Mou forced himself out of the hospital early in the morning. Normally the hospital would keep such an injured person in... But considering Mou's identity, they couldn't force him to stay.
Instead, Terel was now in charge of making sure Mou took care of himself, but the first thing Mou did. Was order Terel straight to the jet.
Terel knew why, Stella was there and his boss wanted to see her. After driving there he stayed in the car. Not wanting to lose his head.
The first thing Mou noticed in the jet was Stella sleeping. She seemed so cute, yet vulnerable at the same time. As he got closer, he stiffened.
His eyes burned with fire, as he kneeled to get a good look at Stella's face, he saw that her makeup was ruined and that she was crying.
'Why did she cry!?' He was obviously upset, but if he knew the reason why. What would his feelings be then?
Mou closed his eyes and calmed down, he took a seat next to Stella and noticed that she kept her phone nearby. Something she doesn't often do.
He stayed quiet, as he decided to sleep himself. He couldn't sleep after worrying about Stella last night...
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Stella woke up upon the realization that Mou was probably being let out of the hospital. She was surprised when she saw the man sleeping next to her...
He was wearing his suit from yesterday, but she could tell that there was a bandage underneath. His leg was also extremely swollen and there were some crutches by his side.
Stella was blank. She was captivated by the man. He reminded her of all the bad things in her life, but managed to make them positives instead.
If she wasn't experimented on to expand her mental capacity, was there any way that she could have met him? If she was still that innocent child that didn't even know her own gender, would she think of him as a friend instead?
So many questions ran into her mind as she stared at his face. Not realizing that he had woken up long ago...
"A penny for your thoughts?" Mou joked with a seductive voice.
Stella felt her heart skip a beat. "Mmm, how are your injuries?" She asked as she looked a little guilty.
She was meant to be there, with her skills...
Mou felt like he could read her thoughts, "They are fine, just rest and no pressure. There is no need to blame yourself for something unforeseen." Mou's voice was so endearing, it would make Cerim puke blood hearing him.
Stella felt guilty for being guilty, the man didn't blame anything at all but unforeseen circumstances... "Do you have a meeting later?" Stella remembered that Mou would need to complete his meetings still.
"I do, I'll do them all in a nearby cafe, the shadow guards have set up the place. In a month I should be able to walk. Luckily they didn't hit any important part of my body." Mou played off his injury, being part of the Guillard family. He was used to being injured.
But still, Stella heart felt like it was being squeezed. 'Love makes a person care about others more...' She learned as she smiled.
"Will I be coming with you?" Stella suddenly felt some energy enter her body. After so much sleep, she had some energy to burn.
Mou was stunned by her smile. "If you wish." He responded, if only Stella knew how Mou couldn't say no to her...
Terel saw both Mou and Stella come out of the jet. He couldn't keep eye contact with the two of them. While both were sleeping, he took a peek... he immediately regretted doing that.
Stella felt emotions... She didn't want to get close to Mou because of her health, but then again. Love makes a person stupid. She was falling fast in love, as her resolve from last night burned firm.
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*Smash* "What do you mean he isn't dead!?" Derek, was shaking.
If it was anger or fear, who knew? But one thing was certain, he needed to complete the mission.
"The thugs missed their shots. Our spies reported he walked out of the hospital so that woman failed." The person on the phone was Mark, the man's friend.
Derek calmed himself down, he needed to complete his mission or he is dead meat!
"The woman is a feared assassin. She is extremely credible... How did she fail?" Derek cleared his head, something wasn't right.
*Sigh* "I know it's fishy, she disappeared and now we can't contact her. I guess she either died, or experienced some humiliation." Mark was annoyed, the plan was pretty good.
They hired random thugs through a carrier to shoot Mou so he would be forced to go to a hospital, they followed him from a distance and the assassin took advantage of the distress and disguised herself as a nurse the entire day. She was given a drug that should kill a person... So what went wrong?
"Alright, next time we need to be direct. As long as nothing comes back to Madam anything goes." Derek smiled cruelly, he had a good idea...
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The next three weeks were quite peaceful for Stella and Mou. They spent more time together than ever before. As Stella found herself falling deeper and deeper in love, Mou was noticing many things.
Stella had nightmares nightly, he wondered if she would ever tell him what happened in the past, but he always calmed her down and she then slept like a log.
He then noticed that he didn't even know how old she was! Not that he found age an issue, but if he wanted to marry her, he needed her details...
He then noticed her decreasing health. She slowly ate less, she slept more. She seemed to become skinnier by the day. He was angry at her not taking care of herself, but then realized that she was passing out from exhaustion a lot these days.
He then noticed something strange, she started to look at him differently, he couldn't tell how. But it was both melancholic and not at the same time...
Today was like any other day, Mou was getting ready to go to a meeting, except this time he had to go to the destination, which meant a trip and Mou walking.
"Stella, it's time to wake up." Mou gently nudged Stella in the jet.
Stella became accustomed to sleeping on Mou's shoulder, since his left shoulder was injured and that was the side she slept on. They just switched to the other side of the jet. So she slept on the other shoulder...
"Mmm." Stella struggled to keep away a cough that was threatening to appear. She started to cough out blood daily. Of course, making sure Mou didn't notice.
She didn't want him to see her at her most vulnerable, so she hid it from him. What she didn't know, was that Mou could tell that her health was fastly deteriorating.
"Come on sugar. Let's go." Mou slowly started to call Stella sugar...
When he looked at her, he immediately felt that she was too sweet for his eyes. Hence sugar. It was simple and cheesy, but Stella didn't mind.
Stella groaned as she forced herself to wake up, she was struggling to hide her condition from Mou by the day, but she didn't want to leave him anymore.
She was comfortable, relaxed. And... Happy, she felt like she found her calling in life when she slept next to Mou, she felt sane next to him.
Terel ignored the sleeping beauty sleeping in the seat next to him. He started to sleep at a nearby hotel as the jet was no longer safe for his pure eyes anymore...
"Drive smooth." Mou issued his daily death threat to Terel, if Stella woke up due to his driving, Terel shuddered at the thought.
Terel started to drive to their destination. He was thankful that the roads were relatively quiet, but they slowly became busy.
Buses were driving to and from their destinations, taxis, and people driving to work. The roads could be dangerous and the safest place at the same time, it was hard to target someone when there were hundreds of people driving the same road in minutes.
Stella woke up in the middle of the journey as she tried to look presentable, she would need to stay awake for the next five hours. So she cracked her neck in preparation.
But then her eyes widened. "Watch out!" She shouted as her reflexes kicked in.
She sent Terel into shock, she moved her hands over to the wheel and turned the car left. Making the oncoming car from their left, not directly hit Mou but hit the front of their car.
Then, darkness. As the car crashed into theirs. A large explosion was heard. Causing the calm streets to turn into chaos...