twenty five

"Eto na nga" she said as she gathers her strength to stand up and sits on the blanket. "This is so embarrassing" she murmurs as she holds to blanket for her not to fall, as Adam drags the blanket to her room.

Adam drags the blanket with Aliyah on it to the bedroom carefully, he looks back at the weak woman "Kaya mo ba sarili mo umakyat sa kama?" he stops dragging the blanket once they got inside the bedroom.

Aliyah rolled her eyes and hold to the bedsheets she looked at Adam "I'm not that weak" she said as she gets up and tries to pull herself, but she didn't expect that she was that weak "No!" she shouted nang Makita niya na aalalayan na siya nito, "Move" she ordered as she can feel her breathing gets heavy, 'He triggers it again' she pondered.

Seeing how she reacts Adam reluctantly steps back "Okay. Just be careful" he reminded her as Aliyah tries to pull herself again.

Her legs were shaking but she did get into the top of her bed, breathing heavily, she shut her eyes tightly trying to ease the pain when her head throbs, "You can go now" she ordered.

Adam look at the woman in front of him, he sighed "If you need anything just call me, tatawagan ko lang yung doctor" he said and took out his phone and dialed a number.

Hearing his statement, she can't help but open her eyes and look at Adam who is now leaving her bedroom "You should go home this is not your home" she murmured but Adam didn't hear it at all and just leave her room, leaving the door open.

"I'll leave the door open so I can hear you easily," Adam told her before he leaves, turning to his phone "I need your co-doctor to come here in my house, not you," he said right away when the doctor he called picked up his call.

"Mr. Diaz I'm already on my way," the doctor said to him

Adam massages his temple "Call another doctor I need a woman doctor" he ordered emphasizing the word 'woman'.

The doctor chuckles "Are you that possessive?" He jokes "Alright. I now understand. Talaga nga naman" he said and hangs up the call

Adam put down his phone and shakes his head "It's not the only reason" he said and goes to the kitchen, attending his uncooked meal, "This won't work" he said as he set aside the uncooked dish.

Looking at the sleeping Aliyah in her bedroom, he put the dishes he cooked in the side table, looking at her shivering state he immediately gets his black blanket in his room and put it on her, throwing the blanket to her body "I didn't touch you at all" he murmurs as if he was talking to the sleeping Aliyah "I just throw it and fix the edges" he continues.

The doorbell rang and he immediately ran to the door to open it, "I thought you will get another doctor?" he eyed Leobert, his friend doctor.

He tapped his shoulder "Relax, papunta na sya dito" sabi nito at pumasok na sa bahay nito "Where is your girl?" he asked as his eyes wander around the house.

"She's at the bedroom," he said as he leads the way to her bedroom

Looking at the woman in the bedroom "You're already living together? She looks too young" he eyed Adam "Are you sure it is not child abuse? Pedophile?"

He hits the back of the doctor's head straightaway "Don't compare me to you. She's already in her twenties" he stated and walked inside the bedroom

"So bakit naman nagkasakit ang babae mo?" Leobert eyed him as he followed Adam inside.

"I don't know" he shrugs as he fixes the blanket on her carefully trying his best not to touch her, he stood up "Nasan na ba ang doctor mo?"

Looking at the pale person in front of him, Leobert cannot help but touch her head to check her but before he could touch her, Adam grabs his wrist "What are you doing?"

He immediately withdraws his hand "Sorry" he raises his hand as a defeat "It was just my intuition, I was a doctor after all" He looked at Adam seriously "But seriously your possessiveness can tire her out"

"It's not that" Adam sighed as he glances at Aliyah who is in deep sleep "She was afraid of men, even me"

Leobert look at Aliyah for a moment and look at his friend "She fears you? How did you know this? She told you that she was afraid of you? Aww. What a poor soul" he commented

Adam sighs as he looked at Aliyah "She won't tell me particularly that she was afraid of me but she banned me on touching her" he looks at Leobert "She's been avoiding all men in the world except for three"

"Good thing that you're included to her small world" Leobert commented as the doorbell rang.

Adam turned around to go to the door "I was not included in those three" he muttered as he walks away.

Dr. Seung-ho was left in the room, he looks at Aliyah "Hope that he'll be included in your world soon, para naman hindi nasayang ang walong taon nya sa pag-iintay" he mutters "Aww. I'm such a great friend" he compliments himself as he walks out of the bedroom.

With her blurry eyes, she looks at the silhouette of a man leaving her bedroom.

Dr. Garcia looked at Adam "You need to check her temperature every four hours" she orders Adam as she writes the list of medicines that Aliyah needs "Here are the medicines and makes sure that you make her an edible food before making her drink this medicines" she said as she handed the list and glance at the food beside her patient's bed.

Dr. Seung-ho laughs "Sabi naman sayo Adam you could cook for yourself but not for others. Ilang beses na kita pinagsabihan dyan"

Adam eyed his friend Leobert, "What's wrong with my food?"

"It's just edible for you not for others, you're the only one who can eat your food. Friendly advice, padeliver ka na lang we are in 21stcentury, the restaurant in today's era makes edible dishes" tapik ni Leobert sa balikat ng kaibigan niya "Alright. We'll be leaving na we have our night shift pa" Leobert grab the other doctor's arms "Dr. Seung-ho and Garcia is leaving now, no need to walk us out" he said as he waves his hands while leaving the bedroom.

Adam looks at the food he makes a while ago, he picked it up and tasted it, after a while he tilted his head as he head to the kitchen, throwing the food straight into the garbage bin. He took his phone and dialed his secretary's number.

Christian, Adam's secretary immediately picked up his phone when he heard the emergency ringtone "Good evening, Mr. Diaz" he greeted

"How to order food on the internet?" Adam asked

Christian instantly stops his car on the side of the road, "What do you need Mr. Diaz I'll order it for you" he offered right away

"Christian I want to order the food on my own," he said in a serious tone

Massaging his forehead, Christian exhaled deeply "Okay sir" he said as his gaze wanders looking for near parking, this will be a long conversation. "Sir first do you have an application grab food?" he asked

"I don't have any application in my phone" he answers "I don't need application I need to order food" he reminds him

Napahilamos sa mukha si Christian as he eyed the screen "Sir you need that application to order food"

"Oh," Adam mutters "Where I can get that?"

"In the Appstore, sir just search for grab food when you saw it just click install" he instructed

Putting his phone on speaker he looks at his phone curiously "Is it done? Nakaorder na ba ako non? Why they don't ask me what food I like?" he questioned his secretary

"It's not yet done there are still multiple steps left before you could order" Natungo na lang si Christian "Why don't I just buy it for you, sir? It is more convenient for you and easier I can bring it to you right now" suggest nya

"No" he adamantly says, "I will be the one who will buy it," he said as he looked at his phone while it is downloading "It's done what's next?"

"Why don't you buy it, sir, on your own?" he asked he was too tired explaining how fascinating the technology nowadays to Adam.

"I can't leave her here alone" he answered, knitting his eyebrows "What's next?" he impatiently asked

Giving up Christian patiently instructed the whole process on ordering food online to Adam, "And you'll just have to wait" he said as he leaned to his car seat, his energy has been drained.

"Oh," Adam nods as he hangs up the phone.

A chuckle escaped on Aliyah's lips, and Adam turned around to look at her direction "You looked dumb ordering a food" she laughs as she walks to the kitchen