OVERSEAS MIRACLES

Chapter 35

The Manager's Secret

Hearing this certain familiar voice made her forgot about the pain on her hand. Curiously, she raised her head to confirm if it is the right person in her mind. But then, her eyes narrowed slightly at person in front of her.

"Uh… uhm, excuse me. I don't want to sound rude but do I know you by chance?" she asked confusingly as she tilted her head to her shoulder. 'He really looks familiar… Wait a minute don't tell me he's…' With that realization, she blurted out his name

"YA- YA- YASHIRO-SAN?" her eyes widened in recognition.

"Eh… haha, hello, Kyoko-chan. I didn't expect to see you here in New York." The cheeky manager laughed lightly while scratching his head.

"Yashiro-san! Are you for real? Where are your glasses? And what are you doing here? I didn't expect to see you here but wait… How about Ren? Is he hmmpff-" she was immediately silenced by covering her mouth with his hands as he dragged her to a spot where there were only a few people is passing by.

"Calm down, Kyoko-chan. I know that it is kind of surprising for you to find me here but I guess I have to explain everything to you for you to understand why I'm here. I guess you can be trusted with my secret." He whispered carefully to her.

"Eh? A secret?" she asked softly. This made her more dazed at their current situation.

"Yes. But before that, is your hand okay? I really did step hard on it, didn't I? How about we have it checked. There's a small clinic upstairs." He suggested as he held her wrist to examine it.

"No! I'm really fine. See?" She twisted her wrist in front of him, showing that nothing is wrong.

"Is that so? Are you sure?" He inquired suspiciously.

"I promise it doesn't hurt anymore. I swear!" she raised her palms hastily.

Yashiro sighed at her protest. "Okay, if you say so. Well then, let's go somewhere more private. I have a couple of hours to discuss something with you."

A few minutes later, Kyoko found herself inside a much cooler office. She could tell that someone has a very high position works here. Then that strikes her. Why are they inside an office? She studied how the furniture blended harmoniously with the wall paper. After that, her eyes landed on a large working table and found a large silver name plate carved with the name: Yukihito Yashiro – CEO

"Uhm, Yashiro-san. Correct me if I am wrong, is this your office? I mean, you're working here?" She can't find the appropriate question she should say. It's just seeing that name on the shiny mahogany table is something she is not expecting. She shifted her gaze to the man who brought her in this room. There he stood with his almighty expensive grey suit and shoes, his hair combed backwards. One could get the impression that he is a highly respectable elite individual.

"Yes, Kyoko-chan. What you see here is the truth. I believe you happen to know Yashiro Ryotaro." He said.

"Yashiro Ryotaro… You mean one of Japan's multi-billionaires who owns a lot of five star hotels all over the world?!" she exclaimed then she immediately studied his face. As what she can recall one time in the television, the said billionaire has the same resemblance of Yukihito Yashiro now that he is not wearing his eyeglasses.

"Waaah! You are his son! Oh my god! What should I do? I'm facing one of the richest men in Japan. This means he seems to belong equally like the royal families! Waah! And why is this lowly girl in front of him!" she panicked with her thoughts as she paced back and forth in the office. Yashiro on the other hand, sweat dropped at her old behavior.

"Calm down, Kyoko-chan. You don't have to react that way." He held her shoulders.

"Yashiro-sama!"

'Yashiro-sama?' he got surprised at her sudden change of his name.

"Please forgive me for being such a lowly commoner. I should have known better before." As a habit of hers, she is now doing her perfect dogeza.

"Kyoko-chan, don't act that way. I'm still the old Yashiro Yukihito. You know, you're boyfriend's manager." He tried to explain calmly as he led her to seat on the couch.

With the sound of his last sentence, her mind alertly spoke. "If you really are a CEO of this company, why apply as Ren's manager in the first place."

"I'm not even well known in our country. However I guess there are many people know me here compared in Japan."

