Black Swan's

Don't Leave Me (One Hundred Twelve)

            In the hot, hot weather of Vegas, Nathan was working on his mountainous office tasks while occasionally stretching his hands into the air to relax his stiff hand muscles. Since his return from his studies in the Netherlands, his doctor's career and side business have grown rapidly. No wonder if now he has become a wealthy surgeon with a brilliant career in medicine and also the business world of cafe networks spread throughout the state of Nevada. But inevitably his success made him quite sad and tend to be unhappy. Although he currently had more than enough treasures, he had, but still his happiness would not be complete without the presence of a wife or small family who would give him support when he felt tired or saturated with all his drab routines.

            “Laila.” Nathan mutters a little at the sweet photo of Laila he put on his desk. The photo is of Laila who she took three years ago while they were dating in the Eiffel Tower. Remembering the moments of the happy past makes Nathan feel sad and want to spill all his emotions that he has been enduring desperately with all the busyness. In the past though he did not have abundant treasures, but he had the love of Laila.

            At that time his relationship with Laila could be said not worth it. Laila is the son of a famous doctor who is rich, while he is only the son of an ordinary employee and does not have a treasure that is as flourishing as Laila, but to be grateful for, he has a smart brain.

            At first he could survive with a variety of scorn that was aired by people on him. But as time went on he felt bored and also hot with all the sneers. Then the peak is when they get married, some of Laila's relatives often insinuate him as an ordinary man who only works as an ordinary general doctor who does not have a good title as Laila's close relatives expect from him. Feeling sultry with all that humiliation, finally he decided to focus all his attention on the career he wanted to achieve as a proof of Laila's father and adoptive mother who had often underestimated him and looked down on him. Every day he always tried to be the best in the hospital so that he could get a promotion to become a specialist. Then one day he called the hospital chief and offered him a scholarship to study surgery specialists in the Netherlands. Of course the opportunity was utilized Nathan as well as possible because from the beginning the goal was to get a scholarship from the hospital where he worked. But that certainly makes Nathan's life more busy because before his departure to the Netherlands he had to take care of many administrative files needed. Not to mention the long college period that will take two years to make him will live a long-distance life with his wife. And everything goes bad when Laila starts to complain with her always cold and slightly rude attitude when she is at home. To be honest Nathan was eager to tell Laila the truth, but he was afraid that it would make Laila feel bad for him because all the hard work he did at that time was simply to silence the big mouth of the Laila family. He then chose to keep all of it to himself and let Laila speculate herself about his busy life.

            “Laila, I'm so sorry for wasting you all this time. I thought having a lot of material in my life would be happier to be free from your family's cynical attitude, but it turns out I was wrong, treasure is not everything. Treasure makes me feel lonely and insignificant. I miss the moments together we used to be, Lai, who although simple but we have each other.” Nathan murmured hoarsely while looking at the beautiful photo of Laila who was smiling sweetly at him. The man suddenly got the idea and he immediately grabbed his brown coat that was draped over the sofa. Today he had the idea to bring Laila back into his arms.

            Laila, I'll fix everything....

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            “Huh, finally my job is done too. Oh my God, today is tiring.” muttered little Laila while cleaning up the data of his patients scattered on the table. The beautiful woman then took off her white coat and rushed out to go to a nearby restaurant along with her other colleagues.

            At the door, Laila passed Stella and Marion who were walking towards her while having a cool conversation. Laila who saw the presence of her two best friends immediately waved her hand quickly towards Stella and Marion.

            “Laila, today you seem more cheerful. Did you solve your problem with your future husband?” stella asked open the conversation. Laila snorts lazily as Stella begins to remind her of Mack who yesterday had cancelled their wedding plans. He thought Mack was the right guy for him. Aside from Mack being a considerate man, Mack also never had any issues regarding his status having been married before, so Laila felt comfortable being near Mack. But unfortunately her annoying ex-husband has messed things up. The man had made her miss the opportunity to build her household again with a better man.

            “Ck, you don't have to reply again. Last night Mack canceled everything and asked me not to call him again. I thought he was a good guy, but he was just as a jerk

with that shitty guy.” murmur Laila is upset. Stella and Marion were concerned and also felt amused at the same time. Actually they want to laugh because of the expression of Laila's face that is very funny in their opinion, but they are also concerned about the fate of Laila's love that since the woman's divorce has never gotten a replacement man who is really right for her. It is precisely the ex-husband who often interferes with his life to make Laila furious and stressed.

            “Maybe Mack isn't the right guy for you. Be thankful that your handsome ex-husband managed to mess it up.” timpal Marion lightly with her sinless scorn. Laila glared sharply at Marion and intended to scold her, but before that happened Stella had already pulled her arm and told her to look towards the door of the hospital lobby that had just opened.

