New Arrangements

It took her almost 30 minutes to calm down. She went to the bathroom to wash her face before she went back to the living room but she didn't find the four men that she left there.

She searched around the house and found Felix in the kitchen drinking water from the refrigerator. When Felix saw her, he almost choked out and spit out the water from his mouth.

"Ah... Miss J."

"Where are they?" J asked him nonchalantly.

"By the poolside."

"Okay," she replied then walked out at the back of the house where the pool is and found them talking. James probably was back to the hospital since she can't see him around.

"Hey, Honey. You're done?" Jacob said as soon as he saw her approaching them. They were all sitting in a black rattan dining set by the poolside. Felix arrived then sat on one of the armchairs next to Stefan.

"Yea... what are you talking about?" J asked with a blank face.

"Nothing, just planning on a new arrangement."

"New arrangement?" J raised an eyebrow. Why does she feel like she's not going to like this new arrangement?

"I've decided to make Arthur your right-hand man while the others will still watch over you but unlike before, you might be able to see them around you once in a while," Jacob said.

"What? No!" J was furious. Arthur as her right-hand man? Would that mean that he will follow her wherever she goes? And what does he mean by seeing the others around her once in a while?

"I already have a right-hand man!" J said thinking that Lance will be outraged if he finds out that he was replaced.

Jacob raised his brow. "Right-hand man, means a man?"

J was bewildered. "Yea... if it's a woman then I would say that it's a right-hand woman. Right?"

She heard Felix chuckle which earned him an icy glare from Arthur and Daniel.

"Ah..." J seemed to understand that Jacob is having an issue with her having a man as her right-hand man. "Does it make a difference if Arthur is my right-hand man? He's also a man, doesn't he?"

Then Felix cannot hold in his laughter. Everyone now looks at him with a cold gaze that silenced him in an instant.

Jacob looked back at J with his hand crossed in his chest, J stared back at Jacob equally with her hands on her waist standing behind an empty armchair in front of Jacob.

"It does make a difference because I know Arthur, while I haven't seen your so-called right-hand man. I don't even know his name. Now please, stop bickering with me. I know mom and dad told you to listen and trust me, so that's what you should do. And I'm also going to tell them about this, I'm sure they would agree with me." Jacob said while maintaining his eye contact with her.

J rolled her eyes and said, "Your mom and dad have nothing to do with this."

"I'm talking about your mom and dad," Jacob replied, propping his head on his hand.

For a while she was speechless. Did he just call her mom and dad 'mom and dad'? Oh... they were married so that should be normal. She sighed in frustration. While the other four men watch the couple bickering.

"Jacob..." J was stopped by Jacob.

"Honey... trust me with this, okay?" Jacob said firming his jaw.

J closed her eyes and sighed to calm herself.

"But they cannot just follow me around. I am a low-profile nurse. Have you ever seen a nurse with security detail or an assistant following her around?" J said as she opened her eyes.

Felix nodded his head in agreement which J and Jacob didn't notice. Stefan sighed and elbowed Felix with a warning look.

"That's why I'm telling you that we should announce our marriage. Then having an assistant or security detail will be much more reasonable for the wife of a CEO. No one would question that." Jacob said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I told you that's out of the options." she was just not ready. If her co-nurses in the hospital find out that she is the wife of the CEO they would treat her indifferently. And for sure other heads and doctors would go swarming over her thinking that they would get the CEO's good side if they treat her well. She's enjoying her life there as an ordinary nurse with little attention from other nurses except for those that truly admire her and her capability.

"Hey... don't you think we should go somewhere? It feels kind of awkward, you know. Watching a couple bickering in front of us." Felix whispered those words to Stefan who seemed to be keeping himself busy on his phone while Daniel and Arthur sat there quietly.

"Okay then... just leave it to me. I'll make sure that no one will see anyone following you around. Why don't you prepare us something to eat while we were planning out? Hmm?" Jacob seemed to have lost his patience and chose to just let it end and deal with her later, stand up and walk her out of the place holding her shoulders.

J hesitantly obliged but didn't go to the kitchen to prepare food but instead went to the bedroom sulking.

The next day J resumed her morning duty at CLP Hospital. And just like what Jacob said, Arthur will accompany her as her new right-hand man. He arrived together with Daniel in a bulletproof black Sedan which came from the Twelve Army, of course as per Jacob's order.

As Arthur and Daniel came out of the car others might think that they are looking drop-dead gorgeous in their all-black attire but to J's thought, 'You gotta be kidding me.'

J turned to Jacob who was standing beside her with a rigid expression and said, "So this is what you mean when you said 'leave it to me'?"

Jacob patted her head with a smile and said, "Trust me. Okay? Let's go." Then he grabs her hand and walks towards a brand new Black SUV. By the way, it looks, it is different from Jacob's usual SUV.

J cocked her head and looked at Jacob. "You got a new car?"

"Yes, the other one is not bulletproof," Jacob said as he opened the door of the passenger. "Get in."

With a cocked head, J looked at Jacob in confusion.

