Then she smiled, thank you for finding me.”
“Huh? Don’t thank me, you are going to repay me.” He shrugged it off.
“Huh? How?” She furrowed her brows.
Joel smirked, “you’ll find out later.”
She pouted and looked around the ward before landing her eyes back on Joel.
“Hum… Don’t you have to go to work?” Out of curiosity, she asked.
He twitched his mouth, “no. I have my laptop here.”
With that, Joel stood up on his feet and walked to the couch. He sat down, booted his laptop, and placed it on his lap.
Emily squeezed her tummy with her hand as she watched the clock tick. Thirty minutes had passed and Joel was still busy with his laptop.
She bit a corner of her mouth as she shifted her gaze on Joel again. She sighed wearily as her stomach growled in hunger.
“Ahhh…” She frowned, hoping he would pay attention to her.
Joel smirked as he typed away on his laptop. He knew she was hungry already but was pretending to not know.
Unable to bear the hunger, she voiced out. “I’m hungry.”
She pouted her lips and sat upright on the bed, her back resting against the wall and her hands clutching her stomach.
Joel twitched his lips and looked up at her, “finally.”
“What… Finally?” She frowned.
“I’ve been expecting you to say that.” Joel punched the Enter button and placed the laptop on the couch, beside him.
“Ahhh…” She smiled.
“So, what do you want to eat?” He raised a brow.
“Huh, hmmm…” She trailed off.
“Anything.” She grinned.
“There is nothing like ‘anything’. Tell me exactly what you want to eat.” Joel replied calmly.
“Hmm, well…” Emily bit her lower lip as she racked up her head.
Joel snickered, “Why, you want to eat me?”
“What?!” She couldn’t believe her ears.
“Why, I said, do you want to eat me?” Joel rephrased.
Huh? Emily widened her eyes, who would have known that the cold and arrogant CEO was an expert in flirting.
“Hugh Hugh” She coughed in embarrassment and let out a peal of awkward laughter.
She waved her hands in the air, “ahhhh… Really, no.”
He smiled and nodded.
“Should I call the chef at home?” He asked.
“Or, should we just go home? After all, you’ve recovered.” He added.
“Hm, should we?” Emily grinned.
He nodded his head and smiled back at her.
He frowned, “do you have any idea about the person that kidnapped you?”
She shook her head and sighed, “no.”
Joel nodded his head and stood up on his feet.
? E C S T A S Y ?
“CEO Lee, just think about the offer.”
Stephanie smiled sweetly as she sipped her wine.
She had called Minister Lee and asked him to meet at the hotel to discuss an important issue.
Minister Lee frowned, “that’s not an offer, it’s bankruptcy.”
She chuckled softly. “Bankruptcy, you say?”
“Who wants to make you go bankrupt? Minister Lee, we both know you like this girl.” She winked.
“Ho-how d-did you know?” The man stuttered.
Stephanie was right, ever since the first time he watched that Emily girl broadcast, he dreamt about having her in his bed. There was no doubt Emily was a beauty, and he loved beauty.
Even though he had a wife, Minister Lee enjoyed sleeping around with younger women. He slept with a lot of women in the entertainment industry, Stephanie included.
“Hahaha. Minister Lee, forget about how I got to know about it. The main thing is, are you interested or not?” Stephanie asked.
“Your face does not have to show, Emily’s nude pictures are what I need.” She grinned. “That’s enough to chase her out of the industry.” She added.
Minister Lee sighed as he weighed the offer. He would enjoy one epic night with the girl he had been dreaming to bed and since his face wouldn’t show in the pictures, there was nothing to worry about.
He shrugged his shoulders. “Okay,”
“But since we are in a hotel, won’t you compensate me for volunteering to help you?” Minister Lee grinned mischievously.
“Ah, you are a bad man.” Stephanie’s lips curled up in a cute smile.
*****
Danielle bit her lip as she walked around the dining table. “Yes. I need you to get rid of her.”
