Chapter 256 - 255: Bumping Into Her Sons
Eunji went out of the hospital but she didn't return to Sophia Hotel right after that.
She decided to stroll around the Eiffel Tower to clear and calm her mind instead.
While she was walking around, a small boy bumped into her and he fell on the ground with his butt first.
*Thud!*
Eunji looked down to check on the child.
"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry!" She crouched down on the ground to check on the child whom she had bumped into.
The child was looking down but she had recognized him immediately!
Before the boy could talk to her, she heard a very familiar voice of a man coming towards them making her to freeze on the spot.
She didn't have to look up to see on who it was as his familiar scent started evading her system.
"Midori!" Nathan shouted in alarm when his son bumped into someone. He then carried Li Jun in his arms and went towards his other child who bumped into someone accidentally.
He wanted to apologize for what his son had done to the lady.
But he frowned when he could feel the same connection that he only felt on Eunji and the Chairman of ELEK Group as he looked at her.
Eunji snapped out from being frozen on the spot and she helped Li Wei to stand up back on his feet before she decided to leave.
"Watch where you're going next time, okay?" She told the boy. Though she sound harsh, gentleness could be felt in her words and her eyes were so gentle.
She was about to stand up but Li Wei held the hemline of her sleeve.
Bai Li Wei clearly didn't want her to leave. Her heart softened of this gesture and she involuntarily remained in her position.
'You got to be kidding me, right? Why now?!' She screamed deep inside of her.
Eunji didn't know whether she should laugh or cry at the same time.
Laugh because she's happy to see these three important men in her life or cry because she knew that she had to part with them still.
She wanted to look away from him but he couldn't and still remained in a semi-kneeling position on the ground.
"Midori!" Nathan called his son twice especially when he saw that he was not listening to his call. Maybe he was shocked?
He then placed Li Jun on the ground and hurriedly checked if Li Wei was hurt from falling on the ground.
He heaved a deep sigh of relief when he saw that he's fine.
"Are you okay?" Nathan asked his son but he saw that his son kept looking on the woman who was kneeling on the ground and was looking at his son.
"Midori..." Li Jun's voice trailed off when he saw his brother's dazed expression while looking up at the woman in front of them.
"Mama!" Midori suddenly shouted making Li Jun and Nathan to gasp in surprise.
Nathan looked at the woman with an apologetic expression on his face as he was ashamed when his son was calling other woman as his mother.
However, the familiarity he had been feeling towards her grew deeper as he looked at her. He suddenly felt the urge to hug her...
Eunji who heard her son calling her was frozen on the ground the third time. Especially when she realized that their attention was on her.
She inwardly yelled at herself to react now or things would be difficult for her later on.
So, she stood up and rubbed the invisible wrinkles on her clothes as she chuckled and patted the top of the little boy's head.
"No son...I am not your mother." She spoke to him in English.
But she didn't expect for her son to understood her.
"No! You're my Mama! I can feel it here!" Li Wei then placed his little palm in his chest where his little heart was located.
"Son! That's enough. She's not your mother. She looks different. Can't you see?" Nathan tried to persuade his son and then he stood up and apologized to her.
"I'm sorry Miss. My wife left us when he and his brother were born." Nathan tried to explain as he humbly apologized to her. No, he didn't mention that she was dead which made Eunji to be a bit puzzled.
Maybe knowing that she's dead was so hard for them to accept? Especially for Nathan and the kids.
"It's okay. I understand. They must have longed for their mother. Unfortunately, it's not me." She said without batting an eyelid but a hint of sadness could be heard from her tone.
And deep down, her heart was bleeding painfully.
She was sobbing deep down.
How could she abandon them? What kind of mother was she?!
She knew the names of her sons. It all thanks to Master Liu.
He sent her updates about his sons, thus she knew their names.
This happened when Master Liu visited Grandma Sana for her last check-up.
Going back, Eunji wanted to hug his three boys! But she couldn't! At least not yet!
Then he took out her phone as if telling Nathan that she should be leaving as she had other business to attend.
When Nathan saw her phone, his expression darkened.
If he was not mistaken, the phone was somehow familiar for him.
"Dad! She's our mom! Can't you feel it?" Li Wei insisted. He then looked at his big brother for help but Li Jun was only looking at him and was silent.
He wanted his brother to help him especially at this moment but his brother remained silent while looking at the woman.
The child was desperate as he tried to make a fuss.
"That's enough, Bai Li Wei! She's not your mother! You've seen how she looked like in the photos! Apologize before I'll make you stare at the wall when we come back!" Nathan scolded his son.
"Stop making a fuss!" Nathan added.
"It's okay." Eunji interrupted Nathan before things escalated.
He didn't want her son to be hurt, though she had hurt him.
Denying that she was his mother was already painful for Li Wei and Li Jun.
She had to leave now before she could make a lot of damage.
