Overbearing CEO's Contract Love
Chapter 397: Hello, Japan (Part 1)

Chapter 397: Hello, Japan (Part 1)

"Damien Sterling!" Emma Hart slapped Damien Sterling’s shoulder abruptly. Clearly, she wasn’t satisfied with his answer.

He just turned his head to the side, suppressing a smile, and refused to respond, which infuriated Emma Hart so much that her stomach began to hurt.

"Ah!" Emma Hart suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach. She was really in pain.

Hearing Emma Hart’s groans, Damien Sterling immediately stopped his joking manner. He asked the flight attendant to bring a cup of hot water and urged her to prepare some food.

Damien’s commanding presence scared the flight attendant into rushing to the galley. After all, the passengers on this flight were either wealthy or distinguished, especially those in first class, who must not be offended.

First, he fed Emma some hot water, then reclined her seat and started massaging her stomach.

His warm, broad hand gently rubbed and pressed on her stomach through her clothes, making Emma almost cry out in pain.

"Sir, the meal is ready." Soon, the flight attendant brought a selection of Japanese cuisine to their small table.

Damien adjusted Emma’s seat back up, cooled down her miso soup, and asked the flight attendant for a hot water bottle. He placed it on Emma’s stomach to soothe her cramping belly.

Emma’s face didn’t look good, likely due to the day’s exhaustion and hunger.

She slowly drank half a bowl of soup, feeling the warmth spread through her body, and then started eating more heartily.

"Slow down, you glutton! Do you want to end up in the hospital again?" Damien quickly stopped Emma’s reckless eating. He really couldn’t understand this woman sometimes.

Emma usually didn’t listen to Damien, but fearing a repeat of her previous stomach issues, she reluctantly slowed down. Still, she finished eating before the plane took off; after all, she normally ate very quickly.

As the plane took off, Emma’s heartbeat sped up with its ascent.

Curiously, she looked out the window. The brightly lit coastal city looked like a stylish woman all dolled up, ready to enjoy a night out.

She was about to arrive at her dream destination, Japan, the land of manga.

The thought of seeing in real life the scenes she had only seen in manga and anime made her too excited to sleep.

The flight was about five hours, and being a night flight, the cabin lights were turned off shortly after takeoff.

Damien turned on a small reading light, dimly illuminating his coffee and newspaper. He seemed deeply absorbed.

Emma thought he was just showing off. Most of the people in the back of the plane were already asleep, and considering how exhausted they were from their day, she couldn’t understand how he still had the energy to read a newspaper.

She watched Damien for a while, then put on her eye mask, covered herself with a blanket, and fell asleep.

Damien, who was obsessed with the news, could hardly go a day without reading. But today, he only read for a short while because Emma’s loud snoring and constant leaning towards him made it impossible for him to concentrate.

Unable to focus, he decided to sleep as well.

Sleep is contagious. Before long, the entire cabin was silent.

With a "ding," the announcement echoed throughout the cabin, and all the lights turned on.

The flight attendant announced in Chinese, English, and Japanese that the plane was about to land and asked everyone to check their seatbelts.

Emma Hart’s hair was a mess. She stretched with a big yawn and sat up, noticing Damien Sterling, still groggy, reading his newspaper. She silently made a fist of respect gesture towards him.

Once the plane had landed and the doors opened, Emma and Damien headed straight for the airport exit. They seemed to be the most relaxed passengers there.

Damien pulled out his spare phone and spoke a string of Japanese into it, then led Emma to a nearby seat.

"You can speak Japanese?" Emma looked at Damien as if she had discovered a new continent.

"That’s not surprising," Damien replied nonchalantly.

Emma agreed. It was true; he was Damien Sterling. A few foreign languages wouldn’t be a challenge for him.

Within minutes, an unknown luxury car pulled up in front of them. A man in a suit quickly got out from the driver’s seat, opened the back door, and bowed while speaking to Damien in Japanese.

Although Emma didn’t understand much, her years of watching anime allowed her to infer he was introducing himself and welcoming them to Japan.

Damien briefly introduced himself and Emma, and then they got into the car.

On the way, the driver and Damien conversed in Japanese, leaving Emma feeling utterly lost and a bit ashamed.

She shifted her attention from the inside of the car to the scenery outside.

Where in Japan were they? The bustling skyscrapers didn’t seem much different from those in China. At one corner, a street performer was singing while playing the guitar. Through the car window, Emma could faintly hear that he was singing a Cantonese song.

The car stopped at the entrance of a luxurious hotel. The driver hurried out to open the door for them, bowed deeply, and then left.

Emma closely followed Damien into the hotel. From getting out of the car to checking into their room, she hadn’t said a word.

This must be the awkwardness of being in a foreign country without knowing the language, Emma thought.

The hotel room was in a traditional Japanese style. As soon as Emma entered, she collapsed onto the tatami mat, exhausted.

"When you were chatting with the driver, I only understood ’hello,’ ’please take care of me,’ ’thank you,’ and ’goodbye.’ Looks like I’ll be your little shadow from now on," she said, feeling a blow to her self-esteem like never before.

Damien sat next to her, smiling. "That’s not so bad! This way, you won’t wander off. My little shadow!" He emphasized the last three words.

"Hmph!" Emma gave Damien a light kick.

"Alright! Time to get down to business!" Damien suddenly stood up.

"What business?" Emma asked.

"A bath!" Damien flashed his signature devilish grin.

Emma understood his intentions.

She smiled wryly and pleaded, "Master Damien, I’m really exhausted today. How about we continue tomorrow?"

Damien shook his head silently.

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