When John passed through the corridor with Nina in his arms, he touched her exposed waist and patted to draw her attention.
"Why are you dressing like this?"
"Doesn't every girl dress like this when they go to the nightclub? And I'm wearing trousers anyway, not a skirt." After staying in John's arms for a while, Nina regained some strength and rubbed her face against his neck.
"Nonsense." He patted her on the waist again, trying to pull the top down to cover her exposed skin, but it was a futile attempt.
Setting her down, he then tied his coat around her waist. She obediently stretched her arms out and let him finish tying it before picking her up again.
As soon as they got in really close, something seemed to poke her. After rummaging through his clothes, she pulled out the marriage certificate and his phone.
Nina put the certificate back in his pocket and looked at the phone. It was locked but there had been several missed calls.
Except for her attempts, they were all from Noah.
"You muted it. No wonder I couldn't get through to you. Noah also called you several times." With her chin on John's shoulder, she crossed her arms around his neck to play with his phone.
Without seeing his phone, he just said, "Call him back."
"Okay, but I can't talk to him." She dialed Noah's number, pressed the phone to John's ear, and pressed her head to it as well.
The call was answered almost immediately.
"Are you okay? Did Tim do anything to you?"
"No."
"That's good. He won't be protecting Vivian anymore."
John wondered about Tim's sudden change and could guess the reason.
"What did you say to him?"
"I found out his real identity. He used to be a mercenary. He changed his name to avoid being tracked by his organization. He later worked for a gang leader in D City. Something happened and he came to Lexingport City to hide.
Tim and you have to leave each other alone now. I'll investigate my father's whereabouts secretly and by myself. You don't have to strike any deals with Vivian, okay? I've got this.
Tell Henry to not let the Ye family fall into Vivian's hands. Ask him to not treat her as family. The Ye family can't affiliate themselves with gangsters anymore."
"Okay," John agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Nina inquired, "Don't get involved with gangsters anymore? Were they once involved with gangsters? Noah's grandfather was a soldier. Noah's father started doing business and established the Ye Group.
Noah's grandfather has two sons who don't get along well with each other.
Does this have anything to do with his uncle?"
"I'm not sure." In John's opinion, this might have something to do with Howard.
Henry said that Vivian had something on Howard. John thought it might have something to do with this. That was why Howard was willing to give up the shares and be locked up. He called for help and asked Henry to keep it quiet.
Vivian probably had something on him that could have ruined his reputation or his family's.
John patted Nina on the waist and said, "Stop worrying. Noah will get to the bottom of it."
"Noah is quite incredible. I'm sure he can handle it." Nina seemed to be confident in his abilities.
John stopped in his tracks. He hated it when she praised other men, especially Noah.
"John, you smell so good." Nina didn't notice John's sour mood and held his neck tighter.
They hadn't seen each other for half a month. John smelt good to her even though the smell of smoke and alcohol still clung to him.
Her words instantly calmed him down.
Holding her in his arms, John passed through the noisy hall. "Mr. Shi," Amy called out, instantly making Nina tense up.
She reached up and realized that her mask and hat were not there anymore.
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