            “Laila look, your ex-husband came.” whispered Stella while tugging at Laila's shirt. The woman immediately turned her head towards Stella's index finger while turning her eyes panted.

            “You what else did that man come here for? Ck, he is indeed a very stubborn man.” said Laila annoyed. He stopped his steps and felt lazy to walk to a nearby restaurant. A few minutes ago, he was very hungry and wanted to fly to a beef burger restaurant next to the hospital, but when the man came, he was very hungry, his entire appetite suddenly disappeared and he became not hungry at all.

           “You go, I'll go back to my room.”

            Stella quickly pulled Laila's hand which was about to turn away to her room.

            “You didn't eat with us?”

            “My appetite suddenly disappeared, you guys go alone, no need to worry about me.”

            “We're not worried about you, but your handsome ex-husband must be very worried about you. Look, he's walking here.” timpal Marion while whispering noisily next to Laila. Laila quickly turned around to her room to avoid Nathan, but the man had apparently read Laila's words about to escape, so he quickly ran after Laila who was currently running frantically towards the nearest elevator.

            “Wait on, let me in. Please don't close the elevator.”

            Laila shouted loudly at a cleaning service officer who was about to close the elevator door he was riding. Seeing Laila running around frantically towards him, the young man immediately opened his elevator again and let Laila get into the elevator with him.

            “Hoshh hosh hosh, thanks. Now quickly close the door.”

            The man gave a small nod with Laila's command and directly pressed the close button on the side of the elevator door. But when the elevator was about to close completely, a foot suddenly slipped between the doors and made the elevator open again.

            “Sorry, but I also want to enter.”

            Instantly Laila glared straight at

regret to Nathan who was currently standing casually next to him. The man seemed to be sneering cunningly next to him while showing the dining box he held in his right hand.

            “Lunch for you doctor Stanford.”

            “Good day doctor Nathan.”

            Nathan immediately nods lightly to Roby, the cleaning service guy who is currently standing awkwardly around a phenomenal couple who are quite famous in the hospital where he works.

            Laila pushed hard on Nathan's body and made the man slightly bump into Roby's small body that was next to her. Luckily the man was able to maintain his balance so that the lunchbox he was carrying did not fall on the floor and was wasted.

            “You did it on purpose, what if this food falls? You're a really sloppy woman. You have to correct your behavior before you decide to marry another man.” Nathan's sneer sucks. Laila grumbled at the back end of the elevator while folding both her hands in front of her chest. In his heart he was busy for his unlucky fate today who had to meet with Nathan again. Though yesterday he had berated the man and deliberately injured him, but all those hurtful words did not seem to be well absorbed by Nathan's ears.

Ting

            The elevator chimed loudly when it arrived on the fourth floor. Laila nonchalantly stepped past the two men who were standing opposite near the elevator door. Seeing Laila walking out, Nathan immediately tailed behind Laila while occasionally tidying up her slightly messy appearance due to Laila's actions that pushed her in the elevator.

            “For what did you come here?”

            Suddenly Laila stopped her steps and immediately turned to face Nathan, making Nathan almost hit the woman's slender body. Fortunately, his body balance was so good that he was able to keep his distance before his body hit Laila's body.

            “I just wanted to deliver lunch for you. You must not have eaten, we can eat together in your room.”

            “Are you not hungry?” Nathan is seen ignoring Laila's anger and continues to follow the woman. But I have today brought you your favorite Asian food menu, a serving of warm white rice plus beef that has just been roasted with a spicy Thai sauce on it, are you sure you'll just skip your lunch menu?” tease Nathan while wiggling the plastic package he brought right in front of Laila's face. Laila rudely brushed Nathan's hand away and left the man alone in the deserted hospital hallway.

            “Laila, heii... You're really going to refuse this food?”

            “Terden! Get the hell out of here.” drive Laila rough without turning the slightest bit on Nathan. Laila is currently holding back her desire to snatch Nathan's lunch box containing her favorite food. In his heart he really intended Nathan's actions this time because the man deliberately teased him with a food menu that he liked very much. And now he feels his stomach is struggling because he wants the roast beef.

Brakk!!

            Laila slammed the door behind her violently while throwing her body hard on the soft sofa that was in her room. Before long, the white door opened perfectly and showed Nathan's figure with his relaxed face immediately walking into Laila's room and sitting next to the woman.

            “Hahh, I miss this scent.”

            Nathan breathed in the strong aroma of Laila's private room that he hadn't felt for a long time. Back when he was Laila's husband, every day when he opened his eyes and when he was done with his job, he would definitely smell that scent from Laila's body. But now Laila wasn't part of his life, so he couldn't feel that scent anymore around him.

