The CEO's Rented Wife

Lina walked out of the washroom, and headed towards an isolated spot in the building. She took out her mobile and called Tina. They had a five minutes talk on the phone, discussing about what needed to be done, at the party, so as to impress Wang. Tina shared that men were interested in women who were flexible. And, Lina listened carefully to everything that was being instructed. She decided that she needed to show Wang, her flexibility on the dance floor.

Lina's phone call was interrupted by a group of girls coming out of the washroom. After 15-20 minutes, all of them had reached the party hall. Everyone was excited. Lina took a few vodka shots to calm herself down. The vodka effect made her really confident, and she was ready to impress Wang, with her flexibility.

Three girls - Lina and Chunhua and the receptionist stood together, as they saw the guys entering the party hall.

"There are the guys! Let's get some drinks and go!" the receptionist shouted excitedly when she saw Wang, Smith and Jimmy enter the hall.

Everyone was surprised to see Wang join the party. Lina knew that this was the moment. She needed to do something to impress Wang. Music got louder and louder.

"Oh my God! I love this song, let's go dance!" Lina shouted in an excited tone. The vodka effect was beginning to overcome her thinking ability.

The receptionist followed her excitedly. Chunhua was surprised to see Lina's behavior. She also followed her reluctantly. Lina knew that Wang had noticed them and she could feel him staring at her across the club, as he stood with rest of the guys. She hoped that it was her whom Wang was staring at.

Lina's already clumsy brain, mixed with vodka's effect, brought in many weird thoughts in her mind. 'Tina said that guys love flexible girls. I need to do something impressive, something flexible that will look s.e.xy, and I know I can do the standing splits. Well! I could.. when I was a teenager anyway...' Lina thought.

"Want to see something impressive?" Lina giggled.

The receptionist and Chunhua stared at her.  Lina was not sure if they have heard her over the music but she saw the receptionist nod excitedly.

Lina grabbed her foot and lifted it as high as she could, but with her clumsy drunken balance, she wobbled and before she could stop herself, she kicked Chunhua in the face!

Lina's leg was still high in the air, as she watched Chunhua scream in pain. Lina couldn't balance on her other leg any longer, but the shock of Chunhua's bleeding face and screams made her freeze. But, as soon as she realized that one of her legs was in the air, before Lina could hold it and safely bring the foot down on the floor, the alcohol melted the little senses that were left in her. Lina fell to the floor, still holding her leg above her head. It hurt her already swollen ribs as her c.h.e.s.t and face broke her fall.

As Lina got up, she could already see a deep cut on Chunhua's face and Lina felt terrible.

Wang, Smith and the other guys ran towards the scene of the accident so as to help all of them.

"What the hell happened here?" Smith was surprised.

"I just wish that I had not seen anything of what had happened just now!" Wang said, as he gave a side glance towards Lina.

Wang called the company's first aider, and asked her to bring in a team. Smith took Chunhua over to one of the soft leather sofas. Lina followed them, feeling totally shamefaced and a bit hurt.

"I'm so sorry, Chunhua!" Lina apologized.

Chunhua did not say anything, but kept on crying loudly. She was being taken to the company's medical facilities.

"Maybe, you should get the first aider to take a look at you as well, that's quite a bit of blood coming from your nose. And didn't you land on your broken ribs?" Wang, who had been watching the medical staff attending to Chunhua, asked Lina.

"What? My nose is bleeding?" Lina reached up to touch her nose and she was surprised by the pain. Wang was right, there was blood on Lina's face!

Lina felt as if she was about to faint. She felt very sick, after having seen the blood! Before Lina could stop herself, she vomited, covering the floor and everything close to her, which unfortunately included Wang and Smith's shoes.

That was the time when the tears started and a medical staff member rushed over to check on Lina. That was the last thing Lina remembered...

Party was over, and everyone went back to their homes. Lina was carried to the company's medical facilities room as well. She was given first aid, and after a few hours of rest, Wang's driver dropped her at Tina's house.

Lina knew that she had to share all this with Tina.

*****

At Tina's house..

Lina narrated everything that had happened at the party to Tina.

"And so.. I had to apologize to Chunhua," Lina sighed.

"But, what did he think of your flexibility?" Tina questioned, almost immediately.

"What? I really think you're missing the point here.. Tina!" Lina raised her eyebrow.

A flashback hit Lina, of her drunken antics which ended abruptly when the paramedics had to come and get Chunhua and take her to company's medical facilities, possibly to get her face sewn back together. Lina remembered that Chunhua's cries were loud enough to be heard over the thumping music and all the company's staff asked Lina of what had really happened. And, Lina couldn't answer. There was nothing she could do but stare on in horror.

 "What is the point then?" Tina asked.

"What do you mean?" Lina sighed.

"You said, that's not the point.. so, what is the point?" Tina asked again.

"I think I cry too much! I need to be braver!" Lina sighed.

"Wow! So, you put someone in hospital and the only relevant thing you can learn from the whole experience is that you cry too much!"

"Oh Tina, how am I ever going to go back to work? This is a disaster! I can't even focus on what's happened. I feel sick!" Lina cried.

"Sick with embarrassment? Sick with fear of dealing with it in the company? Sick with the physical pain you've caused yourself? Or sick with a hangover?" Tina's eyes twinkled as she asked Lina this, but all Lina could think of was her 'upset stomach'.

Lina took a deep breath and tried to clear her mind, but it didn't help. Reluctantly, she pulled the covers off her and lept from the bed, running to the toilet with her hand firmly clamped over her mouth, so as to avoid puking on her way to the toilet.