Chapter 63 - 63: Never Doubt Her
Chapter 63 - 63: Never Doubt Her
"Oie! Don't run, you might get hurt. Your surgery wound might open!" Nathan could only helplessly remind her.
"It's okay. It's not painful compared before." Kim Eunji shouted back at him.
Kim Eunji was already in the passenger seat while waiting for Nathan.
"Pali! Pali!" Kim Eunji urged him to hurry up. If the traffic situation was not bad, they should arrive at the location before eleven.
Nathan then entered the driver's seat of his black Audi 8 car.
The two drove off into Beijing's biggest shopping district.
Nathan went into the mall's parking lot instead of taking the valet parking.
Kim Eunji got out of the car as soon as Nathan did.
Both was wearing their disposable face masks on.
They were both holding each other's hand as they walked towards the basement entrance of the mall.
As soon as Nathan and Kim Eunji entered, all heads were on them.
Though they had hidden their faces, they could not hide their aura.
Nathan looked like an idol with his bangs and glasses on. Kim Eunji was no different either.
Whispers soon erupted on the place. All of them were curious about the identity of the new arrival.
"Who are they?" One shopper asked.
"They must be celebrities." His companion answered him.
"No. I haven't seen them on TV."
However the couple was unbothered by the other people's curiosity.
Kim Eunji and Nathan walked towards a bookstore to buy her school stuff.
Kim Eunji meticulously chose her pen while Nathan was following her.
"Hubby, would you mind picking some highlighter for me please?" Being a filial husband that he wanted to be, Nathan obliged and went to the highlights section.
Nathan then picked yellow and orange and then returned to Kim Eunji's side immediately.
"Aw. So cute. I wish to have a boyfriend like him." One of the female customers on the stores remarked as she looked at Kim Eunji and Nathan's interaction.
"Well, you have to be as beautiful as her if you wanted to have a man like him." Her friend teased her friend.
Nathan was back hugging Kim Eunji as she was still choosing her pen.
If militaries have their guns as their weapons for war, then students have their pens for school.
A good pen could make or break a student. Kim Eunji was very particular with it. She wanted her pen to be of best quality as she would not settle for less. Therefore she had to choose carefully.
Weird but that was how she was.
Kim Eunji bought two dozens of ball-point pen and three fountain pens.
After she was satisfied, Kim Eunji and Nathan then walked towards the notebook section.
As old-fashioned as she sounded like, Kim Eunji preferred to take notes when she studies. She retained most of her learnings by doing so. Paired with her photographic memory, she had no problems memorizing everything.
Just like her pen, Kim Eunji chose the best quality paper of her notebook, so did with her paper.
She also did not forget to buy a mechanical pen, eraser, correction tapes and sticky notes.
After she was satisfied with her purchases, Kim Eunji and Nathan walked towards the cashier.
She was about to take out her wallet from her bag but Nathan had already handed his black card to the teller.
The teller then nervously received the card with his hand. The manager of the store and his colleagues were all dumbfounded when they saw a black card.
A black card represents a person's status in the society. Owning something that had an infinite amount of credit line was no joke. And it was rare for an ordinary person like them to see what more got the chance to hold the illusive card.
But teller and the manager were both dumbfounded when they read the name embossed on the card.
Before they could even utter his name in shock, Nathan made a 'shh' gesture as he wanted them to stay quite to not attract the other customer's attention.
"I hope our visit here would be a secret", Nathan said to the manager after he got back his card.
It was a mixture of warning and threat at the same time.
The store manager bowed down his head in agreement.
"Rest assured, dear customer!"
After Nathan paid everything, the two then walked out of the store.
Kim Eunji was a bit disappointed. She was not used to making others pay for her stuff after all.
"Stop pouting." Nathan suddenly said.
"How do you know I am pouting? I'm wearing my mask on." Kim Eunji refuted.
"Well, your eyes looked like that when you're pouting." Nathan honestly replied.
"You should have let me paid my stuff earlier."
"Why not?"
"It's because it's my stuff." Kim Eunji stubbornly answered.
"Love...I know you're capable. But as your husband, let me fulfill my duties even in this petty matters. Let me pamper you even if you don't want to. Okay?"
"Okay."
For Nathan, he had worked hard in order to provide for his loved ones and now that he's more than capable to do that, he would feel useless if his wife would not allow him to do that for her.
"Okay." Kim Eunji reluctantly agreed.
The two then went to the restaurant to have their late lunch. The couple ordered grilled pork chops and a cup of rice each. They also got kimchi and fresh cucumber and tomato salad on the table.
Kim Eunji chose a glass of fresh pineapple juice for her drink. Nathan on the other hand chose to have a fresh orange juice. He didn't like the taste of pineapple.
"Kelly wanted me to visit her today. She's bored. Can we dropped by at their house later today husband?" Kim Eunji suddenly said. She was about to tell him about it earlier but Nathan had became jealous all of a sudden.
Now, she felt like it was the perfect time for him to know on what the call was about.
Nathan pursed his lips as if contemplating if he should let her to go or not.
