SIX

Zillion pushed Cassie onto the bed and crushed Cassie's slender body with his big muscular body. Under him Cassie was glancing mischievously as she tugged at the collar of Zillion's shirt to bring him closer to her.

"You didn't forget to use a condom, did you?"

Zillion muttered under his breath and crushed Cassie's lips greedily. To be honest he hated using condoms. Why would he keep using a condom if he made love to his own wife. Condoms will only detract from his enjoyment. But if he didn't use it Cassie would definitely go on a rampage.

"I am lazy."

"What? Go! I don't want it if you to don’t use the condom!”

Cassie pushed Zillion's body a little and returned to his bathtrob which had slumped slightly because of Zillion's act. The man moaned under his breath and squeezed his hair in a huff because tonight he failed to get what he want because of a condom. Oh, does he need to hire a bitch to satisfy him?

“Damn! You are my wife, what should I use it for?" Zillion protested irritably. This time, the man stood up with his hands on his hips in front of his wife who was sitting relaxed on the bed.

"I don't want to get pregnant, honey. How many times do I have to tell you huh?" Cassie replied fiercely. The woman tries to ignore Zillion's anger by grabbing her cellphone and starting to chat with her socialite friends.

“I'll be careful. Only ten percent chance of getting pregnant right away, the rest of you will be fine."

“But ten percent is still risky, I don't want to risk, Zillion. Now your choice, use a condom or not." Cassie broke out firmly. Zillion immediately huffed and walked out of his room, slamming the door hard.

"Shit!" Zillion swearing aloud.

Several servants who were passing by on the second floor looked surprised as they stole a glance at Zillion. But Zillion chooses not to care, and prefers to walk into his study. There was no way he would have gotten rid of Cassie. The only thing he could do was distract it by working through his entire company's pile of reports. Moreover, tomorrow he will have an important client from Greece who wants to cooperate with his company. He had to come up with a strategy to retain that particular client, and immediately put all of his annoyance today on Cassie.

-00-

Caroline hastily walked into a fairly well-known pastry shop in the Rogers Park area. The woman in her black suit and seven-inch heels that sounded shrill over the sidewalk, seemed to be in a hurry as she occasionally turned towards her car to code Aleyna to wait a moment.

This morning she woke up late because last night she was too busy gossiping with Karen until twelve in the midnight. Now she must pay the price, because she is almost late to take Aleyna to school, even though the little girl has not had time to eat her breakfast at Karen's house. Several times she cursed herself for causing trouble this morning.

"Two tuna whole wheat sandwiches, please," said Caroline hurriedly to the waitress who greeted her. She then immediately walked to the cashier, stomping her heels impatiently when she had to queue in the third row.

"Caroline?"

Suddenly someone shouted her name and made Caroline have to look back with a lazy face.

"Oh, Rein?"

Caroline was quite surprised to find her ex-husband was in the same place as her. It had been more than four years since she had seen Rein. So far, she only often sees her ex-husband on television because she herself doesn't want to disturb the life of her ex-husband, who has been happily with his new family.

"Long time no see, you alone?" said Rein kindly.

Caroline smiled slightly in response to Rein's question while pointing at her car which was parked in front of the bakery.

"I'm with Aleyna, my daughter."

"Are you married again? When? Why didn't you invite me?"

Caroline snorted silently as she cursed at her ex-husband who was looking even more annoying. In fact, she was not invited before when the man held a wedding with his new wife. It wouldn't be wrong if she didn't invite him when she married Aaron either.

"Sorry, I forgot to tell you because the marriage was out of the blue," replied Caroline reasoned. She then shifted her gaze towards the queue which had shrunk. There was only one customer left before she could take her bread home and get as far away from Rein.

"How old is your daughter now?"

"Four years," replied Caroline shortly. She began to show laziness in front of Rein so that the man would stop prying on her family life. But it seems that the man is not sensitive to her gesture because he is increasingly inundating her with various unimportant questions about her personal life.

"Wow, your daughter and my son are the same age. My son is four years. Then what about your husband? What is his name?"

“Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Aleyna has been late. See you later."

Caroline hurriedly paid for the bread with the exact change and immediately walked out of the bakery which felt quite suffocating because of Rein's appearance. The man shouldn't have to stick out his nose again because she didn't want to see him.

