It'll Come Naturally

The hustling and bustling international airport was busy as always. The person at the PA system was announcing arrival and departure times and going over rules in a sweet voice. Luke was worried. 'Will the master and the lady be disappointed to see that Edward doesn't come to pick them up?' he thought. He had come to the Mu's residence at an early age. To protect Edward, he had absorbed knowledge of diverse fields. The senior Mr. Mu and the lady regarded him as their godson, so Luke thought of himself as a member of the Mu family rather than merely a bodyguard.

Years ago, on a cold winter evening, he had been near frozen and hungry. As an orphan, he had nowhere to go, but curled up at the corner of a building to protect himself from the cold. The structure would stop some of the chill winds from reaching the boy. A limo stopped in front of him. An elegant, attractive woman stepped out. She was so radiant that little Luke didn't dare to meet her gaze.

"Kid, do you want to go home with me?" she asked. Her soft voice warmed little Luke up. He nodded and followed her into the limo. Inside, he was too nervous to know where to put his hands.

"Relax. My son's your age. Would you like to protect him when you grow up?" she said tenderly with a smile. As a little boy, Luke hadn't been able to understand what she meant by protecting, but he said yes. Then he entered the prosperous family and started his new life.

The master and the lady were kind to Luke. Yet he'd seldom seen the boy that he was to protect. He wasn't assigned to be at Edward's side until the master and the lady thought he was capable enough. At first, Luke thought the boy would be a difficult one. But later he found him handsome, refined, and elegant. Luke was 15 years old that year, but he already defined his sole purpose in life -- protecting the boy whose family had taken him in.

he stopped resisting this arrangement by his parents. Over the following days, little Luke had figured out the young man's temperament. He felt sorry for little Edward's loneliness. When Edward started to turn into a playboy from an urbane youth, he didn't stop him. He was unwilling to hold him back, because he knew

the man was still handsome. They looked to be in their forties though they were actually over sixty years old. Their appearances were dramatic, like time had stopped in deference to their

standing next to the couple, looking for all the world like a son meeting his parents. Joy was apparent in every fold of his face, which was usually cold as

at you. You're all grown up. And I told you not to call us master and lady. Call us Dad and Mom, like Edward does. Please. Besides, you didn't

her first. It wasn't new to Luke, so he didn't feel awkward. Luke thought he was aloof because he had been affected by Jonathan, whose impressive bearing

at Jonathan Mu, but she was actually happy, because his love for her never changed. They had been married for many years, and he still couldn't stand any other man getting close to her. Day after day, year after year, his love was like the sunrise, which always had been and would constantly be there, for her

was appreciation in his eyes. He found that Luke had become much more confident than before. He never saw Luke as an outsider. However, Cynthia

What are you so nervous about? Besides, Luke isn't attracted to old women like me." Cynthia gave a sweet smile, looking charming. One