Friday, continued …."I need you to have the travel department make arrangements for a first cla.s.s flight from Melbourne to Singapore for Anna" sister-in-law, and a company jet to pick her up from there, plus then for the large company jet to pick up some members of Anna"s family next weekend to come across."
"Yes sir"
Hou YI took the call off hold and "I am back. I have just spoken to my a.s.sistant and I am arranging for a flight from Melbourne to Singapore for you and a company jet will collect you from Singapore to bring you here. My a.s.sistant, when you email through your photo page of your pa.s.sport will confirm everything to you."
"As for everyone else, we will need the photo pages of their pa.s.sports, but a company jet will collect them in Melbourne for the flight across rather than a commercial flight, as it will be more comfortable for the children. I have your number so I will get my a.s.sistant to call to finalise the details. I"m sorry I cannot stay, but I noticed the time here, and I need to get back to the hospital for the next review with the medical treatment team."
"Talk soon".
Hou Yi ended the call, and tidied his desk, before putting papers he knew he would need to review over the weekend in his briefcase. As he walked out the door, he stopped to speak to a.s.sistant w.a.n.g about the arrangements to be made for Anna"s family, confirming that as soon as he received pa.s.sport details they would be forwarded.
a.s.sistant w.a.n.g, handed him a number of emails and doc.u.ments about the plan to bring down Lu Corporation that was moving quicker that he would have thought. Those he needs to keep away from Anna"s eyes, but they need to be acted on for meeting in the following week.
Twenty-five minutes later, he walked into Anna"s hospital room, and noticed that Anna was asleep. He quietly sat down his briefcase and sat down beside Anna taking her hand in his, gently rubbing his fingers across her hand. He realised that Rosemary was right, he had to stop blaming himself. He knew sitting with his wife, unless she wanted to end the marriage she he would keep her with him. He knew that it was selfishness to the extreme but being near her was a balm that soothed him.
He simply sat there looking at his wife, and he did not realise for how long he was sitting there, all he could see was that she had opened her eyes and was looking at him intently. He thought he had to be imagining the look in her eyes that told him that she cared.
Anna, herself awoke to Hou Yi gently stroking her hand. It made her feel so loved and cared for, it was a feeling that she wanted to have for as long as she could. She simply sat there looking at him directly in the eyes. She knew however she was not hiding her emotions, and that Hou Yi could see how she was feeling.
Right at that moment, Anna recognised that describing her feelings towards Hou Yi simply as love was a tepid comment. She truly and deeply loved him, no matter what. She knew that she never wanted to leave him, and whatever part of his life that she could have she would take, as being with him, even for a small part of the time was all that she needed.
The only thing she hoped was that all her emotions were not showing, as the last thing she knew she wanted Hou Yi to realise was that she was in love with him. She knew that they had married with no expectations and if he fell in love with her, it had to be because he wanted to not because he felt that he had no option but she confessed her feelings either by word or through actions.
Anna indicated to Hou Yi to come and sit beside her on the bed. When he was there, she reached up and put her hand behind his head, gently pulling it towards her, so that she could kiss him. Hou Yi, simply complied as he knew he wanted his wife"s lips on his. As soon as their lips met, they both became lost in each other to the total exclusion of the world. They simply kept drowning in each other"s kiss.
The next thing that they knew they heard "CEO Hou, Madam Hou." In a loud voice.