69 Suspicions II

After a few rings he picked up and answered in a hurried voice. "What's happened?" His tone was urgent and worried, he had probably run out of a meeting to answer her, based on the sounds she heard in the background.If she hadn't seen her boss so disheveled and frantic last year, she wouldn't have believed them to be by the same person.

"Sir, Chang just came in the palace from the city, in tears, something seems to have happened while she was out today."

"What happened?" Hearing her brief answer that left more questions than answers, Liang Jian Amal started to fret, gripping the chair in front of him white knuckled. When he heard the satellite phone ring in the middle of the business meeting it caught him completely unawares. He had ended the meeting right then and there, jumping out of his seat to answer the call, ignoring the bewildered expressions of the department heads. He had purchased the phones as an emergency just in case, while Lahat was peaceful and removed from the rest of the world, he couldn't help but worry. His most precious was hidden away there from his father's eyes, or anyone else that might seek to do her harm. Hearing that she had been in tears while he was away, disconcerted him and he began to run his free hand through his hair, mussing up the slicked back style.

"I will do some further investigation, at the moment, that is unclear." Hao Jin Ying reported back in her clear tone.

"Do that, call me back as soon as you have the information." He hung up after saying that.

'I need to get back there.' He had only planned on being away for 3 days, today was the third day and he planned on leaving this evening, but after the call, his priorities had reshuffled. He pulled out his other cell and started placing a call to his private flight captain, whom he hired in secrecy, to prepare for an emergency takeoff. The man didnt answer when he called though. 'Fine I will try again shortly.'

Liang Jian Amal left the office building and headed home, his chauffeur navigating through the heavily trafficked streets of Shanghai. Bright neon signs flashed across his face, illuminating him with bright garish colors. The bright lights made him think of the way the light had shined upon Chang's hair as they had been riding together. Her deep blue eyes staring deep into his, he could lose himself in their depths like the ocean.

The smile was short lived though, as he walked in he smelled the cloying smell of a woman's perfume as well as the smells of cooking food. 'Who the hell is in my house?'

His silent question was soon answered as a slim woman came out of the kitchen area wearing a large smile.

"Oh, I thought you wouldn't be home for another hour, I wanted to surprise you. Dinner will be ready in about 45 minutes. Are you hungry now, would you like me to prepare some snacks until then?"

Liang Jian Amal punched the bridge of his nose near his eyebrows. This eyesore again..

"Miss Yan, why are you in my house?" He tried to restrain his temper as he asked in a monotone voive. He wished he could just drag her out of his house, but he couldn't afford offend the Yans at the moment. He was in the middle of a major collaboration with her father. Yet it seemed at every opportunity she had been around him the last few days, at every business meeting, and even a evening gathering he had to attend last night. She was like an annoying fly.

Yan Xiao Dan smiled coquettishly at him, irritating him further. "Why your father let me in, he thought it would be a nice surprise for you."

"How nice of him." Liang Jian Amal spat through his teeth. He knew what his father was trying to do, but it was never going to happen. "I shall go find him. Please Miss Yan, do not trouble yourself further on my account. Please Mr. Han see Miss Yan back to her family properly and safely." Mr. Han, his driver who had come in behind him bowed low and went to fetch the car. Liang Jian Amal held the door open and smiled at her in a polite dismissal. She tightened her smile and slightly narrowed her eyes.

"Let me turn off the stove real quick, I left the burners going." Yan Xiao Dan was unused to men refusing her, she was incredibly beautiful, talented, and came from a good family. She had men falling at her feet every day, but the man she had her eye on couldn't even give her the time of day. 'For now.' She refused to believe that she couldn't win over the man. She bade him a crystal clear goodbye with an enchanting smile to his tight one, leaving with in the chauffeured Rolls Royce. Yan Xiao Dan's eyes shined seeing the beautiful vehicle, the vehicle the very epitome of luxury, 'You will be mine, sooner or later.. She thought to herself with a smile.

After seeing her off Liang Jian Amal resolutely closed the door and stalked up to his study on the second floor, where his father was most likely waiting for him. As he neared the closed door he heard his father talking in low tones.