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“There’s not much to tell. I am an investor and financier.”

I glanced around the office. “And a highly successful one by the looks of it.”

Lau smiled modestly. “I do alright.”

“Why would you want to invest in a BDSM club?”

“Truthfully, I would not be investing in theclubso much as I would be investing inyou.From what Mr. Che said, you’re quite formidable. The daughter of a triad boss is disowned and strikes out on her own. Within three years, she is turning a healthy profit with a business on the fringes of the law, in a market normally controlled by men. I find that very impressive.”

So my lawyerhadtold him everything.

“I’m flattered, but I still don’t understand why you would want to take the risk.”

“I have a high appetite for risk, Ms. Chan, as long as it delivers commensurate levels of profit.”

“The risks are pretty huge, though, seeing as I’m on the police department’s radar.”

Lau waved one hand dismissively. “That won’t be an issue.”

“How can you know that?”

Lau smiled. “Because the Commissioner of Police is a close friend of mine.”

Oh SHIT.

The Commissioner of Police was not only the most powerful law enforcement position in Hong Kong, it was a job appointed by the State Council of China.

As in the Chinese Communist Party.

Lau was not only connected to the upper echelons of Hong Kong law enforcement…

But he was also buddies with people who ran China’s government.

If Lau could persuade the Commissioner to ‘overlook’ my club without the Commissioner worrying about a scandal and getting fired…

That meant Lau had someveryimportant higher-ups in his pocket.

But there was one other fly in the ointment.

A big, ugly horsefly.

“There’s another problem besides the cops.”

“Which is?”

“My father told me that if I continued my business, he would ruin me financially.”

“That was when he could send the police after you. That won’t be an issue going forward.”

“That’ll just make him angrier. Once he finds out he can’t sic the cops on me, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ordered his thugs to burn down my business.”

“He won’t.”

I laughed ruefully. “You don’t know my father.”

“Actually, I’m well acquainted with him.”

I stared at Lau. “You know myfather?!”

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