After a few moments, Tyrone sighed. He didn't know how long it had already been since he started staring into Raine while she slept on the couch. He can't seem to get enough of her beauty. She looked so meek and peaceful sleeping like that that he hesitated on whether or not to carry her to the comfort of her bed, afraid that he might wake her from what seemed to be a deep sleep.
"How can she easily sleep soundly like that?" Tyrone whispered as he finally got back on his feet from bending on his knees a while ago. Raine's wound was not that deep, making him at ease. And yet, he still didn't like the feeling of doing nothing even though he knew Raine was more than capable of taking care of herself.
He got up and moved to carry Raine in his arms. Walking towards her bedroom, he gently put her down on her bed. He didn't know what came over him that made him lay down beside her.
It had been a while since the two of them had slept together. He convinced himself that he should be grateful that Raine was not bugging him again about it. He was saved from the torment…
Tyrone sighed as he decided to get up from the bed. As he was about to move, Raine put her arm around him, cuddling him like a pillow.
"Stay here if you want," Raine whispered as she snuggled into him. Tyrone didn't say a word and just sighed.
'If I want to?' Tyrone amusingly thought. With how Raine was hugging him, it looked as if he had no choice but to stay whether he liked it or not.
Tyrone calmed his thoughts and closed his eyes. Tomorrow was another day, and things got more intense as the days passed.
His eyes were already feeling heavy when he felt his mobile phone vibrate in his pocket. Tyrone carefully and quietly moved out of the bed. Picked up the phone from his pocket, his face dimmed at seeing who was calling. He immediately went out of Raine's bedroom and walked inside the opposite bedroom that he was using.
He went to the balcony and answered the call.
"Dammit, Tyrone! What the hell is going on, huh?" Yun yelled at Tyrone on the phone. "Are you playing with me, bastard?! How come you're not reporting Raine's movements to me?!"
Tyrone gritted his teeth as his grip on his mobile tightened.
"You're so useless! Raine is jeopardizing my plans and you're unable to report it to me before that happens!" Yun barked and cursed at him. "Don't tell me that you're now on her side, huh?!"
Tyrone kept his calm as much as he could as he replied, "Your niece was too careful around me. And I'm sure you're more aware of her characters and personalities than me. I tried to do more, but she didn't let me get too involved with her plans about Xander. All I know is that she's pissed off right now with you because you're messing and jeopardizing her plans. She hates that you're not giving her enough time to play with her target first. She also said that you're so boring and in too much of a rush that she's getting really annoyed with how reckless you're executing your plan. I also heard her say that her father will definitely get mad at you once he wakes up because of your impulsive actions."
There was a mocking laugh from another line. Tyrone didn't know if what he just did was believable, but what he knew was that he had to convince Yun that Raine wanted to kill Xander.
"She was planning to use someone that is not connected to the Moon Clan or the Yue Group since she said using the Moon Clan's people for the task was very risky and could drag the Moon Clan down too… I'm not yet sure with the exact details, but she said that it should be her who should bring his head to her father as soon as he wakes up," Tyrone added with a frown.
If Yun was probably before him now face to face, Tyrone would've crushed the old man's face in already. He said nothing but cursed him repeatedly that he had to remove the phone off his ear and just put it on the loudspeaker.
"Just make sure you know who's side you're on, Tyrone. My brother will no longer wake up and I will lead the Moon Clan in no time. If she wants Xander's head, then she shouldn't waste time. I will make sure that Xander will no longer breathe this time around!" Yun grunted before Tyrone only heard the end call beep from his phone.
He let off a long deep sigh. It seemed like Yun would really not spare a moment in killing Xander as soon as he could.
******
The days became busier as Raine and her squad barely slept in shifting turns monitoring Xander Yang. Raine and Tyrone just returned to the penthouse after their working hours at the Yang Global Hospital.
"Ah... I never thought that keeping someone alive could be this exhausting!" Raine complained as she cracked her neck, slumping her tired body on the couch. She was also doing her work as a pediatrician in the hospital while ensuring Xander was safe.
She then chuckled, "Now I realized that it's way too easy killing mutants than protecting a human from dying. I don't even know now if I make sense. Ah, even my jokes now are too lame," Raine mumbled with a pout.
"Was it necessary for Rui to pick you up and you two eat dinner together?" Tyrone suddenly asked out of nowhere as he handed Raine a glass of water.
"Ah, yes of course. I need to be in that hotel. Thus, I needed Rui for that," Raine commented.
She had asked Rui to have dinner with her. The latter agreed, and Raine knew why. Rui probably saw this as an opportunity to squeeze more details from her, making him change his approach by suddenly becoming friendly with her.
Tyrone no longer spoke. He knew he would only like a stupid jealous bodyguard and he didn't want that. But he couldn't help but notice how Raine and Rui seemed to be getting along lately. He didn't like how the two were having more interactions than usual.
"What's wrong? Why is your face like that? Your expression is way too conflicted," Raine noticed.
Raine noticed that Tyrone seemed to be acting really weird lately, but she was way too busy to bug or confront him at this point so she no longer made a fuss and just grabbed her mobile phone.
She called Dylan, "Dylan, how's the situation?"
She let Dylan and a few of her men monitor and tail Xander while she came back home to her penthouse after work so Rui could pick her up later for dinner.
"The target already left the hospital. We're currently behind him. There's just the usual traffic jam here at Dami Bridge, but we're at a close enough distance to Dr. Xander to aid him if something happens. Don't worry, Boss. We got him secured," Dylan reported.
"Alright, that's good," Raine said.
She was about to end the call when she heard a loud blast from another line.
"Hello?! Dylan?! What's wrong?! Dylan?" Raine yelled at the other line.