Kidnapped by a Dragon Billionaire - Chapter 72

The handsome CEO Thorin Loong had appeared in front of Zi Mei’s house, yet again. She asked him why is he there again, the second time in two days, when they had only met for the first time yesterday.

He merely told her that he was checking on her and that he had brought a bodyguard to make sure that she is safe. A tall, thin man came out of Thorin Loong’s car and introduced himself as Lim, who will be her bodyguard.

“What? Bodyguard for me? This is insane, why are you doing this?” she asked. This is so over the top, she didn’t even know what to make of it. It was one thing that he came over to ‘check on her’ but quite another to station one of his own bodyguards with her to ‘keep her safe’. They are practically strangers.

“Lim is here to make sure those gangsters don’t come back to threaten you,” Thorin Loong replied.

To have his bodyguard watching her every move is creepy as fuck, Zi Mei thought. It is like stalking except that he delegated the stalking by paying someone to stalk her. She shuddered. Maybe the handsome CEO Thorin Loong is a creepy stalker.

She took a few steps away from him and the bodyguard named Lim.

“Thanks but no thanks,” she said warily.

“Don’t worry about it, you don’t have to pay for Lim’s services, he works for me and he will willingly take care of you,” Thorin Loong said.

OMG. That sounded more ominous. Zi Mei is now even more scared. It was one thing to have five gangsters openly banging on her door but quite another to have this seemingly innocuous handsome CEO stalking her through his bodyguard.

“I am not letting some strange man into my house, I am not dumb,” she said. She backed a few more steps to be nearer to her front door.

“Look, your…errr…concern is ah…highly appreciated but I think it is best you and your bodyguard leave me alone and please, don’t come here again,” she said. Then she turned around, unlocked her door and went in, slamming it shut and bolting it immediately. Thankfully they did not try to push in with her when she was unlocking it.

She looked out at them through the louvre of her door. Thorin Loong and his bodyguard Lim were staring at her, their expressions were puzzled and not annoyance or anger.

Then the handsome CEO smiled at her. A charming captivating grin.

“Don’t worry, Lim won’t be inside your house, he will keep watch outside,” he told her. As if it was not at all strange for him to bring his bodyguard and leave him to guard her, a total stranger, a college student he just met yesterday.

He gave her a slight nod before entering his waiting car. His car drove off immediately while Lim, the bodyguard, continue to stand there, looking at her.

Should she call the police again, she wondered. But Thorin Loong’s bodyguard isn’t doing anything. He’s just standing there. He walked near to her front door, turned around and leaned against a pillar, facing the street, looking very much like he is guarding her house.

She suppose she will ignore him and he will leave soon enough. No one could stand outside for hours in this tropical heat, she thought. She went inside to her living room and sat down. She texted Jazzmine again.

“Hey, Jazzy, u free 2 talk?”

This time her friend replied.

“Hey, Mei, sorry, was rushing to class this morning and phone was on silent. Wassup?”

She immediately called Jazzmine. Her friend picked up on the second ring. She told her what had transpired this morning. From the gangsters showing up to the police and then handsome CEO Thorin Loong and his bodyguard.

“Did you say Thorin Loong? As in THE Thorin Loong? The billionaire that looked like a model and so gorgeous, you can swoon right into his arms?” Jazzmine asked excitedly.

“Yes, the one and the same but it is creepy as fuck…he dropped a bodyguard here and the bodyguard is standing outside my house right now, guarding my house,” Zi Mei said.

“Wait. How did you even meet him and why would he do that?” Jazzmine was confused.

Zi Mei told her about her chance encounter with the handsome CEO at college yesterday and how she had compulsively hugged him. She also told Jazzmine about what she thought she saw Darren did and then coming home to find Thorin Loong at her house again.

“Wow. That sounded like some TV drama show right there, like he is the male lead coming in to sweep you off your feet and make you fall in love with him,” Jazzmine said.

It would seem Jazzmine totally missed the part about Darren and his weird elastic finger because she was so transfixed on Thorin Loong. Zi Mei wondered if she should tell her friend about kissing the handsome CEO. Jazzmine would probably swoon right then and there at the thought.

“He is married, Jazzy,” Zi Mei said instead. She couldn’t bring herself to say that she had kissed a married man. No matter how gorgeous he is, there was no excuse to kiss a married man.

“Ooooo…now I get it! Maybe he and his wife are divorcing and he fell in love with you at first sight!” Jazzmine guessed.

Zi Mei rolled her eyes. Great. Having this conversation with a K-drama fan like Jazzmine is going to be exhausting because Jazzmine will think this is some great big romantic story. She is not just a female lead in some K-drama who is ready to swoon and giggle and fall in love the moment the handsome male lead pay her some attention. This is real life. Real life doesn’t work this way.

“But don’t you think it is creepy? I mean he sent his man to stand outside my house to watch over me…if that is not stalking I don’t know what is!” Zi Mei insisted.

“No, I think it’s so romantic that he cared enough to send a bodyguard to make sure you are safe from those gangsters,” Jazzmine said.

Zi Mei, ever the practical person that she is, rolled her eyes.

“It is not romantic when, number one, I am not his girlfriend, number two, we just literally met yesterday! Number three, he is married to a gorgeous woman, number four, I did not ask for this and finally, number five, I feel uncomfortable having a strange man right outside my front door!” she told Jazzmine.

“By the way, is he good looking? The bodyguard , I mean. We all know THE Thorin Loong is swoon-worthy and handsome. If the bodyguard is handsome, I will come right over,” Jazzmine asked, ignoring what Zi Mei just told her. Zi Mei wanted to reach through the phone and strangle her clueless romantic of a friend. Why does she need to look at all things with a romantic tint?

“No he isn’t. He is tall and thin with unremarkable features,” she replied.

“Haiya…and I got all excited thinking at least I get to ogle at a handsome guy outside your house if I come over,” Jazzmine replied.

“Wait, are you free now? Don’t you have classes? Do you want to come over for real? I am rather shaken from the things that happened this morning,” Zi Mei said. She would prefer some company at this moment.

It is already near noon. Almost lunch time. Maybe they can get Sheena to come too, order delivery and have a fun meet-up at her house.. Jazzmine agreed to come over immediately while Zi Mei tried to call Sheena.