Lost For Love

Chapter one

Eduardo hopped out of the car just as the butler unlocked the main door of the mansion, he scampered into the house, he did not care if he has hurt someone or not. He ran straight to his room to take his shower.

"Hey...what the fuck!." Uncle Linus shouted.

'What on earth could make him run in this manner.' He stood there for some minutes gaping.

Out of anxiety, Linus ran inside the house and quickly put forward one of the curtains and hide. A very lengthy dark brown curtain even a safety dictator can't dictate that someone was there.

After wavering for a while and he didn't hear or see anything coming. He deliberately came out of his hidden place, tip-toed from there to the direction of Eduado's room and barely opened the door to glimpse but to find out that he was taking his shower, which made him fierce.

He closed the door, "Huh... finish with whatever you are doing up there and come down and deal with me." He went back to the sitting room and waited for him.

After some minutes he looked up and Eduardo was coming.

'Oh... my gush... Is this really Eduardo? I have never seen him looking this stunning before, I didn't need to obligate him right now.'

"Hello, uncle... what's up." Eduardo greeted.

"Eduardo... are you going out?" Uncle Linus asked him.

"Yes, I am." He answered.

"I almost forgot, must you frighten everyone in the house before going out? You ran into the house as if you were being wooed by demons." Uncle Linus taunted him.

Eduardo couldn't do anything but raise his eyebrows, wrinkled his forehead and strolled away.

He was so eager to have a little time to go clubbing and he doesn't wanna waste a single time of it.

Ever since he became the CEO of Oak-king Enterprises Company Limited, there's no time for him to flex around anymore.

The work on his table has finally been reduced and for that reason, he's less busy.

The butler, chef and one of the house help laughed together, hearing how Uncle Linus was teasing him.

"Three of you want to be roasted meat when he comes back."

One of the servants who saw what happened reminded them that he is not who they were to mess with.

They quickly ran back to their duties.

Eduardo is someone that doesn't take shit from anyone and can easily do whatever he wishes to anyone without blinking an eye.

They all know Eduardo as a cruel man. He hardly smiles at anyone not even his family.

He was a well-known person even in the clubhouse.

He walked majestically through the door of the clubhouse. The moment he came into view, he was greeted by the receptionist but as usual, he ignored her and walked inside.

They all knew he was such a rude and cruel man.

He has his personal seat in the club and he doesn't dance with just anyone. They use to reserve the kind of girl he likes.

He is a regular customer they wouldn't like to lose.

He got drunk before he decided to leave the club.

"Sir, you are drunk, let me drive you home."

A man he met in the club offered to help him but Little did he know that he was a kidnapper.

His drink was drugged and though he was used to it any time he went to the club, this time was different as it has been a long he took drugs.

It affected him for a while giving the man the opportunity to take him away.

Unknowingly to the man, he was dealing with the devil himself as he quickly regained his senses and struck the man's head immediately after he realized he was kidnapped.

He pushed the man down and zoomed off.

******

"Boss! You never told me he was dangerous."

Cain said to someone on the phone holding his head in pain. Cain was so angry for losing a wonderful opportunity. As he presumed.

Based on their agreement, he was going to be paid handsomely, if he was able to kidnap Eduardo successfully. Cain's mind went to the amount of money he would have gotten if he was able to accomplish the mission, so he sighed and went back to their camp, frustrated.

******

"God damn it!!!." Eduardo blurted.

Unfortunately, his car got involved in an accident as he was driving home, he quickly stepped on the brake and jumped out of the car to see how bad it was.

He was shocked to see a young girl lying Lifeless in front of his car but he was only bothered about his car.

In his opinion money can solve everything, he only took a quick glare at the girl and called Dean to come to take care of the situation while he drove away.

"Dean, I got in an accident and a girl was involved. Take care of her and pay every bill necessary."

Dean left what he was doing and rushed to the place immediately.

'If I don't go now it would be another story, who knows how badly the girl was hurt?'

He already knew him so well that he wouldn't care about what happened to the girl, he quickly rushed to the place to save her.

Dean arrived at the place and was shocked to see how badly the girl was injured and to think that Eduardo left her in that state was making him mad.

How can someone be this heartless, though he knew him before but he thought he has at least changed a bit.

