Chapter 19 - The Mysterious Woman

After the call, J takes a shower and went to the balcony with a glass of wine. She thought about what happened 5 years ago. When she came back from overseas, she found out that her grandfather has a terminal stage of prostate cancer. Her grandfather hides it to her all along to prevent her from coming back and leave college behind. She took care of him personally, but after a year, he died. In his last moments, he told J that he was sorry that he wasn't there to protect and take care of her, that's why he finds a man who could do that on behalf of him. He married her off to someone he knew.

When she was 10 years old her parents died. She was left to the care of her grandfather. She doesn't have any siblings or cousins. She didn't even know if they have any relatives in the country. Soon she was sent by her grandfather overseas to study with Lance.

J didn't believe him and ignored what he said but deep inside her, she was worried what if it was true. She never told about it to anyone except Lance. And now the moment she was dreaded for came. A man appeared in front of her claiming that he is her husband. And she was not prepared.

At the thought of the past makes her headache. She made a call to Head Nurse Jing. "Hey, can you find a reliever for me tomorrow? Mmm... I'm not feeling well." She makes her voice sound sick to make it more realistic. "Yeah… okay. Thank you."

It was a tiring day and she needed a whole day to take a rest that's why she pretended to be sick. She needs to avoid Jacob and prepare herself for their next meeting which she'll never know when.

That morning Jacob found out from James that Nurse J didn't go to work. Does it have something to do with what happened yesterday? Maybe she is avoiding me. Jacob thought to himself.

He takes a look at Nurse J's record and memorizes her address. That night Jacob went outside Nurse J's apartment. He was sitting inside his SUV and looked at the 5th floor of the apartment where J lives. The lights were on so he was sure that she is at home.

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Diana came out of a convenience store which is just a walking distance to her house when she saw a tall figure waiting for her. She felt chills behind her back and her palms began to sweat. She approaches the man who was now looking at her.

"Madam wants to talk to you," he said to her in a cold voice. He then led her to a black heavy tinted car parked not far away from them. He opened the back door and gestured her to come inside.

Once inside she realized that she was sitting beside a woman in her mid-50's wearing a black lace mermaid dress, her hand's wearing a black glove and holding a silver clutch. Her looks are dignified and intimidating even when she smiles.

Diana looks at her and said. "Madam. I'm honored to see you." the woman looked back at her and smiled. "Diana... how is she?" she directly asked.

"She's doing great madam. She just came back from her 15-day vacation leave. I believe she spends her time at the Lodgepole Estate."