Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife

"Since he's so boring, my offer is always available Valentina" Zhuang Wei winked at her and let out a teasing smile.

"Haha I'll keep that in mind Director Wei." Ying Yue let out a small chuckle behind her mask and held her arms against her body in a lazy stance.

"Now now, you should call me Wei for short. We're not strangers after all...."

Turning to Xi Long she curiously gazed at him as she asked a question. "Is he always this fake flirtatious?" She could see him trying to anger Xi Long again but she felt like they should take a small break. No one said that Director Wei would not be at the receiving end of teasing after all. Plus, she'd rather stay away from dating jokes as much as she could. It was all fun and games for now but one wrong statement could lead to unnecessary misunderstandings. They were best friends and held a certain amount of trust between them. Though that did not mean she trusted Director Wei the same when she had just met him. He could easily be testing her right now in the guise of fake banter. Since she was pretending to be his girlfriend she wouldn't risk any error in her role. Regardless of her lying or not a real girlfriend would not entertain those type of jokes past a certain point. It was best of her to move between the lines till for now.

"Fake flirt?! How could you see me to be so shameless, my feelings are true!"

Hearing his response Xi Long reached over and placed his hand around her waist drawing her closer. Tilting his head down towards her he ignored Zhuang Wei and responded to her. "You can just pretend he doesn't exist. His words aren't to be taken seriously, I'd like it if you just erase him entirely from your memory."

"HAN XI LONG how could you be so CRUEL?!" Looking over at Zhuang Wei she could tell he wasn't really fazed by his words. He did not take him seriously but held a distinct glint in his eyes as he watched them both. Maybe having Xi Long around other women was not common? She did not expect him to have many past relationsh.i.p.s due to the lack of news or intell surrounding it. Though she did expect him to have one or two considering his status and obvious good looks. It would be hard of her to imagine that a man like him had stayed single for so long but the way Zhuang Wei acted had her thinking differently. He viewed them as if the way he was acting was new for him.

Looking back up to Xi Long she held felt slightly warmer at the idea. Everything was moving too fast and she was afraid of her small trust in him. Within the span of 10 days she had developed an understanding for his personality and felt a level of trust towards him. It was weird for her to trust someone so easily, though not completely, but even the little she had right now was alarming. It was as if she could believe him to do as he says and that he would not harm her. Which was a surprising trait in today's time. In this country she had few allies and a plethora of connections, barely any of who she could trust in the same way. Naturally she had her reservations but analyzing his best friend's actions soothed her. She enjoyed the idea that Xi Long treated her as someone special and had not treated another women in the same regard. If this was how he treated everyone she would have been disgusted.

Men who try to please everyone were weak and were not worth a second of her attention. She could never assosciate with people who were willing to grovel and let go of their dignity on a regular basis. If it were a part of a plan or an temporady identity used to achieve a goal then that was fine. For it to be part of their normal behaviour or reporitore was revolting. She rather liked that Xi Long was a man who matched her values. They had never discussed any of it but it seemed they held mutual ideas regarding things. People also said that you can find out more about a man by looking at their friends. Analyzing Zhuang Wei and Xi Long together just reaffirmed that she wasn't wrong in the way she judged him. Not to say he still wasn't an aggressive profiteer pineapple head!!

Looking down at Ying Yue Xi Long felt a smile forming on his face. He had noticed her get lost in her thoughts a couple of times since Zhuang Wei had came in but paid no heed to it. She kept her face and eyes neutral but he could sense when she was not focusing. Maybe it was because he was overanalyzing or it was due to the time they spent together but he was able to pick up on little things. He was getting better at reading her body language and right now he could tell she was thinking about him. It was a small hunch but her eyes calmly glancing at Zhuang Wei and him made him believe that she was. It seemed that she was analyzing their relationship and trying to decipher Zhuang Wei's body language. Thankfully she had not strayed to any negative thoughts since could not feel any black aura from her. Truthfully everytime she thought like this he was always fearful of what she would say. She was intelligent but jumped to shocking conclusions out of nowhere.

Glancing at his watch he realized they had spent a fair bit of time with the secretaries and Zhuang Wei. It had already been around two hours since she had arrived. Another hour and office hours would be over. "Have any plans for dinner? Want to go to a restaurant?"

"Dinner? Isn't it a bit early?"

"If you wait one hour it would be dinner time. Might as well eat together since you're here. Unless you want to miss out on the delicious food I have in mind....."

Watching her nose crinkle up he watched her debate before she came to a decision. "I'll go but .... it better be good!"

"Me too I'm coming XiXi!"

".....don't you have work to do?"