The first thing she did when she woke up this morning was think of a way to get rid of Emily. After thinking for a while, she decided to employ someone to kill her.
“You want the lady in the picture dead right?” The man she was on the phone with spoke.
She nodded her head in affirmation. “Yeah, kill her and dump her body where it will never be found.”
“Kill who?” Joel’s voice sent chills down Danielle’s body and instantly, she froze.
…. and automatically, the phone slipped out of her hand and shattered as soon as it hit the ground. Robotically, Danielle turned around to face Joel; who was standing by the doorway with Emily beside him.
“Kill who?” He asked again for the second time.
“Erm, the thing is…” Danielle’s voice trailed off.
Joel arched up one of his brows as he waited patiently for Danielle to say who she was going to kill.
She let out short awkward laughter, “Er-err-erm… Joel, you are back.. .”
“You are not blind, are you? Answer my question.” He fluttered his eyelashes and dipped his hands in his pockets.
Danielle giggled nervously, “Erm, ah. It was hum… I was talking to the director on the phone.”
Joel eyed her for a short while before nodding his head slowly. He brought out his right hand, took Emily’s hand in his, and headed up the stairway.
Danielle didn’t release her tensed body until she heard the door upstairs open and close. She heaved out a sigh of relief and crouched to pick up her shattered phone.
She heaved a gusty sigh and stared at the phone in her hand. The phone wasn’t the problem to her, but the fact that she almost got caught by the omniscient CEO was. She needed to be extra careful. She heaved out another sigh and climbed up the stairway.
Emily huffed and puffed out her cheeks as she sat down on her bed, she didn’t go home to sit on the bed, she went home to eat.
“Are you alright?” Joel asked.
“Yes.” She snapped.
Joel furrowed his brows and puckered his mouth. What was wrong with her?
Ohhh! He forgot he brought her home to eat. Danielle made him forget.
He chuckled, “you are hungry right?”
She rolled her eyes in annoyance, why was he still asking if she was hungry? It wasn’t like she ate anything on their way home. She ignored his question and puffed out her cheeks even more.
Joel clicked his tongue, wagging his index finger at Emily, “Ah, tsk tsk tsk,”
“You like food too much.” He sneered and pulled her up from the bed.
“Let’s go.” He opened the door and pulled her out of her room, to the dining room.
“Wow!” Emily couldn’t help but show her surprise as she walked around the dining table.
Right on the dining table were various grilled dishes made with mackerel.
“When did they prepare this?” She asked in awe as she took her seat.
“I told the chef to prepare it on our way.” Joel smiled.
“Awwn, her lips curled up in a cute smile as she took one of the chopsticks.
He smirked with an amused look on his face.
“How come little things like this make you happy?” He asked with raised brows.
“Psht.” She chuckled softly as she ate.
“Hmm,” she smiled and hummed, savoring the taste of the Korean Cuisine.
“Hmm, you likey?” He teased.
“Uhm.” She nodded her head.
“I’m completely healed.” She grinned.
“It’s obvious” Joel sneered.
“Psht.” Emily smiled.
***
Somewhere in Asia…
“They told me that you have been refusing to eat your food, is that right?” Anderson asked as he walked into the room he had Evelyn locked in.
No response.
“Hahaha, why? You miss your stupid husband? Your useless child? Huh?” He laughed hysterically.
Evelyn, the poor woman who had been locked up, looked up at the ‘beast’ and looked away again.
Anderson giggled evilly, “Why? You can no longer talk?”
“I have already told you, once you accept to be mine, you are free to have everything you want to have in this world. And together, we’ll destroy Joel, Michael, Empire World Corporation.” He stated calmly as he sat beside her on the bed she was sitting on.
“Huh? Be mine.” He whispered, tilting her head with his index finger by raising her chin.
He moved closer to her and stroked her left cheek with his left hand.
“I have already told you that Michael does not love you. If he does, with that stupid kid, Joel, next to him, he would have turned the whole world upside down, searching for you.