Husband With Benefits-Chapter 795: Ahhhh

Lily huffed in frustration, finally reaching the end of her patience. She took a deep breath, trying to calm the bubbling disappointment inside her, and steeled herself for what she knew she had to do—leave. Enough was enough. She had waited long enough. Straightening her posture, she turned on her heel, ready to walk away for good. But just as she took her first step, a voice rang out behind her, "Lily!"

She froze in place, her heart skipping a beat. He was here. After all this time, he had finally shown up. For a moment, relief washed over her, but when she turned around to face him, the sight that greeted her stopped her cold.

What she saw wasn’t the charming, well-put-together man she had been dreaming of all night. Instead, she found herself staring at a nightmare. Her eyes widened in shock, and her heart raced as fear gripped her chest. Caius stood there, but he looked like something out of a horror movie. His clothes were drenched in blood, his face pale and strained, and his expression wild.

Worried about him, she walked forward only to stop short when one of her colleague came from behind him and jumped at Cai strangling his neck...The suddenness of the attack took her by surprise and then, to top off all the confusion, the waiter screamed, "Run, Lily run."

And then in the next minute, the man had been thrown over Cai’s shoulder and onto the ground unceremoniuosly, with Cai looking at him in confusion as he asked," Why did you attack me? And why are you asking my date to run away?" He then turned to Lily," Lily? You know him?"

The same question was asked by the man on the floor as well, and as both men looked at her questioningly, she could only nod her head and then ask Cai," What happened to you? Why are you covered in blood?"

Cai frowned at the question for a moment before his frenzied brain caught on and he looked down at himself and cursed,"Hol* shi*!" He looked up then and tried to explain," This is not my blood."

"That is not reassuring." Lily pointed out and then looked at her friend who was even now standing protectively in front of Lily. She sighed and looked at her colleague and spoke meaningfully." He is a guest in the hotel here. A VIP guest..."

Just then, a man appeared onto the scene and sizing the situation up, quickly walked to Cai,"Dr Cai. Thank you for everything just now! We’ve just received word from the ambulance that he is already stable and should survive till reaching the hospital."

The waiter was the first one to react as he questioned his manager carefully," Sir? This man is a doctor?"

The manager nodded and explained," I know just now everyone in the kitchen had a scare. But one of our guests was having a seizure and Dr Cai stepped in to save him. But he left as soon as the paramedics arrived. It was only now that, I was able to find him..."

"Well, I guess it is reassuring now that it is not your blood." Lily quipped, attracting the attention of the manager.

"Miss Lily, you know you are not supposed to connect with guests outside of work...."

"Miss Lily is an old acquaintance, Mr manager. So I hope you understand. Wait..."

With that, Cai fished out his phone and quickly pulled up a picture."Here, see this. This is here when she was a little kid..."

The manager leaned over and peeked at the picture before answering," Ahh! I understand I understand. Its okay then. You two really knew each other. That is understandable then."

Finally, the manager and the waiter left, leaving Cai and Lily alone.

Cai looked down at his blood-stained clothes and sighed, the weight of the night finally crashing down on him. "I know I’m already quite late, but would you mind giving me a few minutes? I’ll go and get cleaned up..."

Lily raised an eyebrow, a playful smirk forming on her lips. "Cleaned up? Are you sure you don’t want to change into a costume for Halloween instead? Because right now, you look like a zombie who just had a bad day."

Cai chuckled despite the situation, the tension in the air lightening slightly. "You’re not wrong. But I promise, I’ll come back looking more like Prince Charming than a horror movie extra. Just give me a moment."

"Okay, but I have to warn you," she replied, crossing her arms playfully."This time I won’t be waiting long..."

"Would you like to come up? You can wait in my room."

Lily hesitated for a moment, before nodding," Okay. At least this way, if you find some patient again, at least I will know."

Cai laughed at this and extended his hand to her before quickly taking it back. That was covered in blood too. "Lets go. May you first hand witness my transformation from zombie to handsomeness."

Lily rolled her eyes as she started to walk along side him and said," Your handsomeness is still there, you know, despite the ’zombieness.’

"Haha! Tell me, my dear Miss Lily, is this the most interesting first date or not? Hmm? Maybe down the line you can tell your children and grandchildren about how you had a first date with a man who came covered in blood. I am sure they will all think that you were really cool!"

"Yes yes! I am sure...But I’m even more sure that the kids will also think I have terrible taste in men," Lily shot back, grinning at him. "Who needs horror movies when you’ve got a real-life thriller on your hands?"

Cai laughed, the sound easing the lingering tension in the air. "Maybe I should warn them that the ’cool’ part comes with a side of potential insanity."

Lily felt her heart stop as she thought of him still being there in the future but then she shook her head. He was simply teasing... no need to make mountains out of molehills... no this was not even a mole hill but a sand particle...