Offer To The CEO

Thursday continued ….

Anna looked at James, simply in shock with everything that had gone on.

James was struggling with what had happened, and turned to Anna saying "I cannot talk now". He stood up and walked back to the patio shutting the door behind him as he needed a few minutes away from Anna.

Logically he knew Anna had nothing to do with Lu Jinhu and his crimes. However Anna brought him into the family. Yes, he had abused her knowing what he now knew she unintentionally placed the family and their friends at risk. He was an animal. Staying around Anna there and then would result in him saying something he knew he would regret in the future.

Walking over to a seating area, he sat down. James started to question himself as to why he was reacting in the way he was. This immediately turned him to thinking about had occurred in the last, as he glanced at his watch, eighteen hours. He could not believe the beautiful woman he met, when he observed her standing next to another woman, who was Anna's friend. She immediately fascinated and drew him in, even before he knew her age.

James realise in himself, at High School he had been a poor student, but he knew what he wanted to pursue as a career, nursing. He considered it his calling. being the only male in his year, everyone thought him gay. He decided within the first few weeks in his first year not to bother arguing against this presumption, despite having a girlfriend at the time. the benefit was he was not hit on by women at university, allowing him to concentrate on his studies.

What a quirk of fate with Anna getting injured that allowed him to get some hours of one-on-one nursing and rehabilitation work, meaning that the balance of his practical placement hours would come down.

He remember in the days after arriving, the discussion he had with his brother-in-law. He questioned Hou Yi ruthlessly about his relationship with his sister, as something never felt right with him. Yi took all that questioning and simply took the abuse he directed at him for allowing his sister get hurt. She did not deserve what had happened to her since her marriage.

However, the look when Hou Yi spoke about falling in love with Anna, said it all. He knew it was the absolute truth. The words stuck in his mind, "All it took was just a glimpse of her, and I knew that she was the love of my life. I would do anything for her. If all she wanted me to be was her friend, than I accept take that as it would mean I was part of her life and I could satisfy myself she was happy, safe and protected. When I had the chance to claim her as mine, I took it with both hands, because it represented all my hopes and dreams in one. I cannot help but to blame myself for the event that have happened but in the end we will deal with these things and move forward together."

James simply thought that his brother-in-law was spouting rubbish, about knowing Anna was the one for him on a simple glance. No one falls in love with someone at first sight, let alone is willing to sacrifice themselves and their happiness for the other.

Little did he know at that time his brother-in-law was right. Just spotting the beautiful young woman, convinced him of everything his brother-in-law had said and more. The problem was, he could not have a relationship with her. She deserved the world, and he was a simply student, without wealth or a career.

The other problem was that she was only sixteen. Yes, there was six years between them, but that was more than a third of her life. He hoped when she turned eighteen that there would be a chance for him with her, as he would have started his career and be in a position to offer her something, particularly given her families likely wealth.

The one thing, that was already haunting him was the hurt in Alecia's eyes, and he wanted to kill all those responsible for that. When she told him last night she had been r*ped he wanted to kill those responsible but wanted a true relationship with her.

However as the night wore on, he realised that that changed nothing for Alecia. He had to focus her, not the impossible and do what his brother-in-law suggested, make sure that she was happy, safe and secure. Being her friend would achieve that, and regardless of what the future would bring he would always be there for her without anyone being suspicious of him.