Chapter 310 - 309: Trying To Be Fine
"Probably Husband Mistress." Alora whispered in her ears making Eunji to snap out of it and became serious.
As soon as she heard that, she then opened the door and called the young woman, "Who are they?"
She saw the young lady jolted while walking. She felt bad as she knew she had scared her earlier.
"I don't know yet Mistress. They were still talking outside. I rushed here in a hurry in case trouble will happen." The young woman explained.
"Head first." She said as she went back into her room and washed her face. She didn't even bother changing her outfit that she had worn yesterday.
"Alora?" She called her AI.
"Mistress?" The poor AI answered.
"What did you do?" She interrogated.
"You were out of yourself for the past hours Mistress that you didn't even bother responding to the husband's call so I was really worried that you'll have another breakdown after you suffered from a panic attack last night." Alora paused for a while and then continued.
"Good thing you didn't shut me off. I was able to monitor your heart rate and was able to talk to you even when you're not listening."
The call dropped when her phone ran out of battery and this made Eunji to panic. Alora was there to calm her down. The AI somehow managed to calm her down without her knowing since she was lost deep in her own thoughts.
"So you let my husband know where I am? Do you even realize the stress you have put into him?" She angrily scolded her AI.
"I'm sorry Mistress. I thought letting him know where you are will help Mistress. I know my fault now. I'll do self-reflect. But I'll never regret calling him here. You need him as much as he needs you." Alora then left as soon as it was done explaining.
Yes, she was mad for what Alora had done but at the same time thankful that Alora was with her through the whole night.
After a sleepless night. Her mind had been fuzzy but when she heard that Nathan had traveled a long way just to be with her, she somehow had came back to her senses.
Nathan's still here and he needed her support the same as how much she needed him at the moment.
After making sure that she looked presentable, she hurriedly went out of her room hoping that Nathan won't be troubled by her men.
As soon as she reached the main door, she could hear someone arguing outside. She immediately open the door but she was surprised to see Nathan standing by her doorstep.
"What the he-- Hubby?" Her tone changed in a gentle tone instantly while Nathan greeted her with a beautiful and gentle smile.
But then the gentleness in her face instantly faded the moment she saw what's going on. She hurriedly shoved Nathan behind her protectively.
"Put down your weapons! Dare to point those filthy guns towards my husband and you will suffer from my wrath!"
She said snapping her men out of their daze.
This was the first time that they saw her without mask. It was already a privelige to see her even with her mask on. After all, majority of them were ordinary KSA agents.
But seeing her real apperance was like a great honor that they should treasure till death.
She was very beautiful that could even make them speechless.
However, her dangerous aura brought them back to the reality that they had messed up.
Like on cue, her men put down their weapons down and bowed down their heads as they knew their Mistress was very angry.
Who knew that Nathan was indeed telling the truth? No one gave them the orientation about their Mistress' personal background.
They could only blame themselves for being presumptous that their mistress kept on wearing a mask to hide her ugly face when the truth was the other way around.
They also thought the no man could be a match to her but they saw her equal just standing behind her whose arms were wrapped around her waist protectively and possessively showing that she was already his.
"Go back to your quarters and repent! Damn it!" She continued making everyone to became pale instantly the moment they heard it.
However, they have no rights to complain. They're at fault. No one ordered them to be so cocky and air head.
Nathan then leaned on and gently whispered towards her.
"Shh! It's fine! I'm safe. Nothing happened. Everything's okay." He coaxed.
However Eunji turned around and she hit him on the shoulder gently.
"Yah! Why are you even here? You should be in Beijing resting and not here."
Seeing the dark circles underneath his eyes, she knew that Nathan had been sleepless.
But Nathan warmly reassure her with a smile.
"How can I sit still when I knew that you're deeply troubled about something? Look at you. You looked sleep deprived."
Nathan worried and at the same time hurt especially when he saw the eye bags forming underneath Eunji's eyes.
Eunji said as she held his hand and dragged Nathan inside the house ignoring everyone who were looking at them.
"Tsk. Stop pointing the obvious. You're not doing well yourself."
Eunji brought him to the kitchen inside the house.
She started opening the cabinet but it was empty. But then she remembered that the head caretaker was out to get some groceries.
"You still want to cook in your condition?" Nathan reprimanded her.
"I suddenly got hungry but seems like I don't have anything to cook."
"Don't bother cooking. Let's eat outside." Nathan said as he grabbed her hand back outside.
When they reached back the entrance, Eunji halted as she saw the limo still parked in front of the house with the rest of his men and escorts standing outside.
You want to drive around the city with that limo?" She asked.
"Yeah...is there anything wrong with that?" He asked innocently.
"No but I don't like it. It's so flashy. Can we just use one of those cars?" She asked as she pointed out on the black Volkswagen car that Nathan's escorts used.
"It's safe to ride, right?" She asked one of his escorts since they knew the car better.
"By terms of safety, yes. But if someone bombed it with a Rocket, no. The limo's the safest to ride. Our boss specifically remodeled and reinforced it." The man honestly said.
"Fine!" Eunji said and she opened the zipper of her pocket and took a small pouch from it. She then turn around and swiftly wore the skin mask she prepared in case of emergency.
