970 Searching for a Photo of Evelina (1/2)
Iris touched one of his hands holding her face. ”I know that you have some kind of deal with my brother.”
He stiffened but only for a moment. ”En.”
In the end, he still admitted it. He was already prepared to confess it to her for quite some time now but just couldn't find the right time.
She pulled his hand and squeezed it while continuing to look at him. ”You know what kind of business my brother is involved in with Shadow Winds.”
”I know what you're worried about.” He turned his hand and grabbed hers instead before pulling it to his lips and kissing her palm. ”Don't worry, love. Like I told you, I know my limits. I won't involve myself at all in any of Shadow Winds' operations. But Nikolai is family. He's your older brother and living my fifth brother's life. I still need to make sure that he and his group won't get into trouble with the authorities because I know that not only will you be devastated but also me, the rest of our sworn brothers, and most especially Grandpa Lu. I can do this much with my current position.”
He didn't rush her when she didn't reply right away, stroking her soft hair instead while she continued squeezing his other hand.
”I feel awful,” she finally whispered.
His face immediately registered alarm as he sat up and started scanning her from head to toe and back up again. ”What's wrong? How are you feeling? Should I call the doctor?”
”No, not that kind of awful.” She took his hand and placed it on the valley between her breasts where he felt her heart beating underneath his palm. ”I feel awful here inside.”
He understood what she meant and forced himself to calm down after scanning her one final time to make sure that she was really fine. ”We already talked about this before. Your brother and I already know that you're reluctant to join him in his pursuit for revenge for what happened to the Vetrovs back then. In the first place, he doesn't expect you to join him at all. Furthermore, you already did him a great service by allowing Bacon to assist him at Shadow Winds.”
”You think that's enough?”
”Your brother and I both think that it's more than enough. Just focus on staying healthy and stress-free during your pregnancy, wife. That's the most important thing that you can do right now, alright?”
He gave her a light kiss on the lips. ”Go back to sleep.”
She hummed her assent and then murmured something.
”What?” He didn't hear what she said.
He scowled. ”The hell you are!”
She raised an eyebrow, an amused smile on her lips. ”Have you forgotten that I'm Drakon? I'm wanted in several countries right now.”
”Oh. Right.”
”But it's still nothing compared to when I was hacking left and right as Fantom back when I was still Evelina.” She sighed as she reminisced about her past exploits as one of the legendary hackers in history.
When she mentioned her name Evelina, he remembered what he was imagining a few moments ago before she woke up. ”Evelina,” he called, saying each syllable with relish.
”Hm?”
”What did you look like before?”