Jacob seemed to understand that look and explained himself. "I'm driving you to work every morning, at least as long as you're on the morning shift. After your shift, you'll be accompanied by Arthur and Daniel in that car going home or anywhere that you might be going to. If you are worried about the onlookers at the hospital, don't worry. We will park in the 1st level basement parking of the hospital. I gave an ordinance that no one will use the 1st basement parking except for me. From the basement parking, we will use a private lift that connects directly to my office. Then from there, you can go on your own. Arthur and Daniel will be on standby in my office. They will be watching over you through the hospital's security cameras. Satisfied?"

J was still processing Jacob's words. It does seem to be quite an acceptable explanation. They definitely made a plan to protect her so that no one will see her with a guard following her. But what if someone accidentally sees her coming out of Jacob's office? That will surely cause a juicy rumor.

"But..." she was about to complain when Jacob interrupted her.

"We're getting late. Get in."

With a pronounced sigh, she gets in the car. Jacob put on her seat belt and made sure that she was seated comfortably before he walked around the driver's seat.

On their way to CLP Hospital, J can't help but notice. The black bulletproofed sedan that was driven by Arthur and Daniel was behind them while there were two black motorbikes in front of them. It was the typical convoy of a VIP. She concluded that those two were Felix and Stefan. Though she never had fancy motorbikes, she was quite familiar with them because of Buck.

"Don't you think this is quite a little over the top?" J rolled her eyes.

"No. In fact, I think it is not enough. You're the heiress of the Robin Hood Society. Not to mention the wife of the CEO of CLP Group of Hospitals and Chairman of Twelve Army. Technically, you are royalty so you need at least five armed guards with you all the time. But you only got four and can only have them around you when nobody's looking." Jacob sounded disappointed.

"Five guards? That's not going to happen." J said displeased.

Jacob chuckled and glanced sideways in her direction, "I knew you would react that way. You're so cute." he said with a coy smile.

J rolled her eyes with a small smile in the corner of her lips. She knew that he was flirting and she finds him exquisite.

After almost an hour they reached the CLP Hospital. The Evergreen Villa was quite far from the hospital as compared to Jade's apartment that was just a couple of minutes' walk away. As they entered the basement parking, it was just as Jacob said, no other cars were parked there. But she spotted a silver Coupe in the corner.

"That's James' car. Aside from us, the only ones allowed to park here are James, my family, and your guards. Since they're the only one who knows your identity." Jacob explained as he opened the door to her side like a gentleman.

"James knew?" J asked, surprised that aside from Jacob and the four security, there is another one who knew of her identity.

"Yes. He should. I trust him." Jacob said with full confidence.

They walked to the private lift followed by Arthur and Daniel. Felix and Stefan were left to watch over outside the hospital just in case something came up. J thought that they were probably there to watch out if she sneaks out.

J walked out of Jacob's office leaving Arthur, Daniel, and Jacob. Jacob's office is on the tenth floor. The tenth floor of the hospital houses Jacob's office, Chairman John Parker's office and offices of the Board of Directors, and a conference room so it is very rare to see someone walking in the hall of the tenth floor.

James provided Arthur and Daniel a room to do their work. Which they converted into a control room with a lot of monitors.

Before J left Jacob's office, he reminded her about the secret that she is supposed to tell him today. Which reminds her to call Lance.

Instead of using the elevator, she used the stairs instead of going to the eighth floor where the Department of Surgery is. Each floor has a door leading to the stairs, so J thought that it would be easier to reason out if someone caught her coming out of the door of the stairs.

She could just tell them that she preferred to use the stairs or she stopped by and visited Diana on the seventh floor so she used the stairs instead of the elevator to go up to the eighth floor.

Arriving at the nurses' station she saw Head Nurse Jing and other nurses. She waited for them to leave the station before she made a call to Lance

After a couple of rings, he answered the phone. "Hey."

"Hey," Lance replied enthusiastically.

"Uhm... I've got something to tell you," J said nervously. She actually didn't know how to start saying that he got replaced by Arthur.

"Oh... is that something about me being replaced as your right-hand man?"

J was dumbstruck. "How did you know?"

"President Martin called me last night to say that your husband has appointed someone from the Twelve Army as your right-hand man with an additional three more guards." J didn't sense any remorse at all from Lance.

"So, let me guess. Jacob finds out about your identity and he was actually fine with it. He even meets up with your parents. And that's how I was replaced as your right-hand man?" Lance has guessed correctly

"Uh...huh..." J felt guilty. J told him about what happened yesterday. "I'm sorry, I tried to convince him that I already have a right-hand man."

"I know. Don't worry. It was just the title. I mean, the job description of the right-hand man doesn't actually fit with me. President Martin was right. What I am actually doing is the job of an adviser, not a right-hand man. So technically, I am not replaced. I just got a more appropriate job title. And you just got yourself an actual right-hand man." J was relieved to hear that Lance was not affected at all by the replacement. In fact, it seems to have done it better for him.

"By the way, are you free today?" J later on asked.

"Hmm... I might have a meeting later this afternoon at AM Entertainment. But if you would say that you want to meet with me, I'll cancel all my appointments." Lance laughed at the end of his words as if it was just a joke.

"Actually, I would like to meet you at the end of my shift."