It'll Come Naturally

"Mrs. Ke, the reason why I'm still being respectful to you is for the sake of Mr. Ke, not because I'm afraid of you." Annie looked at Sheena straight to the eye. "Our wedding will happen and it won't be cancelled or delayed by anyone or anything. That I'm sure of." "Oh? Really?" Sheena had a wicked grin plastered all over her face. "But what if there isn't a bride, hmm?" "W-What are you saying?" Annie felt cold all of a sudden.

"Do you think that there would still be a wedding if there is no bride?" Sheena resembled a witch in Annie's eyes. Nevertheless, Annie was thankful that the children were still out of this.

"I just want to remind you that we have thousands, no, millions of ways to stop the wedding." Annie's head snapped to see who had said that and she saw Hannah who had been standing just a few meters behind her, observing her the whole time. Hannah guessed that Annie might be from a well-off family as she had this elegant aura surrounding her. Hannah began to sweat. 'What if she's really the daughter of the CEO of the C Financial Group?"

Annie remained calm and poised as she stated, "Mind you that this is a society governed by law." 'Aah... I felt like I shouldn't have done this...' Annie scolded herself, 'What if they try to kidnap me?'

"But, we'd like you to remember an old saying." Eugenia wore a smile of mockery. "Money makes the mare go."

"Are you not allowing me to leave?" Annie asked, desperately hoping that they'd let her go. 'I shouldn't have come here alone. If I were in trouble, would Rain rescue me?'

"We never said any of the sort," Hannah said as she played with her diamond ring, amused by Annie's reactions. "You're overreacting."

"Then I'd take my leave then." Annie quickly took her purse and stood up from her spot.

Sheena flashed Annie a crooked smile, "I hope to see you again. You may now leave." Annie found it odd that Sheena was practically not preventing her from leaving. It made Annie uneasy.

Annie then walked her way to the door and opened it. Though, before she stepped out, she turned her head slightly and said, "I don't think we should ever see each other again. We're not family, after all."

Annie then left the restaurant and ran her way to her car. She found her own body trembling in fear. 'This is bad. They must be plotting something. But what are they going to do?'

She then saw a black car moving directly towards her at an erratic speed. She was in stunned shock and unable to move at all. 'Oh my God! I can't make it! I'm going to die!'

She felt a strong force push her to the ground and then the sound of two cars that crashed reverberated against her ears. She found herself, still alive, on the concrete road, still in once piece. Though, the same couldn't be said for her car.

She sat up and saw her car smashed and scattered into pieces. She couldn't believe what her own eyes were seeing. If she hadn't been pushed away, she would have been killed along with her car.

She couldn't breathe. Cold sweat ran down her body at the thought of how close she managed to escape the hands of death.

'They... They tried to... make it look like an accident...' Annie thought to herself, her body visibly trembling with fear. The Ke family weren't afraid of the laws at all as they hired someone to dirty his hands for them.

"Mrs. Xia," a male voice called out to her. Annie turned her head to the voice, "Are you alright? Shall I send you to a hospital?" She then saw a man in a black suit and shades approaching her. She was still stricken in fear and couldn't move. But, she managed to move her lips and ask the male a question, "W-Were you the one that saved me?" Annie's voice was trembling and so did her body. She still couldn't believe she had such a close encounter with death. No one could recover that easily.

"Yes. Mr. Xia has hired me to protect you,"

the man responded, though lowered his head in shame. "Though, I am terribly sorry that I had to push you so rashly. I apologize for any injury you may have gotten from your fall." "N-No, I'm alright. I would prefer to have an injury rather than die in a staged accident. Thank you very much." Annie bowed her head in gratitude. She couldn't help but feel lucky.

"No problem. Can you stand, Mrs. Xia?" The man then offered his hand to help Annie up her feet.

Only then did Annie remember that she had a body. She felt immense pain, specifically in her arms.

"Mrs. Xia, are you alright? Are you hurt?" the bodyguard asked worriedly. As a bodyguard, he felt ashamed of himself as the person he was supposed to protect had gotten hurt. But, he knew that, if he hadn't done that rash action to push Annie, she would have been blasted to pieces like the car in front of them.

"I think they are just scratches. Don't worry. I'll apply some medicine when I return home." Annie then looked at the bodyguard. "Since when did you start protecting me? I had no idea someone was even watching me..."

"I have been protecting you for more than a week now, Mrs. Xia," the body guard answered. He offered his hand to Annie. "Let me help you stand. Mr. Xia will be here soon." Annie then took the bodyguard's hand and was pulled back up to her feet. "How does he know I'm here?"

"I sent Mr. Xia the address the moment you stepped in," the bodyguard answered.

"You've been doing that for more than a week?" Annie was surprised. 'If it was for more than a week already then... this means that Rain must've known that I've met with Eugenia...' Annie began to ponder. 'Why didn't he ask me about it?'

Arriving at the scene was none other than a traffic officer. He began to page the other officers. "There's been a severe car accident at the downtown area. No passerby was killed during the crash."

He then saw Annie and her bodyguard and approached them.

"Good day, ma'am. We're glad you're safe. We'll just conduct a small investigation as to who owns the car that caused the incident." He then walked up to the black vehicle and looked at the driver's seat. With one glance he knew that it would be difficult to identify whoever had done this as his body and face were mangled and crushed beyond recognition.000