Offer To The CEO

Tuesday, continued...

A number of people within high society had been milling around the theatre foyer, wanting to watch the confrontation between Hou Yi, Anna Jones, Yang Lin and Lu Jinhu.

They knew, after Friday night, there was bad blood between the two couples, but no one really understood what was happening, save and except a few select people. No matter how much Du AnLing, Leng Xi and Phillipa Chen or friends of Yang Lin's were pressured them, none would say much about the situation. Du AnLing, Leng Xi and Phillipa Chen refused to say anything to protect Hou Yi and Anna, and the latter simply because Yang Lin had not told them anything about the situation.

What really caught there attention was the claim from Lu Jinhu that Hou Yi had been duped, and that his so called bride was manipulative and a liar. That, fitted with their view, that the woman Hou Yi called his wife had manipulated him into marriage, as they knew he was a committed bachelor. They were grateful someone was calling her on it and would help to get him away from her clutches.

However, they then heard the allegation that Yang Lin and Lu Jinhu had physically assaulted Anna shocked them. There were rumours around of an assault at the Key Plaza Hotel, but they had dismissed it as there had been no evidence to support the claim. Hou Yi, not only confirmed it had occurred but that the the footage of the incident was in his possession before it could been hidden. It must therefore have happened for Hou Yi to have gone to the lengths to secure the footage.

Then to hear, Hou Yi threaten legal action for slander. That really made them strain and look at what was happening. No one in their circle threatened another with that. For it to have gotten to that point, things must be really bad with Lu Jinhu's statements. It always is a blunt instrument and given everyone's businesses were connected, such action couldceasily ruin business and Hou Yi wad not that stupid.

Then the shocks continued, Hou Yi had been courting his wife behind the back of her then partner, Lu Jinhu, which really was out of character. Hou Yi, was known for respecting people's relationships, and for him to go against all of his past behaviour and do this was so out of character, Hou Yi's wife had to be something so special for him to abandon his behaviour and principals.

They all wanted to know why he was willing to risk rejection by someone already in a relationship and as soon as the first opportunity that presented to him, he took it to secure his bride. What was so special about her for Hou Yi to do that and the single women ptesent wondered if there was something that they could learn that would have their partners propose to them as soon as possible.

When they heard that Lu Jinhu and Yang Lin had been cheating on their relationships and Yang Lin was 2 months pregnant caused everyone to grasp in shock. While affairs were tolerate within their group, treating a partner poorly was not.

By this time anyone that had only been paying passing attention to what was happening stopped what they were doing. Phillipa Chen, however was being restrained by her mother Lady Amelia, who said "Phillipa, you have to trust your friends. Yi will protect his wife. I know that you are helping them professionally, and but you would not race in normally, so do not do it now, unless there is a imminent threat. There is security around to protect everyone, and Yi's bodyguards are outside so they can be quickly summoned."

"Mother, they are my friends, and Anna has been through so much at their hands, I cannot let them get hurt more."

"Phillipa, calm down. Step in only when you need to, and you know objectively this is not now."

"Yes mother."

Everyone herd the abuse directed to Hou Yi and Anna, and really wondered if Yang Lin and Lu Jinhu were the people that they knew. How could such foul language come out of their mouths. It made them appear common, not the people that they knew, unlike Hou Yi and Anna, who did not use language, but were reaching their target with well-directed comments.

However, when Yang Lin raised her had and slapped Anna, and Lu Jinhu punched her, everyone knew that they had stepped outside the bounds of any acceptable behaviour. The sound of the slap, simply echoed through the foyer area, and there was the sound of breaking glass given a number of people had, in pure shock simply dropped their glass.