Chapter 290 - 289: Two Bullies
Chapter 290 - 289: Two Bullies
Angelina and the rest had already come home when they went out of the office together.
They ignored the curious gazes of the people around them.
Eunji wanted to remove her hand from his but Nathan didn't want to let go. He even held them firmly.
Thus she had no other choice but to lean towards him and whisper.
"You really want them to start gossiping about us huh." She said in Nihonggo so these people won't understand.
"Don't mind them. You are my wife." He replied her in the same language.
"But they don't know that I'm their real Madam and not her. Do you want them to think that you're cheating on our marriage?" She asked him.
She was wearing back her gold mask and being back as Chairman Devie of ELEK Group.
"This is ridiculous!" Nathan said in frustration.
"I know but unless we solved everything, we should not let our enemies know that we are already together, that way we could catch them off-guard." She said.
Upon hearing that, Nathan let go of her hand.
"Better control their mouth. I don't want them to ruin the plan." She said knowingly.
"Don't worry. They had signed an NDA. They know how to keep their mouth shut." He said.
To make things less suspicious, the couple didn't left the building on the same car.
Though Angelina and the rest had already left, they left a car for Eunji to use just in case Eunji changed her mind.
Eunji used this car while Nathan decided to drive himself and asked his secret guards to not follow him. He only brought Marco with him.
Since Nathan had already told Ana that he would be leaving for a business trip, he was safe to not go home for the night.
Eunji and Nathan had agreed to not come back to the house that they had stayed last night. It's safer if they go somewhere else.
Eunji then took the lead and drive to the safe place that she wanted them to stay for the time being.
It would take them two hours to reach the place. With the traffic along the main highway, they may be delayed half to an hour.
They would be heading to the countryside where the life of the people were quite simplier compared to that in the city.
The place they would be staying was actually a house built in the middle of the man-made forest and this man-made forest was near a community which was mostly inhabited by farmers and people from the middle class.
Eunji and Nathan knew that their cars were already too eye catching when they passed by the communities along the highway but there's nothing they can do.
And the decision to not bring along his guards was quite the right decision since they would only add up in getting everyone's attention.
Also, it was good thing that they had decided to come here during the night when everyone were already inside their houses at this hour as they prepared to sleep.
Nathan then looked at the car driving ahead of him as he continued following his wife's lead.
Eunji's car slowed down when they were about to enter the forest.
A huge gate with a tag of 'Private Property' prevented them from entering.
A minute later, the gate opened automatically and Eunji's car entered.
As soon as Nathan's car got in, the gate closed behind them and he followed Eunji's car.
They had to drive for another five minutes before he saw a house surrounded with a decent landscaping around it.
The house was a bungalow. Like a cabin.
Eunji continued to drive until he saw her car entering the entrance of a cave. Probably the parking space for their car.
When he saw the entrance of the cave, he could tell that it was not an ordinary cave.
There were actually two platforms where in their car could fit in and could lift them down towards the actual inside of the cave.
He was actually amazed by this.
And when they finally got down, Nathan was surprised to see twelve luxury cars parked in this cave parking lot. And there's more room for other cars to park.
Nathan and Marco then found their parking space and as the car stopped, Nathan and Marco got out of the car.
Nathan then walked towards his wife who was now leaning patiently on the car that she had driven earlier which was actually an Audi 8.
"Are you hungry?" Eunji asked Nathan as soon as he reached her.
"A little bit." He admitted.
"Hmmm. Can you wait for about an hour? I'll cook for our dinner. I'm sure there are food stocked on the fridge that I could pre-heat for you and Marco to eat while waiting." She told him.
"I'm good with it. Hmmm. Why don't we make dinner together? You know. Division of labor." He suggested.
"Hmm. Okay. I won't decline your offer. Let's go then!"
They didn't have to use the lift again to go out the cave since Eunji lead them towards the door that served as the entrance towards the underground section of the house.
"I got this idea from that house that we stayed in the Philippines." She explained.
"Mm. I like it." Nathan said as they walked towards the underground living room.
"It took them almost two years to finish this. I never thought we would actually be staying here. I made this as one of my bases here in the country." She continued explaining.
Despite the fact that they were actually walking in underground, Nathan and Marco didn't realize that as the glass walls were playing a night scene. To be exact, it was playing the live recording of the cameras installed on the windows of the cabin up top.
Nathan nodded his head while praising the base that his wife had built.
"The kids, mom and neechan could stay here before we go to Seoul. This place could not be found in the satellite you know." She said.
"That's a good idea. I think my enemies already knew the locations of my other properties here in the country." Nathan said as he gave the idea a thought.
"I'll ask Marco to bring them here tomorrow." He continued.
