Chapter 90 - A Villain

Raine gritted her teeth as she saw the waitress who entered. It was another member of the Shadow Beauties. She might not remember her name, but she clearly knew her face. The said waitress never spared a glance in her direction while serving Xander.

As she expected, her Uncle Yun would be this desperate by now. She assumed that her Uncle Yun was already aware of Xander's intention for a Mirage Trial, so he wouldn't spare a moment to wipe Xander out as long as it would look like an accident.

'A Heart Attack… Something like that would come without warning!' Raine pondered with a frown. The waitress had already served Xander's drink, and Raine could tell that it was in the drink.

Thinking fast, she deliberately tripped on Xander's table, causing his drink to spill all over herself.

"What did I just do? I am so sorry, Dr. CEO. I spilled your drink by mistake. And I even messed up my dress," Raine hastily mumbled out before smiling at the waitress and asked, "Can you please show me to the restroom outside and help me fix my dress?"

Looking at the scene, Yera was getting highly suspicious of the events happening in front of her. But what shocked her the most was that Dr. Yao was now sitting on her husband's lap after she tripped! She shot daggers through her eyes, her temper flaring up as she rose from her chair and hissed at the waitress, "What are you waiting for? Go and pull that woman up and help her fix her freaking dress!"

The waitress quickly nodded, helping Raine up as she winked at Yera and murmured, "Thanks…"

After ensuring they were alone inside the restroom, Raine instantly grabbed the woman by the neck. Her eyes turned red as the woman struggled for breath, her body being lifted up as if she was just a mere dummy to Raine.

"P-princess, please spare me..." the woman cried and begged, making Raine loosen her grip. She could see the fear in the woman's eyes, her body trembling out of despair.

After careful deliberation, Raine released her.

"It's against my will, but I can't do anything. Prince Yun threatened me and my family if I did not follow his instructions," the woman explained, still sobbing.

"Can you confirm this?" Raine quickly talked to her team on another line. She was always connected to her team through her earrings, a bluetooth set handily tucked away underneath her ears.

After a few moments. Her team got back to her.

"Boss, it's true that her family was taken," Lyne confirmed.

"Is there a way to save her family? Call me back," Raine instructed from the other line. She then looked at the woman and said, "Uncle Yun will kill you once you come back to him  once he learns that you failed. I can't assure you of your family's safety, but I can spare and save your life right now. The choice is yours to make. Come back to my uncle, or stay here with us. My men will bring you to a safe location while things are still complicated."

The woman cried hard, and Raine's heart broke as she understood her situation. "What is your name?"

"Wena," the woman sobbed. She couldn't stop herself from crying. She didn't know what to do.

"We'll try our best to pull your family out, Wena. But again, I can't promise you anything," Raine whispered.

Wena raised her head and wiped the tears that kept flowing out of her eyes. "I… I will come with you, Princess. T-thank you for sparing my life," she whispered with a stutter. There was no other option for her but to come with Princess Raine, or she too, would die along with her family. She knew Prince Yun. That was why she followed his orders in the first place.

"Alright… Dylan, are you there?" Raine asked on another line.

"Yes, Boss?"

"Take Wena and bring her to one of our safe houses in this country," Raine instructed. She then waited for Dylan to pick Wena up before she fully went outside.

Sure enough, Tyrone's car was there waiting, and Raine wasted no time as she immediately boarded the vehicle.

Raine looked distraught, and Tyrone wanted to comfort her because of it. He had heard the conversation from his earpiece, and he could tell how devastated she was with what was going on inside the Moon Clan. His face darkened, but he quickly relaxed and hid it with his usual facade. 

"Where to?" he asked Raine. She was supposed to go back inside. But at this rate, she probably wouldn't bother coming back inside to finish the meeting.

Raine let out a loud breath. Grabbing her mobile phone, she weakly typed out a message to Xander saying that she had decided to return home instead. She then turned to Tyrone and asked, "How about Rui? Did you open the door?"

Rui was with her since the latter asked her to accompany him to his house to get some documents that they would need to discuss for the meeting. Raine knew that the other doctor was planning to stop her from attending the meeting, so he tried to lock her up in one of his rooms. Unfortunately for him, he ended up locking himself up instead.

"No, I didn't. Why would I? Let him rot in his house," Tyrone scoffed, making Raine laugh. "I'm sure his helper will open it tomorrow morning. Let him have a dose of his own medicine!" 

"Ah, for sure. I'll be the main topic of their conversation again tomorrow," Raine chuckled, finally gathering herself back together. "Ah, that dimwit… If he successfully locked me in that room, then his dear friend Xander would be in the morgue by now."  She then closed her eyes and said, "Let's just go home, Tyrone."

To others, she looked like a villain and an annoyance. Raine didn't care, however. It was her way of saving people's lives.

Following her instructions, Tyrone stepped on the gas and steered the vehicle onto the road as he whispered, "Yeah, let's just go home."

Home was a word that he thought was no longer available in his vocabulary.. But somehow, the word still brought an inner sort of peace into his heart.