Chapter 42: Chapter 42

Because of the explosion at Athan Buffay's company and the disappearance of the CEO Athan, the entire city was almost in a state of panic. People were afraid it was a terrorist act, so when I went to the supermarket, there were very few people in the store.

Two middle-aged women were discussing the bombing while picking vegetables.

"I heard that the CEO of that security company got into trouble and may have fled abroad now."

"Maybe he's dead. My husband was around there when it happened. He said the explosion was so loud and it was almost like a fireball, and no normal person couldn escape! Unless he wasn't human."

I curled the corners of my mouth and shook my head. They were right, Athan wasn't really human.

When I woke up this morning, he had left the apartment. Maybe our relationship is close enough, plus I didn’t belong to any pack, so I could use mind link to contact him.

"Sorry, there are things that need to be dealt with. It's not convenient for me to be on the street during the day now, because I can't be recognized, so I have to leave in the early morning." His tone was full of apologetics.

"That's alright," I replied, "are you coming back for dinner tonight?"

Unexpectedly, he smiled lowly, and his voice was very pleasant: “It’s like we are a family, and my wife is rushing me home, I like it.”

I blushed, he was right, now that we lived under the same roof, it was like we were just a normal family. I sighed, only if that was true.

I made myself some simple lunch and headed to the hospital, so many things happened yesterday that I didn’t have the chance to visit Jack.

When I got to the door of his ward, through the glass window, I saw Jack was looking at something, his eyes were soft and a little nostalgic, it didn’t look like he was looking at an ordinary company business contract.

I pushed the door and went in, "Why are you working again!"

Jack seemed to be startled by me, and hurriedly tucked the contract in his hand under the pillow, "You're here."

"I wasn’t working, I was just bored and decided to read something." He gave me a gentle smile.

"You can't just look at anything, you should have a good rest now and get ready for the surgery!" I walked in and tidied up his night stand – there were some fruits that went bad.

He’s always like that, forgetting to rest whenever he had work to do.

"Okay, I'll listen to you and be an obedient husband!" he poked my arm and watched my face, I couldn’t keep the serious face and laughed with him.

When I saw his warm smile, I was moved.

"How are you feeling lately? Have you eaten yet?" I asked, tidying up his clothes for him.

Jack nodded and smiled: "everything is fine recently, oh except that I can't eat solid food, so I had to eat some liquid food. However, the doctor will give me nutrient solution every day, so I feel that my body is more energetic than before."

He always described very painful things with great ease, but only I knew how many days and nights he endured the huge pain and almost collapsed.

I felt bad for Jack, but I knew that he is a strong person, he didn’t like to show his weakness. So whenever he was suffering, I would sat beside him and held his hand as support. That’s the least I could do as his family.

At this moment, Jack suddenly took my hand.

"Katherine, if I don't make it, promise me you will live a good life, and be happy." His serious look made me feel distressed, I took his hand back and said loudly: "How could that be? Athan is already preparing for your surgery, and you'll be fine! Don't forget, Mike and Lily are looking forward to travel with you when you recover and leave the hospital!"

"Athan?" He smiled, but his eyes looked away, "I remember you used to call him by his full name. It seems that you have become very close?"

Jack's words reminded me of how I met Athan until now, and then I realized that, before I knew it, he had become the closest person to me. Facing Jack's question, I didn't know how to answer him for a while. After a few seconds, I blushed and whispered, "We are now... relatively close."

Jack looked at me again, his eyes were full of tenderness, "Kath, you don't need to be careful in front of me, you can tell me anything."

I was about to speak, but he interrupted: "But before that, Katherine, I have to tell you something about Athan Buffay. I don't want you to have too much dealings with him, because this man is too dangerous. I've got someone to investigate him, and they didn’t find anything. I think he's hiding a lot of secrets..."

I looked at Jack's serious expression and was a little shocked. Did Jack find out Athan's werewolf identity? Does he know that I am a werewolf too?

I was a little overwhelmed, and a familiar deep voice sounded behind me.

"Since it's about me, I hope you don't mind if I listen to it ,too."

Athan Buffay？Why was he here?