Money Loving CEO’s Detective Lover - Chapter 421

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*One Month Later*

Mina had just finished her shift and changed into casual clothes. Instead of going back home, she headed straight for Kanji’s ward for the night. For the past few weeks, she rarely went back home other than to grab some essentials for her stay at the hospital. When she was not on duty she stayed with Kanji, looking after him. Sometimes her uncle Jason would come over while Minho also stopped by everyday to check on him.

But he was still in a coma, unaware of their anxiousness. Physically he was fine but for some reason, his mind was still not awake. Mina had asked Junho about whether there was a disconnect between his body and his soul but even he was not fully sure about what was going on.

“We can only pray for him to wake up,” Junho sighed.

Does he even want to wake up? Mina wondered as she made her way towards the ward. Upon entering, she found Jason was sitting next to the bed. He was drowsy, his head hanging to his side while his eyes were shutting and opening.

“Uncle,” Mina called him, gently nudging him. Jason awoke with a start and looked around.

“Huh?” he mumbled.

“I’ll stay over tonight,” she said. “You can go home for tonight.”

“No,” Jason insisted. “I’ll stay-”

But Mina stopped him. “No,” she said in a firm tone. “You’ve been here all day. You’re tired. Please go home. We don’t want you to get sick as well.”

Jason sighed and glanced at his son who was still as a statue. “Why isn’t he waking up?” he lamented. “They said he’s back from the dead and that I should be happy about it. But seeing him like this feels even worse. Not knowing if he’ll ever wake up or not…”

“He will,” Mina said softly. “We’ll have to keep our faith in him. He might be stupid but he knows how to come back home. Eventually.”

Jason smiled and patted her head.

“I’ll be off then,” he said in a tired tone. “See you tomorrow.”

Mina nodded and watched him leave. As soon as the door closed, she turned back to Kanji.

The monitor attached to his heart showed that his heart rates were steady. Best of the best doctors were attending to him, trying to wake him up but everything seemed to be in vain.

She held his palm, circling it with her thumb. His skin was warm. It became a habit of hers to keep holding his hand every time she was with him as if she was afraid that his touch would turn cold any minute.

“Stupid Kanji,” she muttered sadly. “Just wake up already!”

She stared at their interlocked hands, trying not to cry. Even though she promised herself she would not cry, it was impossible to stop her tears. The moron did not confess his feelings to her when he was healthy and well but poured her with all the love after his spirit left his body. And now that he was back again, he was lost in a dream land.

“Remember when I was in high school and all of us went camping with your family?” she mused. “And we were accompanied by your dad’s partner and his family? I was so jealous when you were flirting with his daughter. Ugh! Miss big busty white lotus bitch! You went off with her into the forest to flirt more. I couldn’t help but follow the two of you. When I saw you underneath that tree…touching her face, I lost it.”

“So I picked up a bunch of worms and secretly climbed that tree,” she went on snickering to herself. “And when she was about to kiss you, I threw all the worms on you guys. I still remember how she was screaming and running off with worms in her hair!”

Mina laughed as she recalled Kanji’s stupefied expression as the girl had sprinted off faster than light. He never knew how those worms fell from the sky while Mina pretended ignorance.

“You’re really bad,” she mumbled. “Chasing all those women while I worked hard to be worthy of you! Dummy!”

Just thinking about it was making her irritated. She pinched his arm, hoping that he would whine but he was still sleeping.

“Just wake up,” she pleaded. “Please…”

Emotionally exhausted, she lay beside him. She looked at his pale face while gently stroking his cheek. Snuggling closer to rest her head on his shoulder, she quietly listened to the beeping of his heartbeat on the machine. Their hands were still clasped together, unwilling to be separated.

“Come back to me…” her gentle voice whispered to him. “Come back and never leave…”

She closed her eyes, feeling his warmth engulf her. The touch of his hand soothed her aching heart and the twitching of his fingers around hers made her relax as if she was finally home.

Twitching of his fingers…

Her eyes shot open and to her shock, so did Kanji’s. His pupils were moving and the heart rates on the monitor began to beep loudly.

“K-Kanji?” she whispered. He could not move but his eyes looked at her while his fingers were fidgeting. Mina quickly reached for the emergency call button.

“I NEED A DOCTOR HERE RIGHT NOW!” She exclaimed. “JANG KANJI IS AWAKE!”

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Minho and Gayoon rushed to the hospital as soon as they got the news. They barged into the ward to find Jason and Mina were standing next to Kanji’s bed. Kanji was still lying on the bed but his gaze fell on them and he smiled.

“M-Minho…” he stammered. “G-Gayoon…”

Minho stood there for a while before slowly walking over to Kanji’s bed. Kanji was paler and skinnier than before. His lips were dry but it was the same lopsided grin.

“Hi hi…” Kanji managed to greet.

“Since he’s been in a coma, it’ll take him a few months to regain proper mobility,” Mina stated. “He’ll need a lot of physical therapy but he’ll recover.”

“Good,” Minho began. “That means, he’ll be paying us back, right?”

Eh?

When Kanji looked confused, Gayoon stepped up to say, “He’ll be charging your account for the hospital fees.”

“M-Minho!” Kanji yelped. “Aren’t you gonna go easy on your friend?”

But Minho’s eyes were lit with a sadistic beam.

“Making us all waste our tears,” he gritted. “We thought you’d be gone forever, moron! Do you even know how much that hurts? Damn it, I even cried for you! Only for it all to turn out to be your stupid assumptions again?”

He turned to Mina and added, “Charge him for our food as well! This’ll teach him not to die again!”

“I’ll buy food for the entire hospital and charge his cards,” Mina nodded.

“You have my approval,” Jason agreed.

“B-b-but I didn’t know I wasn’t dead!” Kanji weakly protested. “I swear-”

His words were interrupted by Minho who bent over to hug him. “Welcome back,” Minho said. “Don’t you dare die again. You’ve still got a lot of things left to do. And I can’t get married without my best man.”

He let go of Kanji who was frowning. “Married?” he echoed.

Gayoon flashed the ring on her finger to him. Kanji was so shocked that he tried to get up but his sore muscles ached in agony.

“OW OW OW!” he winced, earning him a pinch from Mina.

“Don’t get up, moron!” she scolded him. “Your muscles need to be relaxed through therapy!”

But Kanji was too happy to care. “Just wait for my recovery!” he exclaimed. “I’m gonna throw you the best bachelor’s party! I’ll announce to the entire world that my best friend is getting married! Mina, hand out gifts to all the staff and patients here. Charge whatever you want! It’s on me!”

Minho smiled at his stupid best friend. Seeing Kanji give up his criminal activities and coming back to life only to turn a new leaf was all they needed to complete their happiness. He watched as Kanji spouted nonsense while Mina scolded him as if they were back to their childhood days when everything was simpler.

Gayoon held his hand and smiled.

“Thank you, wifey,” Minho beamed, kissing her cheek. “For everything.”