Friday on my Mind - Part 1

Friday

Waking up Anna found herself in Hou Yi's arms, and she noticed that he was just waking up himself.

The last thing that Anna remembered was that she was laying in the sitting room attached to Hou Yi's office. All she could ask in a somewhat questionable tone "How in the world did I get here, and what did you do."

Hou Yi knew when he saw Anna asleep in his sitting room at the office, he was stressed and worried about how tired and worn out she was. But, he knew given everything in the last three days, he it would be unexpected that she had collapsed being tired.

Hou Yi responded "Anna, calm down. You fell asleep in my sitting room at the office yesterday. I tried to wake you, but you did not stir. Nor did you wake when I carried you to the car or even when I carried you in here or helped changed you. You also had a very disturbed night sleep. Whatever it was it was like someone was hurting you in your sleep, and you needed reassurance that you were safe."

Before Anna could say anything, there was a knock on the door, and a maid called out "Young Master, Young Madam, Butler Ge has asked me to let you know it is 7am."

Hou YI reacted firstly and as he climbed out of bed he said to Anna "Get into the shower. I will find your normal clothes and your 'wife' outfit along with those extra few items we talked about. While you finish getting ready I will have my shower."

Hou Yi paused before continued "We might be somewhat social today and have breakfast downstairs. Before you say anything, do not worry your laptop, handbag and items were locked in my study last night, so they were safe."

Within twenty-five minutes both Anna and Hou Yi were ready and walked downstairs. Then went into the small dining room, and quickly breakfast was brought in to them.

Hou Yi called Butler Ge to speak to him. "As my wife and I have to travel to Australia for about a week tonight, we need staff to pack for us. Feel free to arrange for new cases for my wife to be purchased, if they are needed. We need a day bag with sleepwear and change of clothes for placing in the cabin."

"Make sure when you send those to the plane that the items my wife set aside for gifts are also sent to the plane. If you have any questions, either speak to my wife directly or if you cannot contact her you can reach her through Assistant Wang. We will be leaving tonight directly from the office. The staff can have a couple of days off as we do not anticipate being back until at least Wednesday. "

"Not a problem Young Master. Both have a good trip and we will see you on your return."

Once they finished breakfast, both Anna and Hou Yi finished getting ready for the day. Anna remembered that she needed to arrange for their Marriage Certificate and the Household registers to be formally translated "Yi, I need to today, arrange for formal certified translations of our Marriage Certificate and the Household Registers. How can it get that done?"

"Anna, I will consult the in-house team and arrange for someone qualified to do so for legal matters today."

Hou Yi paused and continued "Hopefully there will be no issues in the legal department without Supervisor An, who has been charged, but let me know if there is any. I've cleared me schedule for you between 12pm and 2pm and then from 4pm. Once we have finished, your bodyguard will take you to the plane, while I put in an appearance at the Wedding Ceremony for Lu Jinhu and Yang Lin, rubbing in their faces my wedding ring."

"OK." With that they both went down in the elevators, into their respective cars and were driven to Hou Enterprises. Both arrived about twenty minutes later.

Anna had a much easier path to the Legal Department, compared to yesterday. Lawyers Deng, Mei and Bai fired questions at her asking did she know what happened with Supervisor An given she was not there.

Anna indicated said "I was in the CEO's office yesterday, when Supervisor An was arrested, for selling company secrets to a competitor. I know no more, but I am guessing that you will not have a supervisor for a bit of time until someone is put into the position." Quietly, she hoped that the office rumour mill would get the message around to all the spies, that you will be found out.

With that Anna walked straight into the same office as yesterday and commenced her work for the day. After logging into the CEO Intranet, she logged into the ANX systems, and found an email from Alfred.

'Anna. Thanks. I will protect the affidavit material. Just get in on Monday when you can. I asked around the office, and everyone agrees it is not your signature. I will select 10 people to do affidavits to this. I will draft and settle those simple affidavits today. We will need and affidavit from your husband. I will draft it based on your draft material, and I will have him confirm when you advised him about the domestic violence. See you Monday. Alfred'

She sent a quick reply 'Alfred. Thanks. See you Monday. As to telling Yi, I am going to do that on our flight back to Australia. Anna'

She also checked in the scan from last night and emailed that through as well.