Chapter 41
” Good morning Sir Andrew” I was surprised when the guard of the mall greeted Keian when we passed by the entrance.
Keian nodded at the guard then he gave his gun for the guard to check. Wait! Why does he have a weapon with him?!
However, the guard reached for the gun and checked it like it’s a normal thing for him to do. He returned it to Keian, who put it back to its holster on his hips.
I raised my brow at him because how can he knew the guard to allow him to bring a gun inside the mall?
” The mall is ours,” he answered like he knew I’m going to ask him a question.
” Ah… Oka— Wait, this mall is yours!?” I almost shouted in surprise. Good thing I realized we are inside, and there’s a lot of people here.
I occasionally go to this Mall, and If I only know Keian is the one who owns it, then I will totally include him whenever Brylle and I go here. Or whenever I am with Tiya. Haisttt.
” Yes. If you noticed the mall’s name. It’s M&T Malls that stands for my parents’ surnames.” He stated.
” Then how about the sensors inside shops? Won’t they be concerned about that?” His gaze lowered to me.
” Marques Manufacturing is mostly focused on selling metals and such, but we also manufacture automotive, electronics, and advanced technology devices.” He explained. My mouth gaped in awe. Just how many stuffs are they doing in their company??? No wonder they are so rich.
” What the guard checked earlier is the nano hip on the gun. It keeps it undetected under sensors,” he continued.
” What if someone has that chip as well? Then he entered the mall, and he has a bad intention?” It’s not impossible to happen, you know? He raised a brow in my direction.
” All company inventions are secured, and it’s impossible for someone to steal such things without us knowing. Also, it has a fingerprint scanner of the authorized personnel that has the permission to use the chip. If the one holding the weapon doesn’t match the fingerprint in the chip, it won’t work. The chip also checks the holder’s movements; if it detects someone else’s moves, then it will not work as well. Only my nine commanders, which is Nic and others, have this chip. Only 9 of them are authorized to use the chip, including me.”This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
” Don’t worry, all sensors that are used in this country are manufactured by our company,” he casually said.
He has a known company, malls in different places all around the country, and mafia as well?!
I can’t help but wince at that thought, but I just nodded and started to walk together.
” Where do you want to go first?”
Before going to the mall, we first brought Brylle to the clinic of his doctor. Tiya will be the one to fetch Brylle so that we will be in the mall until night… I guess?
” You decide. You’re the one who suggested to go here anyway.” I said. He raised an eyebrow as he stopped to face me.
” We’ll go wherever you want to go,” Keian stated like he’s even commanding me.
I stared at him with furrowed eyebrows while he looked back at me with cold expression. We’re suddenly having a staring contest.
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” Arghh” he smirked when I was the first to divert my gaze from our staring contest. There’s something good about his look! Something… ah! I don’t know.
Why does he have to have a greek god look? Just because he’s ‘hap-hap’? It’s unfair:< " Where do you want to go?" he asked again. I glared at him before traveling my eyes around the mall, thinking where we should go. " Uhmmm... Supermarket? I want to buy groceries for Tiya and Brylle" he looked in the direction of the grocery before nodding. He holds my hand then started walking towards the entrance of the supermarket. I can't but blush and feel embarrassed because people are looking at the two of us. I can even hear their whispers that don't seem like whispers at all. Mostly girls are looking at us, oh it's not 'us,' just at Keian. " Hey, that one's handsome," said a girl with a lot of make-up on her face making her look like a clown, to her friends who are staring at my companion as well. I glanced at Keian with furrowed eyebrows as the man is only looking forward and not minding the girls. " Oh! He looks yummy, but the one on his side might be his girlfriend." said girl #2. " Maybe she's just his sister. They don't have 'chemistry,' you know? The two of us are more suited together." the other girl even confidently said. Oh reallyyy...? " We're more beautiful than her!" said the other other girl bitterly. I almost glared at them. Go on then, girl! Steal Keian, hmph! " Let's go and talk to him?" oh, confident much, girls? Keian will never notice you! Never! Wait a minute, why am I even so irritated with those girls? What's happening? Because I can feel my head starting to ache, I stopped walking and faced the group of girls. " Don't ever assume that you will be noticed by my companion! You might just cry while talking to this man." I said with gritted teeth. Why are you starting a fight with those girls, Nass? The eyebrows of the girls shot up as they spread out in front of me. " Oh really? My guess is that you are just a maid of his, and you just flirted with your own boss," I winced at what she said because first, she's right that I'm a maid, but the flirted part is not true, and second, their insults are over the top! " Ab---" " Just shut up," I looked at Keian in disbelief when I thought I'm the one he's saying "shut up" to, but I saw him sending deathly glares at the group of girls. " Don't you ever insult my girl, understood?" he said in emphasis. The four girls looked scared at Keian, but they tried hard to hide it. " Hmph! Let's go! We're just wasting our time here," the one girl said, slightly shaking, and the other three agreed. I can't help but smirk at my success. Mwahahaha! " And you," Keian's glare moved to me. " Don't start fights in public places. You don't need to be jealous," he said in a serious tone. I gave him a nasty look so he won't notice my embarrassment at what he said. " Who's jealous? I'm not jealous," I depended. He suddenly smiled then he kissed me on the forehead. " You are." He stated before entering the supermarket. I followed inside and looked for Tiya and Brylle's needs while pouting. Keian also helped in buying groceries. In the end, he insists on him paying for what we brought. And because I don't want to give him too much trouble, I said no. " Then I will decrease your salary pay if you want," I don't know what I'm thinking that time that I accepted his deal though I know that he'll never decrease my salary. *sigh* After the supermarket, we went to the department store, and my eyes are still