He quickly put her in the car and drove off.

Dean is someone who always takes care of his problems outside his work. You could describe him as gentle but dangerous when it comes to his work.

******

"She's nowhere to be found, Dad, I've searched the streets in the estate, but couldn't find her," Desmond said angrily, and there was awkward silence among them, he turned towards his dad.

"Where's Cindy? What have you done to her?" Desmond asked staring at his dad.

"Listen, I did nothing to her, if there's anyone you want to ask about her, it's probably not me." Mr Black said and quickly went to his room not bothered.

Desmond knew his father lied to him as he was behaving strangely. Then he stood there glued to the floor without emotion, he vividly remembered several occasions he has been a saviour to her, as his father has attempted to rape her.

But this time he wasn't there to save her as he wasn't at home, actually his father didn't succeed in rapping her, she ran away from the house.

Before the last incident that made her run away, Desmond decided to fix a secret camera throughout the house and connect it to his iPad just for Cindy's safety.

Unknowingly to Mr Black that his son Desmond completely watched all that happened with him and Cindy that made her run away from the house.

******

Reaching the hospital, Dean carried her out of the car and rushed her to the VIP emergency room. The receptionist saw how he rushed in and called the doctor Immediately.

He laid her on the bed and turned to the nurse on duty, who helped him to open the ward.

"Call the doctor!! Nurse!"

But there was no response. He walked close to her,

"I said call the doctor!!!"

He angrily shouted at the nurse, all worried about the girl. But before the nurse respond the doctor entered the room.

"Right behind you, Dean." The doctor said.

"Oh good, thank God you are here, Doctor Elvis please do everything..., I mean everything in your power to save her life." Dean pleaded.

The doctor gave the nurse instruction to bring the necessary items needed.

"What happened? How did you get yourself into this?" The doctor asked Dean.

"Doctor..., she ran into my car!!" Dean answered him and sat down on a couch, all devastated.

"She will be fine. She had a little internal injury but with the help of some medication and Enough rest, she will regain her health." The doctor said as he was checking her.

"It alright doctor...," And that's all Dean could say at the moment.

Right in Eduardo's room, his phone beeped, he hesitated before removing his phone from his pocket but when he noticed it was a beep from Dean, he taped the message immediately to read it.

'She sustained an internal injury, but Doctor Elvis said she will be fine.'

Though he acted cruel and heartless but somehow, his conscience denied him peace, but the moment he went through the message, he took a deep breath and his peace of mind was restored instantly.

'It's okay Dean.' Eduardo texted back and after some minutes he feels like calling him to know how everything was going.

And that was not him for real, like ever since he knew what's pain, never has he sympathized or ever felt for anyone but he just decided to call Dean.

Dean picked up his phone to see who was calling, he was surprised when he found out it was Eduardo.

Chapter two

Dean stood up and walked himself out of the ward as he didn't want to bother the patient.

"Hello, I received your note," Dean answered the call with an infuriated voice regardless of who he was.

"Yea." Eduardo gave attention to how he sounded and noticed that he was very angry with him, so he hesitated and took a profound breath.

"Do you have any other speciality you need me to give attention to?" Dean asked and this time, he spoke calmly.

"No, not really, I'll like to know if....erm." He stuttered for a moment and asked,

"Are you taking off the hospital this night?"

"No, I'm going nowhere, I'll stay around till she gets better. For God's sake, Eduardo, I didn't discover any information about her. Who am I leaving her for?" Dean replied offensively.

"It's alright Dean..., just do whatever you think is acceptable," Eduardo said and disconnected.

Dean dropped the phone and went back to the ward to look after her.

Seven hours has gone and yet she was motionless in a coma, then Dean became uneasy, so he got up from the couch and went near to the bed.

As he leaned by the wall, he saw her move her hand and was toiling to open her eye, so he quickly called the doctor.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Doctor Elvis hurried in, walking closer to the bed, he tilted his head and said,

"Miss, please relax, how are you feeling?" Doctor Elvis asked.

"I am fine... Can someone tell me what's going on? What am I doing in the hospital?" She was stunned to see herself laying on a sick bed in a hospital with some unknown individual around her. So she desired to ask all the questions running through her head at a stretch but the doctor interrupted her.

