The Connection

CHAPTER TWO

After the misadventure of the morning, Mie Lan was in distress but was glad that the person was kind enough to not leave her in the middle of the road and for being considerate enough to order his people to help her out.

He introduced himself as Adam, his butler, and had dropped her at the Jades Company after bandaging her elbow carefully. He told her that her scooty was sent to the parking lot of the company so she could get it when she was done with work. She’s still a bit confused though because she does not remember telling him where to drop her off and when she asked him how he knew that, he said she had told him before.

“Or maybe I did…” she trails off in thoughts. “whatever” she shook off her thoughts deciding to focus on the job at hand. She walks into the very modernized design company she’d always dreamed of working in. It’s made of all toughened glass exterior, which gives off more of a fashion design company vibe than marketing and jewellery. She reaches the resume desk and a lady in a white dress and blue cap welcomes her.

“How can I help you ma’am?”

“Hello, I have an interview scheduled today at 8:15 AM, where can I find the chief secretary’s office?”

The lady gave her directions and thanking her Mie Lan went in the elevator.

MieLan stood outside the chief secretary’s office with other candidates waiting for her turn. She heard some of them mumbling prayers and some girls talking among themselves about how austere the secretary was while choosing new members. She had heard all of the talk about the company and its executives before but listening to those people made her nervous. ‘No! MieLan you’ve prepared for this moment for so long. You can’t lose yourself now. You got this!’ she motivated herself and stood straight. After waiting for a few minutes a lady called MieLan in.

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Meanwhile…

Zane arrived at his mansion and would have a video conference in fifteen minutes. He walked past the corridor into his dressing room to which a large walk-in closet is attached. There was a big mirror with a broad frame placed on the wall beside it. “When Adam arrives send him in,” Zane instructed the maid standing outside the door and handing his laptop to her “Keep it in my study room”

“Yes master” she replied as she walked out the room and closed the door behind.

Zane unbuttons his black shirt, unveiling his toned abs. His perfectly sculptured back is visible as he takes off his shirt. On his back, he has a mark of his clan, a sword with the vampire clan’s symbol. It stretches with movements in his muscles. There are also some scars old and new of battles and fights all over his back and front, giving him a powerful personification. Someone knocked on the door.

“Yes come in”.

“Master you called me?” Adam stepped in.

“Yes, you need to find out something Adam” Zane replied while taking a white shirt out of the closet. Adam stole a glance at the oval-shaped green pendant hanging in Zane’s cupboard ‘It’s still with him’ he thought

“About that girl we saw earlier”

“Master is she…by any chance the girl from six years ago?” He queried.

“You’ve got it right Adam” Zane confirmed putting on the shirt that fit him perfectly aligned with his muscular figure. “Her mother may have succeeded in hiding her from us for all these years but her aroma…will always make me find her out.” He smirked “Don’t you think this is her fate?” he said, putting on his black coat and turning toward Adam.

“I agree with you master, but she has once saved your life and besides that, she is innocent and isn’t aware of the sins her parents have committed”.

“She has saved me? Well, I saved her too in return, so we are even. Anyway, I’m not going to kill her even though she is a danger to vampires…” Zane told Adam, clearing his doubts while walking toward the door and gesturing Adam to follow.

“There are just some things I want to confirm… so I want you to find out everything you can about her. I want the information on my table till evening” he ordered knowing his butler was very capable of meeting all his demands.

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“Mie Lan” he whispered for the first time calling out the little girl’s name “I’ll miss you,” he said softly, but

She was already gone afar and couldn’t hear him.

“Huh!” Mie Lan snapped out of her dream “That same dream again” she sighed her mind roaming back to all the past 4 years she’s again and again having the same dream. It gave her a weird feeling of losing, something, or,

Someone. She turns to pick up her phone which was ringing continuously after waking her up.

“Yes it’s MieLan speaking” she answered the call “Oh Zia it’s you!” She exclaimed getting off the bed “Nah I was

Just too sleepy that I didn’t read the name before picking up… yes I’m fine, what about you….”

MieLan walked out on her room’s balcony to see the peacefully setting sun in the west, spreading dark

Orange and heart-warming purple shades in the sky while talking to her best friend on call. She leaned on the fence to feel the cold breeze. A silent breeze blew through the branches of trees and her hair, the smell of roses, jasmine, and many other flowers from the garden filled the air. The evening that was getting dark felt relaxing and soothing to her.

“Wait you mean you are already in Korea!” Mie Lan exclaimed in surprise. “Why didn’t you inform me before?” she pouted. After getting a satisfying answer from the other side of the call her face brightened again replacing the disappointment of earlier. They exchanged a few more words and then decided to meet for dinner.

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“Master, Mr. Adam is here” the maid informed knocking swiftly on the door.

“Send him in”. Zane is sitting in his study room. The room has high ceilings, a self-designed wooden shelf fixed on the big wall, and a large chandelier hanging overhead. He was reading a book that appeared quite old, and a few more books were kept on the beautifully designed and polished wooden table in front of him with a fantastic black curved lamp placed beside it. Adam walked in.

“Master, I looked for the information about the girl, but I couldn’t find much” Adam lightly frowned his brows and continued “But I did get her personnel file she submitted to the company this morning and was able to investigate a few more things…” Adam paused and shorted out a blue file from the bunch of papers he was holding and handed the file to Zane.

Zane opened the file and after a few minutes filled with the sound of flipping pages and a little humming he asked “Did you find something from her university?”

“No Master, all the information that we found from Seoul University came out to be false including her birthdate, father’s name, and other personnel information” Adam answered with disappointment as he continued. “We tried to track some information but couldn’t find much”.

“What about her mother?” Zane inquired, with a sudden coldness spreading across his tempting eyes.

“As you know master, she is still hiding; she keeps changing her name sporadically and keeps traveling to different places. But we are trying to trace her location, we’ll find her soon.”

Adam completed his sentence and met Zane’s eyes “No need to find her, She’ll be the one who will come find me now” Zane smirked giving Adam a hint who felt chills soon after he understood.

“But Master her daughter…” Adam began hesitatingly.

“Don’t go that way Adam you know I’m not going to hurt her, at least, not until she becomes a threat to me and not if she agrees to my proposal,” Zane smirked as he understood what Adam meant to say and leaned forward to pour the red liquid in the wineglass.

^^^To be continued...^^^

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