CHAPTER 13: SATURDATE II

"'I will be attending a party tonight so I might come home late." Jade notified the man who was munching his breakfast.

"You don't have to tell me everything you're doing. I told you, you are free to do anything you want but make sure to avoid things that will ruin my reputation. You should know that some people knew about our relationship." He warned. He made sure she understood what he meant when he suddenly remembered what he saw at the rooftop the other day.

"Of course, I will never forget that." she smiled innocently. She shouldn't be guilty about Zion since she will be attending the party as her sister.

After breakfast, Marcus picked up his car keys and was about to leave when he suddenly remembers something.

"By the way, you can also use the cars parked in the garage in case you wanna go somewhere. The keys are at our room, I believe you saw them."

"Thank you but I don't drive."

"What do you mean you don't drive? That doesn't mean you can't drive, right?"

"I can drive. But I always gets into an accident so I decided not to since then."

"Oh, okay. looks like you are a careless driver, huh." he mocked the woman before he totally left the house.

"It's not that I am careless though…." Jade sneered as soon as Marcus left.

Jade tried to learn how to drive when she was sixteen. She can do it when accompanied by an instructor but whenever she's alone at a highway, she always ended up having a car accident. Not because she is careless but most of the time, her eyes always get blurry. Sometimes, she hears some noises such as screeching of tires and screaming voices that distracts her attention causing her to lose her focus on the road.

She tried it a few times before but she completely decided never to drive when she accidentally bump into a family car with a baby passenger. Good thing it was not a serious accident and the baby was not harmed at all. She paid a great amount because the owner demanded to sue her for reckless driving.

"Hey, I know you married the lone heir of our company but don't you really have any plans to come back to work?" Jasmine's tone was pretty upset over the line.

She can't even blame her best friend if she reacts that way since she's been out of reach for the past few weeks. She didn't even inform her that they were already at the city for a week now.

"Is that how you treat a longtime friend? Now that your married, did you decide to cut off our relationship by not talking to me? tsk! I am so disappointed with you right now!"

"Hehe. You know how much I love you, right?" Jade chuckled after listening to her friend's bickering.

"That I'm not convince anymore."

"I'm sorry. I know I should have called you but some things happened for the past few days so I wasn't able to call you."

"I'm not accepting any excuses right now."

"Hey… Guess what, I bought you some souvenirs that you will surely love." she tried to bribe her friend.

"Not working."

Jade heaved a sigh. Guess she needs to use a dirty trick to appease her anger.

"Okay. It's fine if your angry with me. I really want to talk to you about a handsome guy I met at the Island. FYI, he's also a doctor in the city. But guess I have to wait until you're feeling okay. Then I'll be hanging u-----''

"Don't you dare hang up on me or else!" Jaz cut her off. "You dirty wench, I hate you!"

"I know, I know." the woman laughs to her heart's content.

"Now tell me about him." Jade can feel the excitement in her tone. She was about to say something but she suddenly heard a familiar voice in the background.

"Hey you! Before you slack around, make sure you have finished all your works first! Don't wait for me to send the names of the lazy employees to the higher ups for termination!"

"Dang it!" Jasmine cursed softly but Jade was able to hear it so she chuckled.

"Is it the assistant manager again?"

"Do you really have to ask the obvious?" she muffled.

"Then I guess I have to tell you about him next time."

"I really hate this old beast!" she yelped. "Hey, since your married with the CEO, can you tell him to fire this old goose? She's not even doing a good job here."

"Unfortunately I can't. He will surely scold me if I ever bring that up." she laughs.

"Jasmine! Is that Jade your talking to? make sure to tell her to come back early since her works are all piled up now!"

She heard the old woman shouting on the other line.

"You know what, I think I'll try asking him that." Jade uttered before the call got disconnected. Tsk!

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She wore a simple yet elegant black dress.

It was exactly 8pm when Zion fetched her at the bus station and headed to the great hall of a known hotel in the city.

Seeing how elegant and esteemed the people who attended the said event, Jade had some doubts. Now she's rehearsing in her mind the words she'll be telling Zion to exit the party early. She's not used to socializing anyway so why stay for long.

She only wanted to accompany the poor man but seeing how he interacts with other people convinced her that her presence is not needed at the hall. Standing at a small table rack in a corner while munching the food they have prepared was the only thing she ever wanted to do at the moment.

She was about to go near Zion to say goodbye when the host suddenly stood in front and announced something. They have invited an esteemed guest who will be giving an inspirational talk and when he said the name of the guest, Jade stood frozen.

"Marcus Yoseph Hanes? Did he just mention Marcus' name?" she was dumbfounded when she saw the figure who was heading up the stage.

He was invited as a guest since he had contributed a lot to the hospital. An investor? She mumbled.

Marcus only gave a short speech before going down the platform and everyone seemed amazed at his intelligence and handsome look. He is definitely every woman's dream!

"Hey, isn't that your husband?" Zion went near the woman who was stupefied for a few seconds.

"Zion, why didn't you tell me he'd be here?!"

"I didn't know that as well. I was partly surprise to see him here. Come, let's greet him too." he was about to touch the woman's arm but she stepped back.

"Y-you know what, I think I need to go to the restroom first."

Jade faked a smile before running to the restroom. Omo! Would it be okay to meet her husband here? She was thinking for a while. What if he'll get angry? What if he will admonish her once they get home? what if he'll ask her why she's at the party? How can she tell him that she attended as Zion's date? Will she believe her if she says she came as his sister? No, not sister since they have already met before. Omo! Her brain is all messed up.

Ah, she'll just go home. End of story.

Jade came out from the restroom and slowly pave her way towards the hall's exit as if she was trying to evade someone.

"Ahhhhh! I'm s-sorry, excuse m----'' she kowtowed and was about to pass through when she heard a very familiar voice.

M-marcus?! her eyes widened in surprise. Omo! Marcus!