Chapter 17 - She was inconsolable

Housekeeper Tan rushed to call Dr. Yoshi.

In the meantime, Ayu sat with the inconsolable madam. She was getting more and more agitated by the minute.

"I want to go find Shen please!"

The sense of discomfort in her chest was getting worse. She didn't know why but she was terrified. All she wanted was to be wrapped up in his arms, with his scent around her.

Lina had no idea why she felt so panicked, he was just away to take care of a work emergency.

'Why do I feel like I won't see him again?! Why am I so restless?'

As she mentally questioned herself, the nausea came back harder.

Ayu ran out to the butler and housekeeper.

"She's getting sick again! Where is Dr. Yoshi?"

"Ms. Ayu, he is five minutes away. Please hold on till then."

Butler Min said this trying to keep himself calm too. The devil would be furious. The entire household was quaking about how they would be reprimanded by their master if he found out the madam got so sick in his absence!

True to his word, Dr. Yoshi arrived at the mansion in the next five minutes.

As Lina was brought to the clinic, she was still struggling with Ayu. She didn't still have the energy to completely resist her since her body was weak and she was continually wheezing and crying.

Lina's fingers and palms were experiencing a prickly sensation, as she started to get dizzy. She could see black spots in front of her as her vision blurred.

As they laid her down on the examination bed, Dr. Yoshi checked her pulse, breathing and vitals.

The three caretakers, butler Min, housekeeps Tan and Ayu looked on worriedly. They were terrified.

Dr. Yoshi breathed a short sigh of relief when he saw she was fine. Then he asked for a brown paper bag, sat Lina up and held the bag to her mouth and asked her to blow in and out.

"Deep breaths madam, deep breaths..." he said in a soft, calm voice, trying to sooth her.

But Lina was inconsolable.

"Shen...I want Shen...where is he...he promised not to leave..." she panted, close to passing out.

"What's wrong with her doctor?!" Ayu begged helplessly

"This is psychological. She's having a massive panic attack but we can't seem to calm her down. I would give her a light sedative, but the young master already fed it to her before he left as to keep her calm during his absence. Looks like she woke up anyway and puked it out."

The others looked at each other cluelessly. Did she panic just because Shen was gone for a couple of hours?!

She had never been this clingy before. She always understood that he was needed at work -- and right now there was a major crisis!

They were all stumped as to why she was acting like this. Even with the amnesia, she shouldn't be this shaken up.

As Lina bent over and started puking again, Ayu almost collapsed with worry.

"That's it! I'll protect her with my life but I'm taking her to Moshi Corp. She's going to puke herself to death her. We'll harm her body with any more sedatives!"

"Ms. Ayu, you can't!" the housekeeper cried out in protest

But Ayu wasn't having it. She couldn't stand by and watch as even the globally acclaimed Dr. Yoshi failed to calm her down.

Dr. Yoshi could only nod in agreement. She needed Shen. Her mental state was a total mess and the only thing that seemed to have any effect was when Ayu said she would bring Lina to Moshi Corp to see Shen.

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As Ayu drove at full speed towards the Moshi Corp building, Lina's anxiety hadn't reduced. In fact, her brain was getting more and more muddled. She was scared for Shen, and all she wanted was to see him safe.

She was fidgeting and biting her nails. As Ayu looked over at her in confusion, she wondered why everyone else was so calm.

'Or why am I feeling so anxious?'

Lina rested one palm on her chest, trying to calm her breathing.

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- at Moshi Corporation Capital City offices -

The 23rd floor was strewn with dead bodies. Standing above one of the bodies was a rugged man with a scar above his left eye. He was wiping the barrel of the revolver he was holding as his phone rang.

"Yes. It's clear outside."

he paused as he considered what the person on the other end of the line was saying and then slowly replied, with a complicated look on his face.

"He's inside the office with his uncle. He's unharmed."

As he hung up, he walked over to the elevator.

Two minutes later, a tired looking Ayu walked out of the doors holding Lina firmly by the arms.

As Lina looked around, her face suddenly turned cold and calm. She stood still and took in the room.

There were about 50-60 dead and bloody bodies strewn on the floor.

The bodyguard with the eye scar stood in front of her and Ayu with a poker face. She remembered him.

There was one office on the floor and the doors were closed.

Shen was presumably inside.

She saw the retina scanner, passcode buttons and fingerprint scanner by the door.

Before Ayu and the bodyguard could process what was happened, Lina's body flew towards the door.

They didn't have the time to react before they realised what Lina was doing.

She picked up a gun from the floor, shot the security system, exposed a million wires and pulled out the ones that automatically opened the doors to Shen's office.

Without a second thought, she rushed in.

The only thing she saw when she pushed the doors open was a blood-covered Shen standing in the middle of the room.