            “Well let's eat, you definitely haven't had lunch.”

            Laila looked at Nathan furiously without commenting on the man's remark. It's free for him to fight the man if in fact Nathan is a very stubborn man. He just wasted his energy on insignificant men like Nathan.

            What does this man really want? laila's growling in heart. He got up from his seat and walked out of Nathan. Looking at Laila who was about to get out of his room, Nathan quickly got up from his seat and followed in the footsteps of his ex-wife with a surprised face.

            “Where are you going? I've prepared lunch for you.”

            Laila turned her head lazily backwards while pointing towards the toilet at the end of the hall.

            “You want to follow me into the ladies' room?”

            “What are you going there for if you have a private toilet in your room. Don't try to run away from me, Lai.” remembers Nathan with a slightly disdainful face because he finds it not easy to be lied to by his ex-wife.

            “The toilet in my room is broken, the new cleaning service will fix it tomorrow morning. If you really want to be accused of being a pervert by going into a ladies' room, just do it. I don't care!” laila replied indifferently. The woman immediately went into the toilet room and patched the door hard to show Nathan if he was very upset and disturbed by the man's presence.

            “I'll be waiting in front here, Lai, so don't even think of escaping me.” cried Nathan right in front of the toilet door used by Laila. Tired of Nathan starting to take his smartphone out of his pants pocket to check the email his secretary sent him today. While reading the emails one by one, Nathan's eyes accidentally saw a warning board that read if

the bathroom is broken. Suddenly he had an idea in his head. He quickly put his smartphone in his pants pocket and walked to the corner of the bathroom to pick up the warning board.

            “Hmm, this way no one will go into this toilet.” Nathan muttered happily. He then immediately put the warning board right in front of the toilet door, then he closed the door again so that no one would see his presence there.

            “Lai, are you done?”

            Nathan screamed loudly at the door of the toilet used by Laila while occasionally knocking on the door to check Laila's condition inside. But until several times he knocked on the wooden door, Laila never answered him and only heard the sound of water taps that sounded so loud. Curious, Nathan finally tried to stick his ear on the surface of the door so that he could listen to the sound of Laila who was in the toilet.

            “Laila, did you hear my voice? I know you're still in there, so don't try to outwit me with your silence because I'm not going anywhere...

Brakk!

            “WHISPER!!”

            Suddenly Laila pushed the wooden door hard until Nathan slumped back and made Nathan's head hit the sewer pipe. The man grimaced in pain while holding his head and also his hands that seemed to be slightly sprained due to Laila's actions.

            “You are so noisy! I'm urinating, can you just shut up and not keep yelling?!” laila said in a fiery voice. While Nathan seemed to ignore Laila and was busy stroking her wrists that felt pained.

            “Arghh, this hurts so much. Why did you suddenly open the door? You made my hand sprained.”

            “Hahaha? A lie! How could such a small thing possibly make your hands sprain. You must be just pretending and want to make me sympathize with you, right? Sneaky ground, get you out of here.”

            Laila ruffled her haughty waist in front of Nathan while kicking Nathan's leg slowly for the man to immediately stand up from the fall position. But long enough Laila waited, but the man never stood up and just moaned in pain in front of him while holding his left wrist in front of his chest.

            “Hey, why are you still there? Quickly stand.”

            By force, Nathan finally tried to stand up while using both hands to rest on the floor, but when he forced to use his injured left hand, he was injured, he immediately screamed in pain as his wrist felt even more pain as he forced himself to use it.

            “Argghh Lai, this really hurts. Do you have pain medication?” nathan asked with a stifled moan. While clucking in annoyance, Laila decided to look at the man's wounds and ascertain for herself whether the man was really sprained or not. Laila pulled Nathan's left hand gently and tried to observe Nathan's slightly bruised wrist. Laila then touched the wrist with a little pressure to make Nathan scream out loud because of the pain that was very painful on his wrist.

            “Yakk!! What the hell are you doing? You want to aggravate my injuries?” nathan shouted annoyed. Laila sniffed her shoulders indifferently and afterwards she helped Nathan to stand up. It was heartless to let Nathan lie helplessly under the sink faucet while putting on his pitiful face. Moreover, the man's wrist was completely injured, he was not up to the heart to let the man just like that.

            “Come, I'll treat you in my room.”

            Nathan limped in with Laila at his side. The woman then opened the bathroom door wide and was slightly stunned by the warning board that was in front of the toilet door.

            “You did this? Basic boyhood!” cibir Laila was sadistic while kicking the board towards the left so as not to block their steps. While Nathan who heard that seemed not to want to return Laila's scorn because at this time he was really in pain. And besides that he was also lazy to argue with Laila. He's tired.