Entangled With The CEO Brothers

The police broke down the door and the sounds of a fierce fight came again, however this time Carter was restrained in a few moments, his gun thudded down in his hand and he was kicked out of the way by the police.

They held him down by the shoulders, his face pressed against the ground as he struggled mightily but couldn’t move.

He had an extra pair of cold handcuffs on his wrists.

I watched all of this indifferently, as if it was none of my business. I sat there woodenly, my thoughts drifting to nowhere, only to feel the body temperature of the person in my arms gradually cooling, but also gradually take my soul away.

The paramedics arrived to dress my wounds and carry Rafael to the ambulance.

Before Carter was taken away by the police, he looked back at me deeply. He stared into scarlet eyes, a look filled with resentment, anger, and murder …

Yet I was surprised to see another emotion: amazement.

I don’t know what he was surprised about; he moved his lips, the corners of his mouth twitching as if he had something to say.

The police gave a stern rebuke, and Carter turned back to the police car, where he was twisted by several people.

…

I was still guarding the door to the operating room when Cameron arrived at the hospital. The ghastly white light above the operating room, reflecting the three big blood-red letters in the operation, was particularly shocking.

The moment I saw Cameron, I was completely devastated.

I threw myself into his arms, tears falling in big drops, my whole body cold and trembling.

I was scared out of my mind with this storm, and at the same time, I was dying of guilt because of Rafael.

“What am I going to do …” I sobbed, “Willow doesn’t know yet, does she? Should I let her know? … Rafael if anything does happen to me because of me, I …”

Cameron just stroked my hair.

Half the time he held my shoulders and looked me straight in the eyes. He didn’t say anything, but his brows were furrowed and there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes.

Then he let out a faint sigh, “This matter … is too strange.”

“What?” I didn’t understand what he meant.

He let go of me and sat on the bench, leaning his head against the wall and looking up at the ceiling.

After a long silence, he suddenly laughed, something close to a self-deprecating laugh.

“Heh, Laura …” he looked at me, “In the future … we are afraid that we really have to say goodbye.”

My heart clenched, “What do you mean?”

“You’ll be by his side from now on.”

He gently shrugged off the words, followed by getting up to leave.

“Cameron …”

I tried to call out to him, when the operating lights went out all of a sudden and the doctor came out of it.

I couldn’t care less about Cameron and rushed to meet him, “How is he?”

The doctor looked at me seriously, “It’s not life-threatening, but the left shoulder was pierced by a bullet and the scapula was crushed, it’s possible that it will cause inconvenience in his future life.”

My knees went weak and I slumped in my chair.

Willow came running from one end of the corridor, her eyes red, and as soon as she saw me tears immediately came to her eyes as she shouted, “Where’s my dad? What the hell is going on!”

George followed her and gently supported her, “Willow, calm down … your dad will be fine.”

“How do you expect me to calm down in this situation!”

“Willow,” I stood up and hung my head low, “It’s all my fault …”

“I just want to know how the hell this happened!”

She glared at me, panting sharply.

“He was trying to save me.” I shed tears, incoherent, “Now Carter is under police control … Rafael he took a bullet for me, it’s not life threatening but his left shoulder is badly injured … ”

Willow froze in place.

George helped her sit down and gently reassured her.

Not long after Rafael was pushed out of the operating room by doctors and nurses.

I took one look and my whole heart lifted. He was lying there with his eyes closed, his face was bloodless, his breathing was weak, and his left shoulder was wrapped in thick gauze, but blood was still seeping out.

Willow jumped over to him, her cries were heartbreaking, and it took George a lot of effort to calm her down.

She looked at me with red eyes, “Ms. Laura, my dad was hurt … for you, will you take care of him?”

I snapped to think of Cameron’s words just now, Laura, I’m afraid we really have to say goodbye in the future … you’ll be by his side in the future …

Then the pain of a million arrows pierced through my heart hit me.

Willow clutched my hand tightly, her large, sobbing eyes filled with anticipation.

I looked at her and nodded my head for a split second, and my organs shattered.

“I’ll take good care of him.” I tugged at the corners of my mouth and forced a smile, “I will … definitely. I’ll never leave him again.”

It was a promise I made to Willow and an apology to Rafael.

Those days I stayed at the hospital bed to take care of him. I did everything myself, from scrubbing and changing medicines to feeding and watering him.

Taking care of a sick person is hard work, but I made myself work even harder, as if by taking care of him a little bit more, I could lessen the debt in my heart.

