Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife

"Now Scram B*tch."

Stepping back, Ying Yue stared the guy down as she waited him for to get up and leave. She could feel attention of the entire gym on them and irritation ran through her. A simple workout had been complicated by one doofus who had an ego bigger than what it should have been. It would be some time before she would be able to enter the gym again unnoticed. It was confusing to her why he even came up to her so persistently. Was there not any other women in this gym? Looking around quickly she saw that there were a few women but he had chosen to walk up to her. She knew that she was attractive to an extent because her body was toned and muscular while still feminine. It was obvious that her body would look different since she had earned hers through brutal training and struggling to survive but she was nothing special.

Her hands were rough with calluses and her body was littered with tiny scars and marks from wounds that never healed. That enough is reason to find her body unattractive, a small pit formed in her stomach as her thought registered in her mind. Of course she was proud of her marks but it was not a surprise that most men preferred the petite, innocent sheep looking girls. They wanted women with jade like skin that had never seen the light but her body was worn down from the sun. This is why she was surprised that Xi Long was showing so much interest her and this random guy came up to her solely based on her body. He had probably not taken a good look before targetting her and then stuck around because she ignored him. In Xi Long's case, she could not find a specific reason to why he would want her after properly seeing her. He's held her rough hands on multiple occasions and has seen at least the small scars but still continued to pursue her. Their first meeting was her throwing a roundhouse kick at his face which could not be considered an amicable experience either. 'It was probably one of his fetishes....he denied them but I'm sure he has one.'

She didn't doubt that he liked her or had an ulterior motive to getting close to her - there was no way for him to know who she was. 'When was it? When I first started believing him...' Her face scrunched up as she bit her lip in concentration. During their breakfast and him cooking her a meal she hadn't really taken his words seriously. It felt like he was a player who had found a new toy but it changed the more they spent time together. When they had watched the horror movie together she had realized how comfortable she was with him and even let him...do things to her. A slight tinge of red formed on her cheeks as she recalled that ~ experience ~ with him. What really got her was the hurt look on his face when they stood at the doorstep and he had misunderstood her actions. The genuine look of hurt was clear as day through his eyes. It seemed that his eyes were especially expressive around her but she wasn't foolish enough to think that, that was how he always was. He didn't gain a reputation of being a ruthless CEO and have strong underworld affiliations without being stone cold and expressionless. That juxtaposition is what made her subconciously like him more and trust him. She in no way would open up about who she really was - they had only know each other for a week! It was debatable if he would ever find out but she trusted him enough to spend time with him and that was all she could give him.

Refocusing she glanced down and saw that the bobo had already left and she had stood there day dreaming. Clearing her throat she took a quick glance around to see if anyone was watching. To her relief everyone was focusing on their own workout and didn't notice her lost in her thoughts. Sitting back down at the bench she picked up the weights and continued her workout. Feeling the familiar ache in her body she pushed herself to do an extra set of reps per exercise. Annoyance filled her as she realized that she had spent a greater half of the gym thinking about Han Xi Long while her purpose of coming here was the exact opposite. No matter how she tried, somehow or someone would trigger her to think of that dreadful face. Why couldn't he just be ugly??? Or be short??? Or just not be who he is in general??? It would make every part of this process a lot easier on her. 'Jiang Ying Yue, look how low you have fallen. Can't even workout without having someone on your mind.' Sighing, she dropped the weights and placed them back in their spot. Picking up a wipe and a spray she wiped down everything she touched. She had spent 30 minutes here to no avail, it would do nothing for her to continue this workout so she might as well just leave. Grabbing her hoodie and her stuff she signalled the guy by the counter before heading out the door.

The minute she stepped outside the door she felt a change in the air. Slowing down she kept one foot inside the building and one foot out as she 'accidentally' dropped her keys on the floor. Bending over to pick up her keys her eyes became alert as she prepared her body. Footsteps immediately started moving towards her, without looking up she counted the approximate amount of bodies around her. Judging by the different foot patterns, there was 10 men around her but why were they targetting her? Could they be the same men from the restaurant or possibly an enemy? "Alright hurry up and come out. I don't have all day."

Standing up she glared at all the men around her. There were a set of lowgrade thugs but none that she had seen before. "Who sent you?"

"Little lady, don't you know know there are people you shouldn't mess with."

"Sounds like you should learn how to take your own advice."

"Listen you -"

"Yadada are you done now? I'm so tired of these cliché lines, let's just get this over with."

The sound of claps broke the conversation as she heard another set of footsteps making their way from behind the tallest guy. Her face dropped when she saw the man who was behind this attack.

"What's up babe, did you guess it was me? Guess I caught you outside huh."

A sigh escaped her as she saw the bobo she had hit earlier appear. Was he dumb from her hitting him or what. "No, but not surprised. Dumb follows dumb and apparently it comes with shitty jokes as well."

"B*tch you!!! I will -"

"OKAY, as I said let's get this over with. You owe me a workout after interrupting mine, this will do fine."