Chapter 159 - Genius At Remembering Faces

Cathy could not bear to look into the eyes of her lover, whom she had not seen for a long time. She hid her face on Vincent's shoulder in a spoiled manner, then realized something. It seemed like she had experienced this before. Wait... didn't she ever have a dream similar to this?

A boy carried her, and then she hid her crying face on the child's shoulder in a spoiled manner. Her chest rippled with excitement when suddenly a name came to mind.

"Pinpin?"

Vincent blinked in disbelief at what he heard. What did Cathy call him earlier?

"Are you Pinpin, the boy who accompanied me when I was little?" asked Cathy, looking at Vincent's face.

"How could you remember me? You weren't even three years old back then." Vincent turned off the shower and took Cathy to the bath up which was filled with hot water.

"I don't know either. It seemed like all my childhood memories come to the surface in the form of dreams. Lately, I often dream of my past. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary dream, but it turns out they are all memories of my childhood."

"Hm. Very interesting. Since when did you experience it?" Vincent tucked Cathy into the bath up carefully before crouching down to meet her face to face.

"Ever since I heard the story about my biological mother."

For a moment, there was no sound between them.

"So you already know everything." guessed Vincent with a flat tone and expression.

"Hm. I already know." But I still don't know what happened to you nineteen years ago. Cathy continued to herself because she doubted whether Vincent's amnesia had healed or not.

The two of them fell silent again, not knowing what to say. Realizing that the two of them had been soaked for a long time, Vincent got up and gave the girl privacy.

"Take time here. I'll get you some clean clothes outside. After that, we'll talk." said Vincent stroking the top of Cathy's head affectionately before walking out of the bathroom.

After closing the bathroom door, Vincent leaned against the door with a sigh. He had to prepare himself in case Cathy decided to leave him.

Vincent walked out of his room and heard the sound of arguing between his team members and Zero's branch team. Vincent pressed his forehead in tired to face Team Zero members who were too arrogant and proud.

Eventually, Vincent came downstairs to mediate their argument and get the branch team members to go back to their headquarters.

"Vincent! Where have you been? After missing for a year, you contacted us, told Sophia to prepare hot water, and now appears with Cathy?! What happened?" Frank, who happened to be staying overnight at the base, immediately charged at his friend with a thousand questions.

"It's a very long story. Let me shower first. After that, I'll tell you everything." Vincent replied casually as he headed to the bathroom.

On the other hand, Cathy enjoyed a hot shower, making her feel at home for a long time in the bath up. But when she felt her head a little dizzy, Cathy decided to finish her bath immediately. Cathy grabbed a kimono towel and peeked out the door.

Cathy breathed a sigh of relief when she found out that no one was there and saw a pure white dress on the bed. Cathy immediately came out and put on her dress.

Maybe because she felt tired or there was still some lingering effect of the sleep gas she inhaled, Cathy felt an intense drowsiness attack. As soon as she laid down on the bed, Cathy immediately fell asleep.

Again she had a dream, but this time she had a sweet dream. She felt someone covering her with a blanket, making her body not cold, followed by a hand gently stroking her head. The big familiar hands on her head made her sleep soundly until the sun rose.

Around six in the morning, Cathy shifted her body and immediately woke up with a jolt realizing she was in a foreign room. Where is this? What happened to her?

This was the umpteenth time she felt like she had awakened in a strange place, with memories fading from her mind for a moment.

Cathy tried to remember what happened to her. She met Felicia, and then they went to Vincent's gallery. She received a message from Vincent the previous night... and then...

Instantly the memory of her being kidnapped swirled in her head. She also remembered Vincent leading her to escape into a cliff with the ocean under it. Then she ended up in this place and fell asleep.

Cathy cursed herself when she realized something. Wasn't she supposed to talk to Vincent yesterday? Cathy blamed herself for not being able to hold back her drowsiness and fell asleep.

