Chapter 2 Accident

"What tha hell?", Dorian cursed as he pulled the brakes instantly. If he had pulled it, even a second later, he would probably have been met with a pile of broken bones from the lady who just appeared from nowhere into the middle of the road.

"What's going on?", a dark cold voice capable of sending shivers echoed from the back seat. The voice belonged to Roy Dashiel - the rumored Mafia billionaire and CEO of Dashiel Empire. His eyes glinted coldly in the dark showing no attempt to hide his impatience.

"We may have hit somebody. I'll go check it out", Dorian, his personal assistant and closest acquaintance said and climbed out of the black sports car in a hurry.

Tessa fell to the ground, hitting her butt painfully on the tarred roads, she winced in pains unable to get up, both from the pains and dizziness of having drunk much. A pair of polished black Italian leather shoes appeared in her presence and she struggled to lift her eyes up, "Hey. What are you doing jumping into the middle of the road. Do you want to get yourself killed?", Dorian shouted at her in frustration.

Tessa lifted her eyes and scanned him, the designer suits, the polished shoes and the flashy car, she scoffed,'Another set of scumbag rich men', she thought before slipping into unconscioness.

Panic set in as Dorian saw the figure lose strength, he crouched down to catch her before she could hit the ground. The strong stench of beer and alcohol filled his nostrils. 'She had been drinking?', he thought. He took one quick look at the messy figure in his arms.

Her cheeks were flushed red and she was looking pale. Her eyes seemed swollen like she had been... crying?

"Hey. Wake up!", he shook her body while calling out. "Who comes to sleep in the middle of the road?", he vented I'm frustration.

At this time, people had begun to gather in small groups watching the scene in front of them.

"What's keeping you there for so long?", an impatient voice shouted behind him. He had exhausted every bit of patience in him and couldn't take it in any longer.

Knowing his outrageous temper, Dorian quickly released her from his hold and went to Roy who had already come out of the car.

"The girl.. fainted. She looks drunk and she collapsed.", he stammered.

"Then just shove her aside and get me out of this damn place", he scolded Dorian, his voice tinged with annoyance.

"This area.. is bad. She may be taken.. advantage of.", he stuttered, remembering her innocent and helpless look.

An indescribable look plastered on his expressionless face, his gaze, cold and taunting, "Since when is it your duty to pick up girls from the streets?"

"Sir.. I'm just saying. We can just drop her off at the hospital. Leaving her here might.. be too dangerous." Dorian said.

Something in him had stirred and he was compelled to have compassion on the little lady. She looked like a little lamb, worn out and hurting and could be devoured by lurking wolves at any point.

The crowd had begun to gather and their soft murmurs and gossips were blown into their ears by the wind,"Look, they almost ran into a lady, and she has fainted"

"Seems they plan on leaving her here. Is this a hit and run situation?"

Indistinct chatters and murmurs filled the air and we're beginning to rise.

Roy cast a glance at the unconscious lady on the floor. Her long hair splattered across her face, shielding it from view. She looked like a gracious lamb brought down to a pitiful state.

"Toss her in the back seat and drive!", he issued a command and walked out to settle in the passenger seat. He had just gotten to the front of the car when a phone rang. He paused in his tracks and looked down to see the phone lying beside the girl ringing. He picked it up without sparing her a glance.

The caller ID showed 'Ava with a lot of heart emojis'. Once he connected the call, his deep voice rang,"Come pick her up at City hospital", he said and hung up the phone directly without giving the caller a chance.

Dorian was startled for a moment, this CEO was being too generous. Giving up his back seat for a messy stranger? No one, not even himself had been privileged enough to get in there.

"What are you still waiting for?"Roy yelled in total agitation.

"I'm onto it", he shouted and immediately carried the unconscious Tessa into the car and soon the car sped off, straight to City Hospital.

Tessa woke up, and her eyes scanned the unfamiliar environment. It took her a while to process this new development and when she fully woke up, she saw the IV drip injected to her hand that had already finished. 'What happened? How did she end up in a hospital?', she racked her brains trying to organize her thoughts and the breakup and betrayal of the previous night rapidly flooded her mind.

The relationship she once prided in had ended shamefully, her going to the bar to lift up her mood and almost hit by another rich scumbag.

The door opened and Ava walked in, carrying a tray of food, "Girl!", Ava called out to her as she approached. "What's wrong with you girl. How did you end up in such a pity state?", she asked concerned.

"You brought me here?", Tessa asked.

"No I didn't. I was called to come pick you up here, and I am so shocked to find you like this. What happened to you and where's Cole?"she asked.

"Cole?! That scumbag!"she cursed and narrated her ordeal to Ava.

"I always knew that fool was a double edged sword and that slut of your sister? She does have guts", Ava was furious. "I'm sorry you had to go through all that alone. I'll take you home now". She comforted her.

Meanwhile, in the CEO office at Dashiel Empire, Roshan came in to deliver a report,"Sir. We finally found a seller"