Bitter & Sweet
The Part 61

In order for Matthew's hand to not touch her forehead again, Chloe hurriedly turned her face away, saying,

"How can you get me here?"

"It's not me. David brought you here" Matthew replied, sounding as if he was regretting something. "Speaking when David came to see you, he saw you fall to the floor."

"Hm ... Then where is Mister David now?" chloe asked, intending to thank David for helping her.

"He was waiting for you here with me. But after the lunch break ended, she returned to the office, because her assistant called her." Matthew then moved down from the bed.

"You rest first! ... At least, until the infusion runs out," continued Matthew, who then returned to sit in a chair near the bed.

Chloe then remembered something, until she then asked Matthew, saying,

"Have you had lunch?"

"Yet. How can I taste to eat, if you are like that. I don't want to leave you here alone either" Matthew said, tidying up his suit.

Chloe shook her head.

If Matthew were to constantly give his attention to Chloe like this, then Chloe would definitely be in trouble.

Because somehow, so Chloe can get rid of her interest in Matthew later.

Chloe let out a long, heavy sigh to calm herself down, before she then said,

"Do you want to eat oriental food? ... I can order it through the delivery service."

"Hm ... I want to eat chicken drumsticks, and french fries" Matthew replied, staring at Chloe, as if he was seeking Chloe's approval.

"Okay!" Chloe then fumbles on her belly to look for her cell phone, and realizes she's only wearing a blouse, but not her blazer anymore.

On the back of the chair where Matthew was sitting, that's where Chloe's blazer was, when Chloe looked to and fro.

"The sir! ... Can you get my phone out of the pocket of that blazer?" Chloe pointed to her blazer behind Matthew.

While looking for Chloe's phone in the pocket of the blazer, Matthew then said,

"So, your blazer was deliberately released, so you can rest more comfortably."

Matthew then hands Chloe a phone.

"Yes ... I expected it" Chloe said, then immediately made a lunch order that could be delivered to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Chloe also noticed a time marker on her phone screen, and found that it was almost 15:00 p.m.

"I'm sorry, sir.." said Chloe, full of regrets.

Matthew looked puzzled, then hurriedly asked Chloe.

"What's wrong? Why are you apologizing? Is it just because you can't make an order?"

"If you're here to accompany me, it's because of me, until your work schedule today falls apart" Chloe said, explaining what she thought.

While staring fixedly at Chloe, Matthew let out a long sigh, then exhaled violently, then said,

"You must be kidding me! ... Nothing will happen if you put off work for a while. Because of your health condition, it is still more important!"

"No need to think about it!" matthew, who looked upset. "I've directed Agatha to cancel the rest of my schedule today."

"Cloe!" The voice of David who seemed to be walking hurriedly approached Chloe, quite surprising for Chloe and Matthew there. "You're sober!"

Without warning, by approaching Chloe from the opposite side to Matthew, David immediately hugged Chloe tightly, saying, David,

"You worried me ... I was just about to greet you, but in that very moment I saw you fall....

... I barely caught you. And if so, then your head might get hurt from hitting the floor."

From the look on his face that Chloe had seen, and the tone of his voice when talking to Chloe, David did look really anxious.

So Chloe calmed David down, rubbing David's back into her arms, saying,

"I'm doing fine. Thank you, Sir!"

At that time, David seemed to not want to let Chloe go so easily, so he still hugged Chloe tightly, until some time.

To be honest, Chloe had begun to feel uncomfortable because David was holding her for too long, so as if he did not care about Matthew who was there.

Moreover, when Chloe glanced at Matthew, Chloe's superior was frowning, and seemed annoyed by what she saw.

However, Chloe also cannot immediately encourage David to release him, because it is David who gives him first aid.

So inevitably, Chloe must wait until David wants to take off his embrace from Chloe.

Fortunately, the food that Chloe ordered was delivered by fast food restaurant workers to the treatment room

Thus, David later releases Chloe, and helps receive food and drinks handed over by the restaurant clerk.

"You ordered junk food?" David looks confused, while giving a package of food to Matthew.

"Have you had lunch, sir?" ask Chloe, make sure.

"Not yet" answered David, sitting on the edge of the bed. "I didn't have lunch. Because I'm in a hurry to finish my work, to get back here to see you."

Considering her order was only for two people, Chloe then thought about giving her food to David.

"If you want, you can take my order," Chloe said, offering.

"Hmmm...." David muttered as he looked at Matthew, who was seen eating chicken thighs, fried in a club-like shape.

"Okay!" said David, then take a portion of food that should be a lunch meal for Chloe.

"Say, aaah!" David seemed to want to feed a piece of fried chicken thigh to Chloe. "Come on! ... This should be your lunch, right? ... Say, aaah!"

Chloe smiled broadly, then opened her mouth until David could feed the food into her mouth.

At the same time, Matthew was heard coughing, as if he was choking on his food.

With her mouth full of food, Chloe could not say anything, and could only move down from the bed, approach Matthew, then pat him gently on the back of his boss.

Chloe also picks up a drink, and immediately thrusts it to Matthew, so that Matthew can swallow his food well.

"Are you okay?" chloe asked Matthew after he swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Cloe!" david said, looking to attract Chloe's attention to him.

"He's not a child! ... You better worry about yourself. You have to rest, if you don't want to fall unconscious again" said David, in a flat tone of voice.

"I'm fine," Matthew said to Chloe, giving his sharp gaze towards David.

Chloe did not know what to say, and just moved slowly, then sat on the edge of the bed, next to David.

