He Is CEO/Actor, She Is Actress novel · Chapter 17 of 24

Chapter 17: The Left Hand

Madam did not hurry.

She crossed the car park in her jade silk with her left hand on her bracelet, and the men by the cars made a path for her.

"Haoran," she said. "Xiaotong. Dear Anqi."

Nobody answered.

"Mingxuan is in the car?" She smiled. "He looks well. I'm so glad."

"He is not going back with you," Wenxin said.

"Of course not." Madam sighed, and the sigh was gentle. "Wenxin, walk with me. Just us. I think we should say a few true things."

Haoran took a step forward, and Wenxin put a hand flat on his chest.

"Stay with your brother," she said.

He looked at her hand on his chest, said nothing, and stayed where he was.

Her phone lay in her coat pocket. She opened the voice recorder with her thumb and pressed the red circle.

They walked to the end of the hedge, out of the others' hearing.

Madam stopped by a stone bench and brushed a leaf from it.

"You've been clever," she said. "More than I thought. The clinic was well done."

"You let me in."

"Don't flatter yourself, dear. I counted on it." She sat, crossing her ankles. "A wife can take a man out of a hospital. I'd hoped you would do exactly that before Sunday, with cameras waiting."

Wenxin felt the cold go down her back.

"You wanted me to take him."

"I want you holding him when the lights come on. I'll explain on the day."

"The certificate is a forgery," Wenxin said. "He told me he never signed it."

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