Marriage Rights: Billionaire's Forgotten Wife

Pedro was silent as he was also not sure on how to answer Yu Qiao. They had a perfect plan, but it was weird that they were busted and they could not continue with the transport with the original route plan.

"Pedro?" Yu Qiao called.

"Yes, boss," he replied. "Ehm…maybe we could try the lost course." His voice was now faint.

Yu Qiao's knows this option very well but never thought about it. The lost course or last course is a practice in business Pedro had introduced to Yu Qiao's for the impossible day

It required many procedures that include the falsification of doc.u.ments, impersonation, and many other bureaucratic measures too numerous to mention. Though Yu Qiao was smart, he has never tried this system. The additional time they thought about it, they ended halfway because a colleague of Pedro who worked it at that time couldn't get through with it. He was still in prison.

Yu Qiao's sank into his heavily cushioned sofa in his living room as he thinks of the next option. The comfort the couch provided was not enough to make him feel at ease. He had friends in the authorities, but he doesn't want to create such a reputation with them yet.

He picked his phone and called Pedro again. This time, he couldn't be reached. Yu Qiao grew all the more restless.

Yu Qiao started fuming. He hates to have the impression of being restless. In his years as CEO of Cosmos, he has never felt very helpless. He feels it is not possible. 

The trouble with this situation is that it is not related to his public image. After all, even the staff close to him does not know about it. He called a friend in the authorities immediately.

"Hello Serge," Yu Qiao said with a rather calm voice. The man was his last resort. Else, he would need to call on Nikos for a possible solution.

"Hullo Mark," came the response laced with a heavy accent, "What brings you my way?" Serge asked.

Yu Qiao cleared his throat. He hasn't taken time to think of what to say. "Business Serge, Business," he stammered in response.

"Of what kind if I may ask?" The man on the other line asked curiously.

"Your kind."

"Okay. So what exactly is it?" Serge sounded interested.

"Hmm... it's the traditional sea type," Yu Qiao sounded like a schoolboy reciting quotations he just began rehearsing. "I had this cargo coming through I didn't have the time to process the papers," he was rapping and practically making up for his deficits and lying.

"Which terminal exactly?" His friend asked. It was working.

"Terminal B! In County T." He didn't have to think before he would say that. So confident was he that he almost said 'thank you.' It was not good dealing with the people like Serge if you would show weakness on such dealings.

"Ah!" Serge cut it. "Too bad. I have moved. Two months ago."

"What really?!" Mark couldn't believe his ears.

Serge hummed in agreement. "Too bad. I needed the money now. Look for someone else for now."

Yu Qiao was speechless for about fifteen seconds after which he began muttering unintelligible syllables.

"Are you still there?" Serge asked from the other line.

"No. Yes. Sorry. I am still here." Yu Qiao was losing his coordination.

"Okay. Bye." Serg ended the conversation.

"What the... I can't believe this. I can't." He sank back into his sofa. He was still in his pajamas. 'How could this happen to me now?' He was lecturing quietly.

He stood up immediately as if he just got an idea. Yu Qiao walked to his bedroom and returned without doing anything. He knew Pedro to be very smart.

Yu Qiao has never been in a fix like this before, at least not for this sum of money. Just then, he remembered his father. In his sickbed. He was looking pale and disoriented. He had advised him not to get himself implicated in any illegal activity. He respected his father a lot, but this was the only way he could get close to the world of the people that had tried to harm them.

He won't implicate himself, just because of money. He has other reasons for doing this, and Yu Qiao did not plan to fail this soon.

Yu Qiao called Pedro. "Pedro, what's the status?" he shouted. Pedro responded after Yu Qiap called his name thrice.

"Yes, boss," he responded. "It has been seized. We already left the place." How Mark hates to hear that, but he also needed to take care of his people's safety, so he had no choice but asked them to go back.

"Fvck! Damn it!" Yu Qiao was scared from the beginning. It is now happening to him. How pathetic.

Unfortunately, he could do little or nothing about it. It was still early, and he has to leave for business. He can't keep on crying over spilled milk.

Yu Qiao had his bath and moved for work rather sluggishly. He has been beaten this time and will not be hit again, he promised himself.

He felt like hurting someone because of what happened. But could he do it, if he learned that the cause of his current failure was because of the woman that he was looking for?

…

It was a long day for Yu Qiao that day. He was still thinking of the loss. Probably it would not hurt much if the loss was not the biggest deal he had so far.

He even went to County T to manage the trade, but still, it was a lose.

At the close of work for the day, Yu Qiao went to a bar to ease off. He called a friend to that he recently met to be with him. Ren was married like Yu Qiao but wasn't as detached from his marriage life as Yu Qiao was. He drank less and would often advise Yu Qiao to drink less too.

"See that lady there?" Yu Qiao said, pointing his glass to a woman sitting at the far end of the bar, "she won't just take her eyes off me." Ren looked across to see a beautiful woman sitting across the hall.

"She's hot." Yu Qiao added. "Don't you agree?" The woman was l.i.c.k.i.n.g her lips.

Ren often felt concerned about Yu Qiao and the wife that he had not seen before. He has never met Mo Lihua, but Yu Qiao would often read her emails aloud.

It was funny actually for Yu Qiao to act like he did not care if Mo Lihua was being detached, but in reality, he was looking forward to seeing her or talking to her.

Ren often reprimands Yu Qiao when he notices his interest in women. These days, he doesn't care anymore. She must be doing the same too.

Presently, Yu Qiao was in a condition that needs attention, and here is a nurse that seems willing to offer treatment. He won't prevent the hunter from his game. Who doesn't want a timeout occasionally?

Ren moved over to the woman's table – she was sitting alone, and asked her if she had company for the night? She knows who sent him and that would be her company for the night.

Yu Qiao expressed the trouble on his c.h.e.s.t so much that night that the woman confessed submission. They booked the night in another hotel as he doesn't like to bring a strange woman to his home – as he calls it. Too bad, when he tried to get dirty, his lower half was not willing to cooperate, which is another failure on his part…

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