"You can eat it, sir! ... Because I'm not really hungry. I ordered the meal, only to accompany Mister Matthew to his late lunch."

From the look on his face, David seemed to feel disappointed, and just had to obey the words of Chloe, by eating the food.

With a smile that also seemed forced, for once in a while, David still fed chunks of fries to Chloe.

"You have to keep filling your stomach even if it's just a little bit" David said, until Chloe wants to eat what David feeds.

And looking as if he did not want to lose, Matthew also took part in feeding some pieces of fries to Chloe.

"I can eat by myself." said Chloe, shaking her head. "You two don't have to bribe me anymore."

Alternately, Chloe took a piece of french fries from a package of food that was on Matthew and David.

"Can't you pay more attention to your health?" david asked, suddenly. "Although busy with work, but do you not realize that you are exhausted?"

While slightly lowering her head, Chloe simply fell silent as David spoke, which sounded as if she was scolding him.

"You can be in danger, if you fall unconscious in places that are prone to danger. Can't you think of that possibility?" david said again.

"I'm sorry.." said Chloe, slowly.

"Don't scold him! ... I'm...." Matthew chimed in with a snapping voice, but in the end he seemed to run out of words for him to say, until he could only fall silent.

While looking at Matthew with a sharp look, David gave a rough snort, then looked back at Chloe, then said,

"I'm sorry, Chloe ... I don't intend to scold you."

"I was really worried, especially when I imagined, what if you fell where no one could help you immediately" David continued, explaining.

"Yes, Sir ... I've understood. Thank you for your concern," Chloe said cautiously.

Apprehensive, David rattled the hair on Chloe's head lighthouse, saying,

"Later, you're having dinner with me, okay?!"

Chloe did not immediately respond to David's words, until David continued to say,

"I'll cook dinner for us!"

"Ugh? ... Can you cook?" ask Chloe, astonished.

"Of course!" david answered sounding excited, with a big smile. "You, right?! ... We're having dinner at my house."

Matthew then suddenly cleared his throat with a loud voice, so Chloe and David simultaneously looked at him.

"Why? ... Is there a chicken bone running through your esophagus?" david asked Matthew, putting on the look of a fool.

"Potatoes! ... The 'cheap' potato makes my throat dry," said Matthew, while putting on an expression that was no less challenging than David.

Hearing Matthew's words, Chloe immediately thrust a drink at him. "Drink, Sir!"

Although Chloe had held the glass almost in front of Matthew's face, but Matthew did not immediately take to drink the contents.

Matthew actually looked at David, and both of them looked as if they were going to argue there.

Thus, Chloe was confused, so she looked at Matthew and David alternately. "The sir! ... Is something wrong?"

"Cheap tricks!" david said, raising both eyebrows, without taking his eyes off Matthew who seemed to do the same.

"You did it first!" matthew said, sounding cynical about blaming David.

Chloe did not understand what Matthew and David were talking about, but Chloe could still feel upset, because the two men were apparently provoking an argument.

The glass filled with soda liquid, then placed Chloe, back on the nightstand next to the bed. "Are you two able to leave me alone here?"

Matthew and David, then simultaneously turned to Chloe and looked at her fixedly.

"If you just want to fight, you should both do it outside. Im sorry. But I was tired, and had absolutely no interest in being between two people who just wanted to make a fuss."

While speaking, Chloe then lay sideways on the bed, and turned her back to Matthew and David who were sitting almost face to face.

Until a while later, Matthew and David seemed to remain in the room, but there was no sound from either of them.

Because the room sounded silent, making Chloe can go back to sleep, without any significant interference, until a few hours later.

And when Chloe wakes up again, Matthew and David are seen sitting on a sofa not too far from the bed where Chloe is lying.

The two men did not appear to be talking to each other, and only seemed busy with their phones.

Chloe then got up from her bed, then sat on the edge, with both legs dangling out from the side of the bed.

Chloe's movements, it seems to attract the attention of Matthew and David who immediately look towards her.

David who could move freely, then immediately walked over to Chloe, and said,

"Have you felt better?"

Chloe nodded slowly, then looked at the infusion bag hanging at the head of the bed.

"Live a little." Chloe talked about the infusion fluid. "Can I go home?"

"Wait a minute! ... I tried to ask in front," said David, then immediately walked away, out of the treatment room.

Matthew who approached Chloe, seemed to be limping while holding on to every object that could be the pedestal, until he could sit in a chair near it.

After a while Matthew looked at Chloe, Matthew then said,

"Not pale anymore ... You look better."

Chloe looked at Matthew's face. "I feel so much better. But what about you? You look tired. Why didn't you just go home to rest?"

"It's okay ... I want to accompany you," Matthew said, smiling. "I've also asked mommy to take care of my medicines. Supposedly, I'll sleep better tonight."

"If I still have nightmares, you can rest in the pavilion alone, so that your sleep is no longer disturbed because of me" continued Matthew, cirih.

"How can you say that?" Chloe let out a long sigh that felt heavy, and exhaled it violently, then continued saying,

"As you are concerned about my circumstances, I will accompany you, and make sure that you are OK."

Staring at Chloe fixedly, Matthew seemed to furrow his brows deeply, then spoke in a voice that sounded like he was muttering. "Should I what are you?!"

"Ugh? ... What are you saying, Sir?" chloe asked, making sure of the hearing.

Matthew was silent for a moment. "Are you having dinner at David's?"

"I don't know" replied Chloe, as she spoke.

"Before you go with David, then you better make an appointment for me and Judy first" Matthew said.