Chapter 2: Kim Eunji
While the boys were still stunned and caught off-guard as they received the news, in the other part of the world, Mo Jing-sheng's wife was sitting with a woman whose beauty could match up to that of Nathan.
No... her beauty was that of the goddesses and deities perfectly described in Eastern Fantasy novels and movies.
She had this pair of almond-shaped green eyes but when looked closely, she had a rare eye disorder called heterochromia. The left one was hazel while the other one was green with both surrounded by her long and curled-up black eyelashes which were beautifully arranged in perfection at the tip of her eyelids. She was gifted with thick eyebrows that she only needed to trim and apply a good amount of brow gel to be on fleek.
Her high-bridged yet small button nose was perfectly molded to match her small face. She had this slightly puffy cheeks that were well-highlighted especially when she showed her beautiful gummy smile.
She had this kissable and rosy lips that every man wanted to have a taste of.
She had this V-shape jaw to chin bone that emphasized her small face more. However, sometimes it would become rounder because of her cheeks when they became puffy early in the morning.
Her skin was like that of Chinese porcelain which glowed for she was wearing a knee-length lace red dress paired with her flat shoes.
Though she looked exceptionally stunning in her outfit, she didn't like it and was very uncomfortable but she didn't let it show on her face.
Her straight jet black hair was left in the open air as she wanted them to breathe for a while.
Aside from her face and glossy skin, she was gifted with a slightly tall frame. The woman stands 176 cm tall. She had this toned arms and legs which implied that this woman worked out too.
Though she's as tall as a runway model, she had those curves in the right places and great body posture that it was not awkward to look at her when she was walking or standing.
Though she was born with a big appetite, she never gained weight. This trait of hers made Mo Jing-sheng's wife Kelly Roland envious of her best friend, Kim Eunji.
After the couple exchanged their sweet goodbye, the woman then turned her attention to Eunji who was busy browsing on her phone monitoring the movement of the International Stock Market.
"Eunji-yah!" She whined.
The woman's name was Eunji.
Eunji only glanced at her and then looked back at her phone.
"Are you still mad at me?" Kelly asked her again.
This time Eunji tilted her head to the right as if contemplating the right words she should tell to this beautiful woman.
Eunji then smiled and placed her phone inside her pouch and turned her attention to Kelly. She had to clear things out or else this best friend of hers would surely be pestering her.
"I'm not mad." Eunji finally clarified. Her voice was so soft yet melodic that even now, Kelly could not help not to be captivated by it.
Too bad, both of them were into men, or was she? As she reckoned, Eunji had never been in a relationship since the first time they met!
"Oh gosh! Are you into me!? You should have made your move to me sooner!" Kelly suddenly said and Eunji gasped in response. She didn't know whether she would laugh or cry.
However, she said in a flat tone, "Are you done? Seems like you have a lot of time to spout nonsense and don't need me here."
Kelly gasped back in disbelief. This woman is unbelievable!
She never took jokes lightly. She took every word seriously.
"No! Stay! I need you! I still need you even if I'm...I'm already married." Kelly pleaded with her puppy eyes.
"You know me. I don't take matters lightly." Kelly's lips twitched as soon as she heard Eunji's serious tone.
"You know what, you should learn how to loosen up. It's been six years since you've been reborn from death and renamed Kim Eunji. Can you lower your guard just this once?" Kelly looked at the beautiful woman who was frowning this time.
"I mean, yeah! You've changed drastically from your past self but be more outgoing, yeah?" Kelly encouraged her but deep down, she could hear Eunji's sigh. Her heart ached for her.
At one glance, one could never see the hardships that Eunji had faced in the past.
Yes, Kim Eunji was Ana, the same girl who deliberately took poison just to have her freedom.
She did not die that day. Before she took that poisonous drug, she took an antidote for that poison. She was thankful that her parents agreed and supported her plan and arranged for her supposedly dead body out of the Head Quarters with the help of the people whom they trust.
"I felt like I'm still a stranger to you!" Kelly was hurt.
