It's really a pain having an overdramatic body!
There I was only trying to save a good girl from a little bump and I ended up looking like the victim of a serious car accident!
I don't know what happened after I fainted, but I can almost guarantee that my protection team didn't act any less dramatic than my own body, the next thing I remember is me waking up on a hospital bed.
As for the first person my eyes met, it was the last human being I expected to see in such a situation: my dear mother in-law.
She was sitting right beside my bed, once I opened my eyes she was the first person to notice me.
She immediately asked:
_" Are you ok?"
I nodded feeling very confused.
I inspected my body: my forearm and palms had bandage on them, my ankle surprisingly didn't.
_" there's nothing wrong with you, you are perfectly fine, they are just superficial abrasions, they didn't even need stitching, Belguassem asked the nurse to cover them for you because of your phobia." my mother in-law commented.
_" for how long was I absent?" I asked while looking at the sky outside the window, it already looked like early evening.
_" two hours, you were probably just asleep though, that's what the doctor informed us, they gave you a sedative considering your particular condition."
I nodded in understanding, I sat on the bed, then carefully tried to move my ankle, it was almost not hurting at all.
When I made sure I was fine, it finally occurred to me to ask:
_" how come you are here mother?"
I mean, she and I were alone in the room after all, how could such a thing happen?
She eyed me with a very displeased expression, then replied:
_" Belguassem is out in the corridor having a word with Ines, they'll be here anytime, as for mother ( Nana) we didn't inform her, you're fine already so it's better not to stress her at her age, we asked the butler to prevent her from watching tv too, your news are everywhere."
Once she said this, I immediately grabbed my purse which was on the bedside table near me and I checked my phone, to my disappointment, there was no coming call from my husband, is he that upset with me that he couldn't even make the effort to check on me? I mean even his very estranged family was there but he wasn't.
Feeling profoundly disappointed I went to check the news which were spreading about me, the Algerian press is really something if I must say, I was pictured like a hero who tried to save a damsel in distress and was gravely hurt in the process, some even estimated me having a serious head injury.
_" How did the media know about this accident?" I asked.
She eyed me very coldly then replied:
_" and what do you expect!? You're a public figure now! If you act recklessly in a public place even your bodyguards aren't able to prevent news from spreading, luckily nothing happened with you or else the situation could have been much worse."
As she was speaking, the door opened then Ines and my father in-law walked inside, so yes the first thing they heard was my mother in-law lecturing me like the usual.
Ines carefully walked towards me, then she asked worriedly as soon as her mother finished speaking:
_" Are you ok?"
I nodded .. I nodded as well looking at my father in-law greeting him.
I seriously felt very uncomfortable among them.
_"Did you inform Eliyas about what happened?" I whispered addressing Ines.
She stared at her mother with an angry face then explained to me:
_" Of course he knows! it was him who called mother after all and asked her to come to the hospital to take care of the media outside, he called from our branch In L city, he must be there to take care of business, he should be on his way here now."
I finally felt relieved after she said this, So my husband is not that hard hearted after all.
You see, lately we were not meeting at all, as if we both lived in separate places, I didn't even know he had a business out of town, seeing how distant we're growing that I even had to know about him from Ines, I felt so agonized.
I sighed painfully, then commented:
_" We should probably inform the doctor that I'm already awake, I don't think it's necessary for me to stay here any longer."
My mother in-law eyed me like if I said the most stupid words ever and said:
_" Even If that's the case .. You should wait for your husband to come first and fix things for your going out! Just look at you going out for one day without your husband and you almost got your self killed! I wonder how you survived for three years alone."
I didn't comment on her words, I rarely say anything back anyways.
We remained silently staring at one another for a very long uncomfortable time waiting for Eliyas to come, since there was nothing to do I lazily lied down on the bed again, Although I felt slightly curious to know what happened with Ines and Akrem since I felt extremely bored, I still couldn't ask her anything regarding the situation we were at.
I could only ask:
_" what about Marwa? Is she ok?"
_" Yes, Akrem drove her back to her company, this whole situation wouldn't have happened if she wasn't so eager to leave anyways, we were only inside the resort, you could have waited for our return." Ines explained impatiently.
I guess I don't even need to ask about Akrem to know every detail about him after all.
Considering the distance between D and L city, I estimated Eliyas would reach us in about an hour, Nevertheless, he arrived a bit earlier than that.
Once he opened the door and walked inside, I properly sat on the bed and felt very emotional finally seeing him standing in front of me, I haven't seen him for long days.
He barely even had a proper look at my face when he quickly ran towards me and hugged me tight.
He didn't let go .. Nor moved.
He kept hugging me as if that was our last day.
I could feel his heart beating wildly against my chest, and his arms were strongly circling me blocking my every little movement.
Then.. He buried his face in the gap of my neck and deeply inhaled my smell, probably forgetting that his whole family was uncomfortably watching us, he started kissing my neck!
At this point, they didn't even think twice before they all stormed out of the room with my mother in-law cursing under her breath:
_"shameless!"
Once they left, Eliyas didn't seem affected by their departure, he wasn't minding their existence anyways.
He kept smelling and kissing my neck while pulling me even tighter to him for a long time.
I couldn't even move my arms to hug him back, I only closed my eyes and enjoyed those kisses then I finally whispered:
_" How are you?"
This was probably the weirdest thing I could say at that moment, but it's what I was thinking about.. How has he been doing away from me?
