Chapter 343 - The accident (1/2)
”Yeah, lots of things to do” Yan Mei answered before stuffing her face
”I understand, I've put you out enough” the calm reply however had her reaching for her coffee cup to push it down quickly
”No not really,” she protested hastily before adding ”just a suppliers meeting coming up”
”Where do you work at?”
”I actually own it. I'm the CEO of SHIMMERS” Yue Yan directed a confused gaze at her and she quickly explained ”it's a jewelry company”
”No!” An outburst of pure delight that had her smiling
”Yes!” She replied the mood infectious
”This keeps getting better, I love pieces of jewelry” Yue Yan announced in pure glee.
”They would look stunning on you,” Yan Mei observed, taking more than a cursory look at her guest. She noted that she looked better than the day before, her wan expression gone, the only thing that remained of her ordeal was the lost look of someone who struggled internally when she thought no one was looking.
The expression tore at her heart and she didn't even know when she made the decision to extend the invitation ”why don't you come by for a visit sometime and browse?”
She didn't give the invitation lightly; many people saw her business as a merely successful venture and nothing could be further from the truth, her company was a testament to her resilience, her survival and making it big all by herself. It was also a talisman she used to ward herself, sure Lei Zhao loved her and made her happy but when the dark thoughts came, she held up her business as a shining example of being strong, capable and powerful.
She knew how it felt to be stripped down to the basics, to be reduced to a weak creature reacting viscerally to what life threw at her. So, she wanted to share that part of her with the lost waif perched at the edge of the breakfast table.
”You don't know the monster you're going to create with that show and tell stunt so let me just stop you there,” Yue Yan warned solemnly but there was no missing the look of excitement in her eyes, she fairly buzzed with the anticipatory energy.
”No seriously” Yan Mei countered
Yue Yan rolled her eyes at this point ”I'm the one who is serious, how do you think I'll be able to walk away from anything sparkly and beautiful.”
The other two occupants of the room laughed at the open greed on Yue Yan's face, little did they know it was not feigned at all, that it was much darker.
”I think I'll pass and find something else to do in the time being.” A small sentence filled to the brim with vulnerability.
”Three years is a long time” Yan Mei offered; she couldn't even begin to fathom the effect of losing three years could have on the human mind.