“Those who play by the rules never get very far, some realize this quickly and they either join the club or they are just not prepared for the real world”
There’s no place for morals and values especially in some aspects of life those are just martians; conscious does not exist, regrets are for cowards, remorse will only work on judgment day if there’s such a thing as life after death surely that river will be crossed by many when they get to it
Lu a very beautiful young , purpose driven and goal orientated Chinese girl, innocent and pure at heart but also very different from all the other rich girls there are, that was what Mike thought when he first laid his eyes o her “she is the most beautiful creature I have lived to witness” he confided to his friends, Micheal was a womanizer of note and it was no secret that he was only a passer by and it was the first time his friends heard him confess such affection for any woman in his life, Mike was very successful and the talk of the town, and also not bad to look at and women through themselves at his feet, being worshiped was not new to him. The attention was really getting to his nerves and he needed to clear his mind a little that’s when one of his acquaintances introduced him to Mr. Joa Dheng who at the time was looking to take his media company to higher heights and John Smith knew just the perfect man for the job and with no hesitance he introduced the two Mike had to go to China, though it was a sacrifice to leave all he grew up knowing to a different land, different environment, different food, different culture he was only glad to be away from all that had come to haunt him daily he was not certain but hoped that Chinese women were able to keep their skirts on, in the beginning he was enjoying being chased, fought for and adored but too much of a good thing is always bad, it was supposed to be just a game, but women never understand they always wanna drag feelings into everything, every encounter was just about good time, good company, good sex and nothing else, but to them all that rang in their heads was wedding bells and marriage was the last thing in his mind he was not sure if he wanted to, the woman who will win his heart will have to be different not a desperate attention seeker, some came few months later with baby bumps claiming he was the father, he was sick of it all going to China would not be as bad as continuing to live in Africa, when he was called by Mr. Joa’ PA to arrange for his trip he thought this could not have come at a right time than this, with no tentative he packed bags and was prepared to leave the following week. He was picked up at the airport by Lu Mr. Dheng’s only daughter and his right hand woman herself a woman of very few words, her beauty was captivating with or without a face on, she was a born beauty no make up or lipstick could make her seem more or less attractive, Mike could feel his forehead perspire for once in his existence he had been in the same room with a woman that did not even care to look at him twice, he tried his charm with her and she did not hide to lay it out that she was not interested, he did not have the same bank balance she had but no rich woman had resisted him before maybe it was gonna take some time with this one or perhaps she was not the type he was used to after all he was in Chengdu now and not South Africa and everything danced to a different tune.
But in any case he had fallen for her, though she kept pushing him away, he was falling for her in so many different ways. As much as Lu hated to admit she thought Mike was kind of cute， The company hosted some event and and Mike being famous of his great skill in football thought it would be a good work out for him to partake and a time well spent, he still was as good as he was at the university, at some point he played for Wits but since being a soccer player was not his goal he never really pursued that path, as the match heated everyone could not help but notice this lailai (foreigner) who played so brilliantly and Mr. Dheng noticing how captivated her daughter was he said 'had he pursued this dream, i think he would have been one of the greats, you know the likes of Kaka'
It is said a good player catches the audience, but in his case she had captivated him, she had him right at the palm of her hand, she was very different and i guess that was what attracted him to her, her face spoke volumes, he became addicted to her, her eyes challenged him, he was afraid for the first time in the history of his life, he has never had a woman get under his skin like she did and she knew it. She felt like something he needed or maybe wanted perhaps his ambitions were leading him astray maybe he was crossing the line without realizing it after all she was her boss and her father owned the company and more over John who had recommended him warned him, and told him that he was at a different country and he ought to change his ways each time he thought of that it haunted him that's how bad he had become everyone knew of his ways and it saddened him to learn that was how people perceived him. Mike could not help but notice that for the first time he had Lu's attention and if you were at the game you would have noticed that too, we all have our ways of showing our defines, she fostered hers like a road side attraction daring you to drive by without taking a look, she had everything he looked for in a woman well mannered, educated, driven, good morals.
Apart from being a business woman Lu had a vulnerable side, she was a woman she had needs, she had dreams yet that horizon was less traveled by her because it revealed her weaker self and she hated to feel that way hence she put, rather wore the executive mask because in it she was in control, we often are not true to ourselves, we hide behind fixed smiles, designer clothes, certain life style some hide for so long they don't know who they are anymore, Mike was not an actual womanizer he just played along though that reputation was ruining everything for him with Lu as people kept on warning her about guys like him, it was not long since he had been to China there were already a couple of woman throwing themselves at him, no matter where he was this thing followed him it sometimes felt like a charmed life. he replayed all the occurance in his mind a thousand times, and there was a million things he could have done differently but life does not give you that option to go back and edit the things you do wrong. She fitted perfectly to the script, did everything with grace, also very different from what he used to know perhaps that was exactly what attracted him so much she was too different and every relationship needs a mystery, The more he chased her it just made him realize how lonely he had been even with a dozen of women worshiping him, fighting for his attention, and begging a chance to prove they are worthy but it kind of felt good for once he had a challenge. Each command that came from her made him weak he never had anyone have so much control over him, it scared him, he wanted to go back to simple, back to scripted he has always had it easy everything was mapped out for him. The life people live is always in their minds and sometimes very different from the real one, and it was clear now that, that was what he had been living for this while, and now that he was faced with a real one the equation changed, I'ts strange to think of your future in terms of days, sometimes there's always maybe just one chance where you have a choice to walk away, Her father would never approve of him, he was not the kind of a guy he had in mind for his daughter, Chinese parents often chose for their children though he was successful and had enough money to take care of her, he was just not rich enough for his daughter. He had changed so much just for her and it all came naturally, she was a woman he would not mind spending the rest of his life with, thought before he had never pictured himself getting married, he was not getting any younger and he wanted to face his demons, to explore what is it he feared so much about this particular woman, he was captured alright, he kept falling deeper and deeper for her each day differently. Reality had kicked in it was high time he wrote his own script...
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