There was a little wound that still hurt every time she saw the man's face. The feeling of betrayal that the man had engraved in her heart she couldn't just get rid of, for some reason. Even though she had suggested herself if she was okay with all of that. But still she couldn't forget it. Especially seeing Rein having a happy life with his perfect little family, made her jealous. If he hadn't betrayed her in the past, maybe she would have had a perfect happy little family.

“Mommy, why are you taking so long? Aleyna have been late." The little girl protested with a huffed face. Caroline immediately closed her car door in a hurry and apologized to her little girl for getting a little annoyed at the bakery.

"Sorry, now eat your bread. Mommy will try to hurry so that you don't get scolded by your teacher," said Caroline as she pressed hard on the gas pedal.

-00-

“What a waste! What have you been doing all this time huh?" Zillion angry at the marketing staff who today made a fatal mistake and nearly cost the company a loss. Everyone in the room seemed to be holding their breath in fear when their famous perfectionist boss caught them making an utterly fatal mistake. If Zillion wasn't quick to catch on when he saw the awkwardness of the billboard on Chicago's main street, then maybe his company might actually be taking a big hit.

How could they not check the ad content they put up on the main street of Chicago once more before released it. In the ad they write down the cost of flights until next month they get a hundred percent discount. Whereas it should only be ten percent. Within a minute, their customer service staff got busy as they were flooded with calls from various customers who wanted to take free flights. Then five minutes later they were again inundated with angry calls from customers because they felt cheated.

"Forgive us sir, we are too hurry to release the billboard ad without checking it first."

"Right! All of you are reckless. Now the company must be willing to bear the losses until next month. For that matter, what are you going to do? What solutions will you provide so that my company does not suffer further losses?"

He hopes his employees don't offer to reduce their share of salaries because that will not be enough to compensate for the forty percent loss incurred by his company.

"We— will soon find a solution sir, please give us a chance."

Zillion pounded on the table in front of him, ruffling his hair in a huff as the answer got farther from what he expected. Should he wait? Seriously!

"You told me to wait while the losses you did keep going every second? I don't want to know, in less than twenty-four hours you have to find a solution, or you won't get your salary for the next three months."

Zillion huffed out of the meeting room on the tenth floor, loosening the tie that felt like it was almost choking him. Since yesterday he had been so flooded with problems that it made his head feel like he was going to burst. Whether it's a company issue or a household problem, everything feels crammed into his tiny head. He was eager to throw all these problems somewhere and just live with a peaceful sense of calm. It seemed like he hadn't felt that for a long time. Since his household relationship has turned complicated, he feels that all aspects of his life have also turned complicated.

"Relax man, take a breath and drink this."

Spencer suddenly appeared beside him handing him a cup of coffee that the man somehow got.

"Damn! They are all really incompetent at work." Zillion swearing aloud.

Spencer tried to assuage his best friend's anger by tapping Zillion on the shoulder lightly a few times and telling Zillion to take a deep breath.

"Do you think I'm a pregnant woman about to give birth? I don't need to do stupid breathing exercises like that."

"Calm down, we think of a way out together. If you want to pay back some company funds, you have to win the airline service tender for next month's government work visit program. I think by winning the tender, your company will not suffer significant losses."

But Zillion still shows his dark face after he gets a solution to his problem. Because it's actually not just a company problem that crammed his head. There was another problem that took part and clouded her mind!

“That's a good idea, but I still have to move to get to it. I had to lobby the parties involved in the project and make a few tantalizing promises that they would be interested in using my flight services. Then if all the things I do, why would I hire them for such a fantastic salary? Those stupid staff will dance to the fun if I do everything. Think of another solution if it doesn't have to bother me."

Spencer sighed softly and tried to be a little patient with the emotional changes that were happening to his friend. Sometimes it's nice to have a CEO's best friend like Zillion, but sometimes it's also a pain.

"I'll think about it later. Anyway, Alice continued to feel guilty about yesterday's incident. Did you fix the mess Mark was doing? As a father, I apologize profusely for Mark's behavior that made Cassie angry like yesterday."

Suddenly Zillion burst out laughing next to Spencer and made several of the employees passing around them stare weird at them. Just now the big boss of the airline owner had gone mad, and now he looks even more terrifying with his unnaturally loud laugh.

