The airport
Sophia was standing there with her blue suitcase talking mostly to her uncle while her father was there standing awkwardly beside them listening to their conversation. She decided to go because she knew that both her uncle and father were actually busy. Sophia waved one last time when she went inside with a disappointed face "What was the point of seeing me off if you couldn't even say a word to me?"
"If you never forced her to study something she never liked, she might have been less cold towards you. She only wants you to be proud of her, but unfortunately, she has this hard-headed father that doesn't want his one and only daughter to study anything other than medicine. You, brother, are the reason why she is cold towards you. When will you guys try to fix this cold-war between you guys? You better try to fix your father-daughter relationship before it gets too late. Her bitchy mother left her when she was young and she only has us left, and on top of that you don't live long either." said Zhou Li Min
Zhou Li Qiang was looking coldly at his younger brother.
"What? I'm not living any longer too okay, stop glaring at me like that," said Zhou Li Min and rolled his eyes.
"Then marry soon," said Zhou Li Qiang.
"Wow, I'm trying to be a supportive brother helping you to bond with your daughter, and you are now bragging about my love life?" asked Zhou Li Min, looking so offended.
"You are 45 years old and unmarried, do you wanna die single?" asked Zhou Li Qiang.
"I'm living my life happily single, maybe I should give my company to Sophia once I retire," said Zhou Li Min playful.
He saw his big brother was ready to smack him which made him dodge before he ran away like an idiot. People from the airport were looking weirdly at them. Zhou Li Qiang inhaled deeply and exhaled before he walked quickly out of the airport with his assistant right behind him.
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The Shen mansion
Francesca woke up immediately from her alarm clock and went to take a quick shower. She wrapped herself in a baby pink towel and went to her big walking closet looking for what to wear. Her closet was organized into five different sections of the closet. The first part is mainly her home clothes and undergarments, the second section is her office outfits, the third section is her outdoor/working out clothes, the fourth section is the dresses, bags, and heels. The last sections are all her jackets and shoes organized in different seasons. She had this cute big fluffy round tufted sofa in the middle of her closet where she puts her clothes and shoes on to see if it's matching. After 10 minutes of looking for an outfit, she pulled out a hot pink suit and a pair of black heels. She looked at the huge mirror in front of her and was satisfied with her outfit. Her phone vibrated from her bed as she walked over to make her bed.
Francesca checked her phone and read a text message from Kevin.
CEO Lee: Good morning sunshine! I was wondering if you were free today so we could have lunch together. I have something important to say to you.
Francesca was looking at the message for a while not knowing what to answer. She felt very bad for avoiding him for almost two weeks, but she wasn't lying when she said she was busy, and Jennifer had warned her to not get close to Kevin before she went back to New York because she was only worried about Francesca's safety.
She was about to write another excuse but stopped when he suddenly called her. She panicked a bit and calmed her down before she picked up.
Kevin: [Hello?]
Francesca: [Hello CEO Lee! Why are you calling me on my personal phone so early in the morning?]
Kevin:[Iii...I saw you replying but then you stopped which made me a bit nervous..]
Francesca: [Eh? Did I just make CEO Lee, one of the top businessmen nervous?]
Kevin:[To be very honest with you, yes. I feel like you have avoided me for almost two weeks.]
Francesca: [I'm sorry if you felt that I was avoiding you but I was very busy which is why I had to give the project we are working on to my Vice President.]
Kevin: [Oh no it's fine. It would be strange if you weren't that busy, but you didn't answer my question.]
Francesca: [Oh right! Yeah I'm free.]
Kevin: [Great I will come and pick you up then. See you soon!]
Francesca didn't have the time to reply when he ended the call and looked speechlessly at her phone. "Why does this sound like a date?" She was sitting on her bed questioning everything when a maid knocked on her door and told her that the breakfast was ready.
She went down and saw elder Shen drinking his favorite green tea while reading the newspaper. Francesca walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Good morning pa!"
"Good morning little flower! Did you sleep well?" he asked and folded the newspaper and gave it to butler Gu.
"Yes, I did," she said and smiled.
They soon ate their breakfast and talked about some old and new projects before Francesca had to go to work. She walked to the big garage and entered her red Lamborghini and drove out of the mansion. She played her favorite song from her playlist and speeded up.
Francesca parked her car and went inside the Shen company and was greeted by everyone. Lisa and assistant Wen stood up and greeted her when they saw Francesca getting out of the elevator. "Please make me some coffee,"
Lisa nodded while assistant Wen grabbed some documents along with his tablet before he knocked on the CEO's office.
"Come in,"
"CEO Shen, these are some documents that you need to sign. You have three meetings before lunch today," said assistant Wen and checked his tablet if he forgot something.
"En," said Francesca
Lisa knocked on the door and came with a cup of coffee. Both excused themself and left her alone. Francesca turned on her Imac and replied to some important emails before she had to go to the first meeting.
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Lee corps.
The room was so quiet that you could even hear people around the meeting room breathing. Everyone was sitting nervously looking at Kevin who was going through the documents from the presentation one last time.
Kevin cleared his throat which made everyone in the room shiver. Some directors were even closing their eyes getting ready to hear the disappointing feedback from their CEO.
"I think it's good!" Said Kevin.
Everyone in the meeting room including assistant June was blinking shockingly at their CEO. The room was once again quiet.
"What? Why are you guys looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face?" asked Kevin looking weirdly at them.
"Oh no no CEO Lee. We can already start on this project next week," said Vice president Min.
"Good! Then Meeting adjourned!" Kevin got up from his chair and walked to his office.
*Knock knock*
Assistant June came in with his tablet. "This was the last meeting for today CEO Lee,"
"En," said Kevin while he was focusing on something on his tablet. Assistant June saw it and excused himself.
Kevin was looking for different hairstyles on his tablet. "It will look weird if I suddenly change my hairstyle." He locked his tablet and stood up walking around. "Damn, why am I so nervous?"
...
Shen corps.
*Knock knock*
Lisa came in to remind Francesca it was lunchtime but saw her getting ready to go out.
"Oh right I'm gonna meet CEO Lee for lunch," said Francesca and fixed her clothes.
"CEO Lee?" asked Lisa.
"Yes, relax! I know that you guys are worried because he might be a dangerous person or whatever Jennifer said but it's not like we are any better, and why should I be scared? I'm like the most dangerous person in London. Don't worry about me and take care of yourself, Lisa. Go and eat with assistant Wen." said Francesca as she walked to the elevator.
"Alright CEO Shen," said Lisa.
Francesca got off the elevator and waited outside the main entrance for Kevin to pick her up. She looked up to the sky and was enjoying the autumn sun and was about to look for her phone when she heard someone screaming before a grey car flipped over.