222 The Faint Spell
The whole day was hell for Dae. First, he didn’t complete the summary. Then Chung-Ho scolded him like he never did before. He berated him before his juniors, that too, two girls. He even said that two girls were better than him. He had to take their help to complete his list.
After all that, Bong, the CEO of the company was angry at him. Everyone knew that seniors have little time to work on their projects that’s why they outsource to their juniors, but this stupid CEO didn’t understand that. Bong was angry at him for reading fewer scripts than his juniors, even though he was the head of the Rencontre team.
What irked him further was that his plan failed. If Nivritti would not have backed up her data, everyone had seen her true colours. That she was a lazy girl who was working only on luck. His plan to humiliate her failed. It was she who deserved all the scolding and reprimand, not him.
He was in the company for six years and no one was recognising his talent. Location department, Art department, Production department, all wanted her. What did she have that he was lacking? He had more experience, he was more knowledgeable, what was wrong with everyone?
He had enough. ASD loved her, the script department loved her, even the CEO loved her. He could not take it anymore. He wanted some of the power back from her. Even though he was colluding with Missmatch, it was early to shift all the blame to Nivritti and get his revenge.
He would have to wait. But an itch in his brain kept telling him to get revenge now. He wanted to hurt Nivritti, badly hurt. But there were so many people. He could not hit her. He was not violent that way. He only dreamed about stabbing her a few times, but he knew he would never act on that. But he had to find a way to release his anger, and he had to find that way soon.
He had to leave the room and go back to his seat to read as many scripts as he can. He had another meeting with the CEO. While grabbing his laptop, his eyes fell on Nivritti’s feet. The injured one was close to him staring at his face tied up in a band-aid. His brain kept telling him, “what would happen if you step on it? Step on it. Step on it. Step on it. Get your revenge. Everyone scolded you because of her. Take your revenge, step on it.”
He moved away from her and started walking away but his brain kept shouting. He turned and faced Nivritti. He put his leg on her toe and apply his whole-body weight on her already injured toe. The cry which escaped her mouth silenced the nagging voice in his head.
He closed his eyes and sighed with relief. He got his revenge, and he was more than happy but he could not smile in front of everyone. He had to act as if was distraught, more distraught than everyone present there.
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Nivritti kept talking to Jung-Hwa and Him-Chan and kept smiling at them. She was happy. Her summary was a good one, though there was a little hiccup, but she overcame that. And suddenly her happiness changed into a big ball of pain.
All her blood immediately ran to her feet after Dae stepped on it, depriving her brain of the necessary blood. Due to the syncope and the pain, her ear started ringing and everything turned white. When she came to for a moment, she was in a chair, crying in pain.
She saw that Kyung-Soo had grabbed Dae’s collar and was barking at him and Korain was trying to help Dae. Jae-Hwa was down on her knees looking at her injury. Everyone was looking at her with worry and Him-Chan had his hand on her back.
Jae-Hwa immediately knelt down and applied pressure on her wound as she saw the bloody band-aid. Chung-Ho ran outside to get the in-house doctor while the boys threw Dae out of the room.
“What happened?” mumbled Nivritti with her eyes closed.
“She is still not in her senses,” said Him-Chan.
“Ritti! Your foot is injured again,” informed Jae-Hwa.
Nivritti opened her eyes and looked around for a brief second. “I know but how am I in this chair? I was standing,” said Nivritti.
“You fainted. I had to catch you,” replied Him-Chan.
Nivritti kept closing and opening her eyes. Her brain was not letting her feel anything. She was breathing heavily but she had no idea that she was doing that. Occasional groans and moans kept escaping her mouth and she kept shaking her leg, but Jae-Hwa kept the pressure on.
“Someone, please hand me my phone,” requested Jae-Hwa.
Him-Chan being the nearest grabbed her phone and gave it to her. She unlocked her phone and called her brother. “Oppa!” she shouted as soon as he received her call.
Jae-Geun was instantly horrified after hearing the urgency and worry in her voice. “Jaehwa! Are you alright? What happened?” he asked urgently.
“It’s not me, it’s Ritti. Her toe is again injured, and a lot of blood is coming out. I have applied pressure and our office doctor is coming to see her. After that, I am bringing her to the hospital. Will you meet us downstairs?” she asked.
“Come through ER. That will be the fastest. Call me five minutes before you are about to arrive. This time we should do an X-ray,” said Jae-Geun.
“Okay, I will call you as soon as I get there,” said Jae-Hwa and disconnected the call.
“He is here, he is here,” the next moment the door flung open, and Chung-Ho walked in, breathing heavily. He dragged another person with him, and he stopped to catch his breath only after he reached near Nivritti.
The doctor looked around and his mouth fell open as he was surrounded by the members of ASD.
“Stop looking at us, take care of her,” scolded Young-Chul.
“English?” asked the doctor as Young-Chul ordered him in English.
“Yes, talk to her in English,” Young-Chul replied.
“Can you tell me what happened?” asked the doctor.
“She already had an injured toe and a person just now stepped on it injuring it again. Due to pain, she fainted. And I don’t think she is completely conscious,” replied Kyung-Soo.
“Miss! Miss! Can you tell me how much pain you are in?” asked the doctor.
Nivritti just groaned and tears kept falling from her eyes.
“Miss! Please look at me,” ordered the doctor. When she did not answer he shook her shoulder and finally she opened her eyes. Nivritti looked at the doctor. “Are you feeling any pain?” Nivritti nodded. “Do you know where you are? How were you injured?” he asked.
“Um… I don’t… I don’t know,” replied Nivritti.
“Why is she still under a spell, doc?” asked Jae-Hwa.
“Faint spells can last for seconds to a few minutes. Nothing to worry about. Please let me check the wound,” said the doctor.
Jae-Hwa let go of Nivritti’s toe and moved out of the way. Jeong-Eun immediately grabbed a box of tissues from a nearby table and offered it to her. She smiled at him and took a few pieces of tissues and wiped the blood off her hands.
The doctor knelt down and removed the soaked band-aid. He reached for his bag and took out a cotton pad. He soaked the cotton with sterile water and wiped the blood from her toe and cleared the injury to look at the wound clearly.
Even though Jae-Hwa kept the pressure on the wound, it didn’t stop the bleeding. The doctor kept wiping the blood and fresh blood would ooze out again. It was getting difficult to determine if there was any swelling.
“Okay, it is getting difficult to slow her bleeding. I will tie a bandage and we should take her to a hospital,” said the doctor.
“I have called my brother at Seoul General. All I need is for someone to carry her to my car,” informed Jae-Hwa.
“I will help you,” shouted Kyung-Soo.
“No!” yelled Jae-Hwa. “None of you! I have seen first-hand what happens if someone thinks that we are associated with you. She fought for me, I don’t think I am as courageous as her. Anyone else, but none of you. If someone sees you carrying her all the way to the parking, you never know what kind of rumours will start.”
“I will call security,” said Chung-Ho. He took out his phone and called up the head of security. He told them that he need help to carry an injured person all the way to the basement parking. They informed him that they would send someone with a wheelchair.
While the security arrived, the doctor did his best to tie a bandage around her toe. When security arrived, Him-Chan again helped Nivritti to sit in the wheelchair. Her brain was not ready to come out of unconsciousness as then it would feel the throbbing pain in her leg.
“Call us after your brother checks her, please,” pleaded Kyung-Soo.
“I will keep you updated,” nodded Jae-Hwa and security started pushing the wheelchair out of the conference room.
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