"As I said earlier, just calm down, you're in safe hands, you were involved in an accident but you will be fine." Hearing what the doctor said, she relaxed back, and then he removed his stethoscope and examined her heart rate.

Dean was very comfortable seeing that the innocent girl has finally woken up and he knew that she'll be hungry by then, so he picked up his phone and placed an order for a well-prepared meal, from one of the best cafeterias in the city.

The doctor left the ward immediately after he was done with her.

"Who are you? What is the name of this place? And can you please tell me what happened?" She asked.

Just before Dean drop his phone, he heard her asking him a series of questions which made him to realised that the doctor has gone out of the ward. Then he walked closer to the bed and said,

"Hi," He greeted but she kept silent.

"Are you better now?" Dean asked and she answered,

"Yes, I'm fine now, Can you tell me what I desire to hear from you?" Instantly she questioned him again.

Thinking that he was the person who knocked her down with his car, she eyed him perilously and if her eyes were to be an arrow she would shoot him dead right there with no delay.

"Hey, just calm down, I'll explain everything, Okay?" Dean asked and sitting down beside the bed, he continued,

"Actually, I'm not the person who knocked you down, I'm just being a good Samaritan, so don't bother yourself in any way, If you want anything just let me know." Dean paused and looked at her, then he discovered that the hazardous look in her eyes had turned to moist.

"You don't have answers to my questions... So you're not the person that hurt me."

She said while trying to sit up from the bed, the moment she sat down, she continued,

"Okay, what's your name?" She asked staring at him.

"Oh, Dean." He told her his name without delay and reshuffled his hair.

"Dean... Not bad." She face-palmed and mentioned his name in an intense voice.

She was doing that and unexpectedly she remembered everything. When she ran out of the house, how she tried to cross the road and then the blue Lexus car hit her, taking a deep breath, she said,

"Oh, now I remembered what happened." She nodded and started telling Dean what happened.

"I'm Cindy,"

"Okay," Dean responded.

"I was...erm," She cleared her throat and continued, "Actually I was running away from the beast who called himself my uncle when I mistakenly ran into a blue-coloured car." She stopped and looked at him.

"Yes..., Cindy that's... Erm, that's when I stepped in." Dean wanted to inform her that it was his boss's car that hit her down but he decided to keep it secret and the moment he said that, someone knocked at the door.

"Come in," Dean answered and the door opened, so the delivery guy from the restaurant entered the room and delivered a well-packaged meal in a beautiful small carton, immediately, he handed it over to Dean and left.

Dean went to her side and dropped it on a small server that was close to her.

Doing that he said, "So from what You explained, you left home in a hurry and you must be famished by now, so eat something."

She was very hungry and couldn't wait any longer, so she went ahead and opened the package, at first she thought it was snacks, but she was happy to see that it was a well-prepared meal and Juice.

Dean wanted to leave the moment he saw her opening the package so that she would eat her food comfortably.

As he looked at her before leaving, he saw her face covered with a smile, so he was happy to see that she liked it. Sweeping the door open, she quickly stopped him.

"Please wait..., wait!" Cindy called out and he halted, so gently he stepped back to know what she wanted.

"You bought this for me?" She asked.

"Yeah, you need it, Cindy." He paused for a moment and reshuffled his hair and continued, "I mean you have been lying down here for hours and now you're up, you're still on medication, so I think you need it." Dean said.

"You know What?" Cindy asked.

"What?" Dean asked with wild opened eyes.

"I've never been treated this nice ever since my parent died, you are a nice and caring guy." She took a couple of breaths and hung her head low and said, "Thank you so... so much."

"It's nothing Cindy, just eat your food it's gonna get cold, okay?" He asked while smiling and made some steps to leave, but he heard her talking to him again.

"You don't have to leave, I think I'm okay with you staying back, it's fine with me."

He turned and answered, "That's alright... if you say so I"ll sit over there."

"No..., I dislike eating alone, besides the meal is much and I can't finish it." Saying that she removed the meal and serve him.

She knew he was not going to collect it but she insisted that he must eat, so she spoke with him calmly.

"You have been here taking care of me and I know you must be hungry too, please Dean." She pleaded with him, so he collected the meal from her and she was very happy, she smiled at him and started eating.