"Since when did you feel guilty like that? Just relax, it's no big deal. Cassie who went too far in brushing Mark's attitude yesterday."

"Zi? You don't have a personality disorder right? From day to day your emotions are getting out of control. You should have followed my advice in coming to the psychologist's office."

Instantly Zillion thought of the psychologist who taught him to be romantic with Cassie. But so far this suggestion has not worked. He has to see the psychologist to demand responsibility.

"You still insist on telling me to come to the psychologist. But thanks, now I have an idea. "

"Idea? What ideas do you mean? "

"You don't need to know. Now get back to your room, get back to work. I have important business to do."

-00-

Caroline smiled sweetly at her client while handing her a tissue to wipe away the remaining tears that were still creeping down the client's cheek. This afternoon she found a client of a sexual harassment victim who had just been sexually harassed by her uncle. Since noon, this woman came to her and told her all the problems she was keeping because she could not hide them alone. The very evil uncle threatened to kill her if she complained about his lecherous behavior to her parents or even to the cops.

"Calm down, you don't need to be afraid. We will provide legal protection facilities for your problem. Now you can go home in peace, tomorrow your uncle will soon be punished accordingly for his actions,” said Caroline softly.

The twenty-two year old woman nodded slowly and wiped her tears once more before she finally got up and reached out to shake hands.

“Thank you very much, Miss Chauffer, now I feel relieved after telling you everything. May you always be given happiness by God."

“You're welcome, it's my duty. May God also give you happiness."

Caroline led the client out of the room and waved her hand slowly before she disappeared behind the clear door that separated her room from the exit. After that she went back into her room to clean up the tools she had used this afternoon to calculate the anxiety score experienced by her client.

Then she took her white cellphone that was lying on the table and checked the incoming messages from Jihoo, who she had assigned this afternoon to pick up Aleyna, as well as deliver the results of a personal test belonging to a prospective employee in a special field of government.

Today she is so busy that she can't pick up Aleyna at school. Five clients have been waiting for her since morning. At this point she had just finished and it looked like she was going home. Even though she still had one hour left before four o'clock, it seemed fine if she left early. After all, she is also unlikely to have an hour-long counseling session, except for the one she had with a strange man a few days ago.

“Miss Chauffer, good evening. Want to pick up Aleyna?"

“No, look like I'm going home now. Today I have handled enough clients, I want to rest at home. My head is already dizzy listening to the various kinds of problems that vary widely today. If someone is looking for me later, tell me to come back tomorrow."

Mary nodded in understanding and waved softly at Caroline who was walking casually toward the exit. But a second later the woman came back hastily, hiding behind Mary's reception desk.

"What's wrong, Miss Chauffer?"

“That crazy man, here he comes! Hurry up and get rid of him and don't tell him I'm here," begged Caroline pitifully as she lowered her head deeper under the table.

From where she was standing Mary could see the strange man Caroline was referring to was walking in a smug fashion while removing the sunglasses that framed her eyes snugly. Instantly Mary swallowed nervously as she prepared a series of lines of lies to drive the man away from the psychologist's office where she worked.

-00-

Zillion parked his car, then glanced at his watch, which still showed four in the evening. Today he deliberately came early so that he wouldn't have to get rejected like before. It feels lazy to have to argue at length with the fierce receptionist. Fortunately, at that time he met a psychologist who was quite kind, though also fierce, who was willing to listen to his problems.

"Good evening."

Zillion rolled his eyes arrogantly when the receptionist he met a few days ago was smiling kindly at him. That woman really looked shameless to him, after yesterday scolding him, and almost throwing him out dishonorably, now that woman looks gentle in front of him

"I want to meet Miss Chauffer."

"Sorry, Miss Chauffer is unavailable now. Miss Chauffer is out of town on work."

"When will she come back?" snorted Zillion annoyed. He really didn't like having to wait like this. His business was urgent, and he wanted to solve all his problems immediately.

Sorry, I don't know either. I recommend you to conduct counseling sessions with other psychologists. I can make you a schedule if you are willing to change psychologists."