Not wanting to wait anymore, Cathy got up and walked out of her room. She followed the corridor in front of her until he came across a staircase leading downstairs. Cathy walked down the stairs almost as if she had jumped, utterly unaware that there were several people below looking at her with adoration gazes.

Cathy immediately stopped her steps when she realized that many unfamiliar faces were staring at her.

"Gosh... is it doomsday? Why are angels coming to us?" chirped one of the people making the other laugh.

Cathy felt confused and anxious because she couldn't find Vincent's face. Is she at the enemy base? Was she caught again while she was asleep? It was impossible. She did not feel the threat of danger from these people.

"Cathy, are you awake?"

Cathy blinked a few times, not expecting to see Frank here.

"Frank? Why are you here?"

"I could ask the same for you. But to answer that, just considered it is my second home." Frank said casually. "You must be hungry. Come here. We've prepared breakfast for you."

Cathy hesitantly walked over to a dining table and sat down on the chair Frank had prepared.

"Uhm... Vincent?"

"He still has business outside. He will come back later. Now eat first."

How could she eat when there were so many eyes watching her? Frank realized her discomfort and kicked everyone out of the dining room. Unfortunately, none of them moved from their place. Instead, they approached and sat around Cathy.

"Do you want to make her feel uncomfortable? She won't want to come here again." was the scolding from Frank. 

"Nonsense. How can we make her uncomfortable? Are we making you uncomfortable, dear?" asked a woman with long curly blond hair.

Cathy looked at the woman curiously. Where had she met this woman before?

"Have we met?" asked Cathy bluntly.

"I don't think so." replied the woman with a sweet smile.

Cathy was not satisfied with the answer. She was sure she had seen that face before, but she couldn't quite remember when and where she had met her.

"So Mrs. Boss, just tell us when you feel uncomfortable. Because we don't want you to feel uneasy."

"What? Mrs. Boss?? Why do you call me that?"

"It is because..."

"How about you introduce yourself first?" Frank interrupted the words and started to point at them one by one while saying their names. "The one wearing the glasses is Pasha, and then she," referring to the woman sitting next to Cathy, "is his wife. Her name is Sophia. Then Ronald, Seth, Sophia's brother, and Barneys and Lindsey." He pointed to someone holding a laptop, followed by a face similar to Sophia and a pair of lovers looking at Cathy with curious eyes.

Cathy smiled back at them one by one while remembering their names. She was somewhat relieved to see that they all welcomed her so kindly.

"You're prettier than your picture. I like your hair color." complimented Sophia with her signature smile.

"Thank you, you are also lovely yourself," replied Cathy, smiling too. She saw the way Sophia smiled sheepishly as she lowered her face. Instantly her memory popped into his mind. "Ah, I remember." continued Cathy, making everyone around her surprised to hear her loud voice. "You work at Star Risen on the island, right?"

Not a few of them felt confused by Cathy's sentence. They knew Sophia has never worked at a hotel, let alone Star Risen. But Sophia did disguise herself as a Star Risen employee at Pina for once. They were sure Sophia was in disguise and that she was very good at it. They did not understand how Cathy could know and even remember Sophia, who was in disguise a year ago?

"How do you know? I'm sure I looked very different then from now." Sophia herself could not believe that anyone would ever notice her disguise.

Cathy's knowledge about disguise was almost good as none, so she didn't understand the confused look from them. Is it strange that she remembered Sophia's face?

Maybe because she couldn't see the color, Cathy focused more on the outline of a person's face rather than a person's appearance. It didn't matter how much someone disguised themselves or changed appearances; Cathy could recognize that person.

"That... I..." unfortunately, Cathy herself did not know the answer because she did not know at that time Sophia was in disguise.

"You have hundreds of years to trick her. She's a genius at remembering people's faces." was Vincent's comment when he appeared with several bags in his hands.

Cathy was glued to her chair when she saw Vincent gave a wink at her. How could that man tease her in front of his friends?