Chapter 382 - Awake

Diana held Michael's hand as she stared at him lying peacefully on the bed. It's been hours and yet he had not woken up.

Her mom and Henry just left. They made sure she ate and had a change of clothes.

She had prayed a thousand prayers, she had begged God a thousand times. She even promised to get married as soon as he waked up, why was he not awake yet?

Diana wanted to watch him through the night, but before long, she fell asleep by his side, her head resting on the bed and one hand clinging onto him tightly.

The next morning, she woke up with a start, surprised she had slept off. Turning to the bed, Michael was not in sight.

Diana jumped up quickly and ran towards the bathroom, her feet stopped when she saw him standing by the sink and washing his mouth.

Michael turned to her, a smile stretching his lips,

"You were sleeping, so I didn't want to wake you."

Diana's eyes filled with tears as she stared at him. She had a million reasons she wanted to scream at him for, but staring at him right now, all she wanted to do was hug him.

Walking to him, she embraced him in a hug, he had a bandage around his torso, so she didn't hug tightly so as not to injure him.

Hot tears flowed freely from her eyes,

"How can you be so stupid? Why did you have to jump in front of a bullet? Why? What did you want me to do? How will I live with it if something happened to you? How?"

"I'm sorry… at that time, I wasn't thinking straight. The only thought on my mind was how to protect you.".

His words broke her heart the more and she couldn't bring herself to shout at him anymore.

She just hugged him,

"I missed you, I missed you so much."

Michael raised his hand and patted her back,

"I'm sorry for making you worry."

"Don't ever do something so careless ever again,"

"Yes my baby."

Michael said jokingly and Diana pouted, she had missed his jokes,

"I love you." She said,

"I love you too baby," Michael said, using one hand, he rinsed his toothbrush, because it didn't seem like she was going to leave him anytime soon.

"Let's get married today."

Michael's lips fell at her words and turned to her

"what did you say?"

"Oh, not today, maybe when you get discharged from the hospital, let's get married."

Michael blinked, it seemed getting shot wasn't so bad after all. A smile stretched his lips,

"Yes, let's get married, today even, I can get discharged now, let's go to the Civil affairs."

Diana shook her head.

"You're just waking up, the doctor still needs to check on you and know if your organs are fine. So until then, we're not leaving."

She smiled, and looked at his lips he had some foam from brushing on them,

"Rinse your mouth quickly, I want to kiss you badly."

Michael smirked, as he watched her walk back to the ward.

He quickly rinsed his lips and walked out, he was about to call Diana when he saw someone else standing in the ward,

"Nicklaus…"

He smiled warmly as he walked towards him,

"I heard what happened, I hope you're feeling better."

Michael nodded, ''I'm fine now, come sit down."

He said, pointing at an empty couch in the ward.

Nicklaus sat down,

"Tiana was involved in an accident yesterday."

Diana who was not paying attention to their discussion turned to Nicklaus in shock, her eye wide open,

"what?!"

She exclaimed,

"how is she?" Diana asked, looking so worried.

Nicklaus was quiet,

"she had severe fractures on her head, and she hasn't woken up yet."

Diana's hands flew across her mouth as her eyes watered.

She couldn't believe what she just heard.

Michael was speechless.

"and contrary to what we thought, Liam is not dead."

Diana and Michael looked at themselves in utter surprise,

"what…how? How is that possible?"

"I don't know, but what I'm sure is that he orc.h.e.s.trated the accident and your shooting,"

"But why? Why did he want to kill Diana?"

Nicklaus frowned,

"He wasn't aiming for you?"

"No, he wasn't. The shooter had targeted Diana, but I jumped in, so why did he want to shoot Diana?"

Everyone grew quiet,

"Maybe he was going to kill the two of you, but you shielded Diana, so he didn't get the chance to shoot her."

Goosebumps washed through Diana's skin,

How could he still be alive?

"how did you know he was alive?" Michael asked,

"Because he called me yesterday."

Michael ran a hand through his hair,

"How did he know where we would be, was he trailing us?"

"He must have been monitoring us for a while, but Tiana's accident seems fishy." Diana said,

Nicklaus raised his eyes to look at her,

"How?"

How did he know where she was going and the right time to cause the accident?"

Nicklaus frowned,

That morning, she had called to say that it was her father's anniversary, thee was no way he would have known where she was going because she just remembered that it was his anniversary that morning.

Unless…

"He must have known before hand and make plans."

Michael said, making Nicklaus look at him,

"Someone who knew where she was headed must have told him," Diana completed.

"she was going for her father's anniversary and the only person who knew about it was her sister and there is no way she would want Tiana dead."

Nicklaus said conclusively.

"There must be someone else who knows,".

Michael thought,

"Did she tell someone else where she was going?"

"I don't know, I wasn't with her that morning,"

Diana sighed,

"what does Liam want?"

Nicklaus shook his head,

"That is not yet clear, but what I'm sure about is that he is coming for the company. He didn't commit any crimes so even if he comes back alive, he would have a clean slate. So he wants to get rid of every opposition before coming back, so you are not safe."

Diana held Michael's hand and squeezed it.

Why won't the wicked just remain dead?!