After some hours she finished eating, Dean went to the doctor's office to know when he was going to discharge her from the hospital.

Reaching the doctor's office, he knocked at the door.

"Come in." Doctor Elvis said and he opened the door and walked in,

"Hey, how is she?" Doctor Elvis asked.

"She's fine, I want to know when she'll be discharged." Saying that he placed his hand on one of the chairs.

"Oh..., Please sit down."

The doctor said and Dean sat on one of the chairs opposite him, then he continued, "As you can see Dean, her body is responding to the treatment and there's no need to keep her here, after ministering the last injection in two hours, she will be discharged." Saying that he leaned back on his chair and stared at the file on his table.

"That's okay, I have to talk to her now, thank you, doctor." He said and left the doctor's office.

He went back to the ward and the moment he entered the ward, he found no one.

'Where could she be? Let it not be what I am thinking.' He thought that she left the hospital when he went to see the doctor and he has no information about her, so he held his head with his two hands and was about to sit on the chair when he heard the sound of a running tap coming from the washroom,

"Oh..., thank God she's still here." He said and calmed his nerves, rubbing his hand on his chest he said,

"If there's no good account of everything, Eduardo won't be happy." Saying that he took a deep breath.

Coming out of the Washroom, "Oh... you are here, what did the doctor say?" Cindy asked.

"Yes, you'll be discharged in two hours." Saying that he nodded and flashed a satisfied smile, and then she pressed her lips into a thin line which showed her dimple. Immediately after she sat down Dean started chatting with her.

"We've been here for some hours and you never let out any information about yourself nor relative, neither have you said anything about friends too," He leaned by the wall and said,

Chapter three

"Okay, tell me, who's going to pick you up, did you have anyone we can give a call?" Dean asked and was not ignorant of her reaction, immediately she heard his query, she became all moody.

"Cindy please say something, I know you have a lot going on in your mind right now, but you can still share it with me or are we, not friends yet?" He asked and as he was just looking at her, she replied,

"I don't know why my mind is unburdened with you to share my misery with you, I trust you and I"ll tell you everything." So she stood up from where she was sitting and folded her arms.

"I don't have anybody, my parents died in an accident years ago as I was informed, but..." saying that she hesitated and raised her head looking into the space.

"But what? Cindy?" He wrinkled and asked all patiently.

"Yes, I have relatives who had always taken advantage of me as a maid, my uncle had never in his life taken care of me, even when people tried to help me because of my academic excellence, he warned me never to accept any of them.

It's only his son Desmond who has been assisting me, but this time he wasn't at home and my uncle made an effort to force himself on me, so I was left with no option but to run away from the house." She took a deep breath and continued,

"I don't know what to do, I'm lost and I'm not gonna go back to that house, even if I'm dying." Saying that tears started pouring down her eyes.

"Because I was lucky to have evaded yesterday..., maybe... by next time I won't be that lucky, I hate rich people with passion, they are always cruel and scornful." Dean turned to her and wiped her tears with his index finger.

"Including me?" Dean asked jokingly to ease her sulky mood.

"Oh come on..., you're not included," She moved her hand in the air and continued, "At least you showed care to someone." She responded quickly.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah..., sure," Stretching her torso she continued,

"Even if you report them to the cop they would sort it out with money, so I believed that running away could be the only way to give myself freedom from my uncle's grip."

She said with a creaked voice and Dean knew that all he needed to do then was to console her, so he stretched his arms and asked,

"Can I hug you?" She smiled and while nodding she said, "Yeah..., we are friends after all." He hugged her tightly and rubbed her back and both of them stood there for a moment, before letting her go.

"Cindy, I don't have a brother or sister but I think I've found one, will you like to be my sister?" He asked and listened to her to know her mind.

She looked at his face smiling and hugged him, "Yeah..., I'll like to be your sister, Dean, thank you."

She thought to herself, 'Here I am saying he's my friend while he has taken me as a sister, wow.'

Cindy became emotional and unknowingly to her a drop of tears fell from her eyes.

"Hey, please don't do that, you gonna make me cry too," Dean said as he wiped her face with his thumb, she forced a smile and hugged him again.

******

The next day was very good. For a very long time, Eduardo has been waiting for an opportunity to get a better contract, though they worked on many products lately but he needed a bigger contract for the quick growth of the company, reaching his company he walked into the building gracefully.