"I can’t! I just wanted Miss Chauffer to take care of my problem because if I changed psychologists I'd have to start all over again. I don't want to waste my precious time doing pointless things like that. Just tell me when Miss Chauffer comes back, I'll come back when she comes back," said Zillion irritatedly as he put his hands on his hips in front of the reception desk.

Meanwhile, Caroline was sneaking out of the reception desk towards the back door that the janitor happened to be opening. With as slow steps as possible, she tried not to make a sound so that Zillion wouldn't see her as he crept toward the back door. When she got outside, Caroline immediately breathed a sigh of relief as she hurried toward her car, which was parked not far from where she stood. She must quickly leave there before Zillion sees her and all his plans go awry.

Caroline inserted her car keys quickly and immediately opened the car door in a hurry. She was just about to step into her car, but something stopped her and froze in place.

"Miss Chauffer, I know you're still here."

Instantly Caroline's knees relaxed and she was forced to turn her body backwards to meet the annoying man, Zillion Malloy.

“I know your car is still neatly parked here. So you're trying to run away from me?” Zillion asked dryly as he folded his arms across his chest arrogantly. Caroline tried to neutralize her nervousness by smiling awkwardly in front of Zillion.

"Sorry, are you looking for me?" asked Caroline pretending not to know. To be honest, she knew very well that the man was looking for her and a few minutes ago the man also had an argument with Mary trying to lie to save her.

"Are you testing my patience? Obviously I've been looking for you a long time ago, and you're actually trying to escape by getting the receptionist to make up a stupid story about your going out of town. Do you think I'm a stupid man who you can easily trick?" Zillion's fiery temper.

Caroline, who realizes that her lie has been exposed, tries to find an excuse so that Zillion doesn't get angry with her. Besides that she can also endanger her career. If Zillion is to report her actions today to the head of the association, her career as a psychologist will be completely over because she deliberately plans to refuse to provide services to a client who is in need of her help.

"Sorry, this must be just a misunderstanding."

Zillion glared at Caroline as he squinted his eyes in annoyance. “What kind of misunderstanding do you mean? From now on you have to be my psychologist because you haven't come up with the right solution to my problem. Now come with me!"

Caroline widened her eyes in surprise when Zillion suddenly grabbed her hand roughly and dragged her towards her car. The woman desperately tries to get rid of Zillion's grip while shuffling behind Zillion.

"Let me go! Where are you taking me, Mr. Malloy? I can report you for your disrespectful deed, Mr. Malloy."

“Huh, then I'll also report you for the lie you just did. I will tell everyone that the Pride Chicago Psychologist has just planned a conspiracy to turn down a client who is in need of her help."

Caroline nervously swallowed her saliva as she stared at Zillion's sturdy back who was still faithfully pulling his hand away. If she didn't obey that man's wishes, her career would really be over after this because Zillion was not just anyone. The man had the power that would drag her into danger if she dared go against her wishes. Maybe now she really should follow this crazy guy in front of him.

"Wait, we will discuss this matter carefully," said Caroline quickly before the man dragged her further into his car.

"We are going to discuss this matter very carefully, Miss Chauffer. But as a guarantee you have to come with me. I will determine the place where we discuss this matter.”

"Can't we discuss our problems here in my office?" begged Caroline with a pitiful face. She has never gone this far with a client. She always does all activities related to counseling sessions in the building where she works to avoid unwanted things. Because sometimes some big problems arise because of something small.

“Didn't you just lie with that receptionist to kick me out? You want to embarrass yourself by coming back in with me?”

Caroline was biting her lip in confusion at the question Zillion was asking. The man was right, he would be very embarrassed because he had been acting stupid to avoid him. And now she's back inside with the man she was avoiding. This is really a difficult choice. She really hates her current position!

"Okay, let's go where you want. But let go of my hand and let me walk by myself."

Zillion released his grip from Caroline's palm and chose to immediately get into his car without bothering to wait for Caroline, who still looked reluctant to get into his car.

“Hurry up! You're wasting my precious time even more," shouted Zillion loudly.

Caroline immediately yanked the sports car door in front of her hard and landed roughly next to Zillion. Truly this is her first experience of getting a very annoying client, as well as her first experience of conducting counseling sessions outside of her working hours. But she hoped all this would be all right. The sooner she finishes her affairs with the mentally ill man next to her, the sooner she will be free from this bad luck.