Is this his other life? The one that I never knew about? The one that he always wanted to come back to?
"Of course. I’m a doctor, after all," Hayden stated like it was supposed to be obvious.
I was still so stunned that I didn’t know what to say to this new revelation. Of course, I knew for a long while now that Hayden is a doctor, but I didn’t know that he had such a grand project like this in mind.
"Surprised? Why do you have to look so shocked? You didn’t think that I studied so hard all the way through medical school just to become a gang leader, right? Well, if Amelia didn’t wake up, that might have been the case..." Hayden told me with a laugh.
He seemed so relaxed and at ease now that we were far away from the gang business, and I started to wonder if this was what Hayden was really like in his life before he got pulled back to deal with the gang business.
"I’m very surprised. It’s such a big change...I guess..." I admitted truthfully.
"I want to be a doctor because I am a doctor. I’ve spoken to my father about this project for a long time now. There are hospitals just like this and smaller clinics being built in other countries too to help the poor. This is the largest hospital that we’re building in this country but there are other smaller ones. There’s another one closer to the mansion too. It’s pretty much charity.
We’ll have to keep an eye on Harvey or else he’s going to insert in some operations for some black-market organ trade for sure," Hayden said followed by a small laugh.
"Really?!" I exclaimed in shock.
"Well, could be. Harvey is very ruthless when it comes to profit making. I have no idea how far those two want to keep on amassing wealth. As for me, I like to be on the spending part of that scale. Taking some of that dirty money and doing some good as a way to return to the community isn’t a bad idea, right?" Hayden asked with a calculating smile.
"Are you going to move here?" I asked.
"Not really. We’ll be doing a lot more travelling around to the various hospitals after it’s set up and ready to operate, though," Hayden explained.
I see. Just like how he had encouraged for me to take steps forward in pursuant of my dream career, he had been working very hard at his own. Maybe there will come a day when both our dreams come true. Although this place was in the middle of nowhere, I didn’t mind coming here often or even moving here if that meant that I could support his dream like he had willingly supported mine.
"Wow! The house has an art studio?" I asked in awe.
Frankly, although I knew that Hayden had thought things through very well, it still surprised me that there was actually an art studio here for me. That’s great. I can work here while he’s away at the hospital which isn’t too far away from here.
"It’s a little far from your art gallery but you don’t have to physically be there at the gallery unless you’re hosting a special event, right?" Hayden asked with a warm smile.
I was starting to like this new phase in our lives more and more as the seconds ticked by. When I began imagining the new life ahead of us, it was just nothing short of perfect. In fact, it was more perfect than anything that I could have ever dreamt of alone before.
"Hayden..." I whispered his name.
While smiling sweetly at him, I stood up on my tiptoes and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Thank you..." I whispered close to his ear after hugging him close to me.
His strong arms wrapped around my back as he returned my hug, and I smiled while I enjoyed the warmth and security of his embrace.
"We might have to move around quite a bit at first. It shouldn’t be a problem if we sort everything out before we have our first child," Hayden said with confidence.
"Our first...child?" I mumbled questioningly.
How far ahead had he thought about our life together?
When he said ’our first child’, does that mean that he’s looking forward to having more than one?
--To be continued...