Chapter 79 Chapter Seventy Nine
Mark’s frown deepened and his eyes swept up and down my frame for almost a minute before he burst out. “I may have amnesia, but I’m not stupid. How could I possibly have such a young mother? How old am I?”
I couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled up my throat. I was sad that he lost his memory but it felt really good, too good, to have him back. To listen to him throw his blunt statements without a second thought.
Turns out his memory is the only thing he lost afterall. Thank God. I don’t think I would be able to handle him if he turned out to lose his memory and become dense on top of that. He still had his wits around him.
I took a seat beside his bed and he shifted, now sitting up. “Of course, I couldn’t have given birth to a son as old as you. I’m your stepmother.”
I couldn’t tell know why I kept at it but it was fun. I guess I wanted to utilize this opportunity that I have. Right now, I was just a random woman and he was just a random man- might be a bricklayer, a policeman, a drunk.anyone at all. Not my ex–husband or Mark Torres, the CEO of a multinational Group or Bella’s ex or Sandra’s fiance, he was just a beautiful man who found himself in a hospital.
He eyed me suspiciously for a while then he asked, “Then where’s my biological mom?”
I smirked, “Your real mom is dead, that’s why I could be your stepmother.”
I haven’t been able to contact Rose since Mark got admitted and she clearly hadn’t tried to reach out to me or come to see her son. I mentally shrugged, it was almost as if she were dead anyway. Mark’s gaze was on the hospital’s bedsheet as he looked to be processing my response to his question.
Suddenly, the door burst open and there was a shout, “I’m not dead!”
Mark jerked his head up and I turned around too. There, at the door was Rose, her fingers held on to the doorframe as she gritted her teeth and glared at the men holding her back.
“Leave her, let her in, I rushed out as one of the guards started to detach her fingers from the doorframe one after the other.
She threw them a dirty glare as they released her and went back to their posts. She slammed the door and muttered something under her breath.
Then she furiously marched to the bedside, her death stare on me. She was panting when she stopped before me.
“You wretched woman! How dare you say I’m dead?!” She shouted, sending some drops of saliva flying to my face.
I drew back, disgusted. Then I took out a hanky and calmly pressed it to my face. I made a mental note to drop it in the bin later as I looked up at her.
Her makeup was in check, her hair glossed like she just stepped out of a salon after hours of having her hair tended to and as usual she had on her designer dresses and bags. She didn’t even look like a woman whose only son has been unconscious for several weeks.
I shrugged, “I couldn’t reach you, you didn’t come to see Mark. It was only reasonable to
conclude so.”
“You dumb b**ch!” She yelled again, “I was in a remote place with no signal! Couldn’t you have assumed that instead of assuming I was dead?!”
“Oh yes,” I said with a serious expression. “The moment we didn
see you, I should have guessed that you were in a remote place as at the time that your son was to get engaged. My God, I am so slow.”
She rolled her eyes, “Believe it or not. That was what happened and as soon as I heard about Mark’s accident, I rushed back!”
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“Sure. “I drawled and earned a scowl from her.
Mark suddenly broke the silence ad tension in the room. “So you’re my mom?” He stammered then his gaze flickered to me and he rephrased his question, “Are you my real mom?”
I raised my brows as the scowl on her face suddenly melted into a soft expression as soon as she turned to Mark, her brows drew down in concern and her eyes glistened with tears. She moved closer to the bed and perched on it, away from me.
“Mark,” her voice quivered as she spoke, “What’s wrong? Don’t you recognize me?” She placed her palm on Mark’s face but he peeled it away, seeming irritated.
“Are you my real mom?” He bit out a bit harshly.
Rose nodded. “Yes son, I’m your mom. Your biological mother. I carried you in my belly for months, don’t you remember?”
Mark frowned at her. “How am I supposed to remember that I was in your belly?”
A weird sound escaped my l*ps as I tried to hold back my laugh.
Before Rose could spew any insult, Mark, oblivious to the effect of his words, asked, “Then who is she?” That puzzled gaze settled on me again.
I quickly interjected before Rose would blurt some stupid answer, “I’m your creditor. You owe me.
“What?” Rose and Mark blurted out the same time. I did a good job of holding back my laugh at Rose’s confused expression. She looked genuinely and utterly lost.
“You owe me a lot of money. I heard about your accident and got worried that if you die, I wouldn’t get my money back so I came to ch*ck on you. The
“So what were you going to do? Stop me from dying?”
I snorted and my shoulders shook as I laughed.
“Can you stop? I’m trying to fill your memory here,” I said seriously when I stopped laughing. The caregiver tending to you, the b*dyguards outside, the hospital bills are all paid by me. You need to hurry up and pay me back.”
My fingers swiftly wrapped around the bed frame to stop myself from toppling over when Rose angrily pushed me on the shoulder. “You heartless and cruel woman! Do you even have any conscience? My son just woke up and has lost his memory, and all you’re still concerned about is him paying you back!”
That was it! I had lost my patience. I leapt from the bed and dragged her up. “You ungrateful woman! You keep speaking like you were here when he was struggling to stay alive. Is that your way of thanking me?”
“What are you doing?” She yelled as I pushed her from the bed and toward the door. “Get your hands off me, b**ch!”
I pressed her face to the wall and with one hand,I opened the door.
My hands fell beside me when I saw the throng of people in the hallway. The security formed a solid wall between them and the door.
team
I recognized some of them as board members of GT group as I had seen them once or twice during a few shareholders‘ meetings.
“How can I help you?” I stuck my head out from behind one of the guards and asked them. They quickly walked forward. “We’re relatives of Mark, we’re here to see him.”
I wasn’t allowed to speak as another person picked up from where the relative stopped. “We also came from work, we are the board members. The man almost twisted his n*eck as he tried to look past the hefty men into the room. He flashed me a sheepish smile, “We heard he’s awake so we’ve come to see for ourselves.”
What the hell?! No one, absolutely no one bothered to pay him a visit when he was unconscious, now that he’s awake they’re here to show their fake ass care. And these ugly people that claimed to be his relatives, I swear, I don’t recognize any of them. I’m sure the board members must be
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displeased, they were probably hoping that he would not make it.
And how had they even found out. Mark just woke up now and I doubt even the doctor knew
about it yet.
Well, I guess it won’t take long before his amnesia will be revealed and his position as the CEO of GT group will be at risk