He had been expecting this question from her. From this point, he expected that he has a long way of explaining everything to her.

On the other hand, a certain guy here is searching for someone.

"Damn, why can't she answer her phone?" France grimaced for the fifth time for trying to reach her. He wanted to take her out to one of his secret favorite spots in New York. Mentally, he had been asking himself of why he has to follow his parents' advice.

'France, here's a tip. One way to make a girl to like you is to take her to one of your favorite hang out spots. Show to her how much this certain place meant to you and so on and so forth….'

That flashback kept on nagging in his mind. It was quite irritating for him but he had been hopeful if this little scheme can work to capture Kyoko's heart.

"Anyway, why do I have to go such effort of catching this woman's attention? There are many fishes in the sea." He tried to convince himself with that thought but his mind ended up thinking that Kyoko is the only one he wanted to catch.

As he walked out of the elevator, he saw his target being dragged by a familiar person. Without having a second thought, he followed the duo until he reached the other wing of the hotel. His eyes widened in horror at the recognition of the man who just took Kyoko.

"Holy cow! This can't be true! That's my sister's man of her dreams! Don't tell me Kyoko is going out with him!" He exclaimed mentally, avoiding the aching pain on his chest. There, he saw the man touching her shoulders before he gestured her to enter a room which he thought that it is an office.

"So, I guess I was right. Yukihito Yashiro. I am going to take her away from you. Watch me." He grinned evilly while his mind is now producing a lot of plans of making Kyoko his.

Back inside the office, Yashiro was pretty sure that he had explained everything to her.

"So, Yashiro-sama."

"Don't use that honorific, Kyoko-chan. Let us maintain our usual ones." He reminded her for the nth time.

"But it's only appropriate to address you that way now that I know you are going to be the leading your company for good." She defended innocently.

"Please, Kyoko-chan?" he pleaded.

"Okay, Yashiro-san. Does Ren knows about this?" she asked.

"I believe the president gave him some details about me. But I still have the need to explain everything to him as promised just like what I told you." He said.

"Well, I suggest that you should hold to that promise of yours or else you'll know what the demon lord will do to you." She said nonchalantly.

"Eeeek!" He knows what she's trying to imply. 'She's right. That demon lord charge of mine…'

JAPAN

"Achoo." Ren sneezed all of a sudden while he was playing with Maria and his pet.

"Ren-sama, give me a number." Maria asked instantly.

"Eh?" He stared confusingly at the little girl who is smoothing the fur of Wolf's stomach.

"Just dictate a number. Then you'll see why." She urged as she held her fist together, waiting for him to respond.

"Uhm, 11 or 25?" He uttered hesitantly.

"Two numbers? It's supposed to be only one. Well, okay. Okay. K!" her voice raised at the identified 11th letter.

" Q…" she continued counting the letters with her fingers until it reached the 25th letter.

"It's letter Y!" she exclaimed.

"K and Y? What do you mean, Maria-chan?" He can't just get what this little girl wants him to know.

"When you sneeze all of a sudden without any reason at all, that would mean that someone is talking about you or someone is cursing you or someone is thinking of you longingly. To know who that person is, you must say a number and see what letter it falls." She answered as a matter of fact.

"So, so have K and Y. Who do you think they are, Tsuruga-san?" she asked curiously.

Still, Ren stared blankly at Maria for a second.

"Waah! Maybe it's Kyoko-nee-sama! She's talking about you! Kyaa… Maybe she's missing you or something or maybe she is saying how much she loves you so dearly." Maria's imagination had reached the other world, thinking how it could be a beautiful happy ending it would be if her most favorite couple get united once again.

"K is for Kyoko, neh?" he mused to himself. The thought of it had caused his ego to inflate. The thought of Kyoko is missing him feels like he is going melt to his knees. But wait… 'Who is Y?'

"Yukihito Yashiro. Who else starts with Y?" He thought deeply.

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