The Rise of the White Lotus

Lexi's email didn't have any other message aside from the attached files in it. Hence, without a second delay, Ethan Lu rang up Lexi's personal phone which was answered almost immediately. 

"Love, why am I kissing another woman?!" Furious, Ethan Lu asked. For a second, Lexi's brows twitched. 

Why was he asking that if she should be the one who should be asking?

"Ah no, no, no. It's not me but why does he look like me?" Ethan Lu shook his head because for a moment, he felt that Churu manifested to him. 

Surely, Churu's personality was too strong that it corrupted him unknowingly. Regardless, Ethan Lu's dismay on the damn video for using his face was enough for him to throw a huge fit. 

"I don't know but it was sent to me as blackmail — I'm waiting for that person to call again." Ethan Lu heard a disconsolate sigh from the other end of the line after her reply. 

"Who?" He asked, knitting his brows while his lips curled downward. 

"No idea. Love, I don't feel good about this." Lexi let out another heavy sigh once again. 

If she received this before that airplane crash, Lexi would have had thousands of emotions if she saw the video. However, after everything that happened, Lexi learned to pause first until she could think straight. 

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Lexi's worried words, Ethan Lu drew his phone away and briefly looked at it before placing the phone back to his ear. "You're not mad?" He asked. 

Although Ethan Lu's first two questions were quite ridiculous, still, he instantly realized the heaviness of the situation. After all, Lexi was an emotional person and things like this, it would be impossible if she wasn't affected by it. 

"Why would I?" Rolling her eyes, Lexi clicked her tongue. "You won't cheat on me." A statement full of confidence, Lexi responded as she pursed her lips. 

"Eh??" Ethan Lu blushed, as he brightly smiled as if there was no problem at the moment. "Why so?" Suppressing his giggle, Ethan Lu rested his cheek by his palm, waiting for Lexi's sincere love confession. 

Aya~! How nice would it be if he also had that love system; he would definitely love to hear the ringing bells notifying him his love points. 

"Love, this is not the time to flirt." Lexi rolled her eyes as she could imagine how he must have looked like just by hearing his tone. Thus, although she was worried, her anxious heart relaxed a little. 

"Come on, love. Tell me, hehe~" Still carrying the same bright smile, Ethan Lu urged. 

"Well, because you're simple." Conceding in defeat, Lexi raised her brows as she played with her pen with her fingers. 

"Ha?" Baffled at the connection, Ethan Lu frowned. Was she teasing him? He was so sure that she would say all kinds of cheesy lines she learned from him. 

"You already have many headaches and having a mistress will only add to all the problems." Lexi chuckled. She figured that he must be disappointed with her answer but actually, she didn't really give a thought about those why's and why not's. 

Her heart just knew that his eyes and heart only belongs to her and their twins. Just like hers, most of the space in her heart was being occupied by her small family. 

"Also, you can't fight me in court." This time, Lexi humored that was followed by an evil laugh. 

When Ethan Lu heard her last remark, he cringed. Well, that was true though — he couldn't win against her, not just in court but in everything. 

"*sigh* here I thought, I will be blessed by a heartwarming word." He sighed, yet, his lips curled into a subtle smile. "Love, I'll deal with him, don't worry." Going back to the main concern, Ethan Lu reassured her. 

However, Lexi shook her head sideways even though he wasn't seeing her. "I'll stall him. I swear, I won't place my life in any danger. Just leave him to me, alright?" She offered with confidence. 

Lexi knew that even with Churu's help, Ethan Lu had a lot of things going on. Hence, he has to look ahead and continue to move forward while she covered his back. 

"Love..." Perhaps, deep down, Ethan Lu had already guessed that she would say this. Yet, he still felt concerned. "Alright, just be careful okay? Don't meet him, and tell me if you feel uncomfortable." In the end, Ethan Lu still agreed as he wanted to fully trust her capabilities and her growth. 

"Yes, I promise." Glad that he understood her heart, Lexi subtly smiled before they exchange 'I love you's' and ended the line without any misunderstanding. 

Just as Ethan Lu put down his phone, he heard Churu's voice rang inside his head. "Actually, listening to how he boosted his ego is more tiring than watching you all day."

"Have you heard anything interesting?" Replying telepathically, Ethan Lu slowly rose from his seat and began taking strides outside. 

"What kind of interesting are you referring by the way? So far, aside from his hateful remarks to Engr. Choi for meddling too much on the materials for the construction of your branch, and cursing you for your audacity — nothing much." Bored as hell, the black widow Churu lazily reported while staring at Dennis Lu and then shifted it to the other directors around the table. 

Based on what she heard, Engr. Choi was hired by Ethan Lu, recommended by Lexi as he was the one who renovated Beauty DR's headquarters. Obviously, since he owed the couples a lot, he does his best to contract great raw materials at a lower price. 

So, it wasn't a surprise that Dennis Lu's corruption was affected as he could not have a kickback. Regardless, Churu couldn't sense or even smell Dennis Lu's rotten scent. If anything, he just smelled corrupt but not to the extent that he had killed a person. 

'Will he kill me?' Ethan Lu solemnly asked. When he passed by Lyrick Jiang's post, he slightly raised his hand and gestured Lyrick Jiang not to follow him. 

"Yes, he will kill you by his shamelessness!" Well, Churu was already displeased on how hypocrite Dennis Lu just by listening to them for several minutes now. Hence, even though it was unintentional, Dennis Lu could kill her or Churu would silence him herself.