Is it him

Christian hurried to his room, as soon as he pushed the door open. He came to a halt upon seeing the person standing by his bed. Exactly where his private phone was.

“What are you doing here?” He asked to regain his wits and Shania, who seemed to be lost in thoughts, turned around.

“Well, I came to see you,” she said hesitantly. Christian was a little bothered and scared as he walked to the bed. The entire time, his eyes were on the phone.

“You should have called me…is everything okay?” He asked awkwardly, he didn't know what to do. But he couldn't afford to get found out about Shania.

“I should be asking you…why are you sweating?” Shania asked with narrowed eyes and walked up to him. Immediately, Christian felt his neck and chuckled nervously.

“It's nothing…actually… I forgot some files,” he said, averting his eyes from Shania and quickly started looking around for his files

'Damn it, why was he acting all goofy? Shania wasn't angry, which meant she wasn't suspicious of his other phone'

"'I was thinking…since it's business related…how about I come with you,” Shania suggested making Christian stop what he was doing. He glanced over his shoulders and found her smiling. She seemed to be in a good mood.

“Umm… I thought you wanted to relax,” he muttered questionably, it was best she didn't go with him. Who knew what sort of trick Frida would pull up if she saw Shania again?

“The company Chris… I'm coming too…let me change quickly," she said with a smile, kissed him on the cheek and rushed out of the room. Christian remained rooted in place.without knowing his heart was thumping loudly.

“Gotta hide this,” he said, grabbing the phone, before that, he decided to see if any woman called. To his relief, there was no missed call or messages.

“Damn this,” he muttered, knowing full well, things were slowly getting complicated. He needed to stay clear or tell Shania about his other identity.

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“Haha, I didn't know that… I'm sure that George is happy…tell me something, young lady…do you like this place,” Mr. Hector said while gesturing around? Shania smiled helplessly and took her time scanning her surroundings. It was indeed exceptional. It was a bar and a restaurant. The fancy kind. It turned out Christian was meeting one of the greatest businessmen. Hector, Nikolai, was a shrewd man and his way of handling things.

“Mr. Nikolai, it's splendid…the fact that it's newly opened… I love it,” Shania said more politely, and the man flashed her a charming smile. The entire time, she noticed how restless Christian was. He kept on glancing at his wristwatch and scrolling through his phone.

“Christian, I'm sure your father told you about me…how I treasure loyalty,” the man said, shifting his gaze. Shania took a sip of the wine she was offered and waited for Christian to answer. Mr. Nikolai was an old man with silver hair. Despite the few wrinkles on his face and nearly bald head. He was quite good-looking. Calm and had a predatory approach.

“Ha, yes, yes…you don't have to worry…my team and I are fully ready to partner with you,” Christian said, raising a toast. Mr. Hector nodded as if in amusement and clicked glasses with him.

“I invited you here because…tonight I'm opening my beer, one of the best in the city…very soon we'll have some entertainment," Mr. Hector said, showing Christian and Shania the little stage setup. Shania was amused, especially because the setup reminded her of her time at Danny's club. To know it had been a while since she did her butterfly roll.

“Umm, Mr. Nikolai don't mind me asking…but do you perhaps" “Ha! I was hoping you would ask Ms Palmer…you see I'm a man who loves nice things…pretty women I presume” the man said slyly, making Shania lower her gaze shyly. Christian didn't like how the old man was paying more attention to Shania.

“Do you happen to know…” Shania started, but stopped when she realized something

“I'm a huge fan of her…such a beautiful woman she is…my wife hates her because…at some point I wanted to marry her,” the man said, lowering his gaze. Christian was a little much. He didn't understand what was happening. But seeing how interested Shania was, he was curious.

“But…”

“I know I was being shameless…but what can I do when she doesn't stop talking about that despicable sex man!” Mr. Hector lashed out and slammed his hand on the table. Shania was utterly stunned by his outburst, and so was Christian.

“Butterfly queen is a beautiful woman… I never got a chance to talk to her, but I watched her perform…” he continued. This time, Shania saw a smile tugging at the corners of his lips. On the other hand, Christian was alerted.

“I heard she's beautiful, women hate her,” Shania said while throwing Christian a side glance.

“But not as much as I hate that sex man. He deceives women, and they are naive to follow him,” he remarked disdainfully, this time Christian was sweating from fear. Why on earth did Shania bring up such a thing?

“Ha, Mr. Nikolai… I heard he only renders sexual services to women…who well…can't,” Shania said but hesitated to finish her sentence.

“He's a good-for-nothing man…why does he know… I tell you, no woman will ever eat a man like him…he's filthy,” The man went on and said all the bad things about sex master, the entire time Shania kept nodding and contributing while they drank liquor.

“He's not such a good man…he's a jerk… I'm sure your wife realized that…such a beautiful woman going to such a despicable man,” Shania said while drinking her champagne suddenly.

“That's enough,” Christian lashed out, getting Hector and Shania's attention, they both looked at him in awe.

“Is everything okay,” Hector asked while Shania narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

“Can I talk to you…in private,” Christian said, shifting his gaze to Shani? He seemed angry, but Shania didn't bother.

“Well, Mr. Nikolai and me…”

“It's urgent,” Christian cut her off and grabbed her hand. He didn't waste time but dragged her away from there to somewhere private.

“Let go, what's with you!” She managed to get out of his hold once they got to an isolated place.

“I should be asking you, what's with you…since when did you start bad-mouthing him,” Chris asked with a frown, he was agitated and angry. Shania stared at him for a while and massaged her wrist.

“Why are you angry huh…since when did you get so emotional about your master…” she asked questionably, Christian was hesitant, but he didn't show it.

“I'm not defending…”

“Then why are you acting as if you are him,” Shania asked, cutting him off, Christian was speechless. Especially with the way she was looking at him. For the first time, he was helpless.