Offer To The CEO

Tuesday, continued …

Hearing those words sent a chill up Hou YI's spine. He turned and looked at his wife and observed that Anna was furious. There is no way that she wanted to be stopped from working. As her husband, he wanted her happy, but as the ultimate boss on Hou Enterprises that would be responsible to ANX Lawyers if anything happened to her, he would have to stand his ground and ban her from the office.

Before Hou Yi could respond, Anna said, "No way, I need to keep busy."

"Madam Hou, Friday was a warning. You simply need to be careful, nothing more nothing less. Use this as a warning, so that this does not happen. You know that your pregnancy will have its issues and we must manage these. I will give you the opportunity to balance that, before I step in, but if you refuse, I will step in."

Realising that she would not win the argument, Anna responded "Fine" before standing up and storming out of the obstetrician's office.

As he stood up, Hou Yi was stopped by the obstetrician, who handed him paperwork and said "CEO Hou, I had not raised it until now, but Madam Hou needs to be careful with her diet. I have had our dieticians put together ideas for your chefs on this point, and they will help generally with her health but also be beneficial to her pregnancy."

After a pause the obstetrician continued "The other thing and given Madam Hou's current reactions it is something that I do not think that she will take well, is while you can have s*xual intercourse, you need to be careful. Normally I would not raise this, but given that you have just had your formal wedding ceremony ..."

"I understand, you need us to be careful ..."

"I do, the other thing that this trip has indicated is that it would not, unless absolutely necessary, for Madam Hou to travel more than five hours from here, and not to be gone for more than a week. You were simply lucky in Australia that Madam Hou's family were with her and able to deal with the problems. This may not be the case in the future. Remaining close to here means that help is quicker at hand if there is a problem."

"You know she is not going to like that restriction."

"CEO Hou, I am not saying she cannot travel further than that, but for the next few weeks she needs to remain close to home."

"I understand, but if there is a problem, you are going to have to deal with my wife..." With that Hou Yi stood up and left the room. Damn it the Obstetrician was putting him in a tight spot presently. He was going to have to strike a real balance and knowing his wife that would be difficult.

As Hou Yi walked towards her, Anna was starting to feel energized. She had finally properly woken up, and the worries of the last few days were gone. Friday had scared her, and what was happening to their babies, but at least now her concerns had been addressed. Looking at her watch, Anna despite wanting to head into the office to deal with some of the matters that she had discussed with ANX before leaving Melbourne, she realised it was getting a little late in the afternoon.

While, the partners wanted to treat her like a glass ornament, given they were worried about hurting the wife of a head of a major corporate client, she was able to win the argument especially with Stan Williams, as often lawyers under him were pregnant or on maternity leave was on her side. He supported her argument that while she was pregnant, it was not an illness and it did not, if she followed medical advice impact her ability to undertake work.

As they headed out to the car, Hou YI turned to Anna and said "Sweetheart, I need to head into the office for an hour or so, but why do you not head home and I will join you as soon as I am done."

"Yi, no way I am coming with you," responded Anna in a seductive voice.

As Hou Yi sat into the car beside Anna, she slightly turned and started to caress his chest, before quietly saying "I need to come. We have to have discussions with some of the senior legal staff about Friday's court case involving that scum Lu Jingho." Anna then leant over and gave Hou Yi a kiss before continuing "And I want to be with you..."

Hou Yi, not able to resist the temptation that was his wife, gently took her face in his hands and gave her kiss before gently drawing back and leaning his head against Anna's before quietly saying "You win, you know I cannot refuse you, but promise me ..."

"I will behave. You know that is an..."

"Impossibility. Anna, seriously please be calm as I want you to be able to work for as long as possible, rather than the choice being forced on you. I know you will enough to know that you need to work, as sitting at home having to keep calm will simply drive you insane."