Lena continued working. With all the things going on in her life, she was also developing a program to help her easily design jewelry. She was not a master at programming and coding, but she knew enough from her original world as a Graphic Designer to develop the general concept.
She"ll hire someone else to complete finalize and complete the program for her. Lena was going to ask Gary to do it since he was the best, but she did not want to be too dependent on him.
Her cell phone rang and she looked to see that it was her mother. She stopped tying in codes in her laptop and answered it.
"h.e.l.lo, Mom."
"Did I disturb you?"
"No. I was just doing some light work. The partners.h.i.+p signing was successful today. I was going to tell you about it at dinner tonight."
"That is good. I was thinking you were not going to come home tonight again."
"Why?"
"Are you see anyone new?"
"Mom… Having a good relations.h.i.+p with men does not mean you are dating them."
"I know. I was just wondering. I just want you to be happy." Shen Milli sweetly spoke. "You can marry any man you want, you know that right? Our family is not strict on such marriage requirements like others. He just has to be handsome and loves you for who you are."
"I know, Mom."
"What about that friend of yours that you always hang out with? His name was.... Harry, I think"
"It is Gary."
"Yes, him. He seems nice and handsome."
"We are just friends, no more than that." Lena monotonously replied.
"Well, there is still the Young Master Zhao too! You both seemed like a great pair dancing at the Charity Auction. And even if not him, there are rumors between you and CEO Li. Are those true?"
"MOM!"
"Ok, I"ll stop. Oh, but just one more, Secretary Han is nice too. And he is family already, he"ll fit right in. Your father would for sure approve him."
Lena sighed very loudly. Shen Milli was quietly smiling at the other side of the phone.
"Mom, I am perfectly capable of finding my own husband. Don"t you dare start pulling blind dates like what the Yangs did with Hazel."
"Of course not! I am confident in you." Shen Milli did think about it, but if it was unsuccessful with Hazel, for sure it wouldn"t work with Lena too. "I will talk to you more when you get home."
Shen Milli hung up the phone before her daughter throws a fit at her. Lena was growing up too fast since the broken engagement from Andy. She did not Lena to dwell into work and forget about herself.
Lena pulled her head back and deeply sighed. Anyone would enjoy the feeling of being loved. But Lena knew that love is not forced, and she really just want a man to pursue her for once. She needed to stress eat.
She called Diane to reheat her food and bring it into her office, she would just eat then here so she can continue working.
Lena came to work early today but she decided to stay late tonight. Usually, she leaves on time because she believes that overworking is a bad habit. However, there were so many things going on and some overtime every so often was alright.
Lena was looking at some financial paperwork. Their fiscal year was ending and the financial department will be sending in their annual reports.
"It"s rare to see you working so hard." A voice called out to her.
Lena glanced up to see a tall man at her door. His black hair was neatly combed. He stood at the door with suave in his suit.
"Secretary Han!"
"Sorry, I did not knock."
"Why are you here?"
"Your mother requested me to personally come to pick you up. She a.s.sumed that you might be staying late at work today. Guessed she was right."
Lena glanced at the clock. It was quite late. "I was about to leave anyway."
Lena quickly put her files neatly away in a drawer. She grabbed her bag and walked out with Secretary Han. Her bodyguards followed them out too.
Lena got into the front seat with Secretary Han driving. Her guards were dismissed for the night because she was heading home.
"Are you going to be staying for dinner tonight?" Lena asked Secretary Han as he was focused on driving.
"I wasn"t going to. But since your father requested it as to celebrate your first big partners.h.i.+p, I could not deny the invitation."
"Did you have plans for tonight?"
"The vineyards are not well with the spread of the disease. I am heading out to the countryside tomorrow to see if we can quarantine the spread before it hit the other areas."
Lena"s eyes perked up. "Disease?"
Secretary Han gave Lena a quick glance. "Seemed like I said something that I should not have." He realized then that Shen Mao must have not told the news to Lena since she had just gone through her kidnapping.