Chapter 54

Aurora had yet to answer.

She was still keeping her lips tightly shut, only able to stare at the Alpha who seemed to be waiting for her answer.

"You'll come back to my side, right?"

Lexton's voice came back to dominate the room, and it seemed that the man was really waiting for an answer from Aurora.

Now, Aurora Vernon nodded her head.

"Of course," she replied confidently. "I'll definitely be returning to the mansion. Where else could I go?"

Lexton smiled at the answer he was expecting from her. Aurora was quite good at playing with words, but for once that was enough for Lexton.

"Alright. That's enough for me," the man replied.

The drowsiness that had greeted him moments ago was now weighing on his head. Lexton's eyelids were begging to be closed now, perhaps also because the man's condition had not fully recovered.

"Aurora."

"Hmm?"

"You don't have to come down," Lexton whispered softly. "I'm sleepy and I think I want to sleep. Stay here and keep me company until I wake up."

Aurora nodded her head. This position of theirs seemed so comfortable, as both of them truly enjoyed how the closeness no longer felt awkward.

Lexton who liked having Aurora by his side, and Aurora who felt comfortable in his arms.

"Go to sleep," Aurora said. "I'll be here until you wake up. Are you comfortable sleeping in this position?"

Lexton cleared his throat softly.

"Don't move from my side, remember that," he cautioned. "I want you to stay here when I wake up."

Aurora nodded her head again. She didn't plan to go down either, and was just thinking about how she would feel if she closed her eyes.

The journey she had taken with Oliv earlier was also quite exhausting, and the woman had not slept much in the past few hours either.

Lexton's voice was no longer heard, when Aurora found that the man had closed his eyes tightly. The Alpha's breathing had started to become more regular, indicating that he had probably returned to dreamland.

Aurora smiled as she noticed how calm Lexton's face looked. Behind the fierceness and coldness that enveloped the man, it turned out that Lexton Alfacht only looked like an ordinary man when he was asleep.

Moving a hand to touch Lexton's fingers that were wrapped around her body, Aurora grasped the burly hand slowly.

Just as their hands linked, Aurora began to close her eyes. Letting her subconscious take over, without a single thing to worry about.

Because Lexton was there, because Lexton was holding her close.

***

Oliv got up from the chair he had been sitting on. After a while of slumping with his head bowed, he couldn't think of anything clearly now.

His two hands were linked, which rested on his knees. The jet-black shoes he wore down there were the only thing that contrasted with the alabaster-white color of the tiles.

The man's eyes were fixed on one place only, wandering with a mind that was already wandering in the middle of nowhere.

There were two men in the same uniform as himself, who were still standing right in front of Lexton's guardroom door. The two burly men didn't move an inch, completely providing security for their leader who was currently out of shape.

Abi approached from the hallway, apparently having just returned from taking care of something downstairs. The hospital floor where Lexton was being treated was on the 12th floor, and it just so happened that only the Alpha occupied the room for patients labeled 'Super VVIP'.

Approaching Oliv, who apparently had not moved from his position earlier, Abi patted his friend's shoulder with a gentle pat.

"Are you still here?" he asked casually.

Oliv raised his head to return Abi's gaze.

"I'm really stupid," he said in a low tone of voice. "How could I not know that Jovanka was no longer in her house? If the Alpha knew about this, where would I put my face?"

Oliv looked troubled, with eyes that were starting to look dim.

Abi digested every word Oliv said to him. Choosing to return to sit right next to his friend, Abi understood that what Oliv had just discussed must be about Jovanka's whereabouts.

Who apparently was no longer in Slovakia, who apparently could leave and escape even in ways they didn't know yet.

"Someone must be behind all this," Abi began to give an opinion. "You know it's impossible to penetrate our organization's defenses. But if Jovanka was able to escape, then we have to admit that she must have had other access. Didn't the Alpha block all her access?"

Of course he had. Even Jovanka should not be able to leave the village, the village where she would have to spend Lexton's punishment for the rest of her life.

There was a very heavy exhale from Oliv, indicating how desperate the man was right now.

His brain had been forced to think for so long, and he had to account for everything somehow.

"Do you think it was her who lured the Alpha into the forest?" Oliv asked now, as he shifted his body to face Abi.

Abizar shrugged his shoulders.

"We can't speculate," he replied later. "I have a feeling it could be her, especially since the real Jovanka isn't where she is right now. But you have to be absolutely sure of that before you make a report to the Alpha."

Oliv nodded vaguely. Abi's opinion sounded quite reasonable, because the man did not want to repeat the same mistake.

He was almost fooled, with a scenario that must have been arranged by Jovanka Scholer before she escaped.

Now, Oliver Janson wasn't about to let his roam free again.

Because not only was Lexton's safety and security at stake, but he also had Aurora to look after.

"Here," Abi reached into his pants pocket, pulling out a card tucked into a small pouch. Holding out the card to Oliv, Abi continued.

"I've booked another room for Miss Aurora," he said. "At first the building said there were no vacant rooms on the same floor as Mr. Lexton's apartment. But with a little bluffing, I got it easily."

Oliv's hand moved to reach into the pouch, pulling out a card to glance at the building name printed large on it.

It was the building that the Alfacht clan leader always stayed in whenever he visited Fortwill. Oliv still remembered how Lexton had chosen his own room that time, saying that he liked the view from his apartment unit.

"You just hand it over to Miss Aurora, okay," Abi pleaded. The man still felt bad about facing Aurora, as there was still guilt left over from the past incident.

Oliv gave a quick glance in response.

"Alright," he said as he put the card back into the pouch. "I'll give it to her later. Thank you for taking care of it for me."

Abi nodded, patting Oliver's thigh as the man rose now.

"I'm going back to base," he said. "Those four fighters of ours still need assistance, and I'll be there all night."

This time it was Oliv's turn to nod, a sign that he understood.

"Thanks, man," the man said sincerely. "I know you can always be counted on."

Abi smiled faintly, followed by swinging footsteps later. Neither of them could be there much longer, as one of them had to return to the organization to take care of something else. For tonight, Olive would be the one to stand guard at the hospital.

After Abi left, who had turned towards the elevator, Oliv still held the pouch containing the card in his hand. He thought about it, before he put the small pouch into his jacket pocket.

It was better if he didn't give the card to Aurora, because it might never be used.