Chapter 42: The Only Thing That Matters
"Isn’t it a bit too much to put a watch over her 24/7?" Murmured Rui when Xander ended the call on his mobile phone. Xander just talked to his security team and reminded them to keep Yera safe once she left the restaurant. He even heard him warn them not to let her out of their sight, even for just a second.
"It’s not 24/7, Rui... Don’t exaggerate, okay? It’s only when she’s not with me. I told you, I don’t want any security loopholes, especially when it comes to my woman. I want her to be well-protected. I’m not like Lyndon, who had failed to keep her from harm. Moreover, we don’t know anything yet, for all we know, he could be the culprit behind Yera’s abduction that year..." Xander scoffed as he drank his wine.
"You know that you’re quite the manipulative husband but in a very secretive way..." observed Rui as he continued to eat his salad.
Xander laughed and said, "I’ll take that as a compliment..."
Their pleasant chat was interrupted by the beeping of Xander’s mobile phone. As soon as he read the message he had just received, he stood up to leave.
"Why are you in a hurry to leave? I haven’t even finished my dessert..." complained Rui as he followed Xander on his way out of the restaurant.
"Hmm, I miss my wife already," commented Xander nonchalantly.
Rui clicked his tongue and was about to retort when Xander halted his steps, and so did he.
"What are you doing here?" Yera asked with a raised eyebrow. She forgot her purse in the room, so she went back to get it, but she unexpectedly bumped into Xander, who seemed to just be leaving the restaurant with Rui.
"Were you following me?" She asked him directly that made Xander flinch, but then he quickly smiled and tugged Rui closer. "This place is one of Rui’s favorite places to eat. He suddenly asked me to accompany him to have lunch here."
Rui was almost choked by Xander’s sudden yanking. Xander was giving him a subtle hint to say something, so Rui said, "Oh yeah, I suddenly crave for lobsters, so I asked Xander to have lunch here."