That Mysterious Guy

It's been two days since Deana arrives... in these two days, she just stayed inside her condo not to avoid the media but she's finishing her book. After quitting the show business, she pursues one of her passion and that is being a novelist.

These passing two years, she spent her time on other things she wanted to achieve next. Leaving the country for good, she gained success secretly in the field she could hide her identity, and being a novelist give her a success.

She carried out her pen name as Shadow Princess, known a writer who wears a mascara during her book signing. She always put this caption on her books, 'Sometimes, beauty last behind the shadow... it will shine when the lights out.' that leave here a totally mysterious identity.

Deana stretched her arms upward. She massages her shoulder and shook her neck side by side... She's been sitting in front of her laptop these past two days. Now she needs some exercises to catch up on her fitness because the wedding will hold one week from now on, it is time for beauty rest and recharging her energy.

Her nose caught the good aroma of her favorite dish and so she decided to get out of her bedroom and went to the kitchen. Nanay Amalia is cooking a Pork Adobo, one of her favorite Filipino foods. Her grandma used to cook them when she was a kid every time she visited Switzerland for a visit.

"Nanay, I am planning on my diet started today, but you tempted me," she complained, putting her right arm around on Amalia's shoulder. The middle-aged woman laughed.

"What are you talking about? I know, even how much you have eaten, you didn't gain weight that easily." The lady said.

That is the truth anyway. She is one of those people who doesn't easily get fat. Aside from her regular exercises, she is perfectly fit naturally. All she just need to do is a little diet, balancing her food every day with nutritious stuff. She never had a hard time doing it because she loves vegetables.

"Am done cooking, I'll prepare the table now," Amalia stated.

"Okay, nanay. I'll make a salad," she told the lady.

She went to the double door refrigerator and locates where the fresh lettuce and cuc.u.mber has stored. She picks a lot of tomatoes then mayonnaise. "Do we have apple cider, nanay?" she look up and glance on her left shoulder to ask the lady.

"Oh, yes. In the cabinet beyond my reach. Only Jana who often using it so she just put it away."

She chuckles. Nanay Amalia makes it sound like a joke. This average height middle-aged woman seems small but she knows how terrible she was when it comes to protecting her loved ones. She knew because Nanay Amalia once protected her when an anti-fan throw something at her when Jana and her checking-in at the airport.

She hugged this lady and whispered, "I love you, Nanay."

"I love you too, Anak..." she replied then continue placing the food in the table she prepared for the both of them.

She's now done the cooking and she was really full that she almost can't breathe. She needs to hit the gym later. This condo has three workout gym. One in Super VIP on the 40th floor, one in 28th floor and the economy located at 17th floor and she has a membership in the Super VIP service.

Today is Wednesday, and so the chances of people she'll meet in the gym later were only a small number. Besides, members of SVIP are mostly respectable people who don't like to gossip. They have their own businesses of their lives and it seems only those lower people who love gossiping over small stuff.

Deana glance at the wall clock, almost two in the afternoon. She put down her phone and get up from the sofa to prepare to go to hit the gym. She needs to change workout attire. After changing, she picks up Deanna's membership card and a white face towel she hangs on her neck, leaving her phone on her bed.

She pats Nanay Amalia's shoulder to let her know she's going out now. The lady who was surprised a bit just nodded and smile. She is very serious about the program she is watching. She turns head at the TV and saw it was a Korean drama she is watching. She let out a soft laugh and shook her head. She is not surprised, nanay Amalia is a Gong Yo die-hard fan.

Deana now taking the elevator to the 40th floor. The gym was actually located in the middle of this Solaris Twin Tower. The gym is not only a room alone but a full glass workout room which is, visible from outside. Not only that, there is a five to ten feet pool with a size of two hundred square meters. There's also a tennis court and basketball court under a thick fiberglass roof.

She's walking towards the gym when a familiar figure suddenly rose up from the pool. She was startled a little then calm down... but the person who just finishing a swim is more startled than she was. She stares at his handsome face and she wants to laugh how his eyes wanted to jump out.

"Deana?" he burst out, totally shock than being the one that surprises seeing her.

There are few residents hanging out in the pool and they clearly heard him bursting her name. Now they got everyone's attention, like watching a Korean drama.

What he's doing here? It's Wednesday, still office hours so why this man, of all people how unlucky for her to see this man today. Deana thought. She's about to say something when suddenly someone speaks behind her.

"Well, well, well... look who's here!"