She was her best friend. She had seen Eunji at her worst! She was there when Eunji had eye surgery and laser treatment to erase that deep scar on her forehead.
She had been thinking of ways for Eunji to open up to herself more.
No matter how hard she tried to push the girl to break free and loosen up, she was not able to do so. Now, the only option that she had not tried was to set Eunji on a blind date.
She just prayed that the man would not pee on his pants after their encounter. Heaven knows how scary Eunji could become when triggered. She could turn from this elegant and innocent-looking lady to a monster.
Kelly had been keeping Eunji in check to not encounter trouble because she was afraid that Eunji would lose control of herself and attract the attention of the people who thought she was dead.
"I didn't mean it that way." Eunji felt guilty. "Since you asked me not to check on his background and to trust you, I respect your request and kept my hands off in this matter. I love you and I know you know that! Therefore, you could not stop me from worrying. You even didn't allow me to meet your man before you said YES to his proposal! What more? Flash marriage?! Do you know how crazy the two of you were? Therefore, I felt frustrated and betrayed."Eunji felt like she was being wronged at the same time, too.
Kelly's eyes widened due to Eunji's sudden outburst. This was the first time that Eunji uttered so many sentences in one go! 'Is the world about to end soon?' She thought.
Instead of getting angry, she felt warm inside as she was extremely touched.
"Don't get the wrong idea. The world is still safe and won't end so soon. I can talk but not that much. It would only drain my energy." Eunji denied the thought that she had in mind that made Kelly inwardly face palmed herself.
"Then, we're good?" Kelly probed.
"It's you who had been thinking that we aren't in the first place." Eunji retorted.
"I love him though that's why I did not hesitate to say yes when he proposed despite us only dating for a month and agreed to get our marriage certificates the next day. No relationship is perfect Eunji... I believe that in a relationship... trust is more important than the period that we've been together." Kelly paused to breathe and then continued.
"And I'm happy that we have your blessing. Thank you for supporting us!" Kelly said as she tried to stop the tears that were about to escape from her eyes.
Eunji hugged her and whispered comforting words to her.
Though they met later in their lives, she acknowledged her as her sister.
Kelly was born to a British father and a Chinese mother. Both of her parents died due to a car accident.
She had been staying overseas for the past 19 years and had just returned to China this year per her grandfather's request-- Patriarch Cui who is also the current Patriarch of the Cui Family, which was the fifth richest family in Beijing.
She was never close to her maternal family. The only family that she recognized was Kim Eunji, her foster father/uncle Mr. Roland and her now husbands Mo Jing-sheng.
"Don't cry now okay? You'll get ugly if you do and brother-in-law might kill me for making you cry."
Kelly chuckled as soon as she heard Eunji's words.
"No. My man's not like that." She defended him.
'My man.' Eunji's lips twitched as soon as she heard how Kelly addressed her husband. It crept her out.
"Overprotective much? Then, he better not make you cry or else..." Though she said it in a lighter tone, deep down, she's dead serious.
"Oh please! I don't want to be a widow at an early age!" Kelly whined at her.
"And besides, I knew you would never do that!" Kelly added that made Eunji frown a bit.
"Because I'll be sad when that time comes and you know you'll feel guilty afterward." Though Kelly's explanation was a bit childish, there's some truth in them.
"Alright! I won't touch your man. I will just talk some sense to him." Kelly smiled as soon as she heard Eunji's response.
This was how close their relationship was. Both would try their best to protect each other.
"Then, it's settled! You'll be flying with me tomorrow back to Beijing and attending my wedding ceremony and the reception two weeks from now!" Kelly said with a huge grin on her face.
Of course! They still planned to have a wedding ceremony and declared their vows in front of their beloved families and friends.
Eunji wanted to protest as she hated gatherings but since it was Kelly's most important day, she would never dare miss it!
"Head first. I will follow a day after." Kim Eunji reassured.
Had she known that her life would turn completely different because of this decision, Eunji might gave it a second thought before she agreed to her best friend's request.
Will she regret this decision? Maybe yes? Maybe not?