Unexpected Second Chance at Love

In another part of Imperial, a silver Mercedes-Benz C-Class amg coupe drives through the busy streets. Sitting in the driver seat, Ning Mei held a sulking expression as she was still angry about what happened at the spa resort.

After she and Ni Wenli left the resort, she had left countless messages on Chu Li Xiang’s phone. However, the man never once read them or bother to reply back. She could only tell herself that her only choice now is to wait for Wei Hongyi to see if he was able to set a meet for her with ’that person’.

"Mei, where are we going for lunch?"

In the passenger seat, Ni Wenli couldn’t help but ask. She had skipped breakfast and as it was getting later in the afternoon, she was starting to feel hungry. However, Ning Mei had stopped mentioning anything about grabbing lunch.

Hearing the woman’s words, Ning Mei sneers inside. She is dealing with her own problems and yet, all Ni Wenli can think about is food. What a useless woman.

Not wanting to be in the same car as Ni Wenli, she turn her car into a public parking lot and parks it. She turns to face her friend and smiles apologetically.

"Wenli, I’m sorry, but my manager just messaged me. I have to meet her for an audition. Can you go eat by yourself?"

Ni Wenli was confused as to why they had stopped in a public parking lot, but when she heard Ning Mei’s words, she finally understood. However, how was she supposed to go eat by herself when she didn’t drive herself or even asked her driver to pick her up?

She wanted to ask if Ning Mei could drop her off at a restaurant, but seeing the woman’s apologetic face, she held her words back. Ning Mei’s manager does have a temper, so it was best to not stall the rookie model any longer.

"Fine. You leave first. I’ll call my driver to pick me up here."

A pitiful and guilty look appears on Ning Mei’s face as she looks at her friend.

"I’m really sorry. I promise, next time, it will be my treat."

The moment Ni Wenli stepped out of the car and the passenger door closed, Ning Mei did not hesitate to turn the car around. She drove away without a care that she just left her friend stranded in a parking lot.

As for her so called audition, it was only an excuse. She needed a drink and a man to help take away her annoyance and anger. If she were to bring Ni Wenli with her, she would not be able to be herself.

*Ring Ring

Just when her car comes to stop at a red light and was going to call for a man, her phone suddenly rings. She checks who the caller is and her eyes lit up when she saw the name.

Connecting her phone to her car, she press the talk button on the steering wheel and adjust her voice.

"Hongyi, what took you so long to call me? I thought you forgot about me, so I was going to find a new man."

She knows that even if she mentioned finding a new man, Wei Hongyi would not care because they were only seeing each other for pleasure.

["I was busy. Can we meet?"]

Wei Hongyi’s voice spoke from the other line making Ning Mei giggle in her softest voice.

"Of course. When and where do you want to meet?"

["Now. I’ll be waiting in the usual room at Imperial Hotel."]

Before Ning Mei could answer the man, he had already hung up on her. However, she scoffs a sneer and press the accelerator as the red light turned green.

So what if she sent the photo to Zhao Ya’Er, since Wei Hongyi called her to meet him, it can only mean that he is not angry with her and still wants her.

However, what Ning Mei did not know is that Wei Hongyi at this moment is fuming with rage because of what she did.

Time soon elapsed and it was now 7pm by the time Lu Tian finished his last meeting. The door to Lu Corps’ conference room opens and the board members tiredly walks out.

Each person were exhausted. The entire day, they had all been in meeting after meeting. They could not wait to go home and get some sleep.

As the board members made their way towards the elevators, Lu Tian and Xu Long were the last to walk out from the conference room. However, neither man went the same way as the others.

Due to Lu Tian not liking crowded place, he had a private elevator built inside Lu Corps. He hardly ever uses it, but whenever any of the employee elevators had more than three people inside, he will use the private elevator.

"You can leave."

He calmly spoke as he and Xu Long entered the elevator. The meetings for the day were done, so it was only likely that he dismisses his assistant. After all, once he grabs his car keys from his office, he will be leaving too.

Hopefully, his wife is already home since it was getting late.

"Um, boss. I have something to report."

From the side, Xu Long nervously spoke like he was mumbling to himself. He is thankful that he can finally leave since he is meeting up with Liu Shan and the others, but there is still something he needed to tell his boss.

Lu Tian slightly furrow his brows. If Xu Long had something to report, why didn’t he say something earlier but waited until now?

"Speak."

Hearing that one word, Xu Long wanted to cry but lack the tears to shed. He could only swallow a difficult gulp and brace himself as he straightens his spine to look like a soldier.

"Your father called to say that your mother is still out. Since your mother is not home, there is a possibility that boss lady is still out too as they are together."

"..."

*Ding

Xu Long spoke his words without pausing to catch his breath. It was almost as if he was rapping. However, the moment his last word fell, the elevator came to a stop and the bell chimes to let them know.

The door slides open as Lu Tian’s hope that his wife was already waiting for him at home shattered like a broken mirror.

His left hand raise, and he pinch the space between his brows. Good thing his father called or else he would have gone home to an empty house with only his enemy (Inu).

He was being sarcastic when he said he will have to steal his wife back, but it seems like he really does have to do it.

Xu Long stares at his boss as his index finger press a button to keep the elevator doors from closing. As much as he wanted to leave, he cannot leave Lu Corps until his boss leaves.

"Inform my father and Uncle Zhao. Tell them their wife will be home soon."

Without waiting for a response from his assistant, Lu Tian strides in big steps in the direction of his office. Since his mother, aunt, and cousin do not know when to go home, he will force them by taking back his wife.

Left inside the elevator, Xu Long tilt his head and stares in amazement at his boss’s departing figure.

He swore it was like a magical cape had sudden flutter from behind his boss and the man turned into a mighty General.

Like a scene for ancient times of a General going into battle to save his one and only wife from the hands of three villainesses.