While the couple were quietly bonding at the villa, the atmosphere inside Song Group's headquarters was anything but calm.
The air in the top-floor office felt heavy, suffocating, thick with tension.
Song Kai sat behind his mahogany desk, one hand gripping his tie as he glared at the reports on his monitor.
The stock graphs were bleeding red. Line after line dipped lower by the minute. Every tick of the clock only deepened the fury in his eyes.
"Where the hell is Huo Mingjie?" His voice cut through the silence like a blade. "Why isn't he here when the company is burning?"
The room trembled with his anger. Not one assistant dared to breathe too loudly. His reputation for being ruthless was well-earned; when Song Kai was angry, people disappeared.
"Boss…" one of the assistants began hesitantly, clutching a tablet to his chest. "Huo Mingjie was arrested earlier this afternoon."
Song Kai's head snapped up. "What did you just say?"