He didn't answer me though, because after I spoke he remembered that I don't only have a neck, I have lips too.
He lifted his head to look at me, his eyes were so deep and full of emotions that I failed to recognize, then he slowly approached my lips and started tasting them as if he forgot how to kiss.
He moved his hands that were hugging my back to hold the back of my neck then he slowly deepened his kiss.
Let's just say that kisses after abstinence are definitely much more emotional.. Much more heartfelt.
I could feel how much he was worried about me, although he wanted much more, he still treated me very carefully and allowed me to comfortably breathe, if we should put a name tag on this kiss then it would be called: " I know I shouldn't kiss you right now.. But I can't help it."
When we finally parted, he rested his forehead on mine, then gulped nervously.
He closed his eyes, and as he exhaled tiredly he whispered:
_" You're so stupid Noursine.. so stupid."
I don't think it's appropriate to call the person you've just finished kissing and still partly hugging stupid, but this stupid woman was happy he was finally speaking anyways.
He moved away from me, and finally finding the heart to scald me he started yelling:
_" this accident wasn't anyone's mistake, it was only your fault! how can you so stupidly throw your self in face of danger! You have a dozen men around you .. You couldn't possibly think of asking them to help instead! What if the car's driver wasn't alert enough and he didn't stop at the last second? were you going to let your self get smashed under the wheels! You know what the team informed me when they called me? They said you were hit by a car and injured! Do you know how sick I felt?! Noursine! How could you act so stupid!"
I had in fact so many answers to prove the highness of my intellect, like: "we were in a parking lot, why would anyone drive in a crazy speed and step on the body of a victim?" .." Marwa was literally 10 steps away from me and 2 steps away from bumping into a car which she couldn't see thanks to the mini bus which was blocking her vision, how can I possibly think of asking someone else to intervene?".. "Nothing was going to happen If I didn't twist my ankle and fell, it was just an accident!"
I didn't say any of that though, I only held his face between my palms and brought it closer to me, then I pecked the tip of his nose and calmly said:
_" But I'm fine now, and nothing happened, isn't it?"
_" you could have died Noursine, You could have died." He repeated as he breathed heavily looking insanely angry.
I rubbed his face gently whispering:
_"I'm here and I'm totally safe."
He shook his head stubbornly and added:
_" You could have died. What if you died?"
As I looked at him, I realized this was the only thought in his head, probably the only thing he thought about for hours.. that I could have died.
although in my very objective opinion I strongly doubt this, unless I fell head first and broke my neck how else would I have been in a deadly scenario? But Eliyas wasn't with me to see this, far away from me he could only think of the worst, how hurtful must this be?
It seemed like the expression I failed to recognize is Eliyas's face when thinking about my death, It so torturing to see it.. I just wish I'll never have to make him experience such a thing again.
_" I beg you Noursine.." He suddenly spoke as his jaw tightened.. He gulped.. Then continued:
_" I beg you, Please.. don't do this to me again."
_" I won't."
He lifted his hands and pushed mine away from his face, I guess he had a second thought right after he did this, because he strangely held the hands he've just pushed away and put them again around his face, then cupped them both with his.
"Such a petty person" I thought as I smiled while looking at him.
_" don't put your self in danger again, I'm not paying people to be only decoration around you." He ordered bossily again, bragging about his wealth in the process.
I nodded docily, then somehow mastered my courage to remind him:
_" You can't prevent what Allah has destined, can you? Accidents are bound to happen even when you pay a hundred people to watch over me, and even when I fall in a cotton field, don't get so scared again, you need to have more faith."
He closed his eyes.. Then rested his forehead on mine and remained silent.
I followed suit as well, closing my eyes and sharing the same air with my husband, that calm was very soothing needless of words.
After a long time I heard him whispering:
_" Alhamdulillah." ( thank god )
I smiled, then I moved my arms to finally hug him, Feeling the same way as him .. Grateful to god for everything.
Our getting out of the hospital wasn't so easy despite all the procedures Eliyas made, there was no stopping the press especially that none among the Filladis properly spoke to them and addressed the issue of my supposedly critical condition.
When I suddenly appeared to them outside the hospital emergency ward, they took a million pictures behind the human wall made by the bodyguards.
Then Eliyas and I finally went in the backseats of his car and the chauffeur drove away.
As we were on the way home, I couldn't stop my self from secretly glancing at him every two seconds, I missed seeing him after all, after a long time, I finally mastered my courage to speak with him, I took a deep breath, then I whispered:
_" I heard you were in L city working when the accident happened, I'm sorry I interrupted your work, although I promised not to discomfort you in this period until you feel ready to reconcile with me I still failed to keep my promise, I'll try not to trouble you again though."
He looked at me with a very weird expression, but said nothing in response.
I guess his heart is still not forgiving yet.
When we finally arrived home and left the car, I was surprised to see that my in-laws followed us back to the villa as well, I looked at Eliyas confused and asked:
_" Why are they here?"
_" they will be staying here for the coming days, I estimate we'll be having visitors to see you, so mother will have to stay and take care of that with you."
I nodded in understanding although I felt very bothered, then added:
_" What about your sleeping in your bureau? Your mother will give me a headache about it, today you come back to the room, I'll sleep on the couch."
He nodded in agreement finding my words reasonable and didn't object.
Although I looked very cold and unaffected on the surface, I was dancing with joy inside because he agreed!
Finally he will be back to our room!