A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO novel Chapter 4

Amelia’s bulgy eyelids parted and closed slowly as she let out a soft yawn. It was morning and the rays of the sun found its way into her room through her large window.

She had been awake for minutes but didn’t open her eyes, neither did she get out of bed.

She felt too weak to do anything, and she wished she could lay in bed the whole day. But that was never going to happen. She had things to do.

She recalled Freddie promised to give her a gift after the party yesterday, but she couldn’t remind him about it. Not after what went down at the party.

She opened her eyes again, this time, not closing it. She laid on her left side and her eyes were directly on her parents frame that sat on the table in front of her. She stared at their smiley faces for a long time, and let out a sigh.

She gripped the mattress firmly and dragged herself up. She sat up and yanked the bedspread off her body. She stared at her injured yet straight leg and saw blood stained the bandage already.

She shook her head in regret and lifted her left leg with her hands. She moved her leg off the bed and slowly placed it on the floor, using her hands as support. She could still feel severe pain in her leg.

She threw her right leg off the bed too and slowly stood up. The little weight she applied on her left leg sent a stinging pain to her brain, and she groaned, holding her thighs very tight. She lifted her left leg from the floor and allowed all of her weight to rest on her right leg.

After a few minutes, the pain subsided. She felt hot and began to crave a cold shower. She slowly let go of her leg and turned to face the bed.

Her left leg was still hanging in the air. She checked her bedspread and saw it wasn’t stained.

She had to change the old one last night when her blood stained it. She was relieved that the new one wasn’t stained too.

She hopped to her bathroom door and when she opened it, she heard a knock on her door.

Her heart skipped a bit as she heard the knock. She looked at the door and waited to hear who it was before she opened it.

‘I won’t open the door if it’s Ava or Hudson. I am too weak for trouble,’ She told herself.

“Amelia, are you still sleeping?” She heard Freddie’s voice, and her eyes closed, and she exhaled in relief.

“I’m awake, Uncle. I’ll get the door now.”

She hopped to the door and held onto the wall with her left hand while she turned the door knob with the right.

Freddie smiled faintly and walked into the room. He was dressed in a neatly ironed white shirt and black trousers.

He looked around the room and saw her blue dress laying on the floor. “Good morning, Uncle,” She greeted him, and he looked at her.

He was about to reply when he noticed she was standing on one foot.He saw the bandage on her leg, and he folded his eyebrows.

“What happened?” He asked, and Amelia shook her head.

“Nothing.”

She hopped to the bed and sat on it. Freddie moved closer to the bed and also sat down.

“Nothing? Amelia, you have a bandage on your leg. Tell me what happened.” He uttered worriedly.

‘If I tell you your children did this to me, you would never believe it. It will cause more trouble than good.’ She thought and lowered her head.

“I hit my leg on the stairs last night when I was coming to my room. The dress made me pretty unstable,” She said, and looked at him.

“Oh wow, I’m very sorry about that. We should treat the wound well so that it doesn’t get infected,” He advised, and she bobbed.

“I did that yesterday, Uncle. I made use of the first aid box. Don’t worry, it will heal in no time.” She said, faking a smile.

“I hope so.” Freddie kept mute for some seconds, he looked up and heaved a sigh.

“Charles Parker called me today,” He suddenly said, and Amelia looked at him and gulped hard. She nodded for him to continue.

“He informed me that James is at the office and you should grab this opportunity to apologize to him.” He looked at Amelia.

“I should go to his office to apologize?” She asked, and Freddie nodded.

“That is what Charles told me. Maybe he is always calmer at work. I don’t know,” He responded. “I’ll go. I want you to be happy with me,” She said, and Freddie smiled.

“But…” He pointed to her leg, and she looked at her leg. “I’ll manage. The apology is more important than my cut.”

Freddie nodded and said, “I’ll drop you off at his office then. I have an outside meeting, and I’ll be passing by his company. I need you to clean up as soon as possible. My meeting is in two hours.” He looked at his luxury wristwatch after speaking.

“I’ll start cleaning up immediately,” She assured him, and he stood up.

“Okay.” He walked to the door and held the door knob. He turned to look at her and said,

“Make sure you clean that wound well and apply some medicine. Do not also forget to take some pain relief,” He stated as he opened the door.

Amelia nodded with a smile, and when Freddie was out and the door was closed, the smile faded off immediately. She looked at her wounded leg and tears heated her eyes rapidly.

“Maybe one day Uncle would know his children are evil. I would make sure I won’t be the one to tell him. He would find out himself,” She muttered sadly.