Victoria's pov

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!" I shouted as I dived down, sliding on my chest just in time to catch his hand.

Those years of track in high school and college actually paid off, but I could already feel the bruise forming on my chest. I grabbed him with my other free hand after bracing myself so I didn't slide off the cliff with him. I groaned as we slipped a little, and I couldn't believe how heavy he was.

I peered over the cliff to see him unconscious, making him heavier and harder to hold. I realized that he must've hit his head when I grabbed his hand. I slowly pulled him up over the edge, ignoring the shock of pain that ran through my chest.

Yep, it's bruised.

After successfully pulling him on flat land, I laid beside him to catch my breath. I felt like I ran a marathon as my chest rose and fell rapidly. However, I didn't mind since I saved him. I took a glance at him, seeing how peaceful he looked in his unconscious state.

There was blood at the back of his head so I concluded that that's where he took the blow. If he had jumped instead of stepped off the cliff, maybe his head wouldn't have gotten hit.

But if he had jumped, maybe I wouldn't have caught him.

‘Well what now?’, I thought as I pushed myself up on my elbows so I could get a better look at him. I pondered on whether to take him to the hospital or not, but unlike any sane human being, I was skeptical about the idea.

After the little encounter I had with him, I think I knew that he wouldn't like that very much. And there wasn't anything major wrong with him physically, so it wouldn't be that necessary. I'm a nurse after all, so I could  treat his head and send him off good as new.

Home it is then.

I spent almost half an hour just getting him to my car. It was not easy to carry a fully grown 200 pound man, and I tried as much as possible to avoid dragging him so he wouldn't get hurt and dirtier.

Imagine waking up to find his clothes gone in a stranger's house--definitely not appealing.

The journey home was somewhat heart wrenching as I thought about all the possible reasons why Luka would try to kill himself. He looked like one of those people who had everything together, but as they say, it's always the ones that seem like they have it all together who's hurting the most.

The effort to get him up the stairs was rendered pointless seeing that it was much harder than I thought it would be, so our guest had to settle for the couch.

I sat on the couch across from him just staring for about 20 minutes. My heart hurt for him when he shifted a little with a pained expression on his face. I had no idea what was happening in his life, but I oddly had an urge to erase it. I hated that I couldn't make it better in that moment--strange ,since he was just a stranger.

I sighed deeply, realizing that it was getting late and exhaustion dawned on me. Guessing that he wouldn't be waking up anytime soon, I decided to take a shower and wash this horrible day off me.

The warm water beat against my back in a perfect massage, and I could feel all the tension, stress and pain slowly lifting. The shower was lovely, and I realized that it was exactly what I needed. I hopped out feeling very refreshed and much better than before as I dried my hair and mumbled a song. But as if the universe couldn't grant me peace, I heard a sudden loud crash downstairs, causing me to quickly make my way to see what had happened.

The sight in front of me had my mouth falling to the ground in utter shock. Luka was up and fuming, and I could literally see the steam radiating from him.

It seemed as if he remembered everything, and he was not happy about it. But I couldn't just make him die. Yes he's a stranger, but his life is valuable. All lives are.

now

I loved that

back at the slight but effective movement. His eyes were dark as night and he looked as if he was about to kill me. I had to

at him. "Why the hell did you save me!?" He shouted at the top of his voice, his body shaking vigorously. I stepped back even more into the wall

"Well?!"

unhappy with life, but what kind of human being would I be if I watched him kill himself? I shook the fear away and sized

you kill yourself!" I shouted back just as

not Victoria?

through with it when I'm standing right there" I pointed out, lowering my

himself down. I relaxed when I saw his eyes back to normal as he opened them

wanted to be saved, I would've done it in a place with a lot of people" He

rush through me but quickly push it away. I did the right thing, I had to believe that. And I would do it again in a heartbeat,

closer to him. I didn't know how unstable he was, so I tried to be careful. I didn't know what exactly to say to

towards me at the sound of my voice, and his eyes roamed down my body widely as if just noticing what I was wearing. I subconsciously glanced down too, seeing I was only in my towel from my shower earlier. I held onto it

water on the..." I stopped abruptly as I saw that the glass was no longer there, but on the floor with my vase. "On second thought, I'll get you some when I

yea sorry about that. I lose control sometimes" I flashed him a smile, letting him know it was

It took me so long to even get a hold of myself over the years,

much potential in him by just looking at him. It's wrong to let it just be stripped away from

down stairs, I saw Luka picking up shattered glass pieces from the vase that was broken. I smiled at

the one that broke it" He muttered lowly with the cutest

silently telling him that it was okay as I walked over to the couch where I gestured for him to join

coming out like that, and even he looked slightly taken aback, before his expression turned cold. He pursed his lips and looked

to jump off

21 year old nurse at Newsome Hospital. I live alone and I have a cat. Now, would you be comfortable trying to talk about it?" He looked at me, then blinked a couple times. In a second he was

after a while, after which he looked at me as if I had grown another head. "Do you

as I saw that this wouldn't go as planned. I was tired too, so I decided to simply call it a night. I got up with a yawn as I gently

what are you doing?" he asked in a serious tone. I simply nodded

no no Victoria. I'm sorry but I'm not like that" he quickly yanked his

was no way I was making him go home now at 11 in the night while he might have

understand men,’ I

Men...

Ooooohhhh.... Oh shit!

hit me and my eyes widened

no Luka! I wasn't trying to sleep with you" I laughed awkwardly. " I'm just offering you a room to stay till morning since you might have a concussion and it's late in the

at his accusation but I simply waved

Speaking of his head.

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