ENCHANTED LOVE, VOLUME 3 - Season 13 Episode 79

Holley took her time walking out of the main entrance of the Tarsan Corporation. She didn’t want any sweat to ruin her make-up, so she kept her grace.

As soon as the rolling doors closed behind her, she caught sight of Black, leaning against his car. He was wearing a plain, blue sleeves that was folded right before his elbows and a simple pair of dark blue, almost black denim pants, which made him look dashing. Holley ignored this thought and continued to walk towards him.

As soon as Black saw Holley, he stood up straight, his eyes lighting up and sparkling. There was an obvious sense of admiration written all over his face as he felt his heart start to race faster, but he ignored it and started to make his way towards her in haste.

“Holley, hey!” Black called out affectionately, his eyes still stuck on her like glue.

Holley lowered her head and smiled shyly as she met him halfway in her four-inch high heels. She flashed him a timid smile before saying, “Did I keep you waiting for so long? I’m really sorry. I just got off work.”

“No, no, it’s all right. I just arrived here really. Are you hungry? Let’s go and eat first before the movie. I already made a reservation at a restaurant that I figured you might love,” he replied nervously. It wasn’t the first time that they had spent time together, and yet he was still anxious and jittery around Holley. It was not until she was close to him that he truly noticed how Holley looked. She had dressed in a way that Black felt she gave much importance to their date like he did. Because of that, his smile reached from ear to ear, and his mood was raised up once more.

Black came back to his senses and said, “I’m sorry. I just can’t help but stare at you. You look beautiful, Holley. I hope you know that.”

After hearing his compliment, Holley lowered her head down and bashfully tucked loose hair behind her ear. A smile made way out on her face. She then looked away to avoid meeting his keen eyes on purpose. It worked, because Black thought that she was as nervous as he was, making him think that she was also interested in him.

Black then escorted Holley towards the car and opened the door for her. As soon as both of them were settled, Black drove to a high building, of which a fancy revolving restaurant was perched on the highest floor. Their table was by the French window, so that they could overlook the mesmerizing scene of the city below them.

Black stared at Holley, who was smiling shyly back at him. There was a few candles flickering on the table, and a man wearing a tuxedo was playing the violin just near them. It wasn’t long until the romantic atmosphere had completely enveloped the two of them.

After a waiter poured wine in their glasses and left, Black raised his glass and proposed a toast to Holley. “A toast for the beautiful night, Holley.”

“A toast for the wonderful candlelit dinner,” Holley followed with a smile before clinking her glass with his.

Their eyes met, and as if they were the only ones in this world, their gaze locked on each other and they immersed themselves with the atmosphere that lingered between them.

After taking a sip of each of their wine, they placed their glasses down on the table gently, filling in the great taste of expensive wine. Holley decided to play coy and kept her hand on her wine glass, staring at the flavorful liquid. Black kept his stare at the bashful maiden, and without any hesitation, he reached his hand out slowly and caught hers on the table. At this moment, the violinist near them and the other people who took a glance at them could see the good chemistry between the couple.

Holley just gave Black a quick glance after this gesture and smiled bashfully with her eyes avoiding to meet his. It was not long after that Holley finally held his hand back. Black could feel his cheeks warm, and seeing the shy and warm look in her eyes, Black was certain that he could hear his rapid heartbeat.

After the satisfying and lovely dinner, the two didn’t spend much time at the restaurant any longer. They headed straight to the cinema. There weren’t many people at this cinema, since it was the last day of showing for this movie. Black smiled at Holley, while she smiled back at him. As soon as the lights slowly faded away, the movie started to play on the big screen. However, none of the two paid any attention to the movie. Both of their minds were off elsewhere. Black felt this and plucked up the courage to reach out and pull Holley into his arms.

Surprised at this bold move, Holley looked up and saw Black lowering his head towards hers.

She knew what was coming, so she immediately closed her eyes, and the moment she did, she felt his soft lips press on hers. Black started to kiss her gently, but as soon as Holley kissed him back, the pace of their kiss became passionate, and there were more emotions in that kiss than any part of their date tonight.

They felt nothing but desire for each other the whole time that they didn’t even spare some time to look at the screen. Not until the lights were back on did they realize that the movie was finished. For a moment, both of them felt disappointed that it was over. Hand in hand, they followed the crowd and walked towards the exit. When they heard people talking about what happened in the movie and their opinions about it, they exchanged looks and broke into a soft chuckle.

‘Why should I waste time on that stupid movie when I was with a pretty girl?’ Black thought with a huge grin on his face.

Like all other couples on a date, Black and Holley left the cinema holding hands and with sweet smiles plastered on their faces.

Since it was still about eight in the evening, and the night was still young, the two decided to spend some time in the mall. Black offered to buy Holley anything that she wanted. At first, she refused and told him that it was okay, but he was stubborn. So in the end, Holley gave in. Black even volunteered to help Holley with a few shopping bags. As they were done shopping, Black and Holley were on their way to Holley’s apartment. Black had kissed her good night before he watched Holley go inside.

As soon as Holley closed the door of her apartment behind her, she dropped the bags on the floor with a smile on her face.

At the hospital, a nurse checked on Melissa and noted down her vital signs.

After the necessary procedures, the nurse started to collect her stuff from the edge of the bed and accidentally touched the patient’s hand. She was startled when Melissa suddenly removed her hand away.

“What are you doing? Is there something wrong with you? Do you even know who I am? My son invested so much money in this hospital, and here I am wondering why they hired reckless staff like you. Do your job properly, you stupid girl!” Melissa’s eyebrows were furrowed into a frown as she cursed at the nurse furiously.

The nurse lowered her head and kept her head bowed down as she apologized gingerly. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Taylor. It won’t happen again. Please, forgive me.”

