Tobias Arendelle

POV : TOBIAS ARENDELLE

"Roar!!! Come out, you're in with the wrong person, Roar! Are you even listening for god's sake!!"

Unbelievable

I can't believe that I'm smiling at someone who just assaulted me, an on-duty doctor by mistake, and was supposed to beat up another person.

Fury surged through my veins mildly.

I looked at her with rage and signed "Let's head out, shall we?"

She nodded in response.

I gestured her to lead the way, when she turned away, I could clearly see a drop of blood dripping from her lip.

I felt so wronged, yet I couldn't help but to feel a sense of pity.

"You need help?" I signed as I picked up some tissues.

"So do you." She said as she pointed at my purple eye as she received the tissues.

We look equally terrible.

"Let's head out first." I signed firmly.

She agreed with a curt nod.

As she opened the door, I saw a male figure that towered her. But my eyes were in search of the source of that feminine voice that I had heard earlier.

"I'm so sorry, sir. We are so sorry for-" I gestured him to stop as I realized that, that source was him.

"Student, aren't you?" I signed as I raised my eyebrows at him.

I've seen him somewhere, in the institution I guess.

"He is, but YOUR FACULTY-" I glared at her as she raised her voice.

I turned towards the male figure and gestured at him "You're not verbally disabled, are you?"

He shook his head in response.

"Then you better start speaking up for yourself-" I signed, and I turned towards the lady and stated "-and This is a hospital, so you shush."

The lady was visibly fumed, I couldn't care less.

"Sir I" He paused, he slowly exhaled, his voice was cracking up.

"Sir I'm Zephyrus, a psychology student from our institution."

"And you decided to send people to assault the CEO of the institution?" I questioned.

"Sir, The assault on you was unintentional, it's all messed up, we're sorry sir, please let us go!" He pleaded in fright.

"So the assault was planned on someone else, wasn't it?" I said as I crossed my arms across my chest and interrogated him.

The lady shook her head at us.

"He was asked for sexual favours in return for marks by one of your so-called professors and on top of that he has been abused by the same professor for a whole year.

Is this the type of environment a student is getting after paying so much?

And what's up with your line of questioning, Doctor? You're trying even trying the silence me, someone who raised voice for an unheard like him, and are questioning the victim like a culprit hence clearly, your scale of justice is faulty. I'm gonna sue your entire institution for this." She said as she sharply exhaled.

I stare at her in cautious disbelief.

Sexual favours for marks.

Abused by a professor for a year!!

How can a white-collar literate like a professor be this inhuman to a student?

"Who's the Professor?" I signed to Zephyrus.

"His name starts with T and ends with E" The lady answered.

So does mine.

"It was Professor Taylor Abbotte." Zephyrus murmured as his gaze lowered.

I felt a brief moment of disbelief, How could Taylor do something this heinous?

I texted up a guy from the administrative block and told him to conduct a proper investigation on Taylor and this Zephyrus guy.

Something about this just doesn't seem right to me, maybe I'm just paranoid about it. But I feel what I feel.

I think I shouldn't have handled this the way I initially did, I need to be more calm and sensitive upon this communication.

I gestured them to follow me to my chamber and asked them to sit down.

"Before I ask you anything, I apologise for my earlier way of questioning" I admitted honestly, and he slowly nodded.

"You want to register an FIR against him?" I questioned.

"No, He's your brother, obviously he's way wealthier than me, way more influential-"

"He's your brother?" The lady asked me in disbelief.

I nodded.

"Listen Zephyrus, even if he's my brother, you don't have to worry abou-"

"Sir, Taylor sir told me to inform you that he will be here in thirty minutes." My assistant Henry said as she abruptly entered my chamber and exited in the same manner.

Surprisingly no objections arose.

A sly grin made its way to Zephyrus' face.

"So you guys want to have something?" I signed in hurry as I couldn't think of any other ways to engage them for the next thirty minutes.

"Spaghetti." Zephyrus responded, which earned him a side eye from the lady.

"How did his brother get to know that you're here?" The lady questioned him.

"Lisa, the receptionist with some extra lip colour, you remember?" He reminded her.

The lady nodded at him with a puzzled expression.

But for me, I caught a detail which I shouldn't have.

I went out of my chamber and grabbed two ice packs and handed one of them to the lady.

"Did you order the Spaghetti?" Zephyrus asked me.

"I'm about to" I signed in response as I pointed towards my phone.

"Add a diet Coke as well."

I nodded in response.

I placed his order and raised an eyebrow at the lady infront, she seems to be hesitant to order anything.

"No, thanks. I just want this case to be sorted out soon." She said as she exhaled sharply.

Something sensible, finally.

I smiled as I heard that.

Now that I look at her, she is quite a beauty.

But I wonder why I somehow find her familiar...

Within a few minutes the waiters of our hospital canteen show up with the ordered food and served us both soup and him, the spaghetti and coke he wished for.

The soup was warm and light just as I would prefer.

Before I could've another spoonful of it, Taylor arrived.

I gestured at him to get in.

He saw my bruises, purple eye, wrinkled shirt, her bleeding lip and her one hand supporting her jaw and his eyes widened at me, but I had no time for his questions, because this time, the one facing the heat of the questions will be him.

"You know him, don't you?" I questioned Taylor.

Taylor glanced at Zephyrus, he took a minute to take in the situation and slowly nodded.

"Toby, he's a student, I'd obviously know him." He shrugged.

"Is that why you decided to harass him and abuse him for a year?" I questioned as I pounded on the desk.

The noise echoed.

"Harass!" Taylor seemed speechless.

He immediately opened his phone and went to Google photos and last year's timeline showed us numerous pictures capturing their affectionate moments of them kissing, hugging and smiling at the camera.

From Taylor's proposal to Zephyrus in Paris, Sharing a kiss in the New York time square, cozy moments in their first home to the kiss infront of the Benz he gifted Zephyrus, nothing looks forced.

"Toby, this opportunist and I were in a fourteen-month-long relationship, and he cheated on me, and now that I'm in a happy relationship with another girl, he has gone insane, and he has started some filthy rumours about my girl and what not, and now THIS!!

I can't believe that you're stooping so low, Zeph!"

"Why her! Why not me, Tay. You loved me more than anyone ever could, after that love bombing, why did you push me away, why did you let me go, why did you not chase me? Why are you not responding to me the way you used to?" He refused to accept the fact that Taylor has moved on.

"I'm in a relationship with someone else, that's why. I don't love you anymore, that's why. I don't want to see your face anymore, that's why." Taylor said it out loud and clear.

"If it means to sue you to get a glance of you atleast in the courtroom hearings, I'm up for it." Zephyrus declared.

"Why don't you realise that I've done all of this for you, babe? I've loved you with all that I could muster up?" Zephyrus literally begged Taylor with his eyes welled up as he held Taylor's hand.

Thwack

The lady infront of me slapped the shit outta him.

Why do I end up finding this agressive lady interesting.

"You think, harassment and abuse accusations are a joke? You use them to manipulate and blackmail people, have some shame!!"

"Love makes you do ridiculous things, This poor heart can not live without him. You just won't ever get it, Roar, you just won't."

The lady and I couldn't help but roll out eyes at her.

"We are over, Zeph. The faster you get in your thick skull, the better it will be, for both of us." Taylor asserted.

Zephyrus started tearing up again. The lady facepalmed in embarrassment.

"Not sorry to interrupt you, but if you're done with your performance I'll drop you home." The lady said without bating an eye.

"I'm not going anywhere with you, go to hell!" He nearly screamed at her.

"Suit yourself, bitch." The lady shrugged.

"Don't worry I'll send him home." Taylor initiated.