Jacob returned home late in the evening. To see Mio sitting in the entertainment area, with the T.V on. But she was not watching it, instead Mio was sitting on her phone, scrolling through some articles. She was trying to find information on the spies.
Most of the people Mio found had similar names but had no relation to what she was looking for.
Jacob walked up casually behind her.
" What are you doing?"
" Whaaa!"
Mio jumped from fright, her phone flying in the air. Her head turned to see Jacob leaning over the couch, staring at her, amused.
" Are you trying to give me a heart-attack!?"
Jacob stood up.
" Not entirely, you just seemed very engrossed in what you were doing".
He walked around the couch and Mio saw him walk in the direction of her phone that was lying on the carpet. She flew towards it and grabbed it, clutching it to her chest.
Her entire reaction amused him and he sat down in a seat, crossed his legs and looked at her. Mio who was now kneeling on the carpet looked back at him.
" What?"
She was confused as to why he was here, she had expected him to maybe ask her to leave but all he did was sit there and stare at her.
" Are you hiding something?"
Mio froze and coughed. He was actually engaging with her, she looked at him as if two heads had sprung out from his neck.
" N-no"...
He sat back and Mio felt an awkward silence settle in. She wanted to leave but felt like he wouldn't let her.
So she sat on the carpet and looked down at her phone that was now chipped on the side.
Jacob's eyes were closed as he sat up straight in the seat and Mio wondered if he was not uncomfortable. The silence continued until Miles walked in.
As soon as Mio saw Miles she sprang up and ran out.
" Good night!" she yelled desperate to get away from Jacob who was acting strange.
Miles watched as Mio in her white skirt and blue blouse ran out of the entertainment area. He then turned to look down at Jacob who had a small smile tugging at the edge of his mouth.
" You look stressed," Miles said as he walked towards Jacob and took out an envelope, from inside the breast pocket of his suit.
" This came for you now sir"...
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Mio jogged into her room and shut the door locking it behind her. Jacob was behaving strange towards her unlike how she had expected.
He still had that stupid smile on his face from time to time, but now didn't seem as stoic as before. She wondered what that meant and then flopped down on her bed.
" He's probably bipolar" she muttered and closed her eyes. Her eyes were only closed for a few seconds when she felt her phone vibrate on her bed.
She turned her head to the side and unlocked her phone.
It was a text from an unknown number.
[ Miss how have you been?] the text read.
[ Who is this?] Mio replied.
[ Miss it's Long]
A smile spread over Mio's face. She hadn't heard from him in months.
[ Ah it's so good to hear from you. How are things at home?]
[ Not good, miss. I'm actually texting you to inform you that we found Kida dead a few days ago]
Mio stared at the message for a moment. She knew who Kida was, even though she didn't have a close relationship with him, his goofy ways were still stuck in her memory.
[ How did it happen?]
[ It looks like he was tortured miss. Also we found evidence that he was selling information about us to the other clans. So miss, please be careful. More of the clans are now aware of your marriage to Mr Deeks, they might begin to target you]
[Okay I'll keep that in mind. Do you know who did it?] Mio asked.
[ No miss. But from the looks of it he was brutally tortured to death..]
Mio sighed, Kida was a betrayer and it looks like he was killed because of it or by another clan.
[ Okay thank you. Tell Hong I miss him and stay safe. Keep me up to date.]
[ Will do miss].
Mio switched off the phone and rolled onto her back.
" Crap" she swore, now she had more things to worry about. The other clans had not been informed of the Deeks clan trying to marry her into their clan.
Most of it was kept under wraps until the actual date of the marriage arrived. Mio understood that it was done so that she could be safer and away from the other clans eyes, but now that was compromised.
Soon the other clans would come looking for her and some would probably oppose the marriage using Mio's lower status as an excuse. Mio could already feel a headache forming.
" Please just kill me now" she whispered.