Chapter 13. A Question

Hearing the question asked by his wife, the man choked for a few moments. The food he was eating could not be swallowed properly because he suddenly felt shocked, as a result he had difficulty swallowing the lunch his wife gave him.

"Be careful," said Lilyana then, she fetched a glass of water on her husband's desk.

"Thank You." Ed Shane lowered his head. "Why do you ask such thing?"

Lilyana was silent for a few moments. Her eyes stared fixedly at her husband. "I ... I found--"

"I--sorry to interrupt, Mr. Shane." One of the employees entered the room without knocking on the door first. He also cut off Lilyana's sentence.

"What is it?" asked Ed Shane immediately.

"A customer wants to meet and talk to you," he said, looking down fearfully.

Ed Shane rose from his seat. He snorted his breath, not because he was annoyed with customers who wanted to make trouble with him, but instead he felt a little calmer because at least his conversation with Lilyana