‘What now?’


    Mia shyly angled her head upward, peering at the imposing man towering over her. She saw that he was staring directly at her. His intense gaze made her feel exposed and vulnerable. Like she had felt earlier…


    “Erm, ca-can can I-?” She hesitated, pursing her lips.


    ‘Can you what?’ The CEO stood there in silence, waiting for her to finish her question.


    “Can I hum-have your -erm-your phone numb…” Her voice trailed off and she began to cough incessantly.


    Awkwardness filled the air.


    Mia wasn’t sure where she found the courage to ask for his number. But she believed it was only right for her to have her husband’s contact information.


    She cleared her throat awkwardly as she awaited her death sentence.


    Phone number? The corner of Shawn’s mouth twitched at the unexpected request. Truthfully, neither of them had exchanged numbers before-it was a valid point.


    “70-85…” He began reciting the digits.


    He was giving the girl his personal contact number.


    Mia hastily reached for her phone in her bag and typed the numbers, making sure to get each one correctly.


    “Thank you.” The girl was grinning from ear to ear.


    Surprisingly, the demi-god didn’t ask for her head to be chopped off after being so audacious. She breathed a sigh of relief.


    Shawn nodded curtly and headed upstairs without saying anything else.


    Mia noticed that he had a green file in his hand and she clicked her tongue in disapproval. Did he bring office work home? Why didn’t he just remain at the office since he wasn’t yet done with work then? Perhaps he was exhausted… Sigh. The man had better take proper care of his health, or else…


    Anyways, it was a good thing he came home or she wouldn’t have been able to kill two birds with just one stone.


    The girl shrugged her shoulders in a carefree manner and swiftly headed out of the house.


    As she sat on the bus, heading back to the hospital, she stared down at her phone, thoughtfully tapping on her lip.


    ‘What should I save his name as?’ Mia began to rack her brain hard for the perfect name for the demi-god.


    After pondering on the matter for a while, her eyes suddenly shone brightly and she quickly typed away on her phone. A few secondster, she saved the contact, grinning from ear to ear.


    When Mia arrived at her destination, she immediately rushed to the payment counter and handed the card over to the representative. She wanted to make the payment today as she wouldn’t be able to go by the hospital until next weekend and the deadline would have already psed by then.


    The billing representative was astonished to see that the girl was indeed already right back. She’d thought that Mia lied abouting back just to be able to get away without feeling embarrassed.


    But seeing as she had returned with the card…


    “How much am I to withdraw, ma’am?”


    “Everything we owe.” Mia blurted out without thinking.


    Well, she had no choice but to shamelessly spend andpletely rely on her husband’s money. She had no source of ie and she’d been disowned by her father…


    What a life she was living.


    Anyway, since the card now belonged to her, she’d use it as she deemed fit.


    Mia entered her card’s PIN on the electronic point of sale. The attendant was surprised to see that it was correct. Perhaps, she had been wrong to suspect Mia of theft. But it wasn’t entirely her fault; Mia’s behavior had raised suspicions.


    Just before thedy could click ‘OK’, something caught her attention-the ount owner’s name disyed on the unit’s screen: Shawn Mandez. That name alone made her whole body quiver in fear.


    How was that possible?


    She looked from the screen to Mia. Where did the girl get the card from? How did it end up in her hand? She must have stolen it! She was right all along. The attendant’s suspicions were confirmed.


    The billing representative eyed Mia meticulously and then discreetly ced a call through to someone.


    Mia did not suspect anything as she patiently stood there. But time began to pass by and she started to feel uneasy, biting on her lower lip uneasily.


    Why was it taking so long to make the payment?


    The representative shed a smile at her. “Sorry,work glitch.”


    ‘Oh.’ Completely unaware of anything amiss, Mia smiled back.


    A whileter, two uniformed officers stepped into the hospital. They scanned the area and then headed straight to the payment counter.


    Mia watched the police officers in silence as they approached her.


    ‘What’s going on? Did someonemit an offence?’ She wondered, tilting her head to the side.


    Thedy attending to her simply bobbed her head in acknowledgment to the policemen. Thereafter, she removed Mia’s debit card from the POS terminal and handed it to one of the men.


    The policeman flipped the card over in his hand and his brows furrowed. It was indeed a tinum Debit Card.


    He turned to side and ran his eyes over Mia. . “Is this her?”


    Mia waspletely lost in the dark. She just stood there in silence.


    “Yes, Officer. She’s the one.”


    The one what? What one? Which ‘the one? Mia blinked nkly.


    Who were they talking about? Also, wasn’t that the precious card her husband had given her in the policeman’s hand? Why was it in his possession?


    “Miss, you’ll have toe with us.”  The policeman blurted out, facing Mia directly.


    What? Go with them to where?


    “Huh?” The girl waspletely at loss for words.


    “Where… to?…” Her voice trailed off.


    “To our station.”


    “But-why?”


    What offence did shemit? She didn’tmit any.


    We have some questions to ask you about this.” He raised the card in his hand midair.


    “But it’s mine-it belongs to me.” Mia cried out in her small voice.


    “Then you’ll need to go with us to confirm. Sorry for the inconveniences.”


    “This way.”


    With that, the two policemen led Mia out of the hospital. Piercing gazesnded on her and she bit her lip agitatedly.


    What were the officers doing?


    ‘This is aplete misunderstanding.’


    The debit card belonged to her husband, it belonged to her-he already gave it to her. How did the police even know toe for her here? Aish!


    What Mia didn’t know was that HK Hospital had a special requirement that allowed them the name of a customer to be disyed on their monitors whenever a customer’s debit card was being used on any of the hospital’s point of sale systems.


    So, when the billing representative saw the ount holder’s name, earlier on, she had immediately put a call across to the police station.


    And just like that, Mia was driven away in the patrol car.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.