Chapter 164 - Mischa's Gifts

Mischa, who heard the sound of the cellphone falling to the floor, quickly walked over to Fae. He could immediately guess that something very bad had happened to her. However, the man did not ask her what was wrong.

He just stood in front of Fae and took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and handed it to the girl. Fae lifted her face that was in tears when she noticed the hand reached out to her, with a handkerchief, like the last time.

Receiving such a kind gesture from Mischa, she could no longer hold back. Fae rushed to hug Mischa and sobbed in his chest.

The man could only let Fae spilled her tears on his black shirt and patted her shoulder lightly.

He felt very sorry for the poor girl. His happiness after going home from vacation immediately disappeared. He wanted to know what happened to Fae, but he didn't want to ask questions that would make the girl feel uncomfortable.

Mischa knew that Ren Hanenberg came to this penthouse five days ago but he didn't know what was going on inside because he purposely didn't put any cameras in it out of respect for Fae's privacy.

CCTVs in the hallway showed that Ren arrived at 6 pm and left at 9 pm. After that, he never came back. Since then, Fae hardly ever left the penthouse. At first, Mischa thought Fae was fine because the girl still texted him once or twice to reply to his Christmas wishes and when he asked what gifts she wanted from Singapore.

The man did not expect to arrive home to find Fae looking haggard and thin, especially now that her tears were streaming down incessantly. Mischa wondered whether Fae's sadness had something to do with Ren Hanenberg.

After half an hour, finally, Fae's tears dried up, and she broke away from Mischa. Her face was red and depressed. Gone was the fake expression of happiness she had practiced all day earlier. Fae simply didn't have the energy to pretend. 

But she felt embarrassed about crying like this in front of her boss. She didn't even let him go for half an hour.

"I ... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to," said the girl haltingly. "Welcome home, Boss."

She wiped her eyes with Mischa's soaked handkerchief. Her face looked very sad. 

"I brought a souvenir for you," said Mischa with a smile. He didn't want to make Fae feel awkward because of what happened earlier, so he acted as if nothing happened. He patted Fae's shoulder gently then pushed her to sit on the sofa. "Sit down. I'll get it."

He then moved towards the door and took his suitcase. Quickly he placed his small suitcase on the table and opened it. He took a stuffed rabbit from there and put it on Fae's lap.

The girl looked up with wet eyes. Mischa Rhionen gave her a stuffed rabbit? Are her eyes playing tricks on her?

Before the girl could protest, Mischa hurriedly explained. "It's not my gift. Earlier, the airline distributed dolls like this to all first-class passengers. I thought you would like it. That's why I accepted it."

"Oh ..." Fae was stunned to hear that. She held the life-size fat brown rabbit and shook her head. Even though Mischa got the stuffed rabbit for free, Fae still felt that her boss was too much for bringing it home for her. However, she couldn't deny that the rabbit was cute and managed to make her feel better. 

"You don't like it?" asked Mischa.

Fae shook her head. "I love it, boss. Thank you."

The girl hugged her stuffed rabbit tightly and smiled. Mischa nodded with satisfaction at Fae's expression. He was happy to see the girl was finally smiling. He then took a box from his suitcase and handed it to the girl.

"This is MY Christmas present. I hope you will like it," the man said solemnly.

Fae nodded and smiled. Once again thanked him. She then unwrapped the box and took out its contents.

"This ..." Fae was stunned to see it. Inside the box were three light blue silk handkerchiefs that had the name Fae embroidered on the corner. She looked up and stared at Mischa. "Why did you give me handkerchiefs?"

She did not wait for an answer, immediately stood up and hugged the man briefly, and then let go. She understood Mischa gave her a set of handkerchiefs because the man saw her crying so much.

From the start, Mischa had given her a handkerchief to wipe away Fae's tears, and now he was giving Fae her own handkerchiefs. This was a simple gift but it was really thoughtful.

Fae became touched. She didn't want to cry anymore in front of Mischa because of the handkerchiefs, so she hurriedly took her stuffed rabbit and the box containing the handkerchiefs and went into her room.

"Welcome back home. I will not disturb you, Sir. Good night," she said quickly. Before Mischa could answer, Fae had disappeared behind the door.

***

That night Fae couldn't sleep. Tomorrow was the royal gala at the palace and she would definitely meet Ren if she came with Mischa.

She didn't know whether she would be able to face her husband in that setting. After what happened a week ago, Fae was not sure that she would be able to meet Ren again without crying. 

If she caused a stir in the palace, not only would RMI's reputation be tarnished, but it was possible that the secret about her marriage to Ren would also be exposed. At least people would be suspicious. She couldn't take that risk.

However, if she couldn't go to the party, then she would disappoint her boss who had been so kind to her.

Ugh.. Fae was confused. What should she do?

"What should I do, Leon?" Asked Fae to the stuffed rabbit she had named Leon and was now sleeping beside her. "If I refused to come to the royal gala, Mischa would want to know the reason. Maybe if I am honest with him, he would be able to understand. But .."

She sighed. She didn't know whether she could tell Mischa everything or not. That man did treat her very well. It must be because Fae reminded him of his missing foster sister.

However, Fae did not want to take advantage of Mischa's kindness to her by acting casually. From the first time she worked at RMI, she was determined to be professional.

Fae must force herself to sleep and forget her dilemma. If she had to come to the palace, she had to look healthy and happy. She couldn't let Ren see that she was sad and suffering.

Moreover ...

Ah, especially because Fae would definitely meet Amelia too in the palace. She must be able to look fine in front of that witch.

After thinking for a long time, finally, Fae decided to come to the New Year's party. She forced herself to sleep so that the next morning she could wake up early and practice her greeting Ren and Amelia with a smiling face.

"Good evening, Your Highness Prince Renald, Lady Amelia.... It's good to see you tonight."