Chapter 5: The Lurking Predator
"Shit! Who's that redhead?!"
Cursing under his breath, Damien kept glancing at the main entrance of the private hospital. He eagerly waited for the strange man claiming to be Lariette's husband to come out.
Damien tried to plead with the security guards but, they still kicked him out. He could only linger outside the hospital building because the entrance guards were already alerted about him.
"Damn! Who does he think he is? How dares he mess with me!"
Damien's face contorted in anger. The humiliation caused by the crimson-haired man earlier left a stinging pain in his heart more than to the back of his knees.
"Ouch..."
Feeling the ache again, Damien crouched slightly to touch the back of his knees. He resorted to sitting at a bench nearby instead of continuing to loiter. He believed the redhead would appear sooner or later anyway.
Damien stared straight at the main entrance, afraid he would miss Ruediger's appearance. Gritting his teeth, the crimson-haired guy's words from earlier irked him.
"I don't believe it. It's all bullshit!"
Clenching his right hand, Damien slammed his fist to his thigh. He didn't believe in Ruediger's claim about being Lariette's husband. He also knew she wasn't even associated with the strange guy.
In their two years of relationship, Damien had learned that Lariette was not as pushover and a doormat as most people believed. She only suppressed that side of her due to her thirst for the Elsher family's acknowledgment.