Rafael took it all in stride.

When he was able to sit up, I was learning from the nurse how to give him a massage.

After I finished learning I sat on the edge of the bed and gently rubbed his legs.

“Don’t be busy.” His voice was husky, “Rest for a while.”

I raised my eyes and was met with his gentle eyes.

I smiled and said, “I’m not tired. The doctor said that you can’t stay in bed for a long period of time, you must move around on time to promote blood circulation, which is also good for your wound recovery.”

“It’s a beautiful day today,” I look outside, “I’ll help you out for a walk in the sun later!”

“Laura …”

He seemed to have something to say.

But after looking at me for a long time, nothing came out.

His left arm was in a sling, and the thick gauze was removed and replaced every day, but the wound never seemed to heal.

When I changed the medicine for him, I looked at the left shoulder, a cup bottom size deep purple hole, surrounded by reddish-brown flesh are turned out, vaguely can see the bone.

I felt guilty and heartbroken once more at the thought, and my nose couldn’t help but ache.

“Laura,” his thick voice came again.

This moment he peeked over slightly and gently took my hand in his.

“Have you thought about it?” He asked me.

I understood what he meant. I looked at him and whispered, “Thinking about it.”

“I don’t want you to be burdened. Laura, if you’re doing this because I took a bullet for you, then you don’t have to be so condescending.”

“No aggravation.” I smiled, “Rafael, I’m lucky to be married to you.”

“Really?”

“How many women are as lucky as I am to have a man who loves her with his life?” I said, “I won’t regret being with you because I know you’ll always love me.”

He smiled, a hint of emotion in his deep gaze. He rested his forehead against mine, and his warm breath lingered on the tip of my nose.

I think that’s probably how the story ends.

I marry him and spend my life repaying him, and he does me no favors. Willow and I get along again, and there won’t be too much family conflict.

As for Cameron …

He’ll always just be my brother, forever.

I felt a touch of salt on my lips and a tear fell in.

Rafael’s kisses landed on the side of my face, the tip of my nose, my chin … then my lips. His kisses weren’t fiery, but they were like a thin stream of water.

He gazed at me and smiled gently, “I will never let you regret this decision.”

That’s when the nurse pushed her way in, “Mr. Rafael, it’s time to change the medication.”

I hurriedly stood to the side, but felt that today is strange, usually there are two nurses to change the medication, how come there is an extra one today?

One of the slightly older nurses, kept her head down, intentionally avoiding something.

I had a momentary weird feeling in my heart.

When they finished changing the medicine and went out, that older nurse stayed behind and patted me on the shoulder.

She still had her head down, and with the large mask on, I couldn’t see her at all, however she opened her mouth and startled me, “Please come out with me and settle Mr. Rafael’s hospital bill for this period.”

I froze in place, my eyes locked on her.

The voice was all too familiar …

That’s when she snapped her head up and her icy eyes looked at me as well. My blood seemed to pour out for a split second, my heart pounding.

“Please come out with me.” She said again.

I snapped back to my senses and followed her out the door. When we reached the end of the hallway, she took off her mask, put both hands in her pockets, and looked at me silently.

My throat felt like it was clogged.

What should I call her?

The word “mom” was weighing a thousand pounds in my throat.

“You can call me anything you want, even auntie.” Mellisa smiled softly, “I have a few things I want to say to you.”

“Laura,” she paused, “It’s been a long time.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while.” I whispered.

“Is what you want to say down there, Laura, do you still have mom and dad in your heart?” I looked up at her and sneered, “Mom, how am I supposed to answer you on that one? Maybe from the moment I was born and you sent me away, our mother-daughter bond was over.”

“Do I still have Mom and Dad in my heart?” I was silent for a moment, “Of course there is … You can’t even imagine how much a child who grows up lacking affection and love longs for a father’s and mother’s love.”

Mellisa’s face changed.

There seemed to be tears in her eyes, but she was ultimately a strong woman. Even if life gave her more trials and tribulations, she would not easily show her weak side.

“Heh,” she grunted softly, “You think I went through all this trouble and disguised myself to blend in and meet you just to ask this? Laura, you underestimate your mom.”

I looked at her quizzically.

A shallow sadness that saw through the world passed over her face.

“Laura, I’ve known for a long time that you wouldn’t forgive me. I never had much hope for my children either, children are a debt owed in a previous life, and in this life I have given you life, so I can say my debt has been settled.”

