Chapter 15 - While she was asleep

Ayu arrived at the mansion at 9:00 pm.

"Sir, don't you need to stay with madam?" she enquired

"Lina is asleep right now. I want to end this matter tonight itself so I can be there when she's awake."

"But sir..."

"Enough! How dare you argue with me? Lina can only be around a few trusted people right now. Do not think for a minute that I will hesitate to cast you aside if you oppose me."

Shen was already incensed and Ayu was rousing the devil.

Ayu grit her teeth, trying to hide her anger. Why did she have to babysit the troublesome madam?

"Yes, sir."

She watched Shen as he stormed out of the house, got into his low key black Mercedes and drove off in a hurry.

Cursing under her breath she settled herself in for the night at the Moshi mansion.

Ayu set herself up outside the Shen and Lina's bedroom where Lina was asleep. She wrapped a thin shawl around herself and started typing furiously on her laptop. Soon she was drowned in a sea of doc.u.ments.

Shen only busied himself with the most important of deals or proposals. He only interacted with highly influential clients. The corporation however had thousands of smaller projects that required careful and detailed planning and supervision. They all fell into Ayu's hands.

She already had both hands full, no time for her family or to find a boyfriend at 28 years of age, and then along came Lina and she became a babysitter to the helpless looking, bunny madam.

She knew Lina had been attacked and had been at the brink of death. But that's what it meant to be so close to the boss. She should have toughened up.

And now the amnesia crap! It was interfering with her work!

Even though Shen knew that Ayu wasn't the madam's number 1 fan, she was one of the few people he knew would protect her fiercely, at least on account of her loyalty to him.

As she sat typing furiously on her laptop, she lost track of time. At almost 1 am, she noticed a soft whining coming from the bedroom. It sounded like a kitten whimpering!

Ayu put her laptop aside, alert. What was the madam doing in there! Was she hurt?!

She stood up in a hurry and took long strides towards the bedroom. As she was about to push open the door to walk in, she remembered how private Shen and Lina were about this room.

Ayu hesitated for a bit before deciding to crack the door open just a little to peek in a check on Lina.

— at Moshi Corporation Capital City offices —

Shen stormed into the skyscr.a.p.er office building that entirely belonged to Moshi Corporation. The capital city offices were the most extensive. This building was basically a headquarters that controlled the strings to the entirety of Country J's economy.

Shen stormed inside without sparing a glance at the staff working late greeting him. They were so shocked to see their boss who was rumoured to have been assassinated striding in looking like he possessed by the devil. As their mouths hung open, they rushed to greet and bow but he just zoomed past.

Taking the private elevator up to the 23rd floor, where his private office was located, he tried to calm his breathing. He was absolutely raging, ready to kill someone.

The doors to his office were sealed tightly shut. He had implemented the most high end security protocols so that nobody had access to this room, but him. There was a retina scanner, coupled with a number code as well as finger printing. How did the bastard uncle of his even get in?!

It must have been James.

How did he even manage to convince James to work with him?! That crazy man was not simply motivated by money. He probably had enough to buy him a dozen islands.

As he walked towards the heavily guarded doors to his office, his temper hit the limit.

This uncle had the gall to post his own bodyguards to prevent him from entering his private office? These idiots had the guts to point guns at the man who owned the country, and controlled several others?

How dare they? Just how dare they?

Shen had killed family before, indeed. And today would be no exception. He finally had a good reason to end that impertinent, greedy uncle of his.

-- back at the Moshi mansion --

As Ayu peeked inside the bedroom, the sniffles became clearer. But it didn't sound like the usual crying. It seemed like Lina was struggling to breath. She sounded like she was in pain and was choking in her sleep!

Ayu panicked and ran inside without another thought.

'Protect her. Protect her!' were the words Ayu was screaming to herself in her mind.

She immediately cradled Lina in her arms, and feeling the sweat, tears and her shivering body, tried to gently rouse the girl. But Lina wouldn't wake up.

Her body was hot and and her breathing was rapid, getting quicker each second. Ayu realised she was having a massive panic attack. But she couldn't get through to her.

She shook Lina harder this time and tried to talk in order to get through to the sleeping woman.

"Madam, wake up! Wake up, please!"

Ayu was now holding her body very tightly, as if to comfort her.