Chapter 37.2: I knew my instinct was right

His files flew off his hand as more assaults came from a few legs he could feel as he groaned in pain. He was trying to endure the pain as he wasn't given a chance to retaliate but fortunately for him the guards noticed the commotion and yelled at them to stop them. One of them took a pocket knife and pierced him on his right thigh. Jason groaned in agony as three of the guys ran off while a few guards chased after them.

"Sir... Sir are you alright?" The guard checked on Jason. Jason knew he needed to get Marcel on the line as he pressed on to his speed dial and let the guard speak to Marcel.

"I'm fine…Speak to him and get him here…" Jason gritted his teeth while instructing the guard. He then loosen his tie to tie a tight knot around his wound to slow down the bleeding.

"Alright sir… please bear with us the police and ambulance are on their way…" The guard quickly said before speaking to Marcel and gave him details of their whereabouts.

The ambulance and police came moments later as Jason spoke with Marcel on Ivy's arrangements as well as his other appointments arrangements.

"Marcel, you're to pick Ivy later. I drove her today. Don't let her know of this assault. The other appointments, please postpone them…" Jason said while the paramedics were assessing his condition.

"But..." Marcel wanted to protest knowing Ivy would be smart to know something went wrong. After all, she already could sense it from the warning message he received earlier from her.

"You know who those boys are yet?" Jason asked.

Marcel nodded. "Kyle's people." Jason covered his eyes with his bloody hands.

"Charge them Marcel." Jason said without hesitation as the paramedics carried him into the ambulance.

Marcel checked his watch and it was two hours before Ivy got off from college. He quickly called up Jason's clients who had appointments with him to postpone them before rushing to pick Ivy.

After finishing their exams, Ivy came skipping out of the hall with Andrew and Sandra excitedly as she knew Jason was picking her up. She instantly spotted his car and invited Andrew and Sandra to join in the ride. She was, after all, heading to her grandma's place first after lunch to study with Andrew and Sandra. Hence, she thought it was also time to formally introduce her friends to Jason over lunch.

"Marcel!" She was surprised to see only Marcel when she opened the passenger car's door for Andrew and Sandra to hop in.

"Awww… Jason's busy?" She asked disappointingly as she climbed in the car on the front seat.

"Erm... There's something you shouldn't know but you should know." Marcel said solemnly.

"Before that…" Ivy paused at her attempt of explaining about Andrew and Sandra's presence after listening to how serious Marcel's tone was. "Alright, never mind. What is it?" Ivy asked in a serious tone.

"When you sent me the text message, did you know Kyle was up to something?" Marcel asked as he drove the route heading to the hospital.

"No but because his girlfriend, Melissa the one who held the party came to talk to me and she warned me as though Kyle might do something stupid." Ivy explained.

"She really sounded like she was threatening you anyway Ivy…." Andrew interrupted which made Ivy panicked.

"Marcel, what's going on? Where are we going?" Ivy asked nervously after noticing he was driving on an unfamiliar route.

"To the hospital. Jason was assaulted earlier at the carpark in the office." Marcel explained as Ivy eyes widened in disbelief and welled with tears which she tried to hold back.

"Let me guess… By Kyle's people?" Ivy asked with her teary eyes as Marcel nodded. "Is he alright?!" Ivy began to feel nervous and very worried as she held onto Marcel's left arm. Marcel gave her a piece of tissue noticing her eyes no longer could hold her welling tears which flow down her cheeks.

"He is fine. Some bruises and cuts. He said to not tell you but I thought you would eventually figure out something went wrong…We are going to charge Kyle again."

"Hurry! Bring me to see him…" Ivy urged as she adjusted her sitting position knowing Marcel would go at a faster speed. "Charge Kyle too… Charge till he gets life imprisonment…" She hissed with a snarl as she looked outside at the sunny sky which calmed her down a little before she turned around to Andrew and Sandra who were looking at her with worried faces. "Sorry we have to take a little detour..." Ivy said in a serious tone.

"It's fine. We wanna see him too." Andrew said in an assuring tone as Ivy nodded in agreement.

After knowing about the incident, Ivy's face slowly turned pale. She learned the room number from Marcel before he parked. She didn't wait for the lift but ran up the escalator instead to the third floor hastily. Everyone was rushing behind her when Marcel stopped Andrew and Sandra from trailing Ivy who was sprinting up the escalator. He then led Andrew and Sandra to take the lift with him instead.

Moments when Ivy reached the door to where Jason was, she heard the familiar coughing sound from inside as she stood holding on to the door knob. She was half delighted but could feel her tears of relief were about to flow as she gripped tighter to the door knob while she calm down and caught her breath. The moment she felt stronger to turn the door knob, Marcel and the rest appeared at the hallway as they watched her stepping into the room and saw Jason sitting in bed.

"Ivy!" Jason was surprised but very delighted at the sight of her as he smiled watching her catching her breath. She scanned him from top to the bottom and noticed his right thigh was wrapped other than that she couldn't spot major injuries other than some cuts.

