New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 177 Hospital

Claire sat on the hospital bed, her sprained ankle elevated on a pillow. Adrian was by her side, looking concerned. The doctor had just finished examining her ankle thoroughly to ensure there were no broken bones. Satisfied with his findings, he began wrapping Claire's foot with a bandage.

"You'll be fine in a few days," the doctor said, securing the bandage. "But in the meantime, you need to avoid wearing heels."

Claire's eyes widened slightly. "I can't! Heels are a part of me."

Adrian chuckled softly. "It's only for a few days, Claire."

Claire pouted and sighed. "Fine. A day without heels it's like a day of not working."

The doctor continued, "Also, try not to move around too much and apply ice to reduce the swelling."

Adrian nodded. "Got it. Thank you, doctor."

The doctor gave a small nod and left the room, leaving Claire and Adrian alone.

Adrian turned to Claire. "How's your ankle feeling now? Still hurting?"

Claire moved her ankle slightly, wincing a little. "It still hurts, but it's much better than earlier."

"Good to hear," Adrian said, relieved. "Let's get you down from here."

Adrian carefully helped Claire down from the bed. He held her heels in one hand and supported her with the other. Claire balanced on her good foot, grateful for Adrian's help.

"You really should listen to the doctor, you know," Adrian said gently.

"I know, I know," Claire replied, rolling her eyes playfully. "But you know how much I love my heels."

Adrian smiled. "You'll survive a few days without them. Think of it as a mini-vacation for your feet."

Claire laughed. "I suppose that's one way to look at it."

Adrian looked down at the heels in his hand. "You know, I've always wondered how you manage to walk in these things."

Claire smirked. "It's a skill, Adrian. One you wouldn't understand."

"Just don't wear these to often. It can injured you."

spotted Claire, he breathed a sigh of relief, placed both his hands on her shoulders, and asked, "Are you okay?" Claire smiled and said, "I'm fine." She gestured

introduced them, "Adrian, this is

smiled slightly. "Nice to meet

said, "Thank you for looking

problem.

and asked,

it. They were chasing

sue them. They hurt

shook her head. "Ignore them, Matt.

frowned. "But they can't just get

"Maybe we can handle it differently. Drawing more attention might make things

"Adrian's right. I don't want more

just hate seeing you

as you can see, I am fine. Anyway, how did

a news article about you,

standing beside them, scrunched his brows in confusion. "What do you mean

at Matthew, who looked

three of

air a welcome change from the stuffy atmosphere inside. Claire turned to Adrian and said,

"I was just doing my job

feeling a surge of gratitude. "I'm lucky to have met

bond that had formed between them. As they prepared to part ways, Adrian looked at Claire seriously. "Take

car with Matthew. They drove away, leaving Adrian in the parking lot. He

turned to Matthew

"I went to the location where

and she raised her brows.

shook his head. "Nothing. The two locations I

and confusion. "That's not possible. I tracked it

that too," Matthew said, "but I checked

you sure you checked the

Matthew replied, sounding frustrated. "I double-checked everything. There was nothing out of

the locations are false, how

thought for a moment. "We might need to look at it from a different angle. Maybe the person used a proxy or some other method to disguise

was silent for

I got a feeling that the location is right but maybe we aren't able to track him cause we don't know him. this feels confusing. It's like Eligos again. We are not done finding his location and now, this? What have I done in my past life that makes me