Chapter 246 - The Mistress

Lu Fang and his party finally identified the culprits of the missing funds. It all pointed to a project engineer and his cronies within Global China itself. Apparently, they had appeared to have been associated with the same executive who was dismissed months ago. 

While he worked closely with his brother- and sister-in-law to find Andrea, the man had learned a thing or two about hacking and using to its fullest the current digital technology.

Although he still has so much to understand, he already knew the basics allowing him to dig dirt on Global China's employees. Apart from the paper trail that Bolin and Megan found, he discovered email threads and files from their hardware, supporting their conspiracy. 

After contacting Pie Liqin, the man demanded their immediate dismissal and with orders to return the missing funds. Otherwise, legal actions will follow. 

Lu Fang had been trying to call his wife that day so he could tell her the good news. He would go home the following evening after formalizing another contract with an outsourced contractor to replace the terminated employees. He called several times, but she did not answer. 

He managed to get an answer from Hanxi who told him she was talking to Li Wen. Hanxi promised to remind Andrea and call him back. 

Tired after a long day, they all returned to the hotel. Lu Fang and Bolin had dinner at the restaurant with the rest of his security team beforehand. He had two of them following him around all throughout the trip. 

As they were enjoying their meal, Megan Wong and her assistant came approaching their table. She smiled sweetly at the man and greeted him, "Good evening, Mr. Lu. Can we join you for dinner?"

He studied everyone's plate, glancing on both sides before responding, "Megan, we are halfway done. It defeats the purpose of joining us."

Megan cursed inside. She could not fathom how complicated it was to have a simple dinner with him. 'It wasn't even a date!' She said in silence. His men and his assistant were with him.

Understanding she was being pushed away, she merely grinned and acknowledged, "I guess Mr. Lu. That does make sense."

Lu Fang was busy calling his wife again and after nearly half an hour of doing so, he made a quick run to the men's room and one of his bodyguards came with him.

He handed Bolin his phone and instructed, "Keep calling Andy for me, Bolin. Tell her we are returning to Beijing tomorrow evening."

Go Bolin did as he was directed but in the middle of his second call to Andrea, Megan called out to them for help, "Guys, my assistant is not feeling well, she can't seem breath properly. She said she is feeling dizzy as well and can't walk. Do you mind helping me bring her to the hotel clinic?"

The other bodyguard aided her assistant to the clinic and Megan eagerly sat beside Bolin.

She saw him put the man's phone inside his bag. She looked around and after confirming that no one was looking, she leaned forward distracting Bolin, "Oh look, that woman was been staring at you for minutes how."

He looked across and saw a woman who was dining with a man. He frowned and said, "I doubt it. I don't know her and she seems to be on a date."

"No! Not that one, the other woman," Megan said pointing to another woman few tables away.

While she diverted his attention, she leaned closer to him as her hands made its way inside his bag. She felt two mobile phones next to each other and since she could not decipher which one to take; she took both with her and quickly placed it in her pouch bag which was already open. 

She continued to distract him, even pressing her breast against him, flirting. She was now replacing the man's mobile with another unit, exactly similar to Lu Fang's device.

She had earlier planned the swapping of gadgets from day one, when she fell curious about who the man was affectionately talking to over the phone. 

After accomplishing her goal, she said, "Oh, you know what. I might have made a mistake."

Megan quickly went after her assistant at the hotel clinic where the bodyguard remained watching her. She thanked him for his help and said suggesting for him to leave, "Thank you. I can take it from here."

Returning to their table, Lu Fang realized it was getting late. He saw Bolin and his other security yawning. He decided to slumber for the night and lead for their rooms.

Before entering his suite, he asked Bolin for his phone and reminded him that the wake-up call will be at ten in the morning. After a very exhausting week, he felt the need for a longer sleep. 

He was about to call his wife when he saw he was out of batter. He frowned, not realizing it was already running low. He fell asleep as he recharged his mobile and he never got to call Andrea again that night.

Meanwhile, in the other room, Go Bolin was frantically looking for his phone. He could have sworn he placed it inside his bag just before they had dinner. He returned to the restaurant to find it, but to no avail. 

It was not the first time that he lost his mobile and thus; he concluded it was the same case that happened. Before sleeping for the night, he requested from the front desk a 10 AM wake up call for both him and his master. 

Although it was a weekend, they scheduled the contract signing with the new contractor in the afternoon. They did not have to get up early. 

Inside Megan's hotel suite, she studied Lu Fang's phone carefully. Unfortunately, it was locked. 

"Of course, it would be," she told herself. 

Megan was an expert at spying on those she was interested in. She knew how to unlock gadgets and computers herself. She was about to meddle with the man's phone but her eyes were falling helplessly. She figured she would just quickly do so in the morning. 

As she slept, Megan dreamt of Lu Fang. She saw herself getting married to the man. Sadly, her dream was interrupted by the sound of the man's phone ringing. 

She picked it up and saw the name registered was My Babe. "This must be the mistress," she murmured. She wanted to teach this woman a lesson, so she answered the call. 

Hearing the woman's voice, she blurted out, "Who are you? Why are calling my husband, babe? And this early on a weekend?"