Melissa narrowed her eyes at the nurse with such contempt and aversion in her eyes. Recently, she had been feeling upset and disappointed, since things weren’t going as she had planned.

She had expected that Charles would have divorced his wife after she had blamed Sheryl for Leila’s poisoning and her falling off the stairs. To her dismay, so many days had already passed that she was so close to recovering, but Charles still didn’t mention or bring up anything in front of her about divorcing Sheryl even after she had so many arguments with him to the point that she had threatened him with her life ever since she woke up.

Melissa was starting to become really impatient, and all she wanted was for Sheryl to be kicked out of the house and to never step foot inside of it ever again, not even a second longer. Unfortunately, his son was already all grown up, and she couldn’t make the decision for him anymore. That was why her anger just kept accumulating inside of her. She couldn’t snap all these frustration out on her son, so she took it out on other people.

As for the nurse, she made a small, accidental mistake at the wrong time and became the victim of Melissa’s wrath. ‘Oh, what a day! If only I had known about this lady’s bad temper, I would have asked others to cover for me, so that I could have avoided being insulted by this difficult, old woman,’ the nurse whined deep inside.

Since Melissa kept hurling endless harsh remarks to her, she decided to hurriedly leave the room while continuously bowing her head and apologizing. As soon as she was out of the room, she bumped into someone.

“I…I’m sorry!” With a rattled expression, the nurse apologized once more and bowed down in front of the person, not daring to raise her head and meet that person’s eyes.

She trembled, afraid that the person she just bumped into was a tough person like Melissa and that she would have to endure another roll of insults.

Meanwhile, Irina looked down at the nurse, who just bumped into her. She intended to throw a fit at the girl, but after noticing how sincere her apology was, she decided to let it go. Moreover, she was anxious to see Melissa, and she didn’t want to have that frustration build inside of her before she got inside Melissa’s room. Irina raised her hand and made a waving gesture in the air before she replied, “It’s fine.”

The nurse gave a sigh of relief and bowed her head again out of gratitude. Without looking up at Irina, she started to walk away from the ward, but her arm was grabbed, making her stop to turn towards Irina. She looked up subconsciously with a surprised and confused look on her face. The first thing that popped in her head was that this woman wasn’t going to let her go easily as she thought.

Without wasting any more time, Irina asked, “Is this Melissa Lawrence’s ward?”

Stunned at how she guessed wrong, the nurse nodded in confirmation, feeling relief flooding her whole body once more. Without another word, Irina let go of her and entered the room.

As soon as she closed the door behind her, Irina put on a sad and concerned look on her face before she cried out, “Mrs. Taylor!” Before Melissa could look closely at her face, she walked towards her and continued, “My dear friend, Mrs. Taylor, I am so sorry about what happened to you.”

“Mrs. Taylor!” Before Melissa could look closely at her face, she walked towards her and continued, “My dear friend, Mrs. Taylor, I am so sorry about what happened to you.”

Melissa had sulked alone and still ranted about the nurse, who was rude for leaving without being dismissed. But her mood eased immediately after she caught sight of her visitor. And meanwhile, joy and surprise spread across her face.

“Oh, Irina, what brings you here?” Melissa inquired in a surprised tone. She then proceeded to invite her friend to have a seat on the chair beside her bed and offered her some sliced fruits warmly.

Irina moved towards the bed and ignored the chair, perching herself on the edge of the bed while observing Melissa’s attitude right now in secret. After concluding that her friend was in her right state of mind, she was very much relieved.

Irina grabbed a piece of fruit with a skewer out of courtesy, and when she was satisfied, she spoke. “I came here to see you after hearing about your accident. How are you feeling, Mrs. Taylor? I’m more at ease now seeing you obviously recovering.”

Melissa knew what was on Irina’s mind immediately. They had played mahjong together frequently, so Melissa knew how much Irina was big about gossiping. ‘Irina must have learned about my fight with Sheryl, so she came here not to check up on me but to figure out what was really going on,’ the patient speculated. Deep inside, Melissa scoffed at the face of this woman. Then again, Irina was still her friend.

“Oh, I’m fine now, and I can also walk again. In fact, I was told that I can already be sent home, but Charles insisted that I should stay here until I fully recovered. Well, basically, that’s it,” Melissa replied with a casual shrug. Besides letting her know about her condition, she also wanted to let Irina know how much her son cared about her.

“Oh, I’m so envious of you. Even though Mr. Taylor has lots of work to do, he still has time to take care of you. You have such a good son, my dear friend, but…” Irina replied and paused. She stopped in purpose, so Melissa could urge her on curiously. “But what? Go ahead,” Melissa said.

“But, it’s about your son’s wife, Sheryl Taylor. Let me guess. She hasn’t visited you lately, has she?” Irina led to the topic to the reason for her visit while placing the fruit down back on the plate.

Upon hearing Sheryl’s name, Melissa felt her anger rise inside her once more. But since Irina was around, she made sure her face didn’t betray her true feelings. With a scoff, she said, “What do you expect? Although she is my daughter-in-law, she clearly doesn’t care about me at all. Even my friend treats me better than she does.” Melissa rolled her eyes after she said this.

As for Irina, she had known long before that Melissa detested her daughter-in-law. If her friend was fond of her son’s wife, she wouldn’t have bothered to come here and snitch on Sheryl. She then put on a troubled look on her face before she started, “Well, Mrs. Taylor, there is something that I am still not sure of if I should let you know…”

Irina’s expression and the tone of her voice perked the interest of Melissa. She was already losing hope about her son divorcing Sheryl, now if Irina had something on Sheryl that she might use against her, she was very much willing to listen to whatever this gossiper was going to say. Without letting Irina finish, Melissa asked impatiently, “Tell me. What is it?”