Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife

After saying her final pitch she held his eye contact whie he contemplated her words. She was fairly confident he would end up agreeing but there was always a sliver of error present in everything she did. He could easily say no, if so she would make him find other ways for her to get upstairs. Getting Xi Long's secretary to come down was another option and probably faster but would, again, draw too much attention. Though she was fairly confident that it would not come to that. Her body was completely relaxed against the couch as she let him think in silence. From how confident she was and with the Director being able to read her eyes fairly well, he would soon settle on an affirmative answer. It made sense that he debated, however, she would be worried if he hadn't. Considering that she was a stranger who came directly to see the CEO and acted out a three part performance because of that - she probably looked psychotic. Who knew what other tricks woman had done in order to make it pass security? What made her more curious was how many made it past and who had direct access to Xi Long? 'Hmm, when I see him I should probably bait out an answer for that. ' A slight irritation filled her thinking about it. It was not about her being special but with how aggressive he was towards her, she would need to understand as much as she could about it - including his previous women. 'Purely for knowledge....not like I care or anything! Hmph.'

While she was jumping through different possibilities in her head she had partially forgotten about the man standing in front of her. If she had, she would have noticed that he had been observing her with a strange glint in his eyes. He had taken in how noncholant she was and confident about being able to see the CEO. For some reason he felt comfortable around her and felt like he could believe in her words. Though something about her made him feel confused, he was sure that he had never met her before but felt a strange familiarity. Like he should know her but could not pinpoint exactly how. He had a unusual way of remembering a lot of people so for all he knew he could have seen her in passing and her body or voice was stuck in his memories. Maybe if he had the chance to interact with her more the memory would be triggered and depending on if Xi Long knew her, he could get more information from him as well. Feeling confident, he decided to take her upstaira and see first-hand what would happen. 'If she lied then.....,' a dark look quickly passed through his eyes.

"Okay, you have a deal. Let's go see the CEO." Snapping back to attention she smiled as she heard his words. Reaching out her hand she waited for him to offer his in return but was met with dead air.

"What? Are you not going to offer your hand to this poor damsel in distress?"

He held a confused look as he responded, "but why? You can drop the act now."

Rolling her eyes she reached forward and grabbed his arm. Using his body as leverage she got up from the couch and maintained her fake injury. "For a Director you seem to be a bit naive. Yes, I technically do not HAVE to act but with so many eyes around you I SHOULD. I have to maintain the story to the end, so be a dear and lend your arm okay?"

A burst of laughter left him as he heard her words. She was right of course but did not think she would mind these things. It showed that she was not a simple woman and was used to constantly hiding herself to notice the little things. "Very true, nice to see I'm around a woman of intellect." Holding on to her arm he started walking towards the elevators and let her place weight on him while she hobbled with him. Getting to the security he just bypassed it by walking through the accessibility gate as it automatically opened for him. For general employees they would have to scan their work ID before entering but he and Xi Long carried a fobkey that triggered the gates without having to scan anything. He could feel multiple eyes on them as he lead her further towards the elevator. It was not a common sight to see him so close to woman and there would sure be some rumors floating around after, he would save cleaning that up for later though. For now, he wanted to keep talking to this stranger and enjoy their friendly banter.

"Hmph, well glad you know. It really is an honour for you to have me around."

"Haha what a c.o.c.ky lady, do you feel that suits your damsel in distress image?"

"Who says it did not? Consider it a remix of sorts and I'll have you know its confidence not c.o.c.kiness. For you, however, I could say its more the latter." A snicker left her mouth as she teased him, entering the elevators she waited for him to press the floor button as she observed his reactions. She could tell that he enjoyed their conversation just as much as she did. It was nice to just have some friendly banter and have someone respond properly without them getting offended.

Clutching his heart in fake agony he responded as if he was in pain from her words. "Oof you have wounded me my lady, I c.o.c.ky? This is blasphemy! I am quite a humble man you know?"

"Yes and penguins fly. How much longer will you fool yourself? It is better to accept the truth."

"I can only accept the truth that I am a humble man of many virtues and skills. Loved by all and d.e.s.i.r.ed by even more. If you don't stay cautious you might end up falling for me as well!" Adding in a wink he had a hard time holding in his laughter. It was amusing to see her take in all his teasing without a care. He couldn't see much because of her mask but her eyes crinkled when she laughed. It was hard to find many women around him that could take a joke as well as she did and not have any repercussions.

"Ah dreaming is it? I feel that you're delusions are a lot more serious than I had initially thought. As the elevator doors opened, they made their way out onto the floor. There were two secretary tables near the doors before a long hallway with a large oak door at the end. Figuring out that that was probably his office they made their way towards it.

"But a man can hold a dream no? Haha I really do like you, its like meeting an old friend."

"I like you too, you're very entertaining but not sure if I would be friends with someone...-" Before she could finish her sentence she heard a door slam open from the side and familiar quick steps come towards her. Looking in the direction of the noise she saw Xi Long walk over with an angry look on his face. She was going to move towards him but saw the deadly look in his eyes that made her stop in her steps. He was glaring acid through his eyes at her and exuded dangerous energy that was directed at her. Seeing him react this way made anger fill her in return. Glaring back at him in the eyes she waited for him to get closer and speak to her.

'This man wants to glare at me! He's got another one coming for him!!'