105 I'LL BE BACK!

Jeff and Ronald arrive at Tan Corporation looking like two Gladiator ready for battle. They went straight to the CEO office looking for their woman.

Unfortunately, Ann had left early to prepare for her dinner date with Albert Tan. Lea went as well to do a task Ann requested of her. Therefore, only one person was in the CEO office, Mrs. Lim. That made the duo very unhappy once known.

"CEO Go, Ronald, you're here!" Mrs. Lim with a surprised look on her face and grinning. She knows why they are there.

"What time they left? Do you know where they went?" Jeff asks sadness clouded his features.

"CEO Wen left an hour ago to have dinner with CEO Tan at the hospital. " She replied with respectful voice.

Ronald who's standing at side listening wanted to ask about Lea. Decided against it and texted her instead;

Ronald: [How's your day? ] That's the only thing he can think of writing without being obvious.

Lea: [ Busy! had to do an errand for boss lady.]

Ronald finally found the courage to ask: [ Where are you? I'm back in town.]

Lea: [ Why! You need something?]

Ronald: [ Nothing! Just do what you're doing, I'll see you around.]

Lea : [ ????‍♀️] 'What's up with him?'

Jeff saw his assistant with forehead furrowed and a line appeared between his brow is visible. He walked towards Ronald and slapped him on his back before saying; "Go for it, man! Stop your dilly-dallying or someone else might eat the rice you cooked."

"Hahaha! Let's go! might as well go back to work so we can go home early." Jeff laughingly told Ronald while walking toward the elevator.

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Ann has no idea her husband is back in town. She went home to changes her outfit to a more appropriate one for a dinner date, not the usual attire she always wore when she visited the hospital.

She wanted to look beautiful for her first date with her father. After finishing, she called Lea to get a bouquet of flower and a cake and told her to meet her at the hospital afterward.

Ann thought about her husband and was about to call him; ' Should I or should I wait until after dinner, he might be in a meeting right now. ' In the long run, she decided to wait and went ahead to the hospital were Albert Tan's waiting impatiently.

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Ann arrives looking beautiful; she's a picture of an angel in Albert's eyes. He stands and gazes at his daughter, what a sight. He's so excited, and about to hug her when suddenly he heard a voice; " I hope I'm not late?"

Lea is standing there with a beautiful bouquet of flower in one hand and a box that looks like a cake in the other. "Sorry! It was traffic, and I'm still not familiar with the area." She's blubbering feeling awkward.

Albert Tan look's at Ann then Lea before speaking; " And this is?" He's not happy that Ann brought her assistant with her.

"Oh! My bad, I forgot to introduce myself." Lea interject. "I'm Lea Kuan, her best friend/Manager/Assistant." Extending her hand to Albert for a handshake.

Albert Tan plastered a smiled on his face then took Lea's hand; " Nice to meet you! " Is all he said.

"Oh! she only came to bring something." She grabbed the flower and the box and motioned to Lea to get lost.

"Nice to meet you, CEO Tan!" Lea told Albert, turned to Ann and hugged her then whispered; "Now I know where you got your look. It runs in your gene. Your father is a hotty!" She jokingly told Ann

'When did I ever told her that his my father?' Ann's wondering. "leave already all right, you're making him uncomfortable." She whispered back her friend then ushered her to leave.

"Come in! Come in! " Albert's face started to show an eagerness to spend time with her daughter.

Ann looked around the room curiously. However, she didn't see anyone else. "Is grandma Tan not joining us?" She asks Albert.

"I'm here! I'm here! I was making sure the food is what I had asked and to make sure they are fresh and hot" Grandma Tan excitedly walked in.

Albert Tan's face hardened when he saw his mother come in. However, the old lady did not pay him mind. She continued towards Ann and gave her a tight hug and a peck on her cheek. "Thank you! for wanting to share this moment with me." She whispered while fighting back the tears.

Ann was speechless, and she didn't know how to reply. Recognition dawned on Albert's face and decided to intervene.

"All right! That's enough; I'm famished, Let eat!" She told both of them before they start getting too emotional.

It was the best dinner for all three of them, a family reunion.

For Ann, the feeling is indescribable, and it's the same for the other two with her. They ate happily chatting and joking; they ask Ann many questions about her childhood etc. etc.

However, in another unknown Country. Claudia regained her sense and realized that she's in a foreign Country. Someone speaking in the background and she cannot understand a word their saying.

'Where am I? How did I end up here?' After carefully looking around the area, it dawned to her that she's in a third world Country. 'Grandmother would not send me here to recuperates, and Father is still in the hospital; Only one person could do this to me.' Claudia thought.

Claudia's expression hardened, she squeezed her eye shut before started screaming hysterically;

"SOPHIA! Ahhh! Your '@#$%^&$' I will get you back for this! You wait, I'm taking back what's belong to me!" Claudia was yelling so loud, but no one came to check on her.

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In another Country, Sophia was in the middle of rehearsal. She stops for a drink of water when she almost chokes on it. She felt goosebumps and shivered a little. 'What was that all about?'