Regrets

Wang Lei was sitting with his wife, both looking worried. "I wonder how is Ji Yu and Ru Ran? Why must life be so difficult for our Ah Ran? Since young she hasn't had it easy. Now, she won't have a chance of producing an offspring," said Sister Fong sadly while burying her head deep in Wang Lei's chest.

"She's a strong woman, she will get through this plus Ji Yu is by her side," he said helplessly. He agreed with his wife's sentiment but instead of adding fuel to add on to her worries, he decided to play it down.

"I think I might kill myself if it happened to me," she continued to lament earning a flick on a forehead.

"Stop speaking nonsense. You know dying or killing oneself does not solve anything. The pain and anguish doesn't disappear just because one die, it gets passed on to those who live on," he said angrily.

Sister Fong feeling regretful of her words, placated her husband. A slipped of her tongue and mind. Suicide had always been a sensitive word to her husband. His youngest aunt had killed herself after she was abandoned by her boyfriend. She found out she was pregnant but her boyfriend did not want anything to do it with it and ended their relationship. In those days, out of wedlock pregnancy was a huge taboo, she decided to take her life. Wang Lei remembered the grief and anguish his father felt when he found out. They both had a good sibling relationship but he was surprised that she did not inform him of her predicament. It was a shocked to everyone when she took her life. If only she had the courage to talk to anyone of them, she would be surprised that they were willing to support her anyhow that they could. Blood had always been thicker than water.

"We will visit Ah Ran tomorrow, we must not let her go into depression, let's sleep tomorrow is a long day," he said closing the subject with a forlorn face.

Darren arrived home late at 1 am after setting up surveillance around the parameters around Ah Li's based. He had interrogated the doctor that Ah Li's henchmen met. He was hired to start working at the hospital Ru Ran is at and to staged a natural death for Ru Ran. Now the doctor had to continue his act for the benefit of fooling Ah Li. One wrong move, Darren will kill his family. The doctor fearfully agreed. He is regretting his decision to get involved. In the past, no one had ever caught him, he had been living comfortably to sustained a glamorous lifestyle as well as his gambling habit. Who knew that today was the end of the road for that life of his and now he has to start paying back for his sins.

Darren gave a quick update to Ji Yu before heading in towards his condominium unit.

"Ren!"

Darren did not need to look to know the source of the voice. Why would she be so persistent?

"Ren! I know you hate me! I need your help!! Please hear me out" she pleaded.

He stopped in his track before he looked back at her, "I think you think too highly of yourself. I would not waste my feelings on hating you. In fact I should thank you because of your words, I became a wiser person, to look at a person's innermost layer not just the outer layer." he said coldly before walking away.

"Ren, wait! I really need help.. I can't..

Her words trailed off as she saw him walked further and further away.

The guards that were guarding her sneered at her," Miss, please, if that gentleman is not interested in you, better not cling on, I have seen the one with him, if I were him, I'd stick to the current one"

"You! SHUT UP!!!! Did I asked your opinion?" she said as she walked away. She wasted so much of her time today. That man is totally over her. If he heard her out, she may have a chance to escape.

She walked a few steps before she saw two men approached her, she tried to run but they caught up to her easily.

The clutched her hair tightly preventing her from struggling.

"Let me go!" she screamed.

"I am sorry, boss said, not to let you run away. We've updated boss that you failed miserably. Since you are now our boss's property and you can't do your job right, with this sort of face, he just got a right job for you. CEO Ma's wife is out of town, he is lonely tonight, he needs a woman to keep him entertained tonight. We are sending you to him. Get changed in the van and we'll send you over!" said the bald man while pointing a gun at her back. His grip on her hair did not loosen one bit, causing her pain, reminding her how this is real.

That year, if only she stayed back, at least she could have a man that genuinely cared for her, flashbacks of her time at the orphanage how Darren had always protected her and put her first before himself, she felt regretful. She was enchanted by the temporary riches and bling bling of the glamorous world. In the end, she was cast aside once her charm was not enough to keep him satisfied. She often had to "entertain" his business partners in order to seal the deal. Now that he had bankrupted and owed a lot of money to Ah Li she was given away just like that. She wiped away her non existence tears in frustration. Regrets! She has been nothing more than a prostitute all these years. She had went through countless abortions as he kept saying they might not be his!!! Stupid!! She could only curse herself for letting go a diamond and choose a grain of sand instead. She has no one but herself to blame.