I Love You, Monster: The Blindfolded Wife x The Masked Husband

Zaki was supposed to feel happy with Hinari's reaction. However, seeing her happy face that moment made Zaki feel a tinge of pain in his heart. The reason why he said those words was not to make her happy like this. He invited her out for a different reason so this was making him feel extremely awful as he watched her smiling. He wanted to avert his gaze but he didn't.

He watched her as she celebrated happily like a kid who just been told that they would be going to her favourite amusement park. He couldn't even do a thing but quietly feel the awful pain as he looked at her.

When the girl finally calmed down, Zaki straightened up.

"Why are you acting like a kid who hasn't gone out in years?" he forced himself to speak.

"What… don't spoil my fun, beauty. This is the first time you invited me out so I must celebrate, okay?" she replied and Zaki felt his words get stuck on his throat.

He suddenly stood up and turned his back towards her as he started buttoning his shirt quietly.

When Hinari saw him turn away, she went and embraced him from the back again, causing Zaki's eyes to widen.

"Ehehehe… let me hug you again. You're such a cute and well behaved beauty today so let me give you a reward." She said and without any warning, she tiptoed and pulled him down, then she bit his ear, causing the man to jolt.

Zaki immediately turned to her but before he could speak, Hinari's lips landed on his. Her hands held Zaki's neck, not letting the man pull away. She kissed him and she nibbled his lips.

But just when the kiss was about to intensify, Hinari pulled away from him and she smiled.

"Okay, okay… we gotta get ready now! It's time to go out!" Hinari happily said and she immediately turned towards the door. But the moment she turned her back, her smile faded and sadness abruptly began to cloud her eyes. She wasn't faking her reaction. She was truly happy that he invited her out so she didn't suppress herself to show it. However, deep in her heart, she just felt that Zaki was up to something. She could feel his indifferent emotion and she couldn't help but think that this date won't be the date she was dreaming about. What hurt the most was the thought that this might even be their first and last.

…

"Boss, Zaki said he would be going out with his fiancée. What are we gonna do about his security?" Kaide said on the other side of the phone and Sei's eyes shifted towards the computer screen.

He just confirmed that the people who wanted Zaki were really getting serious this time so Sei wanted to call the special forces to guard Zaki. But if he did that, it was practically the same as telling everybody that there really was something wrong with Zaki now. Letting them see that the invincible lone wolf was suddenly being guarded heavily, was the worst thing that he could do at this point. He would never let those people find out about Zaki's condition.

Thus, the only solution for this was…

"Ask him where they're planning to go and report back to me." Sei said and after he hung up, a little bun's head peeked through the just opened door.

"Uhm… dad. Are you still busy? Time for breakfast." The little guy said and Sei slipped his phone in his pocket before he rose. He walked towards his son and carried him up in his arms.

"Who cooked this time?" Sei asked and little Shin smiled.

"Guess who?"

"It's my wife, right?"

"No dad, it's my mom."

"…"