章 33: She had always been unusually afraid

Shen casually walked up through reception, bloodied with James' tongue, still fresh in his hand. He felt no disgust at his vengeance. Others would have puked at the sight of it, but the employees at Moshi Corp knew how to behave.

They also knew that Shen didn't get to where he was by adopting puppies. He was violent when it was required. He was the devil, when summoned. Nobody dared to cross him.

The basement was forbidden to mostly everyone except a select few executives and bodyguards. James wasn't alone down there. He had worse enemies lurking within the cells. Some of his prisoners even shared his blood.

He took the elevator up to the 23rd floor. He had to change and shower before he returned to Lina. She would freak out if she thought he had been hurt. He smiled to himself, thinking about how annoyed and concerned she had been lately.

Her old habits and traits were showing up again. As Shen pondered more and more about her behaviour even before the coma, he began to wonder.

Even though it was natural for any wife to be concerned about her husband's well being, she was always masking anxiety. She never crossed a line, never called too much to check on him or asked too many questions about his work. But she was careful.

She always seemed to be scanning his body, seemingly checking for wounds or hurt. She would casually touch his forehead, as if to be affectionate, but her eyes were calculative. As if she was checking his temperature. She would casually always "taste" his food first, whenever they ate out.

It was as if she was hiding major paranoia for his safety. Now that she was more careless about her emotions, he could compare her actions. Her eyes were the same when she was scanning him for injuries as she did it obviously that night in his office during uncle Sojin's rebellion.

She had actually gone through a massive physical panic attack, made herself sick and pushed her weak body to defend him that night. There was something lying dormant in her psyche that she had forgotten and didn't know how to control anymore.

And that was definitely connected to the secrets she was hiding before the coma.

Could it be, that she was attacked NOT because of him? But because of her own secrets?

As Shen stood in the shower pondering these thoughts, he lost track of time. Stepping out, he checked his watch in hurry and swore out loud.

"Fu**! It's been an hour. I'm so dead."

He was about to run out of the private shower he had in his office when he heard a loud bang outside. It almost sounded like a mini explosion!

Shen quickly wrapped a towel over his lower body, snatched a gun he had hidden in his bathroom cabinet and quietly walked out.

He made no noise on the carpeted floor, and nor could he hear anything else outside. He decided to attack first. After all, nobody could get in here except him. He had just reinstalled an even tighter security system. This had to be another attempt against him!

He kicked the bathroom door open and in a split second pointed the gun at a quickly moving figure lurking inside the office chambers and fired three shots.

It was too blurry to see who the person was but they moved faster than the speed of light.

"Shen!"

It took him to realise why the voice was so familiar.

"Lina?!" he was so shocked, the gun dropped from his hand.

And then the towel fell too.

Both of them were so stunned at the shooting, Shen still shocked and wondering if he had hit her, Lina still astounded that she could actually see each bullet and dodge them with ease.

Then her gaze fell below and her face turned a bright red.

Nothing, absolutely NOTHING, was left to the imagination.

But somehow she couldn't turn her eyes away. Her body immediately responded, as she felt tingly in her nether area. Her heart was in her mouth and her pulse quickened.

He was nothing short of godly. His body was lean and chiseled, every muscle defined. His skin was still glistening with moisture from the shower, and his handsomely sculpted face was glowing from the adrenaline. She thought she would faint at any second.

Shen looked away, embarrassed. It was not as if HE had lost his memory. He was used to being naked around his wife!

However, now she felt like the same new person. She was staring at him like it was the first time. It made him conscious!

He quickly gathered his wits along with the towel and covered himself up. Then he made his way quickly towards her.

What Lina didn't expect was being so close to his naked body as he hugged her tightly and possessively.

"You stupid, silly woman! Are you hurt anywhere?!"

He quickly checked her everywhere, making sure there wasn't a scratch on her body. He was almost about to cry. She could see his eyes glistening.

"Shen I'm okay! Look at me! It was YOU I was worried about!"

"Why me? I told you it was just a small meeting! Why are you worried? I'm sorry I was late baby, but you shouldn't have become so anxious!"

As he said these words, his eyes fell upon his broken into office door. It looked like a hurricane had demolished it. The security system outside had been hacked and hacked at with inhuman strength with a fire axe.

The big bang was the door being broken into.

Shen looked at the door and turned to his wife. Then he looked back to at the destroyed door again, and back to the tiny, wide-eyed, dishevelled girl in front of him.

It made no literal sense.

"Baby, you destroyed my door and security system again..."

"YOU SHOT AT ME, BAD HUBBY!"

She looked so wronged that he actually laughed.

"You're laughing?! You could have killed me!"

Shen laughed again but decided to put her mind at ease.

"No angel, I wouldn't have."

Then we walked to the walk behind her and pulled out three darts that looked like emptied syringes.

"They're just tranquillisers!"