Spring lovers: We who are inseperable

Chapter 181: The 'Friend' (1)

Coming into her room, Elaina locked the door from behind and sighed.

She immediately messaged Ethan, "Tomorrow, I'll go and meet Li Wei, you will be responsible for Alex, Rey, and Iris until then."

Sending the message, a reply immediately popped up on her phone, "C'mon sis, you'll be the death of me!!!!!"

Eliana didn't pay heed to Ethan's continuous pleadings and disconnected the call when she felt she delivered her message. 

Throwing the phone aside, Eliana lay on her bed, deep in thoughts. On some days she will be married. She will be the wife of Li Wei, even if for three months, but still she would be deemed as his wife. 

Never in her dreams, she had imagined that within a week of coming back here, she will have to accept a marriage contract. 

'It's only for three months, only for three months, after that it will be over,' Eliana repeated this clause over and over in her mind but instead of being relived, somewhere in her heart, an uneasy and sad feeling crept in there, making her feel that is was a sad thing. 

Shaking her head to deny this fact, Eliana sighed once again and proceeded to go to bed when her phone ranged. 

It was her secretary, Mia. 

"What is it, Mia?" Eliana asked as she picked up her phone. 

"Sorry to disturb you, Eliana. But C.E.O. Li's secretary emailed me, saying that Mr. Li had asked for a lunch meeting with you. 

Listening to this, Eliana raised an eyebrow, they just met today then why he wanted to meet tomorrow again. Absolutely no!

But before she could deny this meeting, a thought came to her mind. She also wanted to talk to Li Wei about the first hospital and the marriage contract, so this can be the perfect opportunity for it. 

"Ok, but keep a condition that date and time will be decided by us. Mia, please choose a low key restaurant for the meet and tell them the time that I have free," Eliana said as she disconnected the call. 

After it, Eliana slumped on her bed, and soon her eyes started to feel heavy making her asleep.

... 

The next day, in Li Corporation.

In the meeting room, Li Wei and the other employees sat discussing some of the recent projects, the atmosphere was grim as usual. The employees were all accustomed to this type of situation in every meeting that was held. 

In every meeting, it was a record, that at least one person will lose his or her job, Li Wei would especially pick the person that was to be fired. And so, every meeting was like the death bell for the person who was in charge of the presentation. 

The employee on whom today's chance was bestowed, had already packed his belongings, gave his farewell party, and looked for another job at different places. Thus, he was ready to hear the words 'you are fired' from Li Wei. 

"T-This concludes my presentation," the employee said as he finished his presentation and was ready to be fired. 

Clenching his eyes to exclude the pain on hearing the words, the employee was eagerly waiting for his dying words. 

Li Wei looked in that direction of the employee eagerly, seeing him staring at himself, the employee stood frozen in his place. 

Meanwhile, Li Wei looked at the wall clock that was hung at the wall, in front of which the employee was sitting. With his eyebrow knitted he waiting for the clock to struck at 1 'o'clock. 

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

He had already asked four times from Mu Shufen the time given to him for the lunch meet from Eliana. Sometimes it was an hour, sometimes it was 30mins, sometimes it was 15 minutes and sometimes it was 5 five minutes. 

He never heard from Mu Shufen that 'its time' which had irritated him more. He had decided to kept the proposal for the lunch meet with Eliana as he wanted to meet her and discuss the things for their marriage, though he was sure that Eliana will reject it. 

But, there was no peak of his happiness, when Eliana agreed, and so he was excited about that meet and didn't want to be late for it. 

"What time is it, Mu Shufen?" Li Wei asked with an irritated voice. 

"Sir, it's time," Mu Shufen, no sooner did these words made way to Li Wei's ears, Li Wei got up from his seat as fast as lightning, and left the meeting room with only words, "Meeting is over."

The employee who had his eyes shut, and who was ready to hear the words that will mark the end of his words, was surprised to hear the words that came out of Li Wei's mouth. 

5.10..15 minutes had passed, the employee stood frozen in his place, unable to believe his ears. 

'What the f**k did I just hear? The meeting is over? I am fired? Should I leave this office right now?' 

These questions lingered in that employee's mind, and he stayed in a daze until ten more minutes. 

The same went for the other people sitting in the meeting room. Today's incident was a miracle, this day should be registered in the history of Li Corporations with the name, 'The Miraculous meeting'. 

"Am I fired?" finally the employee who was still in a daze was the one to break the impending silence in the room. 

"I-I don't know, I-I don't know anything," one of them said as that person started to show the symptoms of going crazy. 

As for Li Wei, he was in a hurry to reach the place set for the meeting between him and Eliana. 

Getting in the car, he needed not to tell Mu Shufen as the secretary was aware of the place where his boss was eager to reach, and so with the highest speed, possible Mu Shufen drove Li Wei to the place. 

..

In the Song Mansion, 

Eliana got ready with just a simple outfit that was simply a white blouse with a light grey casual blazer for the top. Pairing them with black skinny jeans, Eliana chooses pale pink suede ballet heels to complete the outfit in a stylish and formal way. Feeling like this was the simplest outfit, Eliana decided to proceed with the meet.

Coming out of her room, she first checked right and then left, after making sure that there was no one in the corridor, she proceeded towards the hall. 

In the hall, to her fortune, not a single soul was to be seen there, feeling like this was the perfect opportunity to sneak out of the house, Eliana dashed towards the hall and then to the entrance. 

As she was going to take a step towards the entrance, and as soon as she felt that her sneak out was successful, a voice called her out from behind.

"Ell."

Eliana stood froze in her place when she heard her name, that was probably how Alex called her. 

"Fuck"

Eliana cursed in her mind.

'Shit, just where are you Ethan, you brat I told you to keep them busy, and yet,' Eliana cursed Ethan in her mind and then turned around to face the person that was indeed Alex. 

"Hey, Alex!" Eliana greeted Alex with her usual calm and unbothered tone that she managed to keep. 

"Where are you going?" Alex asked as he started to move towards her. 

"I am going to meet someone," Eliana answered. 

"Someone? Who?" Alex asked as he enquired further. 

"A friend," Eliana said the first thing that came to her mind. 

"Friend? Oh, is that so? Come then, let me drop you at that place," Alex said as he offered her a ride. 

'OH fuck'

Eliana clicked her tongue and said, "No need, you must be busy. I'll go in my car."

"Your car is not here, Iris took yours as hers had a problem," Alex said as he took out his phone and typed something in it.

"O-Oh is that so, Ok then, let's go," Eliana avoided to argue further with him as she knew that he would become suspicious if she did so.

"Hmm," Alex nodded as she kept his phone back in his pocket and then proceeded towards the car. 

In the car, no one said a thing and the drive was peaceful. Wait, it would have been peaceful if Alex hadn't started his questioning from Eliana. 

"Is this friend someone I know?" Alex said suddenly, as he broke the silence. 

"Uh, no, not someone that you know. I meet her just a few days ago," Eliana said as she was going through some emails on her phone. 

"Oh," Alex nodded as he did not bother to enquire further. 

"Are we there yet?" Eliana asked. 

"You are quite eager to meet your friend, aren't you?" Alex commented. 

"Uh, yeah! You can say so," Eliana answered. 

The car stopped in front of the restaurant where Mia had made the reservations at.