"No need. I will get them here and you wait for us. What do you think?" She suggested.
"I kind of like the idea of doing it together." He sounded hurt.
"Hmmm. Don't be upset. Okay, we will!" Of course she would give in his request.
"As for Marco, I have other task for you to do." She then looked at Marco who was still clueless on what was going on.
Why was his boss following this woman? Were the rumors of his boss cheating really true?
Well, he fetched him in the safe house earlier this morning and the guards in that place were all wearing a troubled expression that was so hard to ignore.
Why did this woman calling his master boss's sister and mother as 'Mom' and 'Neechan'?
But all of his questions were answered when he saw the woman removing the gold mask and even the skin mask underneath it and placed it on the counter top.
"Lady Boss?!" He suddenly blurted out.
"Yup!" She said while popping the 'P' sound.
"It's me. I'm sorry for messing up with your head a little bit." She said sincerely.
"Don't worry, I'll help you understand everything tomorrow and for that to happen, you have to do something for me." She added.
"No Lady Boss! Please don't apologize! This humble servant is not worthy for that. And you can ask my help anytime Lady Boss! I'm more than willing to help you!" He said while bowing his head.
"You don't have to do that bowing. I'm not a saint to receive such gesture from you." She said.
"But you're--" Marco wanted to say something but Eunji didn't let him to continue as she added.
"And besides, you have been with Nathan for a long time. Accept it or not, you are already a part of this household you know. You're a family."
Marco could only look at her in disbelief and then he turned to look at his master whose full attention was on Eunji.
"Your lady boss is right. Marco, you're like a brother to me. We have been together for like almost ten years now. And I'm thankful of your service all these years that we have been together." Nathan said as he looked at Marco with his eyes full of appreciation and gratitude from him.
And Marco was greatly touched by Nathan's words. All the efforts he had done had finally paid off! Joy filled his heart as he listened to his boss. The feeling that he felt at the moment was even greater than the joy he had when he received his first pay-check from him.
"When everythings is okay, I'll give you a break from work." Nathan added making Marco to frown. Then horror started to crawl in his heart when he felt that something was off.
'Oh no! Are you going to fire me boss?' He asked him in his thought.
"Relax, I'm not going to fire you." Nathan said which made Marco to calm down a little because he knew his boss was not done.
"But I will give you half a year of vacation from work." Nathan said.
That was equivalent to making him jobless for half a year. And he didn't want that.
"Master, please spare me! Whatever mistakes that I have done, please forgive me!" Marco said as he dropped on his knees and begged him.
Eunji was rendered speechless because of Marco's actions.
She didn't know that him who always wear a neutral face when talking to everybody had this funny side of him.
Nathan was also speechless as he didn't know that his assistant could be this so serious that he made himself ridiculous just because he wanted him to take a leave from work.
"I guess I should make it a year then." Nathan started teasing him which made Marco to panic.
"No! Half a year. That's fine Master Boss. Six months of leave is fine." He said in panic.
"Okay! Half a year it is!" Nathan then smiled and he looked at Eunji who was looking at him with her sparkling eyes.
"Thank you Master Boss!" He said.
Nathan and Eunji then continued walking towards the kitchen so they could start preparing for their dinner as they were already late for that.
Marco was still kneeling on the same spot as he could not believe what had just happened.
"Six months? What am I even going to do within six months. It'll be so boring then!" He asked himself without knowing that his two bosses could hear him.
"Why don't you start looking for a wife? That would make your time more exciting." Nathan suddendly said as he teased his assistant.
Marco had become speechless for a while.
"Nathan is right. I haven't seen you introduce your partner to me. I'm looking forward to meet the lucky wife." Eunji said as she giggled.
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Ignoring his assistant that was still speechless, Nathan then turned his attention to Eunji who was now washing the rice.
"Wifey?" Nathan called her as he washed the vegetables.
"Yeah?" Eunji responded softly.
"What do you want for Marco to do tomorrow?" He asked.
"Hmm...I want her to bring Ana to me." She honestly said.
"So it's tomorrow then?" He asked her.
"Yeah." She replied weakly.
"Do you want me to accompany you?" He asked.
"There's no need hubby. I can do it by myself. And besides I have this feeling that I should talk to her alone." She replied while turning the rice cooker on.
"Okay." Nathan could only hum.
"You have to bring the kids, mom and sister here. That's going to be your task tomorrow." She added.
"Will you be going back to me after your conversation with her?" He suddenly asked.
"Hubby, we had already talked about it earlier, yeah?" Eunji sighed as she took the knife and started cutting the onions.
"Yes. But..."
Eunji then placed the knife down and looked at him.
"Don't worry. I'll come back. Trust me okay?" She said while holding his hand.
Now she was more than eager to learn the truth.