Chapter 50 Friend

Chapter 50 Friend
Friend
Adrian’s POV
(Present)

“Answer me. Did you lay your hands on my woman?!!!”

I held Ethan Monroe by the collar as I felt the sudden urge to shoot a bullet through his forehead.
She had a freaking mark on her face. Add that to the multiple injuries scattered all over body.

“I didn’t mean to. I was overwhelmed with emotions at the time”

I had to give it to him. Even now, he still put on airs when answering. There was no sign or trace of fear on his face or his movements. The anger was beginning to be unsuppressable so I did the only thing I could do to regain a little bit of sanity.

I brought out my gun, and shot the fucking truck driver twice on each knee. I was in the base. And I had to show Monroe what happened to people who trespassed.

And even with that, he still didn’t flinch one bit. But one thing was fucking clear as day, he stood in front of Dubois in a protective stance.

So the bastard protected his woman while mine was in a freaking coma.
The word rationality flew through the fucking door as I pointed my gun to Dubois. One bullet was all it was going to take for me to send her to her grave.

And the reaction I wanted finally came.

Monroe pulled out a gun as he stood in front of her.
“Don’t you dare touch my woman?”

A growl escaped from him as he finished his words.

“Your woman huh? Do you care to know where MY woman is because of her and her lies?
A hospital bed. In coma. Facing three surgeries just to survive. She’s going to have fucking scars all over her body all because of your woman’s lies.

It wouldn’t have hurt to say the truth. But you all didn’t. Instead you raised your filthy hands on her and pushed her to this point. No one knows when she will wake up. And in case it slipped your mind Monroe, MY woman is YOUR baby sister.

This will be the last time I ask you to step away. Have a little bit of dignity in you”

I saw the hesitation that flashed on his face as he slowly loosened his grip on his gun. I thought he was finally coming to his senses. But the bastard suddenly clenched his grip tighter as he raised his gun once more.
“Pathetic”

Now he would find out what happened to people who touched my bottom line. And since he wants to protect her, both of them would bear the brunt of it together.

I reined in my expression as I assumed my poker face. I dressed my suit and shot a bullet in the head of the wailing man in the room. It reeked of blood and my nieces had long passed out.

“You know what to do”
I looked at Caleb as he nodded.

“Yes sir. Our plans has already kicked off. Soon you will receive the results”
“Good”

I adjusted my cuff links and looked at the horse of people held up in chains.
“Release our men. As for the rest, I will tend to them personally once I return”
“Noted”

I walked out calmly and hit my shoulder against Monroe’s while looking at him and the lady who couldn’t even raise her head up to look at him. I could see she was crying cause of the trembling shoulders. Not that I cared.
“Which hospital is she in and what happened?”

“Truly pathetic” I murmured as I walked out to my car.

Once the engine kicked off, I zoomed to the hospital. I had Micah halt the surgery till I got there.
I wanted to be there with her every single step of the way. She might be in a coma, but Micah did say that coma patients heard whatever was happening but just couldn’t respond.

And if she could hear me, then that was fine. I will be the pillar of hope she needed. I would clear out every threat. She would wake up in a new world where she will never have to worry about anything again.

And if our family would be the tumbling stone stopping us, then I wouldn’t mind removing them from the way as well.

“You actually made it”

“What’s the success rate of the surgery?”

“There will be no issue with the first and second one. Infact after today’s surgery, the second one is scheduled the day after tomorrow. The problem lies with the third. We already booked a cardiologist to perform the surgery. He’s and Asian and is well known in this area”

“He…”
“Hold down your horses lover boy. This is no time to display your jealous streak and certainly not in my hospital. His name is Qin Chu and I went through great lengths to get him to approve to perform this. Moreover he’s married to his high school sweetheart so you don’t need to worry as he’s equally like you.

With him, the success rate for the third surgery automatically increases to a sixty percent”
“Sixty? Just sixty?”

“Here’s the thing, the chard of glass is bigger and is lying dangerously close to her heart. If care isn’t taking when pulling it out, we could rupture a nerve that will lead to immediate cardiac arrest. And when that happens…”

The look in his eyes gave away whatever was left to say. If she enters a state of cardiac arrest, I lose my Princess.
And I will be damned if I let that happen.

“When do you start?”
“Now, she has already been moved from her ward to the ICU. We will take her back once we are done.”
“No. Take her to the VVIP ward. I plan on staying with her all through”
“You will do what now….”

Micah had a stunned face as he looked at me, his gaze wary.
“Well well well, who would have thought a day would come when Adrian Cole would lose all his rationality for a woman.”
I stayed silent as I glanced at everything yet nothing in particular.

“I will do my best to make sure she gets back to you in one piece. Consider it a favor as a friend”
Friend. Not acquaintances. Even he knew we weren’t that close to be called friends. But if he was able to do it, to bring my Princess back to me, then I would gladly acknowledge it.

“Okay then. Friend”
He smiled as he walked to the ICU. And just like that, I placed her life in the hands of the first person I could refer to as a friend.