"I love you..." Shun whispered.His s.e.xy voice is like music to her ears. Ca.s.sie stared at him dazedly. Does she hear correctly?
But no words would come out from her mouth, as she was still lost in a moment... all she did is brush her lips against his to hid that unfamiliar feeling overwhelms her entire being. Everything is new to her yet...
Shun holds her face with both of his hand to deepen the kiss, but someone is pounding the door.
And who is it? Shun sighed of frustration.
"What?" He yelled aloud. Ca.s.sie quickly sits properly on the bed and combs her hair with her fingers.
"Happy Birthday, Missy!" Daichi entered the bedroom with a cake on his hand, following him are the rest of their friends.
"Happy Birthday, Ca.s.sie!" They sing then greeted her after.
Blaire whispered to her brother that this is all Daichi"s idea. Shun just nodded, having this guy around could limit his time alone with Ca.s.sie. They now all inside the bedroom, nothing he could do anymore. His face frowned in a moment.
"Now, make a wish, Missy before you blow the candles," Daichi told her.
She closes her eyes and makes a wish, then blows the 18 candles on her cake. It took her a while to put them all off. They also brought a lot of breakfast, so they all eat together inside Ca.s.sie"s bedroom.
Shun could see how happy she is... Ca.s.sie was raised with so much love by her parents, but there are people who rob her life. Similar to him; they both lost their parents and the relatives they thought a family, is only desiring for their great fall. The Williams and De La Rue will end soon as well. They once harmed the Young"s before. He will protect Ca.s.sandra with all his life and give her a family she deserves.
Shun slices her some cake and she eats happily. If this is a dream, then she wished that she will never be wake up anymore, is what Ca.s.sie"s wishes.
After breakfast, Shun whispered that he needs to go to the hotel to take care of some works. He will be gone all day so he will be missing her. He saw her blushed then asked him if she could cook for dinner. Shun"s eyes spark with the idea but he wanted to make this day still a special one for her.
Shun been thinking to call Chef Han to prepare a nice small dinner celebration for Ca.s.sie. He was been wis.h.i.+ng, to keep Ca.s.sandra to his mansion, but it is not safe for her yet to stay in this city.
***
The rest of them is preparing to go to the hotel except for Daichi and Riley who was a.s.signed to ensure Ca.s.sie"s safety. Before Shun leaves for work, he went to Ca.s.sie"s room to get his goodbye kiss. Ca.s.sie could tell how he doesn"t want to separate from her but as the president of a big corporation, he has to drag himself to go to work.
Outside of the mansion, are his executives patiently waiting... they just shook their head and won"t dare to ask why their boss took longer.
Ca.s.sie leans on her bedroom door after Shun left. She could feel her face is burning. She felt lightheaded when she tried to count how many times she and Shun shared kisses just from the other day. She presses her cheeks trying to feel of how flushed they were.
She decided to take a long shower since her wounds are now healed. She can"t decide what dress she should wear. She was still like floating on the air. She suddenly becomes conscious of what clothes she should wear. She wanted to look pleasing and beautiful in front of Shun. But she remembered about Olivia. Honestly, she was jealous... and she sometimes thinks how if Shun still loves Olivia and wanted them to get back together? How if? No. She shouldn"t think of these things. She should trust Shun.
After she found a dress she was comfortable with, Ca.s.sie heard a knock on her bedroom.
Mrs. Fe asked her permission to enter. Ca.s.sie opens the door to let her in. The two maids that Mrs. Fe brought along was both froze and drop their mouth to the floor. Their Mistress is very beautiful!
Ca.s.sie wore a spaghetti strap floral long dress showing her beautiful shoulder and smooth skin. She decided to apply some matte lipstick she saw on the dresser that gives her a little maturity and let her long hair just freely rested on her back.
This is the first time they saw her because every time they clean the bedroom, their Master brought her to the library.
"Good morning, Mistress. I would like to introduce Rena and Korin, your personal attendants. You can call them anytime you wished, and they who will clean your bedroom and attend to all your needs."
"Ah... Hi, good morning." She smiled then politely greeted her attendants.
They were intimidated by her. Their Mistress is not only beautiful but she is also a warmed person, they could feel it. They were so glad their Master never bring that Olivia Bryant to this Mansion. However, there were times before and that woman would come uninvited then acted like a queen.
***
EMPIRE DRAGON HOTEL
"Boss, these are Ca.s.sie"s belongings that we recovered." Rudolf places the box on the coffee table.
Shun picks up the bag and examines it. This is a Burberry Backpack limited edition displayed at Anna"s store he purchased for Ca.s.sandra. It would really attract to those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds who know what a real and a fake one, moreover, Ca.s.sie is holding a 2000 US dollar cellphone and too much attention if you added Ca.s.sandra"s appearances.
Furthermore, when the s.n.a.t.c.her grabs the backpack, she was pulled hard that causes her to fall on her back and hit her head on the cemented ground. He was very grateful there are no major injuries that could put Ca.s.sie"s life in critical condition.
"I already check Ca.s.sie"s phone and this is the files I found stored on her backup storage. It was locked with a pa.s.sword but I managed to unlock it," Rudolf doesn"t sound proud of himself.
He is prepared for his boss to throw him out of the window from this floor by hacking Ca.s.sie"s phone without asking for his permission. Of course, he is not like Daichi who wouldn"t care to invade his privacy even the boss decided to lock himself to Ca.s.sie"s bedroom.
Shun read the files report. He was surprised how Ca.s.sie reach this far. That stubborn girl, this is actually what runs inside her head... but that is not surprising. She inherited her parent"s intelligence. Landon and Hannah are both amazing people he meets in this life. It was his happiest day being with them, especially the day Ca.s.sandra came out to this world.
If only he could turn back the time, but those time, he could do nothing to protect them. He even could barely free himself to see them once in a while... things have been late and he was not able to save them.
However, now that everything is within his grasp, he won"t let anyone hurt the people he loved dearly.
Rudolf just keeps observing his boss. Most of the time, he can"t read what he was thinking. But he knows, Shun is not happy with the report.
"She is looking for you. When do you plan to tell her the truth?" Rudolf gathers the courage to ask him.
Shun stayed silent. Truth is, he was afraid.
He was afraid to think that if Ca.s.sie knows, how if she will only think of him as a brother?