Two months later...
Cayenne noticed sothing in Nikolai. Several months ago, when he arrived to serve as her chief bodyguard, he took an interest in the Rivera family. Not long after, he visited La Granja and claid that his family was once close to them. Cayenne was unsure if he was telling the truth or not since Nikolai was in a special situation.
She wasn't even sure which family he was referring to – his real family or the foster family that took care of him.
A few weeks after he arrived, Isabelle Ignacio caught his attention. At first, Cayenne thought he was just cautious toward her since the woman was pretending to be Luiz's girlfriend. However, Cayenne saw him spend more ti with her on his day off. In fact, during his rest days, he would spend at least three hours with her.
Cayenne could not take it anymore.
This ti, Nikolai would be taking his day off once again. He was already preparing to leave the mansion so he could wander around the city or go wherever he wanted to, but Cayenne stopped him for a minute.
"Do you need sothing from , madam?" he asked while walking in her direction.
He appeared stoic and intimidating, but Cayenne wasn't bothered by it. In fact, she saw mirth in his eyes. She could even sense her excitent.
"Can I have a few minutes of your ti?"
"Sure," he answered almost instantly and sat on the couch that Cayenne gestured for him to sit on.
Cayenne knew that she didn't have the right to interfere in his private life, but she was worried about her family relationship with the Riveras and Jillyanna Madrigal. She had to do sothing before things beca irreparable.
"Nikolai, have you rembered anything about your life?"
Nikolai was stunned for a mont. He never thought that Cayenne would ask him about his life now. Nonetheless, he answered her honestly. "Yes, I have rembered a lot of things about my life as Yelisei Nikita. Actually, it was the boss who helped recover so of my mories and soone close to the Nikita family confird them."
"So, uhm... did you sever ties with the Sloan family?"
"Nope. I severed ties with the Nikita family instead. Yelisei died in an accident and his body was found with DNA matching to . You know your husband can do such a thing, right?" Cayenne nodded in agreent. "Anyway, I'm officially Nikolai Sloan now. As long as I stay away from politics or make myself known to the whole wide world, no danger will ever co to you."
"Does that an you are not friends with the Rivera family now?"
"Not friends with them? Why do you say so?"
It was Cayenne's turn to be surprised now. Nikolai just said that he severed ties with the Nikita family, but he still wanted to be close to the Riveras. "So, it was the Sloan family who had a history with Dr. Rivera's ancestry?"
"Oh," Nikolai muttered while looking down with a faint smile on his lips. He realized that Cayenne was just beating around the bush with him. He could tell that she was very concerned with his current relationship with the Rivera family and Isabelle Ignacio. "It was the Sloan family," he said when he looked up to et her gaze again. "I heard the history of the Orion Kingdom from them."
Cayenne nodded her head several tis without saying a word. Nikolai continued, "I told them about the job that Mayor Mondragon offered to , and they were delighted. They told that Mr. Sloan's ancestors knew soone from this place. They told the story and I thought I'd give them a visit."
"I see," Cayenne muttered while thinking about how to insert Isabelle Ignacio into their conversation. She didn't want it to be so abrupt. "Then, you must have seen Dr. Rivera's girlfriend, right? The one who is working for Luiz."
"Belle? Yes, I have. She's a nice woman," Nikolai answered without overthinking things. He just thought that Cayenne was interested in Belle since her brother's life was in the woman's hands. "She's ticulous when it cos to her work, so I can say that you have nothing to worry about when it cos to your brother's safety."
"What about her relationship with the doctor? I an... he won't take it against us that Cayenne is working for Luiz, right?"
"No, I don't think so. Eliezer Rivera is a professional doctor. Just because his girlfriend is pretending to be Luiz's girlfriend doesn't an he would stop helping young master Zeki. He's very in love with Belle."
"You seed to know a lot about them," Cayenne comnted and chuckled as if she was just kidding. "I wish I could et Isabelle Ignacio in person."
"Why don't you ask Dr. Rivera to co over and let him bring his girlfriend? Or you can ask your brother to bring Belle here as his pretend girlfriend."
Cayenne observed Nikolai during their conversation, but she couldn't tell what the man was thinking. She was also unsure if she was interested in Isabelle Ignacio in a romantic way or if he just wanted to be acquainted with her since she was Eliezer Rivera's girlfriend.
"Thanks for telling ," Cayenne said and stood up. "I'll invite them next ti. You can go and enjoy your day off now."
Nikolai just bowed his head toward her in response and left with a stride of confidence. Cayenne stood in the living room while following the man with her gaze.
"I'm not liking that," Stefan expressed when he ca down and found his wife watching soone walk away. "I'll fire him," he said when he got to her side and hugged her.
"Seriously?"
"Uh-huh."
Cayenne blinked her eyes several tis, but Stefan didn't change his expression at all. "Uhmm, why would you fire him?"
"Because you were looking at him for almost a minute."
"No, I didn't even notice I was looking at him until you called . I was just staring into space while thinking of the fact that you helped him recover his mories and severed his ties with the Nikita family."
"Oh," Stefan pulled his wife even closer until there was no space between them and kissed her hard. "I forgot to tell you about it," he whispered after letting go of her. "Is it necessary?"
"Not really. I was just wondering how you did it. By the way, I planned to invite Isabelle Ignacio and Dr. Rivera here. I think it's about ti that we tell him about Zeki. Can we do it tomorrow?"
And just like that, Cayenne successfully distracted her husband from entertaining the silly idea of firing her capable bodyguard.
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