My Secretive Wife

LAST MEAL TOGETHER (1)

Chavez's Mansion

Athena returned to the cabin after having her breakfast at the mansion. She was walking on the sands barefoot. She liked its feeling on her feet, so she ended up walking slower.

She entered the cabin, carrying the packed lunch that Nana Maria gave her, so she won't need to go back to the mansion later to eat lunch. She went to the kitchen first to put the food in the refrigerator and head to her study. 

She opened her lower drawer and took the burner phone inside the book. She turned it on and was about to call CamZ when the phone vibrated.

"Hello," she said and was a little puzzled but happy knowing that it was CamZ calling.

"Athena, someone discloses your location. Be careful," CamZ said in a worried voice. 

"Who is it?" Athena was shocked to hear that there was a traitor in their organization. It is the first time it has happened, and she is not lucky to be a victim.

"Boss Z doesn't want to let you know, but I believe you deserve to know," she said.

"Thanks, CamZ! Who is it?" Athena asked again with a gloomy look. 

"It's A1, but don't make a fuss yet. Boss Z is taking care of it. The critical thing is Benjamin is on the move." CamZ paused.

"We received intel that Benjamin contacted his nephew, so more or less, Anton must be sending his people to him," CamZ continued.

Athena was upset that someone betrayed their organization and disclosed her location. So now, she can't stay here anymore. 

"Do you need help?" CamZ offered. She's not in City S anymore, but she can fly there anytime if Athena lets her.

"No, I know what to do," Athena reassured CamZ. She knows that CamZ is worried about her safety, but she can handle it. Anton's men are in another country, so it will take them hours or maybe a day before they can reach her. She will have time to prepare and ensure that Marco and others in the mansion will be safe before she leaves.

"Gotta go, contact me as soon as you can, please?" CamZ said in a distressed tone. If not for Boss Z, who keeps stopping her from retaliating against A1, she already punches his face until no one can recognize him. 

"I will!" She promised CamZ. 'Wait for me A1, and I'll kick your butt when I see you,' Athena muttered to herself.

Athena went to their room and pulled her backpack under their bed. She then walked to the closet, and instead of grabbing clean t-shirts of Marco hanging on racks, she took a couple inside the laundry basket. Marco's scent still lingered in his shirts, and that's what she wanted. Thinking that the day of leaving him is finally here, Athena can't control the tears falling from her eyes. She sobbed uncontrollably, hugging Marco's t-shirts. 

She wants to stay with him forever, but the circumstances don't allow it to happen. Athena wiped her tears and decided to take a shower. 

After taking a quick shower, Athena watched herself in the mirror and saw her swollen eyes. She gently massaged her puffy eyes to stimulate the blood flow. When she was satisfied, she decided to give Marco a call.

MC Group

It was almost lunchtime, and Marco was still busy with paperwork. He just returned from a meeting with his director about opening another hotel and resort in the North. It was one of his director's suggestions, and everyone seemed to agree. Marco is not against branching out, but he has to see the land first before deciding. Plus, it is Saavedra's territory, so he needs to communicate with them as well. 

His cellphone ringing disrupted him, and he knew who the caller was. He chose a different ringtone for his wife's call because he didn't want to miss her calls. It happened once, and he felt terrible about it.

"Hello! Babe," said Marco with a smile on his face. He loves it when his wife calls him at work. It makes his day faster and more fruitful.

"Hello, love," Athena replied, trying to hold her emotions in check. She can't let Marco notice her sadness.

"Did you miss me?" Marco teased. 

"Yeah," Athena doesn't want to deny that she misses her husband, and she will miss him more after today. With that thought, a single teardrop fell on her right cheek.

"Can you come home early?" She asked softly, controlling herself not to cry. 

"If my wife wants me to, of course, I will!" Marco said, smiling radiantly. "Are you in the cabin?" Marco wants to know her exact location so that he can come to her right away. Marco doesn't know why, but there seemed to be a voice within him telling him not to miss this opportunity.

Marco set aside the documents he was reading and grabbed his navy blue suit coat hanging on the solid wood free-standing coat rack. He locked his office door and knocked on the wide window of Anthony's office. 

Anthony was startled when he heard the knock and saw his boss standing in front of his window. He hurriedly got up and opened the door since his window didn't have an opening. It is more like a wall. 

"S-sir, do you need anything?" It's the first time Marco stopped by his office and, above all, knocked on his window. He just passed through it all the time, going in and out of his office. 

"I'm leaving. Cancel all the meetings and appointments I have today." He directed, giving him a look saying, 'I don't care how important those things are, just cancel it!'

"Y-yes, sir," Anthony was confused why his boss was leaving the office early, but he couldn't ask his boss about his personal life unless he mentioned it to him. And he is not that nosy to pry on somebody else's privacy, especially when it is his boss's. 

Anthony immediately informed the driver that their boss was heading downstairs and his destination was home. 

When Marco came out of the elevator, the security informed him that his car was already outside waiting for him. Marco nodded, internally praising his assistant for quickly notifying his driver. 'I probably should give him a bonus,' he thought to himself.

His driver quickly opened the backdoor when he saw Marco walking out of the building's main entrance. Marco then entered his low-key car and sat comfortably. He reached for his phone and tried to call Francis. He wants to know if his operation is over or not. 

Francis's phone kept on ringing, but no one picked it up. Marco concluded that he might still be at the hospital.

He hung up and browsed the pictures of his wife. Most of the images saved on his phone are Bea's. He loves to see the ones that he has secretly taken. It became his habit to take a picture of Bea quietly. That's when he realized that he had fallen for her. 

A few minutes later, the car entered an enormous black and gold iron gate. It stopped in front of the house's main entrance. Marco did not wait for the driver to open the door for him. He opened the door himself and walked straight to the mansion's right side. The gate leading to the cabin is on that side. The surprised driver just stared at his back and understood why he headed home early. He smiled at how their boss prioritized his wife all the time.