My Secretive Wife

DANCE WITH ME

She turned to Nana Maria and said, "Nana, can you call the rest of the people in the mansion to join us here?" Nana Maria was surprised and looked at Marco, waiting for his approval. Marco nodded and smiled at his wife. Athena smiled back in appreciation. She's happy that her husband always gives in to her request. He usually doesn't mingle with other servants aside from Nana Maria and her husband because they've been working in their family since he can remember. 

Nana Maria called the mansion and told the others to join them at Sir Marco and Madam Bea's invitation.

A few minutes later, six people show up. The servants in the mansion have their quarters behind Chavez's estate. Only Nana Maria and her husband were staying inside the mansion. 

"Leave that to us, Madam Bea," one of the lady servants said in a low voice. She's Nana Maria's distant relative.

Athena smiled at her and nodded, then walked in Marco's direction.

"Are you happy?" He asked when she was about three feet away from him.

"Yes, thank you." She replied and stepped forward to be closer to him. 

Marco reached for her hand and held it tightly, then pulled her closer to him. He hugged her and leaned his chin on top of her head. 

Athena was embarrassed by his action. Although she doesn't mind showing their affection to others, she's still not used to it. 

"Let's take a walk," she said in a soft voice.

"Mmm..." He loosened his hug and held her hand tight. 

They slowly walk to the shore. Athena looked up and enjoyed the view in the sky, and stopped her steps. Tonight seemed to be the brightest night. The atmosphere is full of stars shining brightly. 

Marco watched his wife, and he smiled at the sight. It's not hard for him to satisfy his wife, and he consistently strives for the best for her. Simple things always make her happy. 

"Sir Marco! Ma'am Bea! Let's eat!" Nana Maria was shouting at them. They are quite a distance from them.

"Let's go back," Marco said in a low voice enough for her to hear.

"Okay," they walked back to where they came from and joined them. It's the first time the other servants eat with Marco and Bea, so they are uncomfortable.

"Enjoy yourselves," Athena smiled at them. They all look at her and Marco. He gave her a nod. He was signaling her to do so.

Nana Maria nudged her husband. He was confused, so she pulled him and signaled her son. Then her son played some music. They started to dance and called the other couples to dance with them.

Athena smiled and got up in her seat. "Can I ask my handsome husband to dance with me?" She was shy and didn't know if Marco would agree.

"Of course," he said. He held his wife's hand and waist and led her near the bonfire.

He did not let her go even until the music stopped. Marco gave Nana Maria's son a wink, and he played a love song. She blushed and leaned her head on his broad chest.

Though she doesn't listen to music, she sometimes overhears Nana Maria arguing with her son to lower his radio each time she's in the mansion. She knows the song is a popular song these days. And the music that he's playing has been in the top ten for a while now. 

The song is about promising his lover that he will love her for the rest of his life. The message was touching, and she could feel the love that the singer was trying to convey through his music. She wonders if it was from the singer's personal experience because of how dramatic he sings it.

She tightens her embrace on Marco's waist.  She was flabbergasted. She wasn't expecting him to kiss her intimately in front of their employees. They could not see how embarrassed she was from his public display of affection. They didn't move until it was over. 

Marco let her go after the kiss that she felt like a lifetime, grinning at her. Nana Maria and others clapped their hands simultaneously, smiling at them. 

Athena elbowed Marco, trying to hide her teary eyes. Athena was pleased to accept her thoroughly as their master's wife even though they were initially distant to her except for Nana Maria. 

They respected her even at the beginning when Marco brought her into his cabin. Though they seemed to be unfriendly, the respect was there. She did not hear them gossiping about their relationship even when Marco married her. 

Her life in the cabin and mansion was beautiful, and she will miss them one day. 

"We're heading back, Nana," Marco said, gesturing to Athena to climb on his back. She hesitated, but he pulled her closer. "Go on, babe." He said, looking back at her with a smile on his face.

Athena climbed on his back, and Marco started walking back to their cabin. Nana Maria looked at the couple and smiled. She's like a mother to Marco, and she can tell that Marco loves her so much. And she's happy that Bea has arrived in his life.

They started putting everything up and headed back to the mansion and took a rest as well.

"It was amazing," she said when Marco put her down on the bed. "Thank you for a wonderful night," she said with a smile.

"I told you many times, and I'm telling you again... I'll do anything for your happiness, love." He said dotingly. Making his wife happy is his goal each day. 

"I know, and I love you more for that," she said shyly. 

"You should," he said, winking at her. Marco gave her a peck on her cheeks and said, "wash up first, love."

"Okay," she replied and went to the wardrobe to get a set of pajamas and entered the bathroom. Marco patiently wait for her to finish and help her dry her hair until she fell asleep, as usual. Marco then went to his study. Although he told his assistant not to bother him and only call if necessary, he still wanted to check his email to ensure he did not miss anything. Marco trusted his assistant, but he was used to checking things himself.

After checking that everything was okay, he opened the surveillance videos of the hotel. 

Unlike the videos that Benjamin Baltazar's men gathered, the one he has is unaltered. He has a remote connection to the hotel's surveillance and is saved automatically on his secure cloud account. No one knows that he has a secured cloud account for every surveillance video of MC Group. Even his long-time assistant is not aware of it.

He ensured that there wouldn't be any problem with the surveillance videos on the conference day, especially when that woman showed up in the ballroom. 

Looking at the videos, he made a copy of a video where his wife walked, showing her back, and saved it to his USB drive. He did the same thing with the woman's video in the ballroom. After saving copies of those videos on his drive, he called his assistant to find someone to analyze the videos for him and do it secretly. He hung up even before his assistant said a word and walked back to the main bedroom.