"Good morning, Mr Eduardo." The receptionist greeted him immediately she looked up and saw him entering the building, but as usual he didn't even look in the direction where she was, he only waved his right hand in response to her greeting, so she looked at him fixedly and shrugged as he went into the lift.

The lift halted at the sixteenth floor which was the tail end floor of the building and that was also part of the building where CEO Eduardo, his team and managers stays, he slowly strode out of the lift.

Walking into his office, he removed his suit jacket and placed it in the wardrobe. Whenever he's in the office he preferred wearing his sleeves only, despite the air-conditioning, he is an elegant and fashionable young CEO, and he has a superfluous of items that he needed for his care in the office.

That same morning before Eduardo came, Fredrick searched through the company platform and found a contract message and it was a new product that needed a front page for an advert. So he went to see Eduardo and as well submit the contract message.

"knock, knock, knock." Fredrick knocked at the door.

"Come in," Eduardo said, Fredrick entered and closed the door, more steps to his table Eduardo stopped what he was doing with his laptop and gave all heed to him.

"Fredrick, please sit down." He said while pointing at the chair opposite him.

Then Fredrick sat down and gave him the contract file which he printed out earlier so that he could go through it.

Doing that he explained, "I found this contract in a platform this morning and the benefit is much, I think we should give more attention to it."

Eduardo collected it reluctantly at first, but as he went through three lines on it, he was impressed with what he saw, then he uttered, "Wow, this is interesting, I guess we have what they needed."

"You know the right step to take Fredrick, just go ahead and get in contact with them before 24 hours and whatever you guys conclude with just let me know."

Eduardo returned the file to him and continued with what he was doing, and then Fredrick gradually went back to his office.

After the third meeting and some other work that day, Eduardo decided to go home and rest.

On his way home, he looked in the side mirror and discovered that a small red car was following him, he knew it was one of the groups that wanted to kidnap him but he knows how to treat their fuck up.

"Cain!!!" Rock called his name with anger.

"Yea, you don't have to yell at me, I told you that this guy is ready for this game, it won't be that easy for us," Cain said and leaned back on his seat.

"Shit..., I don't even know how he disappeared," Rock said on their way back to camp.

Immediately he got to their camp he google about Eduardo and It was then he discovered that the task was not going to be easy for him.

******

Dean doesn't belong to any force like the CIA, but he has always acted like one. That same day he noticed that someone is trying to steal from Eduardo's company and immediately, he demanded for more security service from cops.

Eduardo got home at a full speed, he entered his house looking more dangerous and merciless, and he walked straight to his room, his mind ran back to the red car that was after him as he paced around his room.

His eyes were shining completely red in anger, he would definitely not spare anyone that was involved in trying to harm him.

Dean was sitting in a restaurant, waiting for his order and immediately he started eating his phone buzzed, he removed it from his pocket and it was Eduardo calling so he picked it in the first ring.

"Hello, Dean I want to see you now."

"Now? You mean right now?"

"Yes Dean, right now," Eduardo responded angrily and Dean knew what to do.

He was the last person to extend their conversation whenever he heard the sound of his voice.

"Sure thing, I'm coming over now." Saying that he stood up and gave the waiter a sign to pay his bill.

Reaching the parking lot, Dean sensed that some people have been monitoring him as he walked out of the exit to his car, so he stood there and looked around but found no one, he thought it was nothing, then he quickly entered his car and speed up.

On his way to Eduardo's house which was a bit far away from the restaurant, he scrolled down his contact and clicked on Cindy's number so that he can hear from her since in the morning he left the house.

Right in Dean's house, Cindy was bored as it was only her in the house.

"Oh my God..., how does he cope with the loneliness in this big house, nobody to talk to and all the workers leave the house immediately after they are done with their work."

She was still murmuring when her phone buzzed, she removed her phone from her pocket and it was Dean's call.

"Hello, Dean." Saying that she wrinkled and pouted at a time.

"Hi Cindy, how are you doing over there?" He asked while smiling because he knew how bored and upset she would be by then,

"Mmm...." She sighed and took a deep breath.

"Looks like someone is bored to death," Dean said as she didn't answer his question and only sighed.