MY UNKNOWN HUSBAND - Season 2 Episode 27

James looked up silently. He pressed his lips tightly together to keep himself from laughing. He sympathetically glanced at Dora who now stood frozen in her place.
“My head doesn’t hurt anymore.” The pitiful look on Dora’s face disappeared and was replaced by a serious expression.

There was no way she could convince John with childish moves. She had to find another way.

“That’s what I thought.” John stood up and left without looking back.

Outside the house, he saw Henry standing next to his car. The wind was blowing slightly strongly that wisps of Henry’s hair danced in the air.

Even though John was still a little far away from Henry, he could read the exhaustion all over his face. The heavy bags under his eyes told a long story of nights spent with little rest.

John did not ask Henry to stay up late with the IT department last night. What did he do that was so tiring last night?

“Good morning, Mr. Shi.” Henry bowed respectfully and opened the car door for John.

“Good morning.” John had not seen Henry for a while. The capability of his new assistant was way inferior compared to Henry’s.

Henry was stunned by what John did next.

Instead of getting in the back seat, John stopped beside Henry and said, “Fatigue driving kills. I’m still young. I can drive myself home.”

Then, John went straight to the driver’s seat and signaled Henry to sit in the passenger seat.

Henry felt a little terrified, but because of John’s order, he got into the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and sincerely said, “Thank you for your consideration, Mr. Shi.”

In the past, Henry would have complained about John insisting on taking the wheel. This was the first time that he got to enjoy being driven around by his boss.

But after what happened last night, he was too tired. John started the engine and eased out of Stone Road. The passenger side window was down, allowing Henry to feel the gentle breeze from outside. The cool air against his skin was like a lullaby that eventually coaxed him to sleep.

Without disturbing him, John deliberately slowed down his driving. On the way, he received a call from Adrian. “Mr. Shi, is Henry with you?”

“Yes.” John turned his head to take a look at Henry who was sleeping soundly.
A deep and helpless sigh sounded from the other line. After what felt like a long time, Adrian finally said, “That’s good.” Half a minute of silence followed after that. Then, Adrian said, “He finished all the work at the office last night. He turned in really late. He must be worn out. Can you please give him half a day’s off and let him get some rest?”

Adrian was worried, but he held back his concern. He felt that if he showed that he cared, he would make mistakes.

“All right,” John agreed. Actually, there was nothing Henry needed to do today. After thinking for a while, John finally asked, “What happened to you two?”

After all, Henry was his assistant.

Adrian and Henry always quarreled, but they always ended up resolving their problems on their own. Today was different. It seemed that Henry was deliberately escaping from Adrian.

After a short silence, Adrian did not answer the question but changed the subject. “I heard that you deducted Henry’s this year’s and next year’s salary. Just pay him properly every month, and I’ll pay you back.”

When he heard that Adrian was willing to spend money for a man, John almost stepped on the gas.

As far as he knew, Adrian only squandered his money on himself and women.

He had no objection against Adrian wanting to pay Henry’s salary, though. “And don’t let him know that I will be paying for his salary, okay?” Adrian added.

John nodded and replied, “Okay.” “Thank you, Mr. Shi.”

Adrian thanked him solemnly, which surprised John. John hung up the phone after the call.

It took one and a half hours to get to Stone Road but three hours to get back to North Yard. Henry slept quietly in the passenger seat the entire trip.

Three hours later, John pulled the car over at North Yard. Then, he gently woke Henry up. “Wake up.”

Henry slowly opened his eyes and was surprised to see that they were at North Yard. “Are you not going to work today, Mr. Shi?” he asked.

“What do you mean?” John looked at Henry in confusion and wondered what he meant.

After thinking for a while, he said calmly, “It’s the weekend, Henry.”

“But you always work. Even on weekends,” Henry replied. John worked an eight-to-six job and took it seriously.

The day did not matter. He always worked. That was why Henry was surprised to see him drive home on a weekend.

John did not say anything more. He just got out of the car and went straight inside.

It was time for lunch. Henry followed John inside and saw Nina sitting at the table.

He stopped dead in his tracks. What was he thinking?

Of course John seldom showed up at the office lately because he wanted to accompany Nina.

He should have known.

“Hi, Henry. You’re back.” The first person that Nina saw was John, but she only glanced at him and fixed her eyes on Henry.

“Yes, Mrs. Shi,” Henry replied. Henry suddenly felt warm in his heart. It turned out that both John and Nina were worried about him.

He smiled to himself. He was so busy feeling flattered that he did not notice John’s sharp stare.

‘I’m so moved. Working for Mr. Shi is better than working for Mr. Song,’ he thought.

John withdrew his cold stare and went straight to the table. Helen added two sets of tableware and said with a smile, “Stay and have lunch, Henry.”

“No, I’m just an assistant. It will be inappropriate if I have lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Shi.” Henry refused politely. He just satisfied his hunger by thinking of the food.

“Well, that makes us peas in a pod, Henry. I’m just a bodyguard now.” Nina spoke without remorse and threw a sideways glance at John.

John raised his eyebrows. ‘So she is still mad at me,’ he thought. “I thought you had a headache.”

Turning her head at John, Nina put down her chopsticks. She slightly dipped her chin and answered seriously, “Yes, I still have a bad headache. It’s actually killing me.”

John was acting the bad guy again. Did he really think he could stop her from putting on makeup?

In less than three days, the cosmetics she ordered would arrive. She would do her own makeup. There was no way that John could control her and tell her what she could and could not do.

John and Nina appeared to be in a standoff, which made Helen and Henry exchange nervous glances.

Henry whispered, “Helen, what’s going on with those two?”

‘Is Mrs. Shi angry with Mr. Shi?’ Henry thought. But it was impossible for Helen to tell what really was going on, so she just said, “I don’t know.”

After a very uncomfortable and seemingly endless silence, John, Nina, and Henry finally ate their lunch quietly. After lunch, Lisa from FG headquarters came with a group of employees.

The employees were tall and well-trained ramp models. Each of them held the latest ladies bags of FG.

“Mr. Shi, all our latest ladies’ bags have arrived. Which of them would you like?” Lisa’s forehead was still sweating. She had just sent all the bags to the branch stores when John called her up and told her to recall them. John wanted Nina to see the new bags first and choose the ones she liked before the rest hit the shop shelves. Lisa had been running around all morning trying to get all the bags and get them in time for lunch at North Yard like John ordered.

With John’s nod of approval, Lisa turned to Nina and said, “Mrs. Shi, we got these models for you so that you can see the effect of the bags. Please choose whatever you like.”

“You did this?” Nina turned to look at John. What was he trying to accomplish with this?

Standing next to Nina, John said in a casual tone, “You have a headache, don’t you?”

“Yeah. So?” Nina grew even more confused.

“Bags can cure all diseases for women.” John raised his chin and glanced at the models in front of them. He had a calm expression on his face.

Nina was speechless.

From whom did he hear that expression?