Lena put down her phone and cuddle in with Kris.
"How was your day?" Lena asked him.
"Good. Your family is not as tough as my family."
"I know."
Kris looked down at Lena who had her eyes closed and was happily contented next to him. He hoped that he can always make her happy like this.
"Lena..?"
"Hmm?"
"Is there... any enemies of the Shen family? Or someone who would want to harm your family?"
Lena opened her eyes and turned her body over. Her stomach was on the bed and her elbows were holding her upper body up.
"Why? So you can go take care of them for me?" Lena smiled.
"Maybe."
"Hm.... not really. I mean our worst enemy was you, but then we"re dating so you"re off the list. Business enemies are normal... not anyone particular that wants to harm us. I mean there was that thing with the disease awhile back. But that was taken care of. So, no?"
Kris looked at Lena sternly. "Are you sure?"
Lena looked back at Kris and tried to read him. "Why?"
"I want to eliminate as many surprises as I can. You should always be safe and happy." Kris placed a hand on Lena"s cheek and caressed it.
"There is one thing..." Lena continued. She grabbed his hand that was touching her cheek and held it.
"What is it?"
"Well, I haven"t got a chance to look more into it and I don"t really know if I should or not. It"s about my mother"s first pregnancy."
Kris carefully listened to her.
"The day I went with your mother to visit... her friend, she said a few things that made me wonder."
"About?" Kris was curious.
"My mother lost her baby girl before she was born. The doctor said it was a natural death... but... what if it wasn"t? A healthy baby dying seems odd enough to question it. The old lady said that some people don"t want the baby to be born. I started thinking about it... but if someone wanted to harm my mother or her children, then wouldn"t I had been dead too?" Lena shrugged. "I don"t really know."
"Would you want to know?"
"Of course. If someone is really out there trying to harm my family, then I would want to know. It"s just been a long time now... And with us now... we still have to get rid of some nasty pests."
Kris laughed. "Yes... yes we do."
"Are you sure you can go through with it?" Lena confirmed.
"No. But it is a small sacrifice for the better of the future."
"Alright then... I don"t want to come home with you pounding on me all night long." Lena teased him.
"Or..." Kris flopped over so he was on top of Lena. "I can start now." He lowered his forehead just so it touched Lena"s.
"I didn"t come here for that." Lena pushed him off me and he rolled back to his side of the bed.
Lena gently got up. "Close your eyes." She said.
"Why?"
"I still have to give you your anniversary gift."
Kris looked at her and still closed his eyes. Lena walked over to the bag she also brought along with her. She opened the bag and took out what seems like a book.
Lena walked back to the bed. "Ok, you can open your eyes now."
Kris opened his eyes slowly. He was expecting Lena to be naked but he guessed wrong.
"Um... a book...."
"Don"t worry. It"s a picture book. I won"t force my man who never finished school." Lena smirked.
Kris rolled his eyes and then opened the book. As he flipped through the book, a small smile formed from his lips.
"You drew this?"
"Yeah." Lena sat closer to Kris, leaning in her head to his shoulder. "The first chapter of our story."
Kris did not prepare anything physical for Lena. He just wanted their first month to be memorable. He knew that Lena was not a materialistic woman. He flipped through the book again. It was short but it had enough pictures drawn just for him to recall all their events together.
There were only ten pages, no dialogue, but very well drawn. The cartoon version of him and Lena was very cute.
He didn"t know Lena had such a talent for drawing. He guessed there are still so many things he needed to learn about her. He slightly turned his head and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
Lena stayed with Kris for only another half an hour before going back to her room. As excepted, her mother did come to check on her later that night. Of course, she felt like a love-struck teenager texting Kris all night until she fell asleep on him.
The next day, the family went for a long hike. Of course, the old couple continued to ride the horse carriage while the rest of everyone walked and enjoyed their day with nature.
After the hike, it was a dinner where all the men had to cook for the woman. Let"s just say that no one died from the dinner. It was just a good time to laugh and be together.
After dinner, everyone went back to the Shen mansion to prepare for their departure back to City Z the next morning. Because it was Lena"s last night with her family, she stayed at the Shen mansion while Kris drove back to the penthouse.
Kris would not be seeing Lena as much since both of them would be working and Lena have her release with LUX soon. Apart from that, they both needed to separate for a bit. They needed to do some pest control.
The next morning, Lena had planned to go to the office late so she can send her family off. However, there was an unexpected problem and she had to rush back to the office early in the morning.
Lena quickly rushed to SHYNE. When she arrived, everyone was already in the meeting room, waiting for her to arrive.
Diane had already given a quick summary of the events before she arrived. Everyone was very anxious.
Lena took a quick look around the room before going up to the end of the table, taking her seat.
"How did this happen??" Lena demanded answered.
"..." Everyone was struggling where to start.
"It"s my fault," Melissa spoke out first. "I should have been using the company"s secure line of the database to store my files."
Melissa was one of the main designers of SHYNE. She had worked in the company for a long time.
"Yes, you should have."
"I will take full responsibility. I will submit my letter of resignation by the afternoon."
"Resignation?" Lena smile. "Over such small matters?"
"Small matters?!" Everyone eyes widened at Lena"s response. One of their compet.i.tors in the market just released 1/3rd of their designs for the SHYNE x LUX collaboration jewelry set. Their release date is in a week, and it had taken them more than a month to prepare for this release.
Not only does this jeopardize their contract with LUX but this will also put a heavy fall back for the company. How is it that their boss is not even one percent concerned?!