when she realised that she slept all day...

The nurse helped her to use the washroom, she gave her a bath, washing her hair and cleaning her

body, careful not to wet her wound and helped her getting dressed. Rose wore a much more

comfortable loose white tshirt and black sweatpants...

Emily came with a tray of fruits, which was sliced in small cubes...

"Good evening Miss, how are you feeling..."

Emily asked in her bubbly voice while the nurse was sitting quietly on the chair beside Rose's bed...

"Better now..."

Rose replied...

She placed the tray on the bed table and looked at the nurse glaring in jealously, making a disgusted

face...

She wanted to be the one to help rose in doing all the basic things but Damian hired the nurse and all

her dreams crashed down...

Lilly came to meet rose and engulfed her in a bone crushing hug, rose was taken aback by her sudden

actions...

"Thank god, you are fine..."

She sighed in relief...

They sat there talking, actually it was only Lilly who kept talking continuously and rose was sitting there

listening her, occasionally responding with 'ok, yes, no and with right' words making the nurse look at

her weirdly...

She felt weird when rose didn't talk to her while she was helping her, even if she tried to initiate the

conversation rose ended it up in one word, so she gave up and sat quietly...

Lilly left when she got a call from jack, saying her goodbye to rose and the nurse...

*****

Damian finished his work and head towards the room, he got in and saw rose sitting on the bed

drinking water with a book on her lap to read, she hadn't noticed him yet...

He looked at the nurse and gestured her to leave so she stood up and said to rose...

"Miss I should leave now, your husband is here..."

Rose choked on her water, splattering some on her book in the process and started coughing after

listening nurse's words, damian laughed silently at her reaction...

Rose took deep breaths to compose herself...

"Are you ok?"

Nurse asked...

"He is not...."

"Leave..."

Damian ordered her to leave not letting rose complete her words, nurse nodded and left the room...

He smirked looking at her and walked towards the bathroom...

She was still sitting there trying to focus on her book but the nurse's words kept ringing in her mind and

Damian's reaction on that was not helping her either...

'why is this man is so complicated..'

She groaned frustratingly...

She quickly looked at her book acting like she is lost in reading when she heard the sound of bathroom

door opening. A fresh manly scent filled the room and Damian came out wearing his black suite, she

was observing his movements from the corner of her eyes...

"Are you still under the effect of drugs rose?..."

He asked mischievously looking at her...

"No why ?"

She looked at him confused...

Damian walked towards her direction, leaning down to her level, he smirked close to her lips, she

pulled back her head a little when his minty fresh breath fanned her lips but he leaned forward making

her face stuck between his and bed post...

"Because you are holding your book upside down, angel..."

Whispering darkly,

he took the book from her and flipped it handing her back, her face turned red in embarrassment and

his smirk deepened...

He stood straight and walked in his study room to attend an online business conference...

*******

Damian came back in the room and took off his coat, rolling his sleeves up he sat on the comfortable

chair that was once occupied with the big sofa...

Emily came with another food tray and placed it in front of rose, it was vegetable soup...

Rose thanked her and Emily left quietly when she saw Damian...

Rose picked up the spoon but her hand stung when the veins of it got streached in which the drip was

attached, still she slowly tried to lift the soup filled spoon to her mouth...

Damian was watching her and he saw her struggling to eat but still that girl didn't ask for help and it

made him roll his eyes at her self dependent behaviour...

"Do you need help, you can't eat with your left hand..."

He asked but she quickly nodded negatively...

"No thank you, I am ambidextrous..."

She again lifted her spoon but her hands slightly shook as the needle inside her hand started stinging

more, after listening her words he understood how she was still able to aim perfectly by her left hand

during shoot out...

She huffed and was about to remove the drip but damian threatened her...

"Do it... I. DARE. YOU."

He clenched his jaw, glaring at her...

He stood up from his chair and walked towards her direction, rose watched him blankly when he sat in

front her and snatched the spoon from her hand...

She looked at him shocked when he held the spoon of soup in front of her mouth to feed her..

"No, you don't hav...."

Before she finished saying it, he grabbed her face in a tight grip and it made her mouth open slightly,

he quickly slid the spoon in her mouth just like one feeds a stubborn child...

"Eat like a good girl, otherwise I have another ways to feed you..."

He said strictly, feeding her another spoon, she ate quietly without taking her eyes of his handsome

face while he was too focused on feeding her the soup present in the bowl...

"You didn't answer my question before..."

She asked when he finished feeding her...

He kept the now empty tray aside and gave her all his attention, afterall this was the first time she has

initiated a conversation with him...

"What question?.."

He asked in relaxed manner...

"Why did you brought me home so soon, unlike max and Jacob..."

Her face was blank while asking him that question...

"Because I want to keep you close to me..."

He placed his hand on her left cheek gently caressing it, she looked at his hand which was resting on

her cheek and then to him with the same blank face but in reality every cell of her body was jumping in

excitement which was very surprising for her, his touch was so soothing that she had to control her

urge to lean into his touch....

"Soo close, just like moon is close to the night..."

He whispered near her lips cocking his head aside and looking outside the window. She followed the

direction of his eyes and saw a beautiful full moon shining in the dark sky, the night itself was the

definition of beauty and peace, she admired the moon thinking how close they are to each other and

nothing can create distance between them...

She turned her face towards him gazing at him in astonishment...

"Why ?"

Her voice came out as whisper...

He was already looking at her, admiring her features in the moonlight...

"Don't ask me why..."

He replied in the same tone...