“My God, Mariko!” Itsuki exclaimed. “How many times have I told you… It’s our protocol to call a backup whenever we have operations. Why did you have to go alone? Do you want a death wish? Dammit!” Itsuki coursed as he groaned out of his frustration towards the young lady.Mariko was busy cleaning up her wounds and putting bandages on them, not minding what her friend was ranting about. She glance sideways and then rolled her eyes at him. “You know me, Itsuki. I don’t waste time. Whenever I have operations, I never got used to calling others while someone was at risk.” she reasoned.“But what if the child will be in danger?-” he asked.“But nothing happened with the kid.” Mariko interrupted him.“Fine. But what if you did not make it and you’ll be dead as well? You don’t know-”“But here I am! Alive and kicking,” she reasoned out again, which made Itsuki look at her in disbelief.“Really? For fvck sake, Agent Angel! You got stabbed, and yet you’ll say you’re okay? You are making me nu
“Doc, how is she?” Marcus asked as soon as the doctor got out of the room.“She’s now safe. Luckily, you called me right away. Because if not, she may lose a lot of blood. Just let her rest for a few days until her wounds heal.” The doctor informed them.John and Marcus thank the doctor, and John went out to buy medicine for her. Marcus went back to his room and watched the woman sleeping on his bed. ‘I just noticed now. She is really beautiful and has smooth skin. Her nose is pointed, and her lips are tempting to kiss. This woman looks like an angel when she’s asleep. But when she woke up, she looks like an amazon.’ Marcus shook his head at his thoughts. But when he remembered her wounds, he frowned. ‘Where did you get your wounds?’ he wondered as Marcus remembered the scars he saw earlier, while one of his servants undressed Mariko.‘Are you really a therapist? You’re so mysterious, woman. You really get my interest. I will find out who you really are.’ he thought.Not long enough,
“By the way,” John started, which made Mariko look at him. “Where did you get your wound? By the looks of it, I think your wound is from a sharp object... A knife, perhaps?” He asked. He narrowed his eyes at her with his brows raised, as if he was accusing her. Mariko was astounded that she couldn’t say anything. How can Mariko explain to them that she got her wounds after saving the life of a child who was being kidnapped? And that Mariko has no choice because it was part of her job? Of course, she couldn’t tell the truth if she didn’t want to get busted. All of her hard work and plans will probably disappear like a bubble if she will allow them to know her identity. “I…” ‘Think carefully, Mariko. Don’t let them find out who you really are.’ she thought. “-I was on the street, and on my way to a restaurant to meet someone when a man declared a holdup. He asked for money, and I tried to fight.” Mariko looked at the two young men who were waiting for her to continue what she was sayi
‘Orianna McCartney,’ Mariko thought.She couldn’t believe that the little girl’s mother was a member of Aces of Triad. And one of the top billionaires and businesswomen in the country. ‘Why did she want to hide her daughter from the public? I thought she was single.’ Mariko wondered while she was lying down on her bed. Mariko opened the screen of her phone to search in their database regarding the details of the child she just saved.Mariko saw a picture of a child holding a white rabbit pushy. ‘Sophie McCartney Carter. Five years old.’ “What the... Are these all the details about the kid? They didn’t put the names of her parents here,” she muttered after reading the information about the child. Mariko tapped the search bar and typed Orianna’s name. Her right brow raised as she read the data about Orianna. ‘Orianna McCartney. 25 years old. Entrepreneur. Owner of Pearl of Orianna’s, McCartney jewels, SofiMalls. Billionaire. Status: Divorced.’ She smirked as she saw her status. “They wr
‘MC Royale. I think this is the place.’ Mariko looked up at the tall building in front of her and read the signage. She went inside and asked the receptionist on what floor the CEO had located. She immediately went up to the 20th floor and headed toward the room of the CEO. The executive assistant greeted her as soon as she arrived at the 20th floor. “I came to see Miss Orianna McCartney. I’m Agent Angel.” She introduced herself using her codename and told the secretary about her intention to come in.“Please wait for a moment and I will inform Madam of your arrival.” The secretary pressed the intercom that connects the office of the CEO. The secretary stood up and assisted Mariko in the CEO’s office. She opened the door for her.As soon as the door opened, Mariko saw a woman in her early 30s standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window while holding a folder she was reading. She was wearing all-white cream-colored slacks and a blazer. Underneath was a white v-neck fitted s
Mariko arrived at Reed's mansion. From the garage, he could hear the crashing sound of vases and the voices of two men arguing upstairs. ‘What was that?’ she wondered with her.Mariko became alert to what might happen and hurried inside, thinking that maybe someone had broken in. She saw Matilda, one of the servants, trembling with some other servants while looking up at the second floor of the house. “What is happening here?” she asked.“Master Ethan and young master Marcus are fighting, miss,” Matilda informed her.“What? Then why don’t you stop them?” She asked.“We don’t want to get involved in their fight, Miss. We don’t want to lose our job.” Matilda informed her, worried was evidently written on her face.“What really happened? Why are they fighting?” Mariko asked.“Master Ethan went home drunk last night. And he brought someone over. Master introduced the woman to the young master earlier. And now they are arguing.”“Where is the woman?” Mariko asked. ‘Sir Ethan must have been
“You might not be my therapist, and I might not meet you.” Mariko felt cringed at what she just heard.“Will you stop that nonsense? It makes me cringe.” She shook her body as he looked at him with disgust.Marcus rolled his eyes, “fine. I was just trying to fool you. But I guess that didn’t work.” Marcus said, which made her snort.“Do you think I will buy those sweet nothings of you?” she sneered. “I won’t fall for it… It’s kind of disgusting, dude. So, you better not make a move.” She raised her eyebrow.Marcus winced. “Why are you here?” he asked, trying to change the topic.“I just want to check on you.” She shrugged. “Now that you can walk now, maybe you don’t need me anymore.”Marcus shook his head. “I still need you. Be my driver. I still can’t drive, you know.” he reasoned.‘Right. I still need to be with him until they find out who was trying to kill them and keep on sending death threats.’ She thought."Fine," Mariko said.Marcus smiled and walked past her. “Let’s go. My fr
Mariko was drinking lemonade juice when a group of drunk men approached her.“A beautiful lady shouldn’t be alone in the bar.” One of the three men approached her first.Mariko rolled her eyes at them and did not mind them. But the three guys were too persistent in getting her attention.“Hey! We’re talking to you. You should show some respect! Do you know who we are?” The other guy showed his gun, tucked in the holster he was wearing.But instead of being scared, Mariko just looked at it boringly as if it did not threaten her before she then drank the rest of her juice. The three guys find it insulting when Mariko didn’t even show some fear.The guy who has a gun felt insulted, so he grabbed Mariko’s arms and forcedly turned her body to them.“How dare you turn your back on us, woman! You don't know who you're fighting against.” He looked at her with a flare in his eyes, but Mariko looked at her with bored eyes, which had them insulted. Mariko looked in the direction where Marcus an