Leaving the room, Kelvin returned to the study, his expression grave, his eyes blazing with a cold, restrained intensity.
He pulled out his chair and sank into it, then reached forward, drew his laptop closer, and pressed the power button.
He had always backed up every detail of her treatment and diagnosis there.
While waiting for the system to boot, his fingers drummed against the large brown table in a steady, controlled rhythm.
He had always been careful and meticulous when it came to her or matters that concerned her.
And yet…
Having a partial memory loss was never in his expectations.
It was unexpected.
Completely outside his calculations.
And now it unsettled him in a way he hadn’t anticipated.
Last time, he sent the residue in that syringe to a secured lab for testing, and the result…
His jaw tightened at the thought of it and at the moment he dared not dwell on it.
But memory loss?
That was never supposed to be part of it.
And since then, he made sure she had a discreet guard to avoid such mishaps from recurring.
Kelvin couldn’t place his hand on whatever it was that went wrong.
Seconds later, his fingers were flying across the keyboard as he accessed files after files, folder after folder, searching, digging for a clue or anything that would point to the cause.
With no idea where she had lost consciousness or who she met, Kelvin was at his wits’ end.
And Sonia…
She wanted an answer fast.
His frustration simmered just beneath the surface.
With no breakthrough, Kelvin grabbed his phone and dialed a secured contact.
“Check out something for me.” He spoke with a cold calmness.
“I will be sending the details to you…I need it fast.” He instructed, and the call ended with a beep.
He swiftly typed a string of words and pressed the send button.
Once done, he returned his attention to studying her medical reports all over again.
Buzz
Buzz
Buzz
Kelvin grabbed the phone from the table immediately and slid the answer button.
“Yes,” Kelvin said flatly.
Then a cold voice filtered through the phone speaker.
“Boss, I checked…”
Kelvin’s eyes darkened.
“What did you find?”
The person on the other paused briefly as though contemplating…
“Can you speak out?” Kelvin snapped, at the delay.
“I found nothing. It seemed to have been wiped, cleaned and completely erased.”
Kelvin’s grip tightened around the phone.
“What?”
“Records, traces… even external logs. It’s like she never existed in that window of time.”
Kelvin’s fist tightened around the phone.
His jaw tightened.
“Keep digging,” he said, gritting his teeth.
The call ended with a beep.
He slowly set the phone down, his gaze staring into the distance.
His thoughts spun.
Kelvin never gave it a thought before, but it seemed things weren’t simple, and maybe someone really wanted her dead.
“Who could that be?” he muttered.
Alex
Cyndi
Lady Monica
Or someone in the dark
Blood feud
Business feud
Kelvin shook his head with dismay as he couldn’t place a finger on it.
This was a mystery he never expected to emerge at this time.
He grabbed his phone and typed out a few sets of instructions for his chief guard.
He had to tighten the security measures around her.
This deal might not be simple.
He dialed another contact.
“Keep a close eye on Alex and Cyndi…get every little detail of their interactions. Who they met and where they met.”
With all plans set in motion, he reviewed her recent medical report, but his breath caught at one of the indicators.
~Hours later~
Kelvin walked towards the door of the ward, his expression calm, a tray of food in his hand.
Seeing him approach, the guards gave a curt nod and pushed the door open for him.
He paused briefly and drew in a deep breath before he stepped into the room.
With Sonia still frail and weak, she slept faster and deeper than a normal person.
So, despite how she had resisted, she still fell asleep faster than she thought.
Kelvin
Kelvin carefully placed the food on a table beside the bed.
His gaze trailed the IV line connected to her right hand, he walked over and adjusted it before carefully stretching her left hand to take her pulse.
While his fingertips rested gently, almost fleetingly, on her wrist, his gaze locked on his wristwatch, and the room, shrouded in an ominous silence, counted down the seconds for a verdict.
After a moment, his brow furrowed, and he straightened up.
He placed the back of his hand on her forehead and shook his head with a grave expression.
“Another fever?” he muttered softly.
It was unexpected.
Things were definitely taking a different turn.
He gently placed her hand back and returned to the medication cabinet.
He picked out a few bottles of drugs and arranged them on a medication trolley, along with the syringe for the administration.
He slid on his gloves and pushed the trolley back to her bedside and began a careful administration of each drug.
Every movement was carefully gentle as though a slight firmness might hurt her.
By the time the last drop of substance flowed into her vein, Sonia’s eyes slowly opened, her vision blurry as she tried to make out the silhouette of the man beside her bed.
Kelvin glanced at her lightly, his face expressionless as he waited to see her reaction.
But she only lifted her left hand and rubbed her eyes.
“Why is everything so blurry?” she murmured to herself.
“Blurry,” Kelvin repeated the word silently a few times, even as it echoed in his head repeatedly and his heart fell into a frenzy.
Sonia patted the side of her bed anxiously while blinking her eyes, hopeful that it was just a reaction she experienced as she had just woken up.
But the result wasn’t changing for the better, it was still the same thing…all blurry.
She shook her head in denial.
It can’t be true.
Anything could go wrong but definitely not with her eyes.
She’d be dead.
Her pulse spiked, her heart raced.
She had to seek out Kelvin just as she tried to move her right hand, she felt the sharp sting of the IV still attached to her hand.
She slowed, and her gaze locked on the silhouette before her.
At this time, she could only take a gamble.
Besides, staying in Kelvin’s home…there was a high chance she had been secluded, and he might be the only one who had access to this room.
And the white colour should properly be his scrubs.
“Kelvin…” her voice trembled.
“Kelvin… is that you?” her fear latched onto every syllable.
Kelvin exhaled slowly, steadying himself before answering.
“You just woke up, you shouldn’t be too anxious…it would affect your recovery.”
Sonia stretched her hand out toward him blindly.
Kelvin’s gaze dropped to it.
For a moment, something softened in his eyes, and a faint smile touched his lips.
“What do you want?” he asked quietly.
“I’ll get it for you.”
“I don’t want anything…” her voice wavered.
“Do you think… I’ll be going blind?”
Kelvin let out a soft chuckle.
“Aren’t you…”
“Don’t say it!” she cut in quickly, her hand trembling in the air.
“I’m definitely not going blind…”
Seeing she misunderstood him, he couldn’t stop himself from laughing.
“Who said you are blind?”