"How long till the grand opening date?" Hayden asked, half teasingly.


    I knew that he was quite serious about it, though. Before I knew it, Hayden’s presence had be reassuring and supportive.


    "Maybe in a few months’ time?" I voiced my best guess.


    "That long?" Hayden asked skeptically.


    "Well, the designs are not even done, and the refurbishing hasn’t even started…so…yeah…" I replied hesitantly.


    Hayden will probably urge for me to rush things just like he always does. Guess that is part of how he tried to motivate me and keep on my feet. cking off on this wasn’t going to be an option.


    "Are you free now?" he asked.


    "I can be. Is there somewhere that you want to go?" I asked.


    Thest time he asked me out we went to see options for my art galleries, so I couldn’t help but wonder where we were going to this time. I had a feeling that he wasn’t just asking me out on a random brunch date.


    "I do. There’s something I want to show you," Hayden replied with a little smile.


    I wondered what he was referring to, but I knew that rather than asking, I should wait and see.


    To my surprise, we ended up in his private jet instead of driving. Hayden had not disclosed any details about where he was taking me or what he wanted to show me. I felt a strange mixture of unease and excitement as I sat next to him on the ne.


    The flight was a short one. After around one hour on the ne, wended at our destination. One look out of the window told me that we were in a very remote ce. The endless tall grass field stretched far and wide on thendscape and there were norge or tall buildings around.


    Where are we? Somewhere in the countryside?


    "Are we in the countryside or something?" I asked.


    "Come along," Hayden urged as he got up from his seat and offered me his hand.


    Without any exnation from him, I found myself following Hayden out of the ne where there was a car waiting for us. Hayden drove after leaving the pilot along with the ne. I wasn’t sure what to expect at all and I had no idea why he had taken me to a ce like this. It also felt strange to see Hayden in the middle of nowhere like this.


    After around 30 minutes together with him in the car, the car came to an abrupt stop in front of a tall metal sheet wall that seemed to surround the area. There was a gate, but I couldn’t see beyond it.


    What is this ce?


    We got out of the car, and I found myself standing in front of that tall wall. What is on the other side and why are we here?


    "It’s still under construction but…maybe we can ask them to take a peek inside," Hayden said before winking at me.


    What is inside?


    Hayden grabbed my hand and semi-dragged me after him towards the closed gate.


    "Excuse me! It’s me…" Hayden called quite loudly into the inte speaker.


    There were sounds of static for a few seconds before the deep voice of a man greeted Hayden.


    "I’m here with my wife. I want to show her the ce. Can you open the gate?" Hayden requested.


    "Sure thing. Please wear helmets for your safety the moment that you get in. It’s on the right-hand side," the man instructed.


    The automatic gate slowly started to slide open, and Hayden immediately pulled me inside. While Hayden grabbed us helmets as the man had instructed, I stared speechless at therge structure that was still under construction. I couldn’t tell just from the structure what it was supposed to be. However, it was clear that it was going to be a veryrge building.


    Sure, it wasn’t going to be a skyscraper due to theck in its height but it was still very big although not very tall.


    "What is this supposed to be?" I asked in a breathless whisper, my eyes still glued to therge structure in front of me.


    Please don’t tell me that this is our new house. Please…it’s too big and I had no idea why we had to move to this ce in the middle of nowhere. I wasn’t the one who needed fresh and cleaner air!


    "It’s not our new house, unfortunately," Hayden teased as if he could read my mind.


    Something heavy plopped onto my head and I realized that Hayden had just ced the construction safety helmet on top of my head before he clicked close the sp underneath my chin. He smiled a little at me before he patted the top of the helmet instead of my head.


    "Care to exin?" I requested as I stared up into his face.


    "Well…this is going to be a hospital…" Hayden said before he turned to smile at me.


    "A hospital?" I eximed.


    He’s building a hospital here?


    "Come. We can walk around a little, although there’s not much for you to see just yet," Hayden urged for me to follow him.


    He held my hand in his, so it wasn’t like I had an option but to follow after him. Hayden led me slowly closer to the building. Although it was far fromplete, the main structure and walls seemed to be in ce already.


    "Why are you building a hospital here?" I asked curiously.


    Shouldn’t hospitals be in the middle of the city?


    "Hospitals in the city are for the rich. This one is for the less fortunate," Hayden exined simply.


    My eyes widened at his words and my feet were glued to the spot. Is this what he had in mind all along? How long had he been building this massive building?


    "Hayden…" I called his name softly, but I knew that he could hear me.


    "Hmm?" he turned to face me when he realized that I wasn’t following him.


    "Is this…what you want to do?" I asked.


    --To be continued…