The next morning was already a good start for Lena. The sun was not even up yet and news already exploded with major headlines about Mayor Bai. Many news were publis.h.i.+ng articles about his corruption with his charity funds, using them for personal use instead of his campaign. They also said that he had been using the people"s tax and transferring them to his own person offsh.o.r.e account.
Lena smiled as she read the articles. There was not much evidence yet but accusations. However, the PR department of the Mayor has not responded yet to the public. They had not made a comment on the news.
Lena knew that this was probably Kris" doing. She should up her game too. She hopped off her bed and got ready for the morning. James would not be picking her up today because she was going to go poke a baby dragon today.
Instead of her usual work pants today, she put on a sleek black skirt with a light blue blouse. She let hair loose and pretty the rest of herself. She made sure to have the box of rings with her as she drove to Eva"s apartment.
Noah had given her Eva"s address the night before and he hacked into the apartment security to make sure that Eva was still home.
She drove to the apartment building. It was a nice area, but not as great as hers. She walked up and went up to the elevator. As she stood outside the apartment door, she took out a small mirror and made sure she was looking perfect before going in.
Lena finally knocked on the door. After a few times, Eva opened the door.
"Lena?"
"Hey. Can I come in?"
Eva looked at Lena and she was dressed so well early in the morning. As for her, she had just woken up and was still in pajamas. "Ah yeah... sure I guess."
She opened the door to let Lena in. Lena walked in and looked around the area. "So this is where you live now?"
"Yeah." Eva closed the door. "What are you here for?"
Lena sat on the sofa without even waiting for Eva to say so. "Your rings are done and I wanted to personally deliver them to you. It will save you the time to pick them up later."
Eva sat down by Lena and took the box from her. She opened it. "You... you were the one to have Andy change his designs, right?"
"Yeah, it was me."
Eva angrily stared at Lena. "You have no rights to interfere with it."
"No right? I am the designer, I only make suggestions. It was his choice to choose mine over yours."
Eva was shocked at what Lena said. "You think that I don"t know what is better for us?"
"Actually, I do. No woman would make a man wear such an over-decorated ring just to match her wife"s... he is a businessman, not something you can dress to impress."
Eva was short of words. "You... you still love him don"t you?!"
"So you finally can still see that?" Lena smirked.
Eva put the rings on the table. "You told Andy that you were over him, but you were lying?!"
"Lying? You are the real hypocrite here, don"t start blaming me. I once asked you to stay away from Andy and you promised to. And yet, here you are... right next to him. Is that not a lie?"
"You think Andy would accept you again?" Eva raised her voice.
Lena stood up as a gesture that she was leaving. She laughed. "You"re a little confident there, aren"t you? As far as I remember, you also did the same thing when I was engaged. Anything can happen."
Eva stood up and tilt her head to look at Lena. Eva was a bit smaller than her. "You think I would let Andy go as easy as you did?"
"Ahahhahhh...." Lena laughed and then smirked. "I didn"t leave him, he left me. And he can easily leave you too."
Lena walked to the door and opened it. Eva followed her out. Lena turned and look at the distraught woman. "Ah... Andy must have not told you yet, but we are having dinner tonight. Just the two of us. He personally invited me. You must have not entertained him well enough at night..."
"You!!"
Lena took a step forward and looked down on Eva like a small animal. She grabbed Eva"s hand. "Don"t you worry, Mei-mei. I"ll entertain him very well, after all, I am not used trash." Lena gave her another victory smile and left as she closed the door on Eva"s face.
Eva"s legs went weak and she fell to the carpeted floor. "Used trash... she called me used trash. She could not know, right? She won"t tell Andy, right? No... she will because--"
A knock on the door interrupted her thought. She quickly stood up and look out the peephole. It looked like it was a maintenance guy.
"One minute." She was still in her pajamas. She quickly went to get changed and opened the door.
"h.e.l.lo. Is this a good time to fix the shower?"
"Yeah, now is fine. How long would it take?"
"Just a few minutes."
"Ok." Eva showed the man where the broken shower was. She went back to her room to get her phone. She needed to call Andy. They were supposed to have a romantic dinner yesterday but Andy said he was busy. But... he made time to have dinner with Lena!?
"h.e.l.lo, Miss. Wu." Sophia picked up the call.
"Where is Andy?"
"Andy is in a meeting right now. He cannot take a call, if you want to, I can pa.s.s on a message for him."
"No, it"s fine. Just tell him to call me right after he is done."
Eva bit her thumbnails... What is she going to do? How does Lena even know that she is not a virgin anymore? Only Madam Yang would know.
She stopped biting her nails as she remembered there was another person... Mike Zhao. She was about to call him but the maintenance guy knocked on her bedroom door.
"Miss? It is all done. Do you want me to check the shower in your room too?"
"Oh.. yeah." She replied without thinking.
The man walked into the bathroom and closed the door. He walked a few minutes later. "Everything is good now. This is a note just to inform you of the fixes that I did. Good day, Miss."
Eva made sure the man left before making her phone call. She went back to her room and dialed Mike Zhao.
Just as the call was picked up, Eva quickly spoke to the phone. "Mike Zhao, did you meet up with Lena Shen?"
"Eva? Why are you calling me on this number? You know it is not safe to call me on this number. Are you using a disposable phone?" Mike Zhao asked.
"That"s not important! I asked you, did you talk with Lena Shen at all?!"
"Stupid woman." Mike Zhao hung up the phone. He was not going to rish his business for a woman who can"t even play it safe.
"Dammit!" Eva called him again but it went straight to voicemail. She called a few times before she was blocked.
She looked around the room for her disposable phone but could not find it. She just had it a few days ago... where did it go?!
The maintenance walked out the back of the apartment building and entered a car.
"h.e.l.lo, Miss. Shen."
Lena smiled at the man. "How did it go?"
"I put a microphone in both the bathroom and the living room."
Lena already switched cars with James. Her car was too bright to play spy. She was now driving a car that blended more with the streets.
"That"s good." She parked a few blocks away from the apartment. She handed the man a check. "Here. Take this back to your boss. Tell him its for the damage I did him yesterday."
"Very well." The man got off the car and went into this own car.
Lena turned around the car to ditch it and meet up with James so they can go to the company. Tomorrow Kris would be back, Lena would tell him her great adventures since he left.