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Lies and Curses -2
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They drove to the nearby shopping mall that Anaya and her friends frequented and parked in the underground parking lot. As they walked towards the entrance to the mall, a group of five approached them. Chan could recognize the company as Ron and his gang. Ron Hailey was the second son of Hailey Constructions that ruled the real estate and constructions sector in the whole Ochre city. His friends were also from influential families that were not to be trifled with. It seemed that they were waiting for Anaya.
As they came face to face with each other, Ron scanned Anaya in a frivolous manner and said, “Lucky that you are a beautiful girl and I don’t beat such sweet faces. But you harmed one of us and I don’t like to delay settling scores. So your friend stays and you are free to go.” He tapped Anaya’s chin lightly with a smirk and pulled Chan by his collar.
Anaya reacted and grabbed on to Chan’s hand, trying to protect him. She pleaded with teary eyes, “Please, don’t hurt him. He didn’t do anything wrong”, and kept clinging on to his arm. Ron pulled Chan harder and pushed Anaya away while walking towards his caravan. Anaya ran towards the security office shouting for help, seemingly doing everything to save Chan.
By the time she reached the entrance to the security office, Ron and his team was long gone in his caravan. One of Ron’s friends, Mili Feng and Anaya had a cat fight in the mall that morning. They were arguing over a rose gold chain and Anaya beat Mili and Mili ended up with a sprained arm. There was no point in knowing who was at fault now, because Chan had been chosen as the scapegoat.
Seeing that the caravan had gone, Anaya stopped in her tracks to the security office and adjusted her makeup. Then she turned and walked towards the lift. She got down at fourth floor were her mom Mrs. Lian Shaw had been waiting for her.
The moment Mrs. Shaw saw Anaya she went up to her in a hurry and asked, “Is everything fine? You aren’t hurt right?”
Anaya shook off her mom, and walked towards the massage parlor while replying, “Of course momma, I am fine. What can possibly happen to me? Now that I have made Ron notice me, everything will go as I have planned.” She sat at the lounge leisurely and continued, “I was sure that Ron won’t touch me. He has always been fond of beauties, though he keeps a gentleman image. And as for Chan, he needs to be useful if he wants to keep his position of son-in-law in our family. He also knows that. So my dear momma, don’t worry and let’s enjoy our time here. I really need to relax after all that work today.” Mrs. Shaw relaxed after hearing Anaya. She agreed with her daughter to have the massage and went in with her.
Meanwhile in the caravan, Chan saw Mili and could roughly guess what had happened and what was going to. As expected Ron and team beat up Chan until they were satisfied. But Mili wasn’t happy with what was going on. She complained to Ron, “Why did you leave Anaya and taking out everything on him? What I wanted was her, not her assistant!”
“This is enough for now, Mili. You know I can’t physically hurt beauties. We will deal with her later in some other ways if you want. I am sure she is up to something and we will surely have our chance. Be patient. Okay?” Ron said thinking about the pitiful Anaya from before. He had also seen fair share of women that he could sense something wrong from the start. It was just that he also liked to play, and that’s why he decided to go along. Moreover Anaya was eye pleasing; he could surely have a good time playing along her.
Chan heard everything in his dire state but couldn’t grasp everything fully. He was badly bruised and was in pain. If it wasn’t for his good stamina and acting skills, he would long be dead. He knew putting up a fight now was unfavorable and he had no power to act against them. So he could only silently suffer and protect himself from worst consequences. Like now, it was important to save his life than to ponder unnecessary details.
“Tell your young miss to never cross her limits. Next time, it might be really her. We know it wasn’t really your fault, but somebody has to pay the price. I pity you, so go and get treated,” said Mili and they threw Chan in the alley nearby the Ochre city hospital and drew away.
Chan limped his way to the hospital. He felt that Mili did pity him. After all he was alive and was left near a hospital, all thanks to her. He went and had his basic treatments done. They really should be thanked for sparing him from major injuries. Chan then hailed a cab and went back to the Lilac mansion.
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