The next day, Raine went to the hospital as usual. This time, Tyrone was the one who monitored the conversation from bug Raine planted on Rui’s mobile phone.
It was noon when their men reported that Rui went out with Xander for lunch, so Tyrone listened in on their conversation. The group started chatting, and suddenly, Rui apologized to Yera.
"Why?"
"About Dr. Yao. I heard that Xander was being punished because of her." Rui explained.
Yera raised her brows as she squinted at her husband. Her man even had a comrade. ’Did you think I still won’t kick you out of bed even though you asked Rui to convince me?’ Yera silently delivered her message with her gaze to her husband.
"To be honest, it was me who wanted Dr. Yao to stay at the Yang Globals group. Xander wanted to kick her out initially, but I’m investigating something about her, so I convinced him to keep her around. Keeping your enemies closer is better, after all..." Rui explained.
"No! No!" Xander quickly defended and elbowed Rui. "Complete your explanation or they’ll misinterpret it!" he exclaimed.
Rui twisted his mouth as he looked at Xander. He then quickly smiled as he turned his gaze back at Yera. "I’m investigating her..." Rui started. He then elaborated everything to her regarding the cases he encountered with Dr. Yao.
"Why does that sound off to me... I mean... It’s more like you’re stalking her. And doesn’t it sound like you’re enjoying it?"
Tyrone heard the comment of another man, and his face darkened.
"What are you saying? Am I nuts? That woman is crazy. Do you know how scary she is?" Rui burst out in horror. "I saw her snapping a person’s neck back in Country V!"
"You said it yourself... You were drunk at that time. Besides, there’s nobody found. Who knows if you’re just imagining things."
"Anyway, what matters is that my wife will be clear about why Dr. Yao is still in our facilities and is given her level of importance. It’s because of Rui..." Xander interrupted.
Tyrone turned off his earpiece since the topic was no longer about Raine. With a shrug, he simply tasked Mia to filter the conversations onwards and call if there was something important.
After a few minutes, Raine finally came back from her rounds, and she quickly noticed how Tyrone seemed to be in deep thought.
"What’s wrong?" she asked.
Tyrone looked at her. With a serious expression, he said, "We should delete Rui’s memories."
"Yeah... We have that planned, but not for now," Raine replied with a frown as she sat next to Tyrone on the couch.
"No, it has to be now since he’s starting saying stuff like how he witnessed you breaking someone’s neck," Tyrone argued.
"I see. So he remembered that clearly," Raine casually stated. "Eh... Let’s just let him be for now. I don’t see any harm around Rui. He’s just a meddler, and I’m sure he only talks about those kinds of stuff to those he trusts. We’ll include them on the list and erase their memories about it as well."
"I can do it," Tyrone quickly offered.
Raine frowned as she looked at him, "Why are you in a hurry?"
"He poses a threat against you," he vaguely replied. He, too, felt weird about why he was acting that way when it wasn’t a big deal. Maybe it was because of another man’s comment... He had heard that Rui seemed to enjoy stalking Raine and getting close to her...
"No, he isn’t," Raine disagreed.
"Alright," Tyrone said in his low tone.
"What is going on?" she asked, looking confused at how weird Tyrone was acting.
"I’m probably just hungry. I haven’t eaten yet since I’m waiting for you," he reasoned as he stood up to prepare the food he ordered on the table.
Raine suspiciously observed him and mused, ’Did something happen while I’m in the wards?’
She was about to ask Tyrone again when her mobile phone rang. Raine smiled, seeing that it was another video call from Aire, who talked to her daily whenever she was free.
"It’s lunchtime, Mommy. I bet you’ll eat lunch late again," Aire scolded with a pout.
Raine chuckled, "Ah, I saw your missed calls. I’m sorry, Dear. Mommy just got back from her rounds with the in-patients."
"Alright, apology accepted. Is Daddy there?" Aire immediately asked, causing Raine to focus the camera on Tyrone.
"There he is. Still, why do you keep calling him Daddy? You sound like you’re playing cupid at such a young age." Raine asked.
Aire giggled, "It’s because I like being a cupid and he’s my Daddy. Can’t you see how handsome he is and how beautiful I am? It’s because we have the same genes."
Raine shook her head and said, "You’re wrong. You definitely look after me. Can’t you see the color of my hair and yours?"
She no longer corrected Aire whenever she would push the idea of Tyrone being her father. She simply thought that Aire lacked a parents’ love, resulting in her imagining having a real mother and a father in the two of them. Raine honestly wanted a psychiatrist to look at Aire since the incident must’ve had a traumatic impact on her, but doing so now would be dangerous. She also wouldn’t risk asking doctors from the Moon Clan until well after the ordeal of her Uncle Yun had been resolved.
"Hello, cute little Aire. Mommy and I will eat lunch now. Do you want to eat with us?" Tyrone suddenly interrupted, unexpectedly popping his face near Raine’s cheeks so he could also be seen on the screen.
Aire quickly took a screenshot of the scene and said, "You two enjoy lunch. I’ll just call tomorrow. Don’t fight, okay?"
At that, the call ended and Tyrone quickly walked back to the table. "Let’s eat."
Raine felt that something was wrong with Tyrone, but she chose not to pry. Perhaps she was simply being paranoid?