" £ xxx xxx xxx"

"What!!" I gasped at the huge sum of money she mentioned.

Wow... I only had half of that amount... F*ck.

My phone slipped out of my hands as my eye sight was blurred with hot tears.

I gulped " I`ll call you back Anna" I told her after a moment of silence.

Shortly after she ended the call and I could finally let the tears fall freely as I held my head, thinking of what to do.

John... Yes I he`ll definitely help me...

"Is everything alright?" I heard a voice at the door the moment I was ready to call John.

Turning to Mr Wells, I saw his leaning at the on the side door frame with a straight expression as he stared at me.

"No!!! my mother was involved in an accident and now in ICU however she needs to be transferred to another hospital and I don`t have enough to settle the fucking transfer bills!!" I blurted out wholely, not thinking.

I presume he heard everything, this house was small and spacious, at least my phone wasn`t on loud speaker.

"Alright so where do I come in to help?" He politely said.

"I don`t need your help" I softly declined.

"I insist"

"Thank you Mr Wells but... "

"But nothing, when someone needs saving, you save without a second thought" He interjected rendering me speechless.

Gazing at him I wondered how he can be so easily nice to me, we only met last week.

I mean, was this same Mr Wells that was rumored to be cold?

"I`ll assist you. However... " He paused, walking up to me.

"Keep in mind that you owe me now" He whispered indifferently while he fixed the imbalanced position of my glasses.

"Alright " my eyes flustered at his warm gesture.

"What`s the name of the hospital " He inquired to which I checked the text messages Anna sent me, mentioning the name of the hospital our mother was admitted to.

I showed it to him to have him nod slightly.

As he pulled out his phone from his inner breast pocket he went to the side and made a phone call.

I wondered who he was on a call with.

After five minutes, he ended the call.

"Who were you on a call with?" I gave a him a puzzled stare.

"My secretary will contact the hospital to arrange transfers for patients needing better care, at no cost of their families " He casually briefed, taking a seat on a chair.

Just like that...

How!

"Thank you" I gratefully uttered.

"I`m not doing charity work, you will pay on their behalf"

Of course, nothing will come for free.

Gazing at him the urge to kiss him kicked in and I didn`t hold back.

I threw myself on him, catching him out guard as I claimed his lip at once, he responded with same energy, I hummed in pleasure as he sucked my tongue, peeking at him I saw his eyes slightly open as his brows furrowed.

Just when we were but too indulged in the passionate kiss, my phone rang, bringing us back to reality, I pulled away and picked up the call as I gasped for air.

"Yasmin...! " I jolted as she called my name out loud in excitement, thank goodness the phone wasn`t on loud speaker.

"Can you believe it? the director of the hospital is actually moving critical patients to that fancy hospital owned by the Ross family, guess what, this transfer is happening at no cost, that means mom`s going to get treatment at a better hospital, this is the best!!" She yapped non-stop.

"This is a miracle Yaya!!" She cried out of joy,

I nodded, a true miracle indeed, I gazed at Owen, beaming.

After speaking with my sister I went to him embracing him tightly.

Instead of reciprocating the hug he murmured near my ear" thirty minutes left"

Oh right, the event!

I didn`t know what function he was taking me to, I didn`t feel like asking either.

Unboxing the first box, my eyes widened in astonishment as I pulled out a dark red colored silk turtle-neck dress with knee length cape sleeves.

I stared at him in marvel, taking out another box, I opened it to see a pair of red platform heels of 7 inches.

"Wow..." I was stunned.

Meanwhile Owen had his eyes shut at he sat with his hands behind his head, relaxed.

I put back the shoes and thought to go prepare.

...

Twenty minutes later after I was done in the bathroom I came out, wearing robes, he was no longer in my room.

I guess he was making himself feel at home

Humming a melody I sat down at the vanity table and did a light make up.

Afterwards, I wore my inner-wears then the ankle-length gown.

He was quite considerate not to gift me something decent that would expose my scars, not to mention this was my type of style.

Simple and Elegant.

"I love it" I murmured under my breath as I admired the person in the mirror.

As I sat down to wear the shoes...

"How come I can`t find any of your childhood photos?..." He voice slowly faded as he gazed at me.

The subtle look in his eye hinted something...was it admiration or lust?

"You look... ravishing" He complimented as I rose up after wearing the shoes.

"Indeed..." I nodded, noticing we wore matching attires.

"If you`re looking for my photos you won`t find it here" I jested, opening to third box, the sight of jewelries made me pause.

"What is going on!!" I chuckled, baffled.

Should I be suspicious...

There was pair of bracelets, earrings and a piece of necklace, all matching.

My eyes immediately darted to the rings on his fingers with rare gem embedding.

Ok... Mr Wells what are you up to....

"Sit" he nudged his head tomorrows the vanity seat as he instructed.

I obediently went to seat, keeping the box on table.

My heart skipped a beat when he appear behind me.

At the time my eyes followed his every movements I thought to ask.

"What type of gem is this?"

" It`s a rainbow garnet, mostly found in Japan... " He paused as he cautiously wore the earrings on me.

"And what makes it truly special is it`s natural iridescence... caused by microscopic layering in it`s crystal" he continued as his hands gently rested on my shoulders while he stared at me in the mirror.

I would I have thought he looked at me with admiration but he facial expression remained neutral.

"That`s what gives it that... stunning, multicolored sheen" he added, bringing the necklace to my neck.

All of a sudden after he was done, he buried his face into my neck as he murmured

"I wish I could eat you, right now,"