Chapter 10 Chapter 10
At that moment he turned his eyes toward Kai, his fists slowly tightening under the table.
“Why?” he thought to himself bitterly.
“Why did I even bring him?”
He started blaming himself. If he had known… if he had just trusted his own instinct, he wouldn’t have allowed Kai to come in the first place.
Kai had begged him. Promised he just wanted to ask questions. Maybe thank her. learn from her experience. Never not once did Kai say he was going to attack Megan with his words like this.
Oliver couldn’t even look Kai in the eye anymore.
At that moment, Megan didn’t say a single word again. Not one.
She simply turned around with the same calm, unshaken look on her face and began walking toward the exit. Her steps were slow, steady, full of dignity. She didn’t look back. She didn’t need to.
Her silence was louder than any shout.
And Oliver he couldn’t stand there anymore, the weight on his chest pushed him forward.
“Lady Megan, please!” he called out, quickly getting up from his seat and rushing after her.
He followed her like a man who had just lost something valuable, his voice low and desperate.
“I’m very, very sorry,” he said from behind, trying to catch up. “Please forgive me. I never knew Kai would talk to you like this.”
However Megan didn’t stop walking, but she listened.
Oliver kept speaking, his tone filled with regret.
“I thought… I honestly thought he just wanted to ask you some things. Maybe learn something from your experience. I thought he respected what you did.”
He shook his head as he walked slightly behind her, lowering his voice more.
“I never knew this was his plan from the beginning. Never. And I’m… I’m very, very sorry.”
But still, Megan kept on walking. Her steps didn’t slow. She didn’t look back. She didn’t even blink in Oliver’s direction.
She just wanted to leave that place. To clear her head. The entire day had been too much already from the moment she stepped out of prison, to the disaster at the Bushman’s mansion, and now this... this insult in the name of a dinner.
She had no energy left to argue, no time to waste on explanations. She just wanted to breathe.
But behind both of them, walked Kai still moving like he was a king. His chin was slightly raised, his face expressionless, but there was a quiet smirk on his lips. Proud. Arrogant. Unbothered.
His hands were in his pockets, and he walked as if nothing had gone wrong as if Megan should be the one feeling embarrassed, not him.
His cockiness didn’t go unnoticed.
At that moment, some of the bystanders the wealthy guests seated around the restaurant began to take notice. They paused their meals. Forks stopped mid-air. Glasses were placed gently back on tables.
They couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
Oliver the legendary businessman, one of the most powerful investors in the city was begging a woman?
He wasn’t yelling. He wasn’t acting superior. No. He was walking behind her like a man who knew he had wronged her. A man trying to fix something he couldn’t afford to lose.
It was hard for the bystanders to understand.
“Who is she?” one whispered.
“Wait… is that really Mr.Oliver? Apologizing like that?” another asked in disbelief.
Their eyes then shifted to Kai, still walking proudly a few steps behind, like he had done nothing wrong. Some of them recognized him instantly.
“Isn’t that Dr.Kai?” one man whispered to his wife. “That renowned home doctor… the one with all those government contracts?”
“Yeah,” she nodded slowly. “He’s very popular. But what’s going on? Who’s the lady?”
Still, none of them could even give an answer about the identity of Megan. The stares, the whispers, the curiosity, it was everywhere, but not a single person knew who she truly was.
They were just shocked, frozen by the strange sight in front of them Oliver apologizing like a guilty man, and Kai, the ever-proud, untouchable doctor, trailing behind them with a smug look like he still controlled the scene.
Everyone had questions, but no one had answers.
Then, just as Megan was about to take another step toward the exit, the atmosphere changed completely.
A loud gasp came from one corner of the restaurant, followed by the heavy thud of someone collapsing to the ground.
“Somebody help!” a man’s voice cried out.
All heads turned immediately.
A heavily pregnant woman had just collapsed to the floor. Someone dropped to his knees beside her, panic written all over his face as he shouted her name.
Her eyes were closed. Her body was limp. Her breathing was shallow if there was any breath at all.
Gasps filled the air. Dishes were left untouched. Waiters rushed from behind the bar. The smooth, luxury atmosphere of the restaurant turned into sudden chaos.