"Okay." He answered with a heavy heart.
"Thank you!" Kim Eunji smiled as she squeezed his hand which was on the table.
"Okay. We better finish this so that we can finish earlier."
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After they were done, Kim Eunji and Nathan entered the clothing store which specialized in street fashion.
Kim Eunji bought five over sized hoodies of the same color shade. She also bought five oversized shirts and five of the same color shade. She also brought five jeans, five bucket hat and two jump suit.
She also bought a backpack for her to use at school.
Since Imperial University had no uniform dress code, the students were free to wear whatever they wanted to wear given that it's appropriate and not provocative.
"Why do I feel like my wife's trying to look boyish at school?" Nathan teased her.
"Well there's nothing I can do, I married the king of jealousy himself." Kim Eunji replied nonchalantly.
Good thing Kim Eunji was born with the a model's height and good body proportions.
This way, she could rock every outfits she wore. She's one of those few people which even a rag would still looked good at her.
"Is that so?" Nathan quirked his brows as he slowly approached her.
They were inside the dressing room and he was about to help her in changing. But with his behavior, Kim Eunji was thinking of kicking her out of the cubicle.
"Mr. Bai, I think you should behave or else you'll suffer more." Kim Eunji reminded him.
Of course, she didn't want him to be sporting a hard on while they were roaming around. That would be embarrassing for both of them.
She too was suffering herself. She didn't want him to be in pain.
"Well, I can't help it, my wife's very beautiful. But I think I'll go out for now or else I might not be able to control myself."
"Okay. I'll call help when I need help." Kim Eunji said.
Nathan walked out of the fitting room and trying to calm the fire that was about to explode in his body.
He then walked towards the waiting area of the store which was a couple of steps away from the fitting room.
"Are you two a newlywed couple?" A grandmother who was sitting on the couch asked.
"Yes. We are. We just got our marriage certificate today."
"Really? Must have been nice to be in the honeymoon phase of marriage. Well, every married couple had gone through that phase. That phase was very important especially now that men and women got married out of convenience."
Nathan pursed his lips as he heard the old woman.
"It's during that time that you should strengthen the bond and have a better understanding for each other. Well, I'm not saying that the couple who had spent their honeymoon phase beautifully would have a long and lasting relationship. There were external factors that could affect the relationship after all. But, if you gained each other's trust during that time, both of you could overcome every challenges in your relationship."
"But don't worry. I can see in your eyes that you are both in love with each other. As long as that love don't fade, you and your wife will be the strongest couple. She's a keeper. I could see that by the way she looked at you. So never doubt her. Doubting her only means your questioning her love for you. And that would be trouble. Keep that in mind." The old woman then stood up and patted Nathan's shoulder.
Nathan only watched her walking towards the exit of the store.
Then two teenagers approached her with a worried look on their faces.
Nathan decided to not pay attention to them anymore as he tried to think of what she had told him.
While he was in deep thoughts, Kim Eunji walked out of the fitting room and asked him, "What's wrong?"
But Nathan answered her with, "Nothing. Let's go. Sister-in-law must be waiting for you there."
"Okay. But please let me pay all of these this time."
Kim Eunji pleaded.
"Okay. If that's what my wife wants, I'll be more than happy to give in."
"Thank you. You're the best!"
The two then walked towards the cashier and Kim Eunji took out her wallet from her bag and opened it.
Nathan accidentally looked at her wallet and was dumbfounded when he saw the number of black cards Kim Eunji owned. Not only that, she also had a diamond card and platinum card.
As expected, the poor cashier's eyes widened when she saw Kim Eunji's black card. With her hand shaking she received the card with careā¦afraid that she might scratch and damaged it.
After the payment was successfully made Kim Eunji then received the card from the cashier.
"Thank you for the purchase. I hope to see you again, valued customers."
Kim Eunji only smiled as a reply to her.
Kim Eunji and Nathan left the store without knowing that they had caused a frenzy inside.
The two then walked towards the exit of the mall. They took the elevator instead of taking the escalator in going down.
Kim Eunji could only helplessly looked at Nathan who was silently walking beside her.
The two then reached on their car. Nathan opened the door for Kim Eunji to enter.
"Thank you." Kim Eunji said and Nathan only smiled at her as his response.
"What's wrong?" Kim Eunji asked her husband as she felt like his actions were quite odd.
"Nothing love." Nathan wanted to shrug it off. However he was still bothered by what he had learned earlier.
On the other hand, Kim Eunji was worried that she had hurt his pride when he saw her wallet. And that disturbed her.
Nathan then reached out to gently touch her face.
"I love you."
Kim Eunji then placed her palm on top of Nathan's hand which was on her face and let her face to lean on his touch.
"I love you, too. Whatever that was bothering you, let's talk about it tonight, okay?"
"Okay."
With that, the two shared a sweet kiss.
Nathan then broke off of the kiss and started the car.
One hand on the stirring wheel and the other one holding Kim Eunji's left hand, the two drove off towards the destination. Towards their future.
But one sentence was repeating in his head, 'Never doubt her.'