Betrothed To An Alpha? I Don't Think So!-Chapter 116: He Looked Miserable

Lincoln quickly tossed the papers aside. He rushed up the stairs, making his way to his room. He slammed the door shut behind him, stalked his way to his bed, and pulled out a box from under the large wooden holder.

Lincoln opened the box, and he frantically searched through it.

There were letters inside it from him to her and from her to him. There were photos of them together, even the gifts they’d shared.

"Here it is." He took out the envelope which at this point, looked dusty and a bit worn out.

Lincoln tore it open, flipped the paper apart, and began to read the content.

When she had been pregnant with Evelyn, every test she did, she gave him a duplicate of the papers, because while she loved his brother after everything that happened, she knew he was still the father of the child and wanted him to stay updated one way or the other. She believed she deserved to be.

Although during one of them, this paper was mixed in. A full blood test. It seemed weird, confusing. It was nothing like any normal human blood test and this he knew, because while he hadn’t ended up becoming a doctor, he’d studied as one.

But he’d overlooked it because it made no sense. It was probably a mixture. Some kind of mistake from the hospital.

Lincoln sat in the bed, biting his finger.

He could still vividly hear the one time she’d laughed, telling him she wasn’t human. He’d taken it as a joke, didn’t consider she meant it because why would he? How could the woman he loved possibly be anything other than a human?

But these blood tests.... Evelyn and hers were completely the same. A perfect match. If she truly hadn’t been a human, what was she then?

What out there was she?

Lincoln balled his fists. He was going to find out. And he would start with tracing down her family.

———

Luca blinked his eyes open, gaze fixed on the ceiling of the ward he was in. He’d expected to wake up in a hospital, after all Valerio’s men had beaten the crap out of him anyway.

But he wondered for how many hours he’d been unconscious.

Turning his head, he grunted a bit. There were cards on the table. Flowers and...gifts?

Who were they from?

Forcing himself up on the bed, he tried to see, but then the monitor began beeping and before he could even do a thing, a nurse rushed in towards him.

"You’re awake." She quickly proceeded to do a thorough check-up on him, making sure he was out of danger.

Luca watched him all the while, even as she walked around the bed to be in front of him. She lifted her hand. "Can you tell how many fingers I have up?"

He blinked. "Three?"

"Oh thank goodness." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He seemed confused at her sigh of relief. He knew his condition was bad, but it couldn’t have been that bad right?

"How long have I been here?" he asked.

"A week."

"A week!" he exclaimed.

The nurse nodded at him. "Young man, you were in a very critical condition. You were too beaten up and even your head was bleeding. Had you been brought here any later, you might not be seated here chattering off."

"It was that bad...." He lifted his head and touched his head. "It was bandaged throughout and he even had a cast around his neck. "Oh, my neck too?"

"Who even did that to you?" the nurse asked as she adjusted his drip.

He tried to shake his head, but it was a bit hard with the cast. "It’s a long story. Oh, that reminds me. My memories are intact."

"Indeed they are. You woke up earlier than expected. Good job." The nurse patted his shoulder. "Tell me, though, how do you feel? Do you feel any pain, or weird at all? If you do, let me call the doctor for you."

"Oh, no, no." Luca waved his hands. "That’s fine. I feel okay. Thoughts if you don’t mind me asking, who brought all these gifts over here?"

"That?"

The nurse glanced over at the flowers and the gifts. Even written cards. "It was the young lady Darkwood. She’d been visiting every day for a while now."

Evelyn... His thoughts wailed and his face slowly lit up in smiles. "So she did make it safe too."

After the whole thing at the bridge and Evelyn fainting, he could barely comprehend anything anymore. And had actually lost his consciousness in the car.

So he had no clue if Evelyn was really okay.

But hearing the nurse’s words, confirmed everything had ended well.

......

Evelyn walked into the manor with Brandon. They’d come to see Alessio and the man had come down to see them.

He had dark circles around his eyes and that was enough to tell them that he hadn’t slept well these past few nights.

"You didn’t tell me you were coming?" Alessio said, referring to Brandon.

Brandon offered an awkward smile, apologizing. "Sorry, it was a bit urgent."

Alessio looked over to Evelyn. He stared at her and slowly smiled at her, asking, "How do you feel now, Evelyn?"

They’d never really met much or talked, but he seemed nicely casual which meant Zayne talked about her a lot. Her heart sank dejectedly at the thought, but she still smiled back, responding, "I’m okay. Thank you. I’ve gotten better."

"That’s good to hear." Alessio turned to Brandon. "Why have you come? Is everything alright?"

Brandon nodded. "Everything is fine. But...we want to know if there is any news on Zayne. You haven’t called and surely nothing really happened to him, right?"

The look that appeared on Alessio’s face was enough to tell them that there was nothing. Alessio shook his head. "I haven’t got anything. I’ve been trying to reach my brothers but their phones are switched off. I have also tried to track them but I haven’t gotten anywhere. So... I’m just as clueless, if not helpless."

He looked miserable.