Free Maid To The Billionaire: Forever His (Part Three) (Billionaire Romance) by Holly Rayner

Vicki?”
     
    “No… thank you.”
     
    He got up and came over to sit by me. I was afraid he was going to talk and tell me that everything was going to be okay. I didn’t want to hear that right now…he didn’t know what things would or would not be. But I’d been wrong. He just took my hand and held it tightly, continuing to sit silently with me as we waited… and waited. When the doctor finally came in, it took my brain a few seconds to process it. I looked up and saw a gray haired man with a stone face. His movements were all sharp and he was staring at a chart in his hands. James and I both got to our feet and once again, we waited.
     
    When he finally looked up at us with gray eyes framed by gun metal gray lenses he said, “You’re Mr. Reigns' family?”
     
    “Yes,” James said. “I’m his father James and this is his fiancée, Victoria.”
     
    The doctor nodded and said, “The shot was close range but luckily it hit the spleen and exited out the other side. It didn’t strike his spine or any other vital organs. We removed his spleen and repaired an artery in his abdomen. He’s going to be sore but in a day or two barring infection or any other unforeseen events, he’ll be just fine.”
     
    I felt like I’d been holding my breath for a day and a half. I let it out and then James and I embraced. I could feel him shaking… or maybe it was me. I let go of James and looked back at the doctor and asked, “When can we see him?”
     
    “He’s in recovery now. As soon as he comes out, we’ll let you know. Only fifteen minutes and one visitor at a time until he comes out of ICU.”
     
    James and I nodded and thanked him. When he was gone, James embraced me again and said, “Thank God.”
     
    I was thinking the same thing and thanking him myself in my head. This could have gone so much worse. James’ phone rang and he took a step towards the door as he answered it. At first, he didn’t seem to know who it was. After several minutes I heard him say, “That’s great news. Thank you for letting me know.” He hung up and looked at me with a smile. “They have Elliot in custody.”
     
    “Oh thank goodness. Did he hurt anyone else?”
     
    “No, but apparently Alex’s pilot took one of his security officers with him in the helicopter. Elliot didn’t know he was there. When they landed, he was taken into custody and no one else was hurt.”
     
    I breathed a sigh of relief and dropped down into the chair. It was over, finally.
     
    James and I waited another hour before a nurse finally came out and said, “Mr. Reigns is awake.”
    We looked at each other and James said, “You go.” I smiled and all but ran after the nurse. I wanted to believe he was okay, but my heart wouldn’t fully accept it until I saw him.
     
    I followed the nurse to a set of double doors. She swiped her name badge and the doors swung silently open and with ease. A sharp puff of air hit my face and I smelled bleach. The walls in the ICU were painted a soft cream color and the white linoleum floor was so clean that it was almost blinding. There were glass cubicles along each side of the hallway and I followed her to the last one. This one had the curtain drawn all the way around it. She pulled it back and I sucked in a breath. My beautiful Alex lay in the bed. His eyes were closed and his long eyelashes fanned out over his high cheekbones. Wires came from his chest and ended at a heart monitor high up on the wall. He had an IV in one hand with three different bags of fluids running into his body. I went over close to the bed and just stood there for a few seconds watching the gentle rise and fall of his chest. I could see the vein in his neck pulsing and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
     
    I leaned over the bed and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. I felt him twitch and then I felt the flutter of his eyelashes against my face. I lifted my head slightly and watched as he pulled open his eyes. When he saw me, he