Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 300

Twins?

The purse shook her head. 'No, no one."

'Got it, thaples,!

The nurse left, grateful to be away from the ward.

Dr Chase's friend was handsome but unapproachable, uncooperative, and possibly violent.

Jesse knocked once before he pushed the door open.

Austyn was lying on the single bed in his own rumpled clothes.

He'd refused to let anyone touch him or change into a hospital gown.

Jesse saw the broken shards of thermometer in the waste basket and mentally added its cost to Austyn's bill.

He cleared his throat and stood more than two metres away from the bed in case Austyn had more things to throw

'How are you feeling? Any dizziness, nausea, headache?'

Austyn didn't respond.

He had one arm draped over his forehead and his eyes were closed

Jesse removed a thermometer from the pocket of his white lab coat.

"Time to take your temperature. You were running a forty-one-degree lover last night. Do you know how dangerous that is? You could've died, you know. Or suffered from permanent brain damage Jesse waved the digital thermometer in his band. "If the fever still doesn't go down, I'll have to change your meds."

He approached the bed cautiously, 'Now, just be back and be a good boy. Open your mouth.

an oral one.

The thermometer was an or

Austyn's lips remained rightly pressed together.

'Say "Aah." Comme do, it's not going to hurt at all. Little kids can do this." Jesse coaxed his friend.

Austyn ignored him.

Jesse poked his shoulder with a linger. 'Come on. Just open your mouth. I'm your doctor. You're the patient. Don't act like a baby. Just let me take your temperature,'

He added, "Or I won't tell you what your wife is doing"

Austyn opened his eyes.

He stared at Jesse frostily.

The doctor was undated. "Just let me do my job. If I don't give you a clean bill of health, you're not getting out of th

After a while, Austyn reached out a hand, "Give me,

Jesse grinned

He gave the thermometer to Austyn, who stuck it into his mouth.

this room.

Jesse waited for the beep before removing the thermometer, 'Thirty-nine-point-two degrees. Much better than last night, but you're not out of the woods yet. "Where is she?"

"Who? Jesse feigned Ignorance.

"You know who, Austyn narrowed his eyes.

'Oh, your wife Jesse patted his head. "I almost forgot. She's outside the ICU on the second floor. A colleague told me she stood outside the operating room for hours. When they transferred the man to the ICU, she followed them and sat on a bench in the hallway. Hasn't left since. She's still there'

Jesse put away the thermometer. "As for the man with the gunshot wound, the surgery's a success. He's going to live"

Austyn lowered his eyes.

He smiled bitterly

Jesse couldn't stand to see his friend, the high-powered president, loolding sa dejected like an abandoned housewife

He sat down on the edge of the bed. She just feels sorry for the man, I guess,"

Damian had said the same thing, but Austyn didn't buy it.

It was more than just guilt or gratitude that was keeping Kira by Gideon's side. Tuina

Austyn recalled the way she'd looked at Gideon when she saw him getting shot

He was sure she'd have traded places with Gideon in a heartbeat if it were possible

Kira didn't want Gideon to be hurt, just like Austyn didn't want her to be hurt.

He knew how he felt about Kira, so he could also understand Kira's feelings for Gideon

"Anyway, you shouldn't bother yourself with stuff like this,' Jesse said. The most important thing right now is for you to get better. Don't forget, you have a company to run."

Austyn had not forgotten.

That was why he asked Kai to head back to the office and keep an eye on things

Kai was reluctant to leave, but he knew Austyn's mind was made up

"Is your assistant coming back? Jesse asked. "If not, I can get you something to eat from the canteen. You need to keep your strength up if you want to recover faster. What do you want? How about some chicken soup- 'I want to rest now, Austyn cut him off. "Close the door on your way out.!

"Are you sure?

Austyn closed his eyes.

Jesse pursed his lips

Austyn didn't reply.

Jesse checked to see that the IV bottle was still two-thirds full, then he stood up and quietly left the room.

He strode past the nurses station, got into the lift and pressed the button for the second floor.

"What the hell?"

Jesse pulled up short when he stepped out of the lift and saw two women outside Gideon's ICU

One was in a black dress, standing

One was in a red dress, sitting

Their faces were identical.

'Am I seeing things?' He rubbed his eyes, opened and closed them several times

But both women were still there.

"What the hell is going on?!

His gaze alternated between the two.

"Sisters?"

Why would Kira bring her sister to the hospital?

Jesse shook his head

He didn't have time for these questions.

He approached the bench. 'Kira Hewin?

The girl in the red dress looked up

Are you Kira Hewitt?" Jesse asked again, unsure.

He'd met Kira just a handful of times.

He really couldn't tell the difference between the two women

It was such a confusing scene.

'Dr Jesse,' Kira said softly.

"It's you then, Jesse nodded. 'Get up'

Kira looked like a pathetic mess.

Her cheek was swollen, her hair was unkempt, and her red dress looked to be on the verge of disintegrating.

She looked like she should be inside the ward, not outside.

Jesse took in her pitiful state but said nothing

At the moment, he found it hard to have any sympathy for her.

In fact, he'd come down here to give her a good talking-to