shining whenever I see fancy dresses that I, unfortunately, don't need to buy. I have a budget to follow anyway. " Get all the things that you want. I'll pay for it," I turned my head to Keian, who is smiling at me. I shook my head at what he said. " It's okay. I don't need it anyway." He held my shoulders after sighing. " It's alright. It can be my gift for you." " For what?" I raised an eyebrow when he grinned. " For coming into my life," and of course, my heart immediately pounded hard on my chest as I jokingly hit his arm. " Stop it," he laughed at my remark, then he put his hands around my shoulder and brought me to the women's section of the department store. " Go on," he lightly pushed me towards the clothes. Because he's forceful, I happily searched for clothes. While searching, I kept glancing in his direction because his smile almost reached his eyes while watching me shop. This is the first time I saw him smile that way, so I can't help smiling too. After many minutes, I decided to buy the dress I longed to have every time I go to this mall. I reached for the dress with a smile on my face as I show it to Keian. " That's all?" he asked, confused. I nodded. " Hmm, it looks really good. I've been longing to buy this. I think it's not that expensive. Maybe---" I stopped talking when I flipped the price tag of the dress, and it's... 3, 000 pesos!? I sucked in a breath and glanced at Keian. " Nevermind. Hehe," I started returning the dress to its original position, but Keian holds my arm and pulled me back to him. " I don't care if the price is too expensive. What's important is that you're happy." I repeatedly blinked at what he said. I even heard the salesladies near us squealed at what they heard. I lowered my head to hide my embarrassment and my red cheeks. He chuckled, then reached for the dress before paying for it on the counter. While me, I'm still staring at the floor and still standing like a statue. He's been like that since this morning in the car. Oh ghad, I might turn to a tomato if he continues with his remarks. " Nass," I looked up at Keian, who holds my hands. " Let---" he stopped talking when I suddenly kissed his cheeks, then took the paper bag from his hands and walked away from him while keeping my eyes on the floor. He immediately followed, then he wrapped me with his shoulders once again, smiling. He asked one of the mall staff, who is also his staff, to carry all of what we bought to the car. When we went outside the store, I started thinking again about where we should go next because I know that he'll ask me to decide where to go anyway. But Keian pulled mo towards a... game station? " Hey? Why did you bring me here?" he looked at me; though his emotion is cold, he still has a slight glimmer in his eyes. " Do you want to play here?" He asked. I raised my eyebrow at him. " Do YOU want to play here?" I asked back. It's evident that he wants to go inside. He glared at me. "I asked you first" I rolled my eyes at him. "It's you who looked like he wants to play," I said to him. He squinted his eyes at me but just went silent. "I admit it, I want to play," I just said. My gosh, this Keiranz. He's allowed to say that he wants to go inside. Haisttt... He smiled at me and swiftly went inside and went to the counter to buy a card. We tried other games and got a lot of small prizes. After that, he went to a place where there is a shooting game. Shooting, as in gun shooting. I looked at the rules posted on a wall near the shooting area. If he defeated the other player beside us with the most target to bring down, he would get a high price at the prize section. "Are you not still worn out of shooting?" I asked him. He smirked then gave me a gun. "You will play," he said like he's ordering me. Ha! He's the one who brought me here, and now he's telling me to play. Wow! "Ah sure, maitre," I sarcastically said. He smiled when I took the gun. "What? A girl? Dude, I thought you are the one playing" my attention turned to the guy in the shooting area next to ours. He's looking at Keian. I narrowed my eyes in his direction. Is he underestimating me? Keian snickered and didn't reply to what the guy said. My eyebrows raised when the guy smirked at me. "Sorry in advance, miss, if you lose," he said conceitedly. I furrowed my eyebrows and just focused on what's in front of me. The game is starting anyway. "3, 2, 1, Go!" the targets came out, and I tried to hit one, but I'm not used to the gun's weight and structure, as it's different compared to a real gun. I winced when I almost reached ten miss. Who designed this gun? It's not even close to what a real gun is! I glanced at my enemy and saw that he still doesn't have any missed target. He seemed like he's very accustomed to using the arcade's gun. I figured out first how the gun worked and hit a few targets, but I still almost missed. When the timer stopped, I heard the guy laughed. "Sorry again, miss" I sadly lowered my gun and saw that the guy has a prize of 1, 000 pesos bill. Is that allowed on game arcades?! "Uy! Jackpot!" Keian suddenly went to the guy and stared at him. " Play again, and I'll be your opponent," the guy grinned and held up his gun in surrender. Wait, does Keian want to play because he wants 1, 000 pesos? They prepared for a new game. Keian's expression is just cold while the guy is still laughing. Argghh. The only reason I lost was that the gun has a different feeling; it feels like it's not a gun at all! The game started, and similar to what happened to me, Keian had a hard time hitting the targets, but he has less missed than I have. I just watched them until, in the end, the guy is still the winner-still no missed target. Annoyed, Keian lowered his gun. " Damn, " I let out a breath and went towards him to pat him on his back. " Dude, nice game." The guy gave his hand to shake, and Keian reached for it. The guy, smiling earnestly, walked away from us to go to other arcades. I followed his figure with a glare. " Let's just go. He must have been playing for a long time." Keian smiled at me and nodded. " I know." Because we lost the energy to play another game, we decided to go out of the game station. We were already in front of the glass door of the place. We can see clearly what is outside. " Ahhhhh!" as we heard a scream, I saw a guy with a cap brings out his gun and started to shoot every single person he sees. What happened next seemed like to be in slow motion. Keian hugged me then hid behind an arcade machine where the gunner won't see us. I heard screamings, people running in every direction, and shattering glasses while the man outside is still not stopping on shooting using his gun.