Eunji then awkwardly waved her hand as she bid them goodbye and meaningfully said, "We'll surely meet again. Yeah? And with that time comes, you can call me, Mom."
It was only her intention to cheer up her son when she said that but who would have thought that her son would put her words into heart.
She reluctantly turned around and tried her best to not turn around and look back at them again.
As she moved her feet away from them, tears started to fell down from her face as she sobbed silently.
She somehow concluded that this day was not the best day for her.
As she walked towards Sophia Hotel, she accidentally bumped into someone but she didn't even mind and flinch when she fell on the ground.
Her mind was in a mess.
"Devie!" Angelina's voice rang in her ears and she looked at her with a dazed expression.
Seeing Eunji in a terrible condition, Angelina immediately pulled her up from the ground and called discretely helped her to get inside the hotel.
She was not wearing the silver mask as she was wearing the skin mask that Eunji had asked her to wear.
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"What happened?" Angelina interrogated Eunji as soon as they got inside the latter's suite.
She got the information that Nathan had finally signed up for this convention when the official list of delegates was finally updated.
She had rushed to look for Eunji to inform her about it but seems like she was already too late.
She heard from Baek Dae-jung that Eunji acted strange when she bumped into someone earlier while she was walking in the hallway.
It happened so fast that they were not able to protect the Chairman from the collision.
Though they were dismissed earlier, one of them followed Eunji and monitored her in a enough distance. And it was Lee Yunha who volunteered to do the job.
And she was following her when she checked-in the hospital and when she bumped into the child while she was around the Eiffel Tower.
Lee Yunha had reported it to Angelina thus Angelina knew what was going on with Eunji while she was away.
She could not help but be sad for Eunji.
Eunji was in a very difficult situation right now.
She knew of Eunji's plan of investigating and revenge and she's supporting her.
But she must not let her enemies that she was alive...
Not yet...
They should not know that she's still alive or else the enemy around her would be alerted and would make a move.
Yes, Eunji had the feeling that the culprit for everything was someone she knew or at least was related to someone she knew and was familiar with her and their family. But Eunji could not directly pinpoint the person. She already had a guess on who it was and she's working on it.
The person was really good in putting everything under wraps.
That she herself as a hacker could not even uncover her tracks clearly.
Eunji then heaved a sigh when Angelina pointed on her bandaged wrist.
"Are you out of my mind?!" Angelina snapped at her.
"Yes! I am slowly losing my sanity every day that I could not be back with my family!" She yelled at her.
"Eunji..." Angelina called her in her true name as she felt helpless knowing that she could not help Eunji in solving this.
All she could do now was to comfort her.
"I bumped with Nathan earlier...and...I suddenly lost it. Especially when I saw how miserable his life had been through his appearance right now." Eunji looked at her with teary eyes.
"I cause it! I hurt him! I hurt them! My husband and my sons!" Eunji yelled in despair as she slowly hit her chest while her tears gushed out from her eyes like a that of a water released from the dam.
"I might know a little of how you feel or none at all but I...I know you're strong than this Eunji! My goodness! Hurting your self's definitely not a solution!" Angelina yelled at her as she tried to pull her up together.
Angelina pulled her shoulders together.
She knew that the series of events that had happened today must have been a big blow to her resolve at the moment.
"If Nathan's presence is making you a hard time, I can ask them to replace you from delivering your speech on the fifth day." Angelina offered while helping her wiping the tears that was staining her skin mask.
"It's useless. It seems like I could not stop fate from playing tricks with me." She told Angelina in between her sob.
"I... I came out of the hospital with the resolve to avoid Nathan, my husband. But who would have thought that I would bump into Li Wei and Li Jun? And my son, Li Wei could even recognize me even with my disguise!"
"Oh my gosh!" Even Angelina was caught in surprise while listening to her.
"Yes and it pained me to see him in that state. He longed and missed his mom. He missed me even if he had not seen me ever since." Eunji cried even more as she recalled her son's pitiful expression.
"Devie...if it's unavoidable, why don't you come and introduce yourself to them with this disguise? That way, you could guard them from danger and you could be with them." She suggested making Eunji to pause from crying.
The idea sounded possible but she dared not to risk it.
But Eunji would be lying if she thought not considering it.
But she would be busy hunting the bad guys!
How could she do it?
Could she really do it?
"You know what, give the idea a rest and then make your decision tomorrow."
In the end, Eunji could only sigh as she knew she needed rest.
Angelina left Eunji's room after making sure that she was resting.
When she went out, she was welcomed by an angry J.
"Tell me what exactly happened!" J demanded underneath with angry eyes while grabbing her arm tightly.
Angelina and Eunji made a tacit understanding that if something happened to her and was related to Nathan, J should not know or else he would react just like now.
"For the peace of all, J...Please not now!" She pleaded.
"Most importantly, not here!" She added.
"Fine! I want you to tell me everything!" He demanded as he led her to his room.