Chapter 5: NICK NAME?
IVAN’S POV:
She looked at me with confused eyes, and I’m afraid that she remembered her past. I was calling her for a long time and saw that she was making different types of faces. Even when all those were cute, I’m afraid because I’m still not clear about her feelings for me. I sat on the bed near her and took her hands in mine. I started to rub her right hand with my thumb and began to ask her.
“I was calling you for a long time, but you didn’t respond,” I told her, and she gave me the sorry look with the pout. Don’t do that, doll. I won’t be sane if you continue doing this. I told those words to myself as I’m still not clear about her feelings for me.
“What were you thinking, doll? Don’t strain your brain, please,” I spoke through the fear that I’m afraid she’ll leave me if she remembers something.
“No, I was just thinking…what to call you… I don’t remember what I used to call you, but I thought I would select a name for you, so…” she said, making me smile. I’m happy that she wants to call me.
“You can call me anything you want,” I told her, as I’ll be happy with her even calling me stupid or idiot.
“Hmm. Can I call you Hubby?” she asked, which made my heart run fast, and I can’t wish for anything other than this in my life. I nodded my head at her and immediately stood up from the bed as I knew if I spent another second in front of her I’d be losing my control.
“Hubby,” I heard her calling me. I turned with a lot of control and asked her what she wanted. She looked at the water glass, and I understood that she needed water. So, I made her drink the water and made her sleep on the bed for some rest. After I felt that she was asleep, I went downstairs and saw both Mario and Marina waiting for me in the living room. I went and sat on the center couch where Mario and Marina were sitting on my right side. They both were looking at me like I’m some alien, and I think it’s because of the smile on my face.
“Did she kiss you?” Mario asked the stupidest question in the world and got a smack from Marina.
“Idiot, he will be on cloud nine if she kissed him, not sitting here with the smile,” Marina said, looking at me to know the reason for my smile.
“She called me Hubby,” I expressed the reason for my happiness with a tear drop in my eyes. Marina scooted, but Mario looked at me with sad eyes.
“Ivan, please control yourself. What if she remembered the truth someday?” Mario asked me, which was enough to erase the smile on my face, but I’m still happy that my doll is with me now. Whatever happens in the future, I wish it won’t separate me from my doll.
“Hmm. First, tell me what you both found out about that American gang,” I asked him, as that’s the most important thing now. I want to protect my doll no matter what.
They told me some things which I need to know. Even when I still didn’t come to the limelight, I revealed my half truth. I revealed the world about my business but I didn’t reveal my mafia identity. In case I forgot to say, I’m the topmost businessman in the world, and all these times I have hidden my face, but I revealed it a week ago as I thought it was necessary. I can’t protect my doll completely with my hidden identity, so I came to the light. But I think my mafia identity is enough to protect my doll from the hidden eyes around her.
Mario told me that they found the boss of that American gang is such a creep and the biggest rapist. He even raped the daughter of one of the top businessmen, and he is searching for that bloody bastard. So he is hiding now. From all this, I guessed that I need to go to America as soon as possible not only to find that bastard but also my doll, but I can’t take my doll with me. I don’t want her to remember her past before I get that bastard in my hands. My men are already searching for her true identity in America. As I don’t trust anyone with my doll, only my few men who I trust know about her.
After that, both Mario and Marina left to their room as Marina told me that they’ll be staying here until my doll gets better, and my doll is also happy with them. Her legs are healing, but she still can’t stand on her own, so Marina told me that she’ll help my doll with her personal stuff, and I’m thankful for that. I went to my room and saw my doll is still sleeping. So, I started to do some business work on the laptop, sitting on the other side of the bed. It’s hard on me to handle everything, but with my friends’ help, it becomes easy, and with the smile on my doll’s face, I don’t feel tired at all. Her smile became my energy drink; whenever I’m tired or sad, I feel renewed. After half an hour of work, I saw my doll is still asleep. So, I went to freshen up. I guess I’m standing under the shower for half an hour as I remembered these two weeks.
I remember how broken I was when I saw my doll in that condition and how the doctor announced that my doll lost her memory. How she was afraid to talk to me when she first opened her eyes. How she started to talk to me slowly and that too only if she needed anything? I closed my eyes and felt the ring on my finger. I know it’s not my wedding ring, but I love this to the core, and I won’t remove this for all my life. After a long shower with all these thoughts, I came outside the washroom wearing my clothes. I saw my doll is struggling to get up, so I went near her and helped her to sit up on the bed. But all the time she was looking at me with wide eyes.
That’s when I noticed a blush on her cheeks, and I’m confused as hell.