“So if you forgive or don’t forgive me, I can accept it openly. But you are my daughter after all, and I was remiss in not raising you properly and being there for you. I will spend my life making up for it.”

“Is that what you want to say?” I looked at her.

“No.” Her gaze retracted and she looked grave, “What I’m trying to say is, do you really want to see your own brother in jail?”

My heart tightened.

“You came to me today to ask me not to sue Carter?”

“He’s been locked up in the police station all these days, and he’s getting his punishment.”

“Heh …” I looked at her incredulously, “Luckily I called you a mom … You said in your mouth that you want to compensate me, is this compensation? At the critical moment, you still favor your son!”

“Carter he kidnapped me, illegally held a gun, and intentionally injured people.” I said word for word, “He made these mistakes, it’s not up to me to say whether he goes to jail or not, it’s up to the law! Besides I had a scare this time, it was all about Rafael taking that shot for me! If I let Carter off the hook, I won’t be able to justify it to Rafael!”

“Laura, do you have to do this?” She was a little agitated, “Carter is your own brother!”

“But does he think of me as his own sister? When he tied me up, when he held a gun to my head, I really didn’t think he was my brother!”

“Laura …”

“Stop it, it’s not working!” I glared at her angrily, “Carter made a mistake and he’s going to pay for it!”

“He’s your only brother, the only son of The Lynch Family!” Mom’s eyes rounded and her lips trembled, “You … don’t help outsiders and hurt your own family!”

I cackled inwardly.

“What do you mean?”

She looked at me for a long time and said nothing.

Then turned around and left angrily.

I stood in place, thinking back on her words, and the more I thought about it, the more wrong I felt.

Only brother, only son …

And what was Cameron?

I thought about how Carter had mentioned Cameron when he kidnapped me, referring to him as a “bastard.”…

I thought it was because he hated Cameron, and when people are angry, they can say anything.

However, now it seems … as if there is another mystery!

I thought about it and rushed to call Patrick.

“Wow, Laura, do you have to be so punctual?”

I was confused, “What?”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

He cracked up laughing on the other end, “It’s been exactly fifteen days since the last time you brought Cameron’s hair in, not a minute too soon!”

I also laughed, “Then … DNA identification is not the result? You said last time that the identification would take fifteen days.”

“I knew you were for this.” He said, “Luckily my vacation doesn’t end until tomorrow!”

“You’re going back to Hallstatt tomorrow?”

“Yeah, work’s not done there yet.”

“Laura, first things first.” He paused, “The results just came back, the probability of you and Cameron being genetically similar is …”

I held my breath for a moment.

“Zero.” He uttered the word softly.

The feeling … at that moment was indescribable.

As if the heart of a mountain that has been pressed for a long time, suddenly the mountain collapsed and cracked, and the debris fell piece by piece and smashed me, I didn’t feel any pain, but there is a kind of endless pleasure.

But after the pleasure?

I felt heartache all of a sudden.

The pain that tore through my heart and lungs came to me like a wave at this moment.

I crouched on the floor, clutching my cell phone tightly as tears fell like rain.

“Laura, what’s wrong?” Patrick asked on the other end, “Are you okay?”

“Fine …”

“That’s good.” He smiled, “Here are the results from the police, there won’t be any problems. You and Cameron aren’t brother and sister, so that’s a relief for you, isn’t it? You can be together now.”

I covered my mouth so he wouldn’t hear that I was crying.

“Hurry up and tell Cameron the good news,” he whispered, “Laura, I truly want you to be happy. There was a time when I thought I could give it to you, but then I realized that your happiness can only come from Cameron.”

“You guys have to be good, you hear me?”

Patrick laughed heartlessly on the other end, “I’m going back to Hallstatt tomorrow, so don’t come to see either of you off! But when you guys get married, make sure you send me the invitations, I have to come back for the wedding!”

I hastily snapped off the phone and wiped my eyes.

I didn’t expect the reality after the truth came out to be etched in my mind.

I turned my head to look at the ward …

Cameron and I aren’t brother and sister, but we still can’t be together.

Never, ever can.

“Laura,” someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder.

I startled and turned around to see it was actually Rafael standing in front of me, Willow holding him up and smiling at me.

“Ms. Laura how are you?” She was like a happy little sparrow, “I just came to see my dad, the old man seems to be recovering fast under your care! Now I’m helping him out for a walk, would you join me?”