DIRTY LOVE (JADINE COMPLETE STORY)

DIRTY 19

A/N: Reminder. This is the edited story of my previous Korean OTP, so some plot was written based on Korean culture. For example; funeral scene.

THE fragrance of white chrysanthemums filling the air inside the funeral room, and this scent reminded Reid brothers to late Marilyn. It had been about twenty two years since her death, and now they were holding funeral for Johnny. Both of them wore two black stripes armbands, which it indicated that they were family members of the deceased person.

They stood at the side of room and greeted the people who came to pay the last respect for their late father. Beside Yassi, Mrs.Hailey, and few relatives from late Marilyn's side, most of people whom coming were late Johnny's acquaintances and Sky World's workers.

Nadine who was helping Ashley and the others to serve foods, pausing her job for while and looked at James from her place. He looked so calm and totally different from yesterday. The image of him crying out yesterday was too hard to erase from her mind, and she knew that he only pretended to be strong right now. When she was about to continue her job, she saw unexpected four familiar men entered the funeral room. What were they doing here?

"I had told them everything about James," Nadine heard Yassi's voice from behind before looked at her in disbelief. So they had found out James's identity and his reason for leaving Tycoon. Compare to Nadine, James was more surprised to see their presences here.

"You did?" Yassi nodded to confirm it. She didn't want Tycoon's members stayed mad toward James without knowing the true story.

"Guys, lets pay the last respect to James's father," Bret said before all of them bowed in front Johnny's picture. Although they never met him, they still came because of James. They were here for him, and James almost broke into tears when he fell inside their embraces.

"We understand you, Kuya James. No need to say anything else. We completely understand you," Joseph who tried not to crying, finally burst into tears as he could understand his friend's grief.

All of them had been crying for him after discovered about his past from Yassi. James had been living in grief because of the hatred of Johnny toward him. Nadine pressed her chest when she felt sudden tightness there, and she didn't understand why she must felt sympathy toward James.

"They such are loyal friends," Yassi said as she was touched by their strong and sincere friendship. Nadine said nothing and intended to continue her job, but then she accidentally caught a group of people was sneakily looking at her.

They quickly pretended to eat, but one of them continuously looked at her with smirk. Who was that old man to look at her with such kind of gaze? She didn't tear apart their gazes until Ashley suddenly pulled her gently toward one corner.

"Do you know who is he?" Ashley asked almost in whisper. Nadine shook as the answer while sneakily looked at him again.

"He is Mr.Andrew Rusell Cruz, the Vice-President of Sky World. I think he has found out that you are James's wife. Be careful with him because he isn't a good person," Nadine frowned when Ashley seemed warning her. Mr.Andrew? Anyway she had heard those two brothers mentioning that name several times, and they claimed that he had bad intention toward Reid Family.

"He must feel threatened now because James has returned home," Ashley added. Reid brothers had reunited, and they wouldn't let the outsiders to kick them out from their own hotel.

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AFTER three days mourned over the death of Johnny, finally his ash was placed next to his wife's ash in the memorial house. All of them returned to mansion while Mrs.Hailey decided to return to Makati. Nadine asked the maid to prepare foods for James because he had not having proper meal in these three days.