Chapter 13: Petty Revenge. (1/2)
The next day, Arthur heard so outside of his hospital room His curiosity had been peaked, he wasn't aware of thisthis tiot, or his actions were the direct cause of it
A few moments later Donovan, the secretary of Arthur's father, entered the roo back out of the roo to want to see this"
"Well that wasn't cryptic at all" Arthur remarked with a hint of sarcasm He slid out fro he could find "I'll be there in a second"
Managing to find a shi+rt, pants and a pair of sandals, Arthuraround for Donovan Donovan was talking to one of the nurses at the service desk, Arthur approached hiot ready quick, follow ave his farewells to the nurse and then led Arthur to his father's office on the first floor, the only roo's entrance Leading Arthur to the balcony, he pointed towards the crowd of people for a circle around two individuals
As Arthur looked closer, he noticed that one of the individuals was his father, while the other was on his hands and knees in front of him, an act of subservience After a few seconds, Arthur realised as happening, that other person was Ruslan's father Arthur shot a pair of daggers at Donovan before quickly turning around and dashi+ng towards the elevator,the elevator, he continued his sprint towards the building's entrance, before his path was obstructed by a crowd of workers Arthur calht and tapped the closest person on the shoulder, who turned around with a sense of annoyance at the person who just htened i it was Arthur
"Excuse me, I need to pass" Arthur's voice reached the ears of the nearby workers, who turned around and noticed Arthur's now annoyed expression Within aArthur a straight line towards the centre "Thank you"
Arthur started walking towards the centre, the attention of the croas now focused on Arthur, rather than the other two Arthur made his way to the side of Ruslan's father and turned to face his own father
"I thought we had an understanding" Arthur's tone caasped, Arthur was known around the company to be soft-spoken, shy and non-coainst his father "The sins of the son shall not reflect on the father, that was our agree the situation, I wasn't the cause of this" His father instantly took a passive stance, hands raised in-front of hiree him to stop"
Arthur's attention snapped to Ruslan's father, who nodded that this was indeed the case Arthur let out a deep sigh and grabbed thea scene" Arthur lifted Ruslan's father by the shoulder, helping hi to him, "Make sure Ruslan learns his lesson, I won't be able to protect you next time"
"Thank you" Ruslan's father uttered those words before walking out of the building, it appeared that he didn't have a shi+ft that day, he only ca of the sort
Arthur panned across the crowd, then focused his attention on his father who gave hi in response Arthur then reuys all extre that as their cue to leave, the crowd dispersed, leaving only Arthur and his father standing there in the lobby, besides the people working behind the front desk
"Why did you have Donovan call ressive attitude and tone settled down to so more casual
"I didn't" Arthur stared at his father's expression, it see Donovan had done this of his own volition
"Right Well, you can go have that discussion with your secretary, I' back to bed" Arthur looked up at the interior balcony to see Donovan with a grin on his face Arthur gave hi his way back to his patient room on floor 2
Arthur didn't attend school for the rest of the week, and the week after that Quinn and Holly stopped by to visit a couple times, other times they just kept in contact over social media
Donovan hadn't visited for thole weeks after their last interaction, but he appeared before Arthur once o for a drive"
"You are aware father wasn't joking when he said he'd cut your pay for doing things behind his back, right?" Arthur stared at Donovan with a duh to annoy Arthur's father, and the strangest part was that he does it on purpose, and still et aith it
"I proer, and it sounded as if he was trying to hold back a laugh "Hurry up, get dressed" Donovan dipped out of the roo the door behind hiot properly dressed this ti around the lab in his pyjaewear, but it was corab his phone and wallet before leaving the rooht, I'm ready"
Donovan and Arthur azes They eventually found the the reception desk also stared at the tith curious gazes
"Going for a walk, I've been stuck in bed for teeks" Arthur waved them off with a weak excuse, he followed Donovan to his car, hopping in the passengers seat "Alright, lets see what trouble you've cooked up this tiht chuckle in response before starting up the car and driving off Donovan re the trip, which was unlike hi the drive was over thirtyyou not to spoil it, huh?" Arthur res speeding past his view and Donovan's painful grin