She eventually couldn't contain the adrenaline of emotions rushing as he opened his arms widely for her to step in and sobbed. He could still feel her catching her breath in between her sobs. She realised there and then that her feelings for him had gone too deep. She was hopelessly in love with Jason.

At the sight of them both in each other's embrace, Andrew and Sandra decided to have a quick lunch with Marcel at the cafeteria while waiting for Ivy.

"I told Marcel to not let you know but I guess you're smart enough to guess." Jason said as he wiped her trickling tears when she looked up at him from his arms.

"I knew it would happen! I knew my instinct was right! I didn't want to go for the exam cause I knew I would put you in danger… You should have list..." She choked on her words as she cried on his chest while Jason hugged her again.

"I'm fine. I'm really fine. Alright, I am sorry for not listening to you. I will sit at my family's home for a couple of days before the weekend camp trip organised by your college with very minimal movement to avoid the scar from opening. It's not very deep either… So don't worry." Jason explained.

"Serve you right." She scolded in her mumbles as he laughed.

"Ivy, I am charging Kyle in court. Would you be alright with that?" He spoke looking at how tired she was.

She nodded. "Anything to make him pay..."

"Look, there may have been a lot happening. You're losing focus on your studies. After discharging tomorrow evening, I will be over at my family house… You're free to bring Sandra and Andrew to the house to study alright?" Jason suggested.

"They are here in fact. I needed to study with them this afternoon but it's alright. I will just stay over at my grandma's place. I will bring Lucky along…" Ivy said sadly.

"Well then, it's up to you. I might be able to discharge today so let's see what the doctor says. Meanwhile, please take your lunch with your friends. It must have been a hectic Monday for you. Was the exam alright?" Jason asked as he took some tissues for her to wipe her tears away.

She nodded and hugged him. "Awww, I am so glad you're alright."

"I promise to be alright… Don't worry. Just focus on your exams." He smiled as she nodded and continued to cuddle with him for a while.

"Tonight, I will come and see you again with some soup alright?" Ivy suggested as Jason patted her head and smiled. "I'll be waiting…" He winked which sent Ivy smiling from ear to ear as she dried up her face.

"What did I do to deserve you…" Jason smiled at his question to himself as he couldn't help but to hold her in his arms longer.

Because of Jason's accident, the entire office had been busy reorganising their schedules and postponing non urgent cases that Marcel had no time to pay attention to Nancy. Nancy overheard the news from the other staff and instantly took a taxi to the hospital only to find Ivy beat her to visit Jason.

She stood by the hallway patiently waiting for Ivy to step out from the room as she began to doubt Ivy at keeping her promise and wanted to double check on Ivy. Nancy counted her blessings when Daisy appeared with Jason's grandmother to visit him.

Jason could hear Daisy's naggy voice from afar as the door was left open while he urged Ivy to get up. "Hey sweetie… You gotta go else I wouldn't know how to explain to my mother…" At the sound of what Jason called her, her heart skipped a beat as she sat up looking at Jason who was glad her face wasn't too puffy.

"Go… Quickly and come back tonight alright…" He winked as his mother and grandmother was closeby and Ivy quickly gathered her thoughts as she nodded and walked out of the room hastily.

Daisy had noticed a familiar figure coming out from a room in front of them and knew it was Ivy. "Mother… it should be that room… Let's go…" Daisy urged and true enough, Jason's grandmother was nagging at him.

"Jasoooonnnnn…. Oh my goodness….My grandsonnnn …. How could this happen to you?" Jason's grandmother was nagging as Daisy closed the room's door. Ivy breath a sigh of relief that she managed to escape before getting caught. However, Nancy was already standing by her side and tapping on her shoulder.

"Nancy…" Ivy turned around to Nancy snarling at her.

"Yes… It's me… I am here to ask you from your actions, are you still seriously keeping up with your promise?" Nancy asked directly which made Ivy feel like she was slapped multiple times. "Who was I to have that wishful thinking of having Jason all to myself?" Ivy thought to herself and laughed.

"You never had to worry Nancy… It might be earlier than six months as I intend to shift over to Landsfield by the end of this year to get used to the new city…" Ivy said confidently as she walked off leaving Nancy hoping she was telling the truth.

In actual fact, although it was Ivy's plan, she was hoping for a miracle to either take her away without having to face a painful goodbye with Jason or dive right into a real relationship with Jason and fight Nancy all the way.

"You can do it, Ivy… Just enjoy his company for a few more months and leave Ivy…" She tried convincing herself.

She stopped by the garden of the hospital to sit alone as she closed her eyes struggling to keep her mind at peace while letting the strong afternoon sunray scorch on her.

"But… He called me sweetie… What is the meaning of this? Does he actually like me too? Will he also be able to let me go by then?" She shook her head in frustration as she buried her face into her palm and sighed as she sat alone in a moment of silence to calm herself.