She then turn around and everyone was shocked to see her in a different face.
Even Nathan's men were unsure of which one was her true appearance.
Unless she was sure that it's safe, she would always wear this mask out of habits.
Nathan was not shocked by this since he had already seen this appearance already.
"Let's go." Nathan then handed his hand and Eunji grabbed it and they hopped inside the limo.
It took them ten minutes to reach the place.
Nathan took her to a restaurant owned by his contact here who was also the boss of his security escorts.
"Don't worry. It's safe here. I know Matt. He won't betray me." He reassured.
"Matt? Matt Damon?" She asked him as they walked side by side as they head towards the entrance.
"Yes. I bet you know the guy already."
"I heard of his name." She simply said with a casual shrug.
"The biggest arm dealer in the European black market, right?" She added making Nathan to answer with a nod.
"He's under the watch of the Interpol though. You better be careful the next time you meet him hubby. Make sure no one could spot you with him. Especially now that they exposed your connection with the underworld." She gently reminded him.
"Don't worry Wifey. Matt knew that that's why he seldom appear in public." He reassured.
As soon as they got inside, the female receptionist greeted them politely.
"Good morning Madam! Good morning Sir! Welcome to Damon's Place!"
Nathan and Eunji gave a quick nod to the receptionist as they greeted back, "Good morning."
"May I know if you have any reservations?"
"No but I have this." Nathan then took his wallet from his pocket and took a exclusive VIP card for this place with his name embossed on it.
As soon as he handed the card, the receptionist's demeanor instantly changed and hurriedly bowed down her head as she said, "Oh! I'm sorry for not recognizing you Mister Johnson. I'm sorry Madam!"
Eunji then read the nameplate that the receptionist was wearing and said, "It's fine Grace."
Eunji consoled the receptionist who seemed to be troubled about something.
"Johnson?" She asked Nathan.
"I forgot to ask Matt to give me a new card after I change my last name into Bai." He tried to explain.
The receptionist beside Grace then called their manager to inform her that their only VIP had arrived.
A minute later, the manager appeared with a pleasant smile and greeted them.
However, Eunji was not in the mood to exchange pleasantries especially when she saw that the manager was trying to flirt with Nathan.
She remained silent for the rest of the time even until they reached their reserved VIP room.
"Are you going to give us the menu or do you want us to starve?" She asked as she had enough of looking at her poor flirting and seduction skills.
Nathan to chuckle in response and she gave him her dagger gaze.
"I'm sorry Madam. I was just trying to talk to Mister Johnson here." The manager tried to explain.
"Can't you see that my husband is not in the mood to talk to you?" She pointed out.
"Forget the menu." Nathan said as he enumerated the dishes that were safe for Eunji to eat.
"Is that all, Mr. Johnson? How about you Madam?" She then asked Eunji awkwardly.
"I'm all good. He already ordered mine. Prepare a dish that's goes well with jetlag and sleep deprived. For drinks, ginger tea's and water is fine." She said.
After the manager left, Eunji turned his attention to Nathan.
"Seems like you like them flirting with you all the time. Tell me Nathan, how many girls have tried to flirt with you while I'm away?" She asked.
Nathan then grabbed her hands as he held them gently. He then brought one on his lips and kissed her knuckles sweetly.
"To be honest. I don't know. I treated other women as statues on my path. I only interacted when it's very important. I let Marco or Tang Hao to talk to them when it's not." He said.
"Good." Eunji said as she yawned.
Nathan heaved a sigh of relief as he studied Eunji's behavior. She seemed to be feeling better than he actually thought. But he could still feel that she's not fine.
"Let's catch some sleep after this, okay?" He said.
"Okay." Eunji said but she didn't know if she could sleep actually.
"How are you?" He asked the stupid question even if he already knew the answer.
"Fine." She answered with a fake smile.
Well, she was trying to be fine for him. She knew she had to be strong for him. Nathan was also in a tough spot, too.
"It's okay if you are not. That's why I'm here. To be the shoulder that you could lean on or cry on."
Nathan's held her hand tighter after he said that.
He also brought her hands on his lips again and kissed them.
Eunji only pouted as she tried to stop herself from being emotional.
"Thank you, Hubby." She said with gratitude.
Nathan really knew how to calm her down. His presence alone was enough to bring her peace.
Nathan's love made her to forget her worries temporarily. But she knew it's not enough.
"Do you want to talk about it when we get back?" He asked her.
"Thank you hubby. But I don't think I'm not ready to talk about it, yet. I need time to accept everything."
With Alora's message the last time, he only knew that Eunji discovered something about her birth but he still didn't know that his theory about the clone was right.
"How long?" He asked her.
"A day or two." She said.
"Okay. I'll wait." He said and then he asked, "How long will you be staying here?"
"I'm good to go. I now have found what I'm looking for. As for other matter. There's still a next time for that. I'm still not done with my little surprise for their birthday this Friday." She said.
"I may have to go back tonight. Do you want to go back with me?" He invited.
"Sure."
"How long do you think you could settle your issue back in Beijing? Can it wait until their birthday celebration is over?"
"It won't take much time.." Nathan reassured.