The library was dark and empty when Zhan pulled open the door, light from the hall spilling into the room. There was something wrong. What was that on the sofa? He flicked on the light, revealing his Lowry had moved from the wall to the sofa in the...
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The next week flew by for Zhan. He'd been contacted by one of his clients wanting to expand their collection and had been creating a portfolio of art coming up on the market for them.
The installation of his new security system was well ahead of schedule, although he hadn't seen Yibo since he'd left that day.
It had been on a whim that he'd given Yibo his number, the other man had intrigued him somewhat with his free flowing opinions.
He shouldn't have been surprised to wake up one morning to find a message from Yibo received at 2:42 am. It just said:
'Hey',
Which Zhan wasn't surprised about. His reply of 'hello' wasn't replied to until midday, when the bleep of his phone made him jump as he'd been too engrossed in his work.
I'm free tomorrow, want to have a date?
Zhan read it a couple of times, thinking through his schedule for the next day. Was there anything important? Anything that couldn't be dropped?
"Xuan Lu?" Zhan pressed the button on his intercom to contact his PA. A couple of moments later, Xuan Lu came bustling in.
"Is it possible to clear my schedule for tomorrow?" Zhan asked.
Xuan Lu hummed and flicked through the calendar on her tablet.
"Nothing that can't be moved. Any reason for this sudden day off?" she asked with a knowing look.
Zhan and Xuan Lu had been friends since their school days and Xuan Lu always knew when something was up with Zhan. This time, he'd noticed the stiffness in his shoulders and dusting of pink across his cheeks
"I have a date," Zhan replied. There wasn't any point in lying.
Xuan Lu's face lit up.
"Really? That's fantastic! I was just saying to Ji Yang the other day that I hoped you'd meet someone!"
Zhan let Xuan Lu ramble on about how good it was that Zhan had met someone. He was glad his closest friend was happy for him even though rearranging Zhan's meetings would be trouble for herself.
"What's he like?" Xuan Lu asked, knowing Zhan's preference is nothing new to her.
"who is he?"
"He's called Wang Yibo and he works for UNIQ Security," Zhan replied, glad for an easy question to answer and not 'what do you like about him?'.
