When they reached Kris"s private jet, Lena was astonished how different hers and his were. Of course, hers was just a gift from Madam Li... but still, there was an enormous difference between the two.
There were four main seats in the area.
Lena sat down on the seat across from Kris.
There was a small table between Kris and her because Kris usually continued to do his work on the plain. As the plane set off, Kris gave Lena a sweet smile and then looked at some paperwork that he had to catch up on.
After 10 minutes, Kris put down his papers and looked at Lena who was quietly reading a book on her phone.
"There was something you wanted to tell me yesterday?" Kris pointed out.
"Oh.." Lena looked at him. "..."
"What is it?" Kris was more curious now. He originally thought that it was just the topic of marriage but he knew there was something else on Lena"s mind.
Lena sighed. "There"s not really a good time for things, but.."
Lena reached into her bag and grabbed out a small bag. She placed it on the table and pushed it toward Kris.
"What is this?" Kris asked.
"I don"t know." Lena replied.
Kris took the bag and opened it. It was a flash drive. He grabbed his laptop and connected it to his laptop.
At the moment, Lena silently held her breath. She could already feel the change of atmosphere.
"Where did you get this?" Kris asked without changing his tone of voice. His eyes were still glued to the screen.
Lena did not reply.
Kris took a deep breath and closed the laptop. He removed the flash drive out and tossed it back into the middle of the table.
"I don"t like you meeting strangers without me." Kris reminded Lena.
"It was a life and death situation," Lena replied.
"If someone random called you and said I was kidnapped, would you instantly go there?"
"This and that is not the same. Plus, James was with me."
"James isn"t me though."
"Are you angry with me?" Lena asked. She could feel his negative emotions exploding out of his brain.
"No. I am not angry with you. I am angry with him."
"Ace?"
When Lena said his name, she could feel that the name also triggered something in Kris. She was not quite sure if it was a good trigger or a bad one.
"You never told me that he was so...."
"Stupid?" Kris finished for Lena.
Lena was going to say handsome but she didn"t correct Kris. "He reminded me a lot of you. Kinda make me feel sad for him... knowing a man like him fell for someone as horrible has Becca."
"...." Kris sat back on his chair. "Are you trying to guilt-trip me? I already did him a favor when I didn"t kill that c.o.c.kroach. And what did he do? He turned around my back, yet again, and met up with you when he knew I was out of the city. Should have just killed her on the spot." Kris grumbled.
He sighed again. "Sometimes you have to let the small fishes go free so you can catch the big."
"Scarface." Lena mumbled the name.
"Hah.. Is that what you called him?" Kris chuckled. "I haven"t let him out of my sight since..."
At the moment, Kris paused and recalled the memory of when he carried Lena out of that awful place. She knocked on death"s doors a few times... If... if at that moment, he didn"t man up and carried her immediately out to get medical attention, would she still be here now?
A soft smiled emerged, and Kris spoke to himself, "Good job." It was one of the few things that he had done right.
"I am not letting you near him, Lena."
"But, I am the perfect---"
"No." Kris cut her off before she could say bait. "I already allowed you to get involved when it was with the Huangs... and how did that turn out?"
Kris held out his palm, indicating Lena to give him her hand. She looked at him and gently placed her hand on his, to which he softly held it rightly.
"You"re going to be my wife." Kris smiled brightly at her. "I know you have your own personal agenda with the man... but what kind of husband would I be to let you roam around so dangerously? As your boyfriend... I can let a few things slide... but not when you will be the queen of my empire."
Lena blushed slightly when he called her wife. It does really have a nice tone to it. To be someone"s wife... well, soon anyway.
"There"s still so much we have to do. We have to talk to our parents, still have to get a new home. Pack and move...." Kris paused and looked at Lena. He looked at her cute face and then her stomach.
"What?" Lena could feel his eyes on her.
"I just thought of something."
"What?"
"If I got you pregnant... maybe you would stay home more often and stop thinking about such dangerous things."
"Kris!" Lena yanked her hand back. She glared at him. He slyly smiled at her. "If I got pregnant, YOU should stay home more often and stop thinking about dangerous things."
He laughed happily at her reply. He opened his laptop back up again and pushed it toward Lena.
"I have been." Kris showed Lena what he was talking about. It was not something he highly discussed with Lena because it was his personal mess. "I cut most of the Li family ties underground and illegal business. Of course, there are still some more complicated matters that will take more than just a few months since we started dating to complete it."
Lena knew that Kris had cut ties off with a lot of things since he became the head of the Li family. But she never knew that he had done so much in just the few months they were together. As if reading her mind, Kris continued.
"I don"t want my kids to grow up like me... or Ace... or Hugh." Kris looked at the ring on his finger and smiled. "I never thought that I could fall in love nor even consider a family... but here I am. Don"t know c.r.a.p about being a parent... but one thing for sure, it"s not being like my own father or grandpa. I can"t start clean... but my children, I mean ours... don"t have to live with my mess."
Lena softly looked at the man who was looking at his ring... with pa.s.sion and life in his eyes. Yes.. this was the man, the right man, and only man that she will spend the rest of her life with.
"So... what"s your plan?" Lena asked.
"What makes you think I have a plan?"
"When did you not ever?"
"Like I said before..." Kris looked at Lena"s eyes. "One of the reasons why Becca is alive is because of Ace... but also because there is a bigger fish to fry."
"Scarface. But, if you"re not going to use me as bait... and Becca"s probably not going to alive very soon... what are you doing to draw him out?"
"I only said no to you being bait... doesn"t mean I don"t have someone in mind to lure him out."
"Hmmm?" Lena was confused yet again. Who else besides Lena is so important to Kris that he would risk his life to save....? She paused as another name popped in her mind. Of course... how could forget. She also used this person against Kris. "No... Haha... you"re not really thinking about using you---"
"You"re right, my mother."