Destined to be his Wife

Chapter 50 - Truce

Linlin was impatiently thrusting her boba balls in her tea around with her straw, tapping her sandal clad foot over her crossed legs and eyeing up the oncoming food traffic as she waited. Growing irritated with every second she sat here. The sun was shining bright, so she had come to rest outside the small cafe on her way to the clinic and was in no mood for bullshit. She had agreed to meet Rhea for five minutes and the wench was already late. Only here because she said it was important and related to YuZhi and TangShi.

Linlin was battle ready and not about to fall for any kind of manipulation on her part. She had no time to be messing around while TangShi slept at home if this was an attempt to further separate them. After a sleepless few days and sedatives before she had a mental break, Linlin was eager to get back to her. She didn't want her to be alone for any length of time given she was struggling emotionally over losing YuZhi.

"Miss. Choi." The familiar soft voice of that picture of poise and elegance strolled into view. A mask and sunglasses to conceal her identity, paired with a long black dress over boots, but Linlin knew who it was right away. She didn't seem all that concerned about making her wait and it left a sour taste in Linlin's mouth at how rude that was.

"Rhea. You're late." Linlin didn't care for the formalities having never liked this girl and suspicious of her motives today. "What did you want to meet me for? Spit it out, I don't have much time." Straight to the point, no messing. A haughty way of addressing her that was a Linlin normal with people she didn't like.

"Blunt, I like it. I'll get straight to the point as you don't seem like the small talk kind." Rhea slid into a seat opposite her and rested her elbows on the table to get closer and lowered her tone. "I saw YuZhi a couple of days ago and he was in a bad way. I got the jist of what happened and yet, I don't really believe it. So I'm here to impart some of my wisdom." Rhea raised a brow as Linlin observed her with a slight furrowed glare and indescribable and unreadable expression.

"Really? And how is that? Why didn't you just tell me on the phone?" The sarcasm was evident because Linlin really didn't think Rhea should ever be trusted. The girl always had a motive in Linlin's opinion.

"I can't say this on the phone in case it's recorded. You'd be amazed how far the paparazzi go nowadays. Rong Cai. He has history with a friend of mine who moved abroad to outrun him a couple of years ago. If he's connected to this then I figured you should know what I do. TangShi never struck me as the adultery type, and she genuinely seems to love YuZhi." Rhea waved her hand at the passing waiter and pointed at Linlin's milk bubble tea to gesture she would have the same. Not sure if sharing this information had a point, but she wanted to offload it and help if it did.

"So, you're saying TangShi is innocent and that Rong Cai is what?" Linlin raised her brow in distrust, sat back and crossed her arms in a gesture to show she was no pushover. She didn't fall for some fast words and kind gestures that easily.

"My friend was stalked by him for several months. He tried everything to pull apart her and her then fiancée and he had some pretty inventive methods. He didn't take no as an answer. I don't know all the details but in the end she moved abroad and got married and he had no choice but to give up. She didn't want to make it public given her fiancées status as a celebrity, so she never reported him. He's unscrupulous and unhinged even if he does hide it well."

"Inventive? Such as drugging a girl to take her back to a hotel room?" Linlin snorted, not even surprised by this tidbit of information. Looking back he certainly seemed the type to become obsessively attached to a girl given the way he seemed to follow TangShi and lie openly the night in the bar. His interest in her was one sided and without any come ons from TangShi he had developed an almighty attachment to her that didn't seem healthy. Linlin's gut was twinging like crazy that Rong was capable of devious acts.