Chapter 1737 Not Your Moneymaking Tool (Part One)
"Pretty soon. Oh, right," Annie said, a bit embarrassed. "Tom told me it''ll only be a few more days. Don''t
worry!" Wearing the bandage to work had been rather inconvenient. Due to her hand being temporarily
out ofmission, there were also instances where doing day to day activities felt rather tedious.
"That will be great. I was worried that you would have to wear the bandage on your wedding day,"
Belinda said, heaving a sigh of relief. "Since it''s Tom taking care of your wound, I feel more at ease."
ncing at the bandage, she offered a warm smile. Annie shouldn''t have to suffer the same pain as
she did - the pain of struggling to put on her wedding dress.
"It''s actually not as serious as it looks," assured Annie softly, fiddling with her long hair. "I just need to
take some medicine, and I''ll be fine. But Tom - well, you know how serious he can be. He insisted that I
wear the bandage like this." Since one of her hands was injured, she often had a hard time tying up her
hair. And as much as she wanted to pull it up in a neat ponytail, she had no choice but to leave it
hanging down her back nowadays.
"I guess he thought that since your wedding wasing soon, he should help you recover as quickly
as possible," Belinda said,ughing cheerfully. As a former patient of Tom''s professional services, she
wasn''t new to his dedicated spirit. So Belinda fully understood what Annie had to deal with.
"Yeah, maybe!" agreed Annie. Noticing the time, she prepared to leave in haste. "Belinda, I''m so sorry
but I need to get back to my work now. I''ll see youter!" The shooting wasn''t finished yet, and she had
to be back before they ever noticed she was gone. Besides, if she stayed longer, Eleanor might decide
to create more trouble for her.
"Okay!" said Belinda immediately. "You get back to your work. But I''ll see you at lunch!" These past few
days at work had been rather dull since she had been having lunch alone, and she had gotten tired of
the routine. Hopefully, Annie could apany herter.
"All right," Annie said earnestly, "It''ll be my treat." Considering Belinda had always been helping her out
of trouble, the least Annie could do was to buy her lunch to show her gratitude.
Smiling, she responded, "I''ll dly ept that," Lunch wouldn''t cost a lot, so Belinda agreed to let
Annie pay without hesitation. Had it been a different case, she might''ve refused a bit more adamantly.
"See you at lunch," Annie said hastily, and then began walking away at full speed. If she wanted to
keep her promise, she had to finish her job as soon as she could. Worst case scenario was that she''d
be pulled back to work on unforeseen circumstances, and it would be embarrassing to bail after making
ns with Belinda.
Shrugging, Belinda returned to her own work as well.
Having been busy with the affairs of CY Technology recently, Rain barely had time for food or sleep.
Even the wedding affairs couldn''t fit into his schedule, and as a result, he hired wedding coordinators to
deal with it. So when Leena dropped by to see him, he was utterly surprised.
At a coffee house near CY Technology, Rain and Leena were having a conversation. "Rain," chided
Leena, upon seeing him. "You really shouldn''t overwork yourself! Look at you," she frowned," You''ve
lost so much weight in such a short time." Pouting her lips, she continued to fuss over Rain out of deep
concern. It seemed that he had been putting in a lot of effort on managing CY Technology at the
expense of his well-being.
"Losing weight works for me. At least I won''t need to exercise anymore," Rain joked with her. Speaking
of exercise, he hadn''t stepped foot in the gym for a long time. It was one of the many things he had
sacrificed for work.
"Losing weight through exercise is a totally different thing from overworking, okay? So will you please
get some rest? I can only assume that you wouldn''t want to look like a mummy at the wedding!" Leena
forewarned, feigning anger as she pinched his cheek. Upon doing that, however, she was more
convinced that his drastic weight loss was truly unbing, as there was hardly any excess flesh on
his face to squeeze. Even more upsetting was that all of them had slimmed down except for her.
"Leena, you''re exaggerating," whined Rain, taking her hand off his face. "How did you find the time to
see me? Aren''t you supposed to apany Richard today?" Looking at her closely, he asked, "Tell
me, what brings you here?" Rain rubbed the delicate cheek that managed to escape her fingers. ''You
said I was skinny and yet you still pinched so hard?'' heined to himself.
"Have you forgotten? Richard got picked up by his grandmother for Capital City. Apparently, his
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grandfather misses him so much, so I was forced to let his grandmother take him away." Leena said,
faking helplessness as if the mere thought of being temporarily separated from her son distressed her.
"Come on, you''re not sad to see him go," Rain said rolling his eyes at her. "You actually looked forward
to that!" She pretended to be shocked at his words, earning a sneer from the irate man. After all those
years, he couldn''t be more aware of her peculiarity.
"Oops! You got me." Leena said casually, beaming with a bit of embarrassment. It wasn''t because she
didn''t love her son, Richard. But with him around, there wasn''t much for her to do anything other than
look after him. So when his grandmother took Richard off her hands, she was happy to have her own
leisure time. By any means, she had been preparing for a spring dress conference recently, and this
extra time was exactly what she needed.
"It''s a piece of cake for me to read you, okay? But seriously, could you just tell me why you''re here?"
Rain asked earnestly. He had a feeling that she didn''te all the way to have coffee with him for a
quick chat, and spected that perhaps something serious was happening.
"Well! Here you go." Leena said, putting a debit card in front of him.
"What''s this all about?" Rain asked, frowning. "Why are you giving me a debit card?"
"Rain, don''t think too much of it," Leena said, seeing his expression. "I''m giving the money as an
investment. Please take it. Otherwise, I''ll be upset ''cause you don''t want me to earn from your
to ept it at once. For that reason, she had no choice but to bring it up as an investment proposal.
Even though the money wasn''t a lot, it was sufficient for CY Technology to get through its most grueling
period.
"Leena, I know you too well," Rain said, unwilling to ept her money. "Your investment is clearly just
a ruse. You''re just trying to help me out!" Frankly, he was quite moved that she thought of helping him
out of his current financial difficulty. But it wasn''t like he had fallen into an inescapable financial
situation where hispany couldn''t survive without her help.
"It''s not what you think. I really want to invest. You see, Kevin''s a military officer, and he''s not allowed to
do business outside. So, it''s my duty as a mother to make a long-term financial n for our son,"
Leena exined sincerely. "Just in case we don''t have anything to offer him when he''s all grown up."
''On the one hand, I really want to help you out. On the other hand, I also have a selfish motive - that is,
a mother''s deep financial concerns for the future of my son.'' Leena wondered, waiting for him to
respond.
"Do you mean it?" asked Rain, still skeptical. Uncertain whether to ept her exnation, Rain folded
his arms and looked at her in the eyes.
"Of course, if it''s not for my son, do you really think I''d be that generous to you?" she asked in a
nonchnt tone. Holding back a sigh